Two Reasons Why, TIOC's Top Ten Worst, The 352 And Less Is More

Two more reasons why Manchester City won the league title a year early

The outsiders were branding our players mercenary money grabbers and accusing Mancini of not being good enough, I believe that encouraged our club on to prove them wrong and shove it back down their throats.

The outsiders were accusing our club of selling our soul and having no class and team spirit, I again believe this only pushed our players on giving strength to prove the critics wrong.

TIOC's top ten all time worst footballing role models for our children

Wayne Rooney, Joey Barton, Roy Keane, El Hadji Diouf, Duncan Ferguson, Vinnie Jones, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Ryan Giggs and David Beckham.

Ill leave you to guess why?

The new City 352 system to increase the effectiveness of our passing game

The five man midfield comprising of three midfielders flanked by 2 wing backs seems to be working, when on the back foot one wing back drops back into the full back position creating a 442. Or both wing backs can drop back creating a 5 man defence thus giving us an extra man.

With this system you need fit and strong wing backs which Manchester have in Zabaleta, Richards, Clichy and Kolarov, but the real positive in the 352 system is the increased effectiveness of our passing game.

Clubs have now worked us out so they try to disrupt our passing game by clogging midfield and parking the bus in defence, playing the counter attack any given chance they get. Carlos Tevez loves dropping back deep as you can see in pre season and he has made it known that he is as happy as he has ever been, this allows Sergio Aguero more space to exploit upfront. 

When Tevez drops deep he pulls the opponents centre back out of position to allow Aguero even more space, while a 5 man midfield dictates play by pinning the opposing side back. The extra man in midfield allows for us to play our passing game more effectively, even if our opponents man mark we still outnumber them in midfield when our 3 defenders push up field.

The bonus here is that despite the lack of outside wingers at Manchester, we can still gain the width we were lacking last season by using the 352.

Lack of signings vs a whole new list of signings

Take a look at the situation in a more positive way, a lack of signings is only a bad situation if you lack playing staff. Manchester City had the strongest side in the English top flight last season, we still have the strongest this coming season in my opinion despite Chelsea and United signing more players.

As we know full well it takes time for a player to find his feet and hit top form in football, so Chelsea and United should find themselves in a bit of bother this season. So with that said I believe we should run away with the title this season, the only reasons I believe would deny us would be a mass of unlucky injuries or a bad run of draws and losses.

A lack of signing on Manchester's part means hardly any interruptions within  a squad that already know each other very well, an invigorated side much improved on the title winning side of 2012. A side now with width and cunning, A side put through their paces to think fast and change formation when instantly called upon.

More signings will unbalance more often than not and I believe we only lack one key position to be filled now, we need a proven centre back to push and compete with Lescott. Gutted we let Bayern (stuck up snotty nose) Munich capture Javi Martinez without any fight, but hear we may be looking at Uruguay International Diego Godin.