Some Friendly Advice to Manchester City and Mark Hughes

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First I would like to make it clear I have nothing against Man City.

In fact—as a neutral fan—I'm excited that a team outside of the top four has a chance to break in and keep the best clubs on their toes, as well as potentially bring in some of the bigger names from outside Europe to the EPL.

But there is another part of me that wonders what on Earth the people in charge of the Blues are thinking. I'm referring to the overabundance of strikers and attack-minded midfielders that Man City is purchasing willy nilly. Let's take a look:

Strikers/Forwards:

1.  Valeri Bojinov: Unfortunately has been injured since the dawn of time; he has recently regained fitness and played a few games toward the end of the season

2.  Jo: Loaned out to Evertorn for the final half of last season, and again for the next season in its entirety. Doesn't really count for this purpose

3.  Robinho: You can argue that he is a winger, but I'd say he is practically a striker, similar in the way many refused to call C.Ronaldo a winger.

4.  Craig "The nutter with the putter" Bellamy

5.  Roque Santa Cruz

6.  Benjani

7.  Felipe Caicedo

8.  Chedwyn Evans

9.  Carlos Tevez

10. Adebayor: Almost a certainty

So I count...10 forwards. Only one more to go in goal and they have a full team of strikers! Admittedly, you can knock a few of the list, still leaving a good five to seven forwards that will be around wanting to play.

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