Originally Posted by
CGG_12:
“Indeed, I shouldn't have quoted you in fairness, was more a general comment!
Haha exactly tbh. That said 11/2 is still relatively long odds for them (Paddy Power), bookies pretty much have it down as a one-horse race as of now. Objectively (in the spirit of the thread
) it is hard to disagree, a fully fit City squad with new additions should definitely win the league”
Quite how many "new additions" to the squad are you talking about, 2, 3, 4 or more than that??
As if it is something like five or more new quality additions, then yes I would be agreeing with you (well depending on who they were of course), but the current City squad with say only two new additions, nope, that wouldn't be good enough in my eyes.
They need new defenders as they cannot rely on Kompany being fit for any lengthy period of time, if or when he is fit, they should now consider that a bonus.
Their wide players like Sterling and Navas are absurdly below par, and they need to replace Yaya.
So that would be the bare minimum that they need to do, if they manage to do that, with suitable replacements, and others do not also improve their squads, then yes I would make them favourites.