Kenny Dalglish has recently expounded his views on the hot topic that is Manchester City, with his experience within the game acting as his basis of reference and authority. The basic premise of Dalglish’s argument within his article is that Manchester City have spent rather too much, rather too quickly.

Owing to the vast sums of expendable cash that’s forthcoming to the club, people will inevitably deem success a prerequisite and if not quickly realised the consensus will emanate that there is a crisis. What generally results from money being spent lavishly and with a determination to gain success quickly is the lack of planning, consideration and endeavour. Dalglish wishes to exemplify Manchester City as a candidate of great expectations and resources to realise their desires, but one that is ultimately failing due to greed and dissension within the camp.

Dalglish believes that: “Real success takes time. By acting too quickly, you will get some players who have signed for what I’d call the right reasons. But it increases the risk of bringing in players who are there for more mercenary reasons.” When players are attracted to a club you’d ideally cite the philosophy, history and future plans as being the primary motivators, with the financial aspect, whilst being important, being an added bonus to the aforementioned reasons.

With Manchester City you can’t help but come to the conclusion that the monetary gains have motivated certain players more than the regime, the history or the plans. As long as that direct debit payment nettles into their bank account then what do trifles, such as giving committed and determined displays, matter to them.

Dalglish also points out the precedence they’ve set for themselves: “Any renowned player City approach will look at reports of Yaya Toure’s £240,000-a-week wages and want something approaching parity. City have made a rod for their own back and even the richest Sheik in the world isn’t going to let that continue forever.” So when prospective signings are approached the first item of business will be how highly regarded am I in terms of comparison with the current wages of certain players. This mentality, coupled with not being played consistently, would, due to human nature, create an unsettled relationship and one that balances on a precarious precipice.

But put back into perspective, Manchester City are certainly far from being in turmoil, they sit fourth on equal points with Arsenal and only three away from Manchester United. Neither of these clubs are being given such scrutiny as City, but this derives from the manner in which City are conducting themselves. Dalglish is correct in his thoughts that if City are to succeed, they require a carefully considered ethos to compliment the advantage of being able to buy any player that coincides with it.

When designing certain objects, you don’t amass your entire collection of favourite things, amalgamate them together and hope for the best. No, you plan, design, revise, assess, rework etc. but all with an end goal in sight that informs your present decisions.

For City money well spent doesn’t necessarily mean buying expensive brand name players, it means buying players that will play well and help you achieve your goal. This is what Dalglish said he performed whilst managing Blackburn to a Premiership title. In summing up he suggests that: “It is easy to blame the manager but the problems might run deeper than that. The saying ‘More haste, less speed’ comes to mind. City wanted a revolution – steady progress might have suited them better.”

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