Long ago, P.J. O'Rourke in his book A Parliament of Whores said, "You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money."

I just can't help myself relating it to Manchester City.

The transfer window is closed. And, Manchester City, backed by big bucks, have spent near to £120 million in this single summer transfer window and around £200 million overall since last summer.

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This saturday we get in to the 5th gameweek in Fantasy Premier League. Two really interesting matches this week. Manchester City plays the host for Arsenal, and Tottenham and ManU go against each other in Tottenham's homefield. City - Arsenal will be especially interesting as the team with the least conceded goals ( Man City, 0) and the team that's scored most goals (Arsenal, 11 goals) compete which is more important, to score many goals or to concede little. Click to continue reading...

They Think It's All Over... is annoyed that his enjoyment of England's Ashes victory has been spoiled by an Everton loss. Click to continue reading...

Well the 1st weekend of the Premiership has come and gone and while many may think that you can begin to get some insight into how things are going to turn out this season, I'm here to inform you that you are very mistaken. Its only 1 game of 38 and there is still a very long way to go. So Everton fans cheer up, you may be at the bottom of the table for now, but it doesn't mean that it has to last long (especially if David Moyes is allowed to spend some money). Click to continue reading...

So we got from this

Joleon Lescott was cheered every time he touched the ball as Everton beat Malaga 2-1 in a pre-season friendly at Goodison Park.
The defender, who has told the club he wants to leave, could have expected a tough night, but his name received the loudest applause before the game.

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The Brazilian striker Jo, also said to be interesting Fulham, spent the latter part of last season on loan at Goodison Park. According to a report in the local daily The Manchester Evening News, Manchester City may offer Jo to Everton as part of a deal to sign Joleon Lescott. There has been plenty of speculation recently [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City will make a £15million bid for Everton centre-back Joleon Lescott in the next 48 hours. And City are going to offer the England man a staggering £20m contract - doubling his wages to £80,000 a week in a five-year deal. SunSport revealed in January that Lescott was wanted by boss Mark Hughes. Click to continue reading...

The Premiership season has just ended and while the players are headed to one of the famous seaside resorts, the club officials will have the chance to prove that their wage bill is not just an unnecessary burden to the club's budget. This is the perfect time to start looking for new players, who can improve the team's chances next season.

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They Think It's All Over... picks the Premier League Team of the Season. Such selections are always contraversial so have a read and then have your say! Click to continue reading...

The Citizens are willing to offer the Toffees £25 million to acquire the highly-rated duo Mikel Arteta and Joleon Lescott. According to a report in The Liverpool Daily Post, Manchester City have targeted an end-of-season swoop for Everton duo Mikel Arteta and Joleon Lescott. As Toffees manager David Moyes is likely to want to keep the pair, [. Click to continue reading...

1. Two new defencive partnerships looked shaky. John Terry was partnered by Phil Jagielka in the first half and Matthew Upson in the second, and while Jagielka is the form defender in the Premier League and Upson is a solid and experienced pro, the centre of the English defence looked shaky on a few occasions. Click to continue reading...

Especially the decision to not include a single Chelsea player in the line-up? After all, this is a team which could still quite feasibly win the Premier League title, while they are favourites to beat Liverpool and make it to the Champions League final. Team: James (Portsmouth); Sagna (Arsenal), Ferdinand, Vidic (Man U), Clichy (Arsenal); Ronaldo [. Click to continue reading...

Everton's ginger supremo David Moyes remains confident that Joleon Lescott will sign a new Everton deal despite being linked in the ‘mee-ja' with a move to Arsenal or Manchester United. (Various) Birmingham boss Alex McLeish has managed to nab Aston Villa defender Gary Cahill , beating Boltonto his signature. Click to continue reading...

Part one of todays bulging and mewing burlap sack of rumours... Liverpool full back John Arne Riise has claimed (via his agent) that he isn't about to jump the Anfield ship and scuttle over to Newcastle. (Various) ...Meanwhile on the other side of Stanley Park, David Moyes is confident that star defender and goal machine Joleon [. Click to continue reading...

Rumor has it that Everton defender Joleon Lescott is on Arsene Wenger's radar. However, the Arsenal manager has stated that he is unlikely to splash out any cash in the January transfer window.
Arsenal are without defenders Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Eboue for much of January and February due to the African Cup of Nations and a recent injury to Toure may rule the central defender out for a longer period of time. Click to continue reading...

Everton manager David Moyes has hailed his defensive duo of Joleon Lescott and Phil Jagielka; whereas Lescott has comfortably grown in the Everton set-up, Jagielka has found it tougher to establish himself this season - but of late his performances have become more solid at the back. And with injuries mounting for [. Click to continue reading...

- Reading this, I wonder if it was purposely taken out of context. Was Sissoko asked if he regrets not to flat out leave Liverpool to go to Juventus or was he asked if he thought he would have more playing opportunities at Juventus? I sort of doubt Sissoko wants to leave. I'm sure he has told friends at times that he would like to, but who doesn't at times bitch about their life and wishing for change to their closest acquaintances? Click to continue reading...