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		<title>By: Shan</title>
		<link>http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/14/did-manchester-city-win-the-title-or-did-united-lose-it/#comment-29171</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 22:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[City were lucky....Let&#039;s look at the facts.....

After copious amount of money running into hundreds of millions of pounds City managed to to get dumped out of the the FA Cup, Dumped out of the Carling Cup, Dumped out of the Champions League, and Dumped out of the Europa cup...
If Wigan FC had not had a late end of season injection of motivation and had beaten Manchester united then City would also have been dumped out of the Premiership race too.

Wigan were the key...They beat Manchester United and then went on to beat Arsenal which was key to their survival in the premiership.

City did not win it...Manchester United lost it...The celebrations at the end of season was for Mancini keeping his job and not for Manchester city winning the premiership.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>City were lucky....Let&#039;s look at the facts.....</p>
<p>After copious amount of money running into hundreds of millions of pounds City managed to to get dumped out of the the FA Cup, Dumped out of the Carling Cup, Dumped out of the Champions League, and Dumped out of the Europa cup...<br />
If Wigan FC had not had a late end of season injection of motivation and had beaten Manchester united then City would also have been dumped out of the Premiership race too.</p>
<p>Wigan were the key...They beat Manchester United and then went on to beat Arsenal which was key to their survival in the premiership.</p>
<p>City did not win it...Manchester United lost it...The celebrations at the end of season was for Mancini keeping his job and not for Manchester city winning the premiership.</p>
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		<title>By: Peter Adams</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Adams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 19:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This sounds like an article from a Man U fan who is still in some diestress. City played exceptional football this year, but this is also a group of players that have played together only for a couple of years, unlike United who like Barcelona has had a relatively stable team over many years (Evra, Ferdinand, Scholes, Giggs, Rooney, Fletcher, Carrick, etc). And City beat Man U twice, actually completely destroyed them at Old Trafford, so I think there is nothing to take away from City. They are the worthy champions and congratulations to them.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This sounds like an article from a Man U fan who is still in some diestress. City played exceptional football this year, but this is also a group of players that have played together only for a couple of years, unlike United who like Barcelona has had a relatively stable team over many years (Evra, Ferdinand, Scholes, Giggs, Rooney, Fletcher, Carrick, etc). And City beat Man U twice, actually completely destroyed them at Old Trafford, so I think there is nothing to take away from City. They are the worthy champions and congratulations to them.</p>
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		<title>By: Bonani</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bonani]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 09:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big Man Utd fan here: we will come back stronger in 2013.Watch the headlines.  Besides English football is cheated by City and its owners. How can someone pull an Italian flag on? At least with Man Utd we nature and grow talent that for the England national team!! Come on guyz !!!! open your eyes]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Big Man Utd fan here: we will come back stronger in 2013.Watch the headlines.  Besides English football is cheated by City and its owners. How can someone pull an Italian flag on? At least with Man Utd we nature and grow talent that for the England national team!! Come on guyz !!!! open your eyes</p>
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		<title>By: MAN CITY MARTY</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MAN CITY MARTY]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 20:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pedro, I have to disagree with you on many points. Firstly, MCFC have reached 89 pts, thats by far the teams best ever pts total(18 pts more than last season), and 9 pts more than the United team that won the title last year, so saying &quot;United Lost it more than City won it&quot; doesn&#039;t cut the mustard on a purely statistical basis. In fact, this season is arguably the best battle the EPL has ever seen. in addition. Quite simply City have been a project for the last 4 years and have been improving dramatically since the takover in 2008. (10, 5th, 3rd, 1st). City deserve this league based on the fact that they did the double over united with an aggregate of 7-1 in their two league meetings.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pedro, I have to disagree with you on many points. Firstly, MCFC have reached 89 pts, thats by far the teams best ever pts total(18 pts more than last season), and 9 pts more than the United team that won the title last year, so saying &#034;United Lost it more than City won it&#034; doesn&#039;t cut the mustard on a purely statistical basis. In fact, this season is arguably the best battle the EPL has ever seen. in addition. Quite simply City have been a project for the last 4 years and have been improving dramatically since the takover in 2008. (10, 5th, 3rd, 1st). City deserve this league based on the fact that they did the double over united with an aggregate of 7-1 in their two league meetings.</p>
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		<title>By: Christopher JH Bluemoon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher JH Bluemoon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[for correctness from my previous post, United did come from behind to draw at Chelsea.

FYI, As a result of City&#039;s owner&#039;s investment, we now have:-

1. The greatest commitment to youth policy and development in the league. It was pretty impressive before.

2. The best pitch in the PL - We won the award

3. The best match day fan experience in the PL - We won the award

4. The best community schemes in the PL - We won the awards

5. The best website in the PL - We won the award (in fact the best 
in all UK sport)
... check it out at dubyadubyadubyadotemseeeffseedotcodotyoukay!)

6. The fastest growing revenues in the PL, despite having the cheapest tickets (by far) of the top clubs (Arsenal almost 4 x higher)

7. Best entertainment for ticket cost in the PL- We won the award

... I believe we have the best match day food too!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>for correctness from my previous post, United did come from behind to draw at Chelsea.</p>
<p>FYI, As a result of City&#039;s owner&#039;s investment, we now have:-</p>
<p>1. The greatest commitment to youth policy and development in the league. It was pretty impressive before.</p>
<p>2. The best pitch in the PL &#8211; We won the award</p>
<p>3. The best match day fan experience in the PL &#8211; We won the award</p>
<p>4. The best community schemes in the PL &#8211; We won the awards</p>
<p>5. The best website in the PL &#8211; We won the award (in fact the best<br />
in all UK sport)<br />
... check it out at dubyadubyadubyadotemseeeffseedotcodotyoukay!)</p>
<p>6. The fastest growing revenues in the PL, despite having the cheapest tickets (by far) of the top clubs (Arsenal almost 4 x higher)</p>
<p>7. Best entertainment for ticket cost in the PL- We won the award</p>
<p>... I believe we have the best match day food too!</p>
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		<title>By: Christopher JH Bluemoon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher JH Bluemoon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh dear Pedro,

City scored the most goals and conceded the least in the PL this year.

City&#039;s points total would have won the PL in four out of the last 5 seasons.

Pretty much every neutral and respected football contributor have agreed that we&#039;ve played the best, most entertaining football in the PL this year.

City outplayed United in both PL encounters, with a 7-1 aggregate.

City won the last 6 games of the season (as we did last year) - isn&#039;t this United&#039;s &quot;squeaky bum&quot; strength ?

City came back repeatedly to salvage wins &amp; draws. United didn&#039;t manage it once all season.

City won zero games as a result of refereeing favours, but lost or drew
several as a result of incorrect decisions against us (eg. Sunderland, Chelsea away)

United vs. QPR - United get penalty &amp; red card for their opposition for 
a cheating dive from an offside Ashley Young. Several more spring to mind.

City&#039;s record against the top 6 teams reads 8 Wins 2 losses.

QPR abysmal vs. City??? United parked the bus at the Etihad, lost
and had zero shots on goal. QPR  parked the bus, scored twice
and lost only in extra-time. Look how many QPR players threw themselves into attempted blocks &amp; tackles for Aguero&#039;s winner - I counted at least 5, including Onouha&#039;s lunging foul at the last.
- think that puts the QPR &#039;gave up&#039; conspiracy to bed. 

Real Madrid have been the richest &amp; most over-funded club since their inception as the kings team.

Man United won their first PL title with the most expensively assembled squad ever in English football history &amp; still hold the record for most expensive teenager, defender &amp; goalkeeper in the league (&amp; 2 of those were over 8 years ago!!!). 

United won their first ever English title, in 1909, as a result of their spending power, buying City&#039;s best players and top-scorer the previous year. 

Wayne Rooney tries to quit United, gets biggest contract in PL history.

Tevez refuses to warm up, loses 10M pounds &amp; is forced to apologise
to manager, team-mates &amp; fans. Still plays big part in our successful run-in &amp; wants to stay.
  
Balotelli, comes on plays positively, maturely &amp; creatively &amp; provides assist to winning goal. Committed to City.
  
What you got Pedro???

... thought not]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh dear Pedro,</p>
<p>City scored the most goals and conceded the least in the PL this year.</p>
<p>City&#039;s points total would have won the PL in four out of the last 5 seasons.</p>
<p>Pretty much every neutral and respected football contributor have agreed that we&#039;ve played the best, most entertaining football in the PL this year.</p>
<p>City outplayed United in both PL encounters, with a 7-1 aggregate.</p>
<p>City won the last 6 games of the season (as we did last year) &#8211; isn&#039;t this United&#039;s &#034;squeaky bum&#034; strength ?</p>
<p>City came back repeatedly to salvage wins &amp; draws. United didn&#039;t manage it once all season.</p>
<p>City won zero games as a result of refereeing favours, but lost or drew<br />
several as a result of incorrect decisions against us (eg. Sunderland, Chelsea away)</p>
<p>United vs. QPR &#8211; United get penalty &amp; red card for their opposition for<br />
a cheating dive from an offside Ashley Young. Several more spring to mind.</p>
<p>City&#039;s record against the top 6 teams reads 8 Wins 2 losses.</p>
<p>QPR abysmal vs. City??? United parked the bus at the Etihad, lost<br />
and had zero shots on goal. QPR  parked the bus, scored twice<br />
and lost only in extra-time. Look how many QPR players threw themselves into attempted blocks &amp; tackles for Aguero&#039;s winner &#8211; I counted at least 5, including Onouha&#039;s lunging foul at the last.<br />
- think that puts the QPR &#039;gave up&#039; conspiracy to bed. </p>
<p>Real Madrid have been the richest &amp; most over-funded club since their inception as the kings team.</p>
<p>Man United won their first PL title with the most expensively assembled squad ever in English football history &amp; still hold the record for most expensive teenager, defender &amp; goalkeeper in the league (&amp; 2 of those were over 8 years ago!!!). </p>
<p>United won their first ever English title, in 1909, as a result of their spending power, buying City&#039;s best players and top-scorer the previous year. </p>
<p>Wayne Rooney tries to quit United, gets biggest contract in PL history.</p>
<p>Tevez refuses to warm up, loses 10M pounds &amp; is forced to apologise<br />
to manager, team-mates &amp; fans. Still plays big part in our successful run-in &amp; wants to stay.</p>
<p>Balotelli, comes on plays positively, maturely &amp; creatively &amp; provides assist to winning goal. Committed to City.</p>
<p>What you got Pedro???</p>
<p>... thought not</p>
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		<title>By: Jor</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 07:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[very magnanimous J-M. I completely agree with you. I am not a ManU fan but I believe Fergie is the best coach in the world]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>very magnanimous J-M. I completely agree with you. I am not a ManU fan but I believe Fergie is the best coach in the world</p>
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		<title>By: patronageshop</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[patronageshop]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 03:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article is ridiculous and super biased. In fact, the only people who agree with this article seem to be biased Man U fans. 

First of all, the title is invalid, considering the fact that Man City slipped up FIRST. By your logic, the title should be &quot;Did Man City allow Man United to have the chance to stay in the title race, before eventually winning it?&quot; That sounds about right.

Second, you call QPR abysmal. That&#039;s funny. So if QPR are abysmal and they lost to City 2-3, what does that make United? You know United lost to city at OT 1-6, right? Not sure if you know that because if you did know that when you wrote this article, your same faulty logic would mean that QPR is actually better than United...since they played a better game than United played against City on BOTH occasions. QPR lost at home to City 2-3 as well, just so you know (not sure you were aware). 

Summary:

QPR 4 - City 6 = -2
United 2 - City 7 = -5

So explain how QPR played better against City than United did? Surely an abysmal team can&#039;t do that Pedro! Your argument is invalid because teams matchup differently with each other. If you took that into consideration instead of quickly expressing your thoughtless, biased rant, you would&#039;ve seen that.

Third, you say City should have been far more impressive than they were? What does that even mean? How much more impressive would you like a team to be? Was 6-1 over the former EPL champions away from OT not impressive enough for you? How about the dominance in the return match? Or maybe you missed out on the 5-1 away win at Spurs? You state opinions but then you don&#039;t judge such biases on the same variables. It&#039;s shocking.

Fourth, glad you don&#039;t subscribe to the philosophy of buying success. That&#039;s good to know. So I guess then you don&#039;t subscribe to Man United either then? Since they bought their success back in 1987 in the early Fergie days? Which undoubtedly played a major role in United&#039;s future success? I&#039;ll let you Google that story on your own time.

Overall, the worst oppinionated article I have ever read.

@iameafra]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This article is ridiculous and super biased. In fact, the only people who agree with this article seem to be biased Man U fans. </p>
<p>First of all, the title is invalid, considering the fact that Man City slipped up FIRST. By your logic, the title should be &#034;Did Man City allow Man United to have the chance to stay in the title race, before eventually winning it?&#034; That sounds about right.</p>
<p>Second, you call QPR abysmal. That&#039;s funny. So if QPR are abysmal and they lost to City 2-3, what does that make United? You know United lost to city at OT 1-6, right? Not sure if you know that because if you did know that when you wrote this article, your same faulty logic would mean that QPR is actually better than United...since they played a better game than United played against City on BOTH occasions. QPR lost at home to City 2-3 as well, just so you know (not sure you were aware). </p>
<p>Summary:</p>
<p>QPR 4 &#8211; City 6 = -2<br />
United 2 &#8211; City 7 = -5</p>
<p>So explain how QPR played better against City than United did? Surely an abysmal team can&#039;t do that Pedro! Your argument is invalid because teams matchup differently with each other. If you took that into consideration instead of quickly expressing your thoughtless, biased rant, you would&#039;ve seen that.</p>
<p>Third, you say City should have been far more impressive than they were? What does that even mean? How much more impressive would you like a team to be? Was 6-1 over the former EPL champions away from OT not impressive enough for you? How about the dominance in the return match? Or maybe you missed out on the 5-1 away win at Spurs? You state opinions but then you don&#039;t judge such biases on the same variables. It&#039;s shocking.</p>
<p>Fourth, glad you don&#039;t subscribe to the philosophy of buying success. That&#039;s good to know. So I guess then you don&#039;t subscribe to Man United either then? Since they bought their success back in 1987 in the early Fergie days? Which undoubtedly played a major role in United&#039;s future success? I&#039;ll let you Google that story on your own time.</p>
<p>Overall, the worst oppinionated article I have ever read.</p>
<p>@iameafra</p>
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		<title>By: J-M</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[J-M]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#039;s me start by stating that I am a proud Man U fan. One needs to be able to give credit where it&#039;s due. Any team that can go to Old Trafford and thump Man U 6-1 will get my respect any day of the week. We can debate the ifs and buts of what the season might have been. Bottom line is: Man City won the league. Period. What is so wrong with simply giving credit where it is due???? As a Man U fan, I hope that this defeat will convince us to go into the transfer market, buy quality players and come back stronger next season. For now, congratulations to Man City.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#039;s me start by stating that I am a proud Man U fan. One needs to be able to give credit where it&#039;s due. Any team that can go to Old Trafford and thump Man U 6-1 will get my respect any day of the week. We can debate the ifs and buts of what the season might have been. Bottom line is: Man City won the league. Period. What is so wrong with simply giving credit where it is due???? As a Man U fan, I hope that this defeat will convince us to go into the transfer market, buy quality players and come back stronger next season. For now, congratulations to Man City.</p>
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		<title>By: Fredk</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fredk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 14:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brilliant AnalysisPedro.
Absolutely unconvincing victory for CITY.
With all the expensively assembled squad against struggling challengers (Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs, Liverpool), they still had to win it in the extra time of the last game on goal difference!
Admitedly, ManUtd had a very dissmal season; but I cannot explain how City could not win this league with a wider margin and games to spare??  Anyway, we can say all we want, but City are champions...!!! congraturations!!! Worthy Champions??? for another day.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brilliant AnalysisPedro.<br />
Absolutely unconvincing victory for CITY.<br />
With all the expensively assembled squad against struggling challengers (Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs, Liverpool), they still had to win it in the extra time of the last game on goal difference!<br />
Admitedly, ManUtd had a very dissmal season; but I cannot explain how City could not win this league with a wider margin and games to spare??  Anyway, we can say all we want, but City are champions...!!! congraturations!!! Worthy Champions??? for another day.</p>
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