Source: Team_Talk
Coyle confident of good result
olton manager Owen Coyle has no doubts his side are capable of beating Manchester City at the Reebok Stadium on Sunday.[LNB] City have spent heavily again in the summer, bringing in Sergio Aguero, Gael Clichy and Stefan Savic for a combined £51million with Arsenal's Samir Nasri set to join for around £22million.[LNB]By contrast all Wanderers have spent about £2million on Darren Pratley, Nigel Reo-Coker, Tyrone Mears and Chris Eagles.[LNB]But Coyle is confident when it comes to kick-off his side have enough to cause problems for City.[LNB]"We are at the Reebok and we have to make sure we give a big performance. Is this a game we can win, absolutely?" he said. "If we give our maximum then I believe we can go and win.[LNB]"We do all the preparation work in pre-season knowing there will be a big start to the season but our priority is on Manchester City who, you have seen in the last week, have supreme quality.[LNB]"But that is why we love playing against the best teams, players and managers - and Manchester City affords you that opportunity.[LNB]"They are a team which is really evolving because of what they spent.[LNB]"Roberto (Mancini) has put the pieces of the jigsaw together to have a formidable team.[LNB]"They will get the ultimate respect but we also know when we are at our very best, regardless of who we are playing, we can win.[LNB]"I don't know what they have spent, what is it £300million? In my 18 months in charge I've spent £3million in transfers.[LNB]"It might look a bit of a mis-match on Sunday but come the game I can assure you it won't be."[LNB]Both teams had impressive starts to the season, Bolton winning 4-0 at newcomers QPR and City dispatching Swansea, another promoted side, by the same scoreline.[LNB]Aguero's two-goal cameo after coming on as a substitute against the Swans stole the headlines and Coyle admitted, even as an opposition manager, he could not help but be impressed.[LNB]"I think impressed is probably an understatement," he said.[LNB]"He was fantastic. He was something that, as a football lover, you want to see.[LNB]"You want to see the best players in the world operating in our league and he is certainly one of those[LNB]"Carlos Tevez is still there and Edin Dzeko and even the ones they are talking about moving on - like Emmanuel Adebayor - are world-class players."[LNB]Coyle believes City are the strongest they have been in the Premier League era and credited Mancini for the work he had done.[LNB]"City will be a better team than they were last season and that gives us problems," he added.[LNB]"Having won the FA Cup last season and qualified for the Champions League you can see how much they have evolved.[LNB]"I think that has come from the manager and he has to be applauded.[LNB]"It is fine to be afforded that wealth but sometimes you can assemble these players but not necessarily have a great team.[LNB]"I think they are getting it right, I think they have got a strong team with good individual players within that. They have integrated that group and they look formidable opposition."[LNB]But Coyle believes his side can take great heart from last weekend's win, which was the first time they had scored more than three goals in a game since last November when they demolished Newcastle 5-1.[LNB]"There were a lot of pluses for us. We will take that and move into the next game," he added.[LNB]"We knew ourselves we had won a hard-fought game. QPR were far from poor - I've been there myself bringing a team up from the Championship.[LNB]"Regardless of whether people give you credit or not the bottom line was it was an important three points with the games we have ahead of us.[LNB]"It gave us an enormous amount of confidence and hopefully you will see that come Sunday."
