Manchester City will have benefitted from winning the FA Cuplast season, as it will give them confidence, and certainly help to instill some of the belief necessary to take the side on to the next level. There is now an expectancy of success at the club, which although brings pressure, also demands higher standards. It is this belief that they are good enough that will take them even further.
There is a question of having potentially too much arrogance, which is always a problem when assembling a side full of world class players. Too much arrogance, could create an expectation that you are going to win without even trying, which could cause problems. Players need to be of a certain mould and you certainly need a bit of an arrogant streak to be the best. It is important that a side fears no one and doesn’t give any other team too much respect.
Manchester City are just in their infancy as a successful title challenging side, but they seem to be gathering all the elements together to achieve success at the club. As well as an array of star names, they are now starting to believe that they have enough class, and as they continue on this path, and the more successful they become, the greater their self belief will be and the harder they will be to knock off the top.
As their rivals have done before them, if they believe they are the real deal then they will be, both domestically and in Europe. All the players are aware of the clubs history and they are the ones now tasked with changing it, it is not an easy task, and will require enormous amounts of bottle off the field as well as on it, but it seems like they just might have enough self belief to get there.
Written by Lauren Rutter for FootballFancast.com. Do you think Manchester City have enough self belief to go to the next level? Let me know your thoughts by commenting below or following me on Twitter @LaurenRutter
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