Man City - the new bitters?

[TheHowieLama]

If they are so clever - how come they keep getting hacked?

[Bobby Hundreds]

So I can break the rules and take steroids in a sport they are banned in because I've a right to be competitive.

[Anubis]

Anyway, has anyone pointed out to Lineker  he signed for Everton the season after the ban came in.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Just now, Bobby Hundreds said:

So I can break the rules and take steroids in a sport they are banned in because I've a right to be competitive.

Yes. And if anyone has an issue with that, tell them slavery used to be legal. Then walk away, knowing you've won the moral high ground.

[The Guest]

4 hours ago, Captain Turdseye said:

If they are out of the CL, they’ll need to trim the wage bill or they won’t get back in due to FFP. The CL money is essential to them ‘complying’ already. 

 

4 hours ago, Leyton388 said:

The thing is they will need to cut costs in order to comply with FFP so they may have no choice plus the like of KDB isnt going to want to stick around with him being near 30.

They’ve got a smaller wage bill than us as it stands and it’s probably because most of the money they’re paying the manager and players won’t be coming from City.  They will just more of those wages off the books if necessary.  I will guarantee you now no players will leave due to this.

[The Guest]

21 minutes ago, Pistonbroke said:

Pissing myself at these blerts. hahahaha. 

 

@BluePhil8

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If the idea of an alternate to the CL is being poo-poo'd - how about a true international competition?

@BluePhil8 said: ↑

I think if we could pursuade the right clubs - Dortmund, Atletico, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Lyon, Monaco, Bilbao, Valencia, Spurs etc. and double the prize money on offer from UEFA it would eventually eclipse the CL.

Following on from this idea, so it's not seen as a 'bridesmaid' competition we could also try to rope in the likes of Boca Juniors, River Plate, Corinthians, Independiente, Rangers and Celtic etc.

 

Fucking comical isn’t it.  Yeah all these clubs are going to want to join an alternate competition they’ve got no chance of winning because city can now spend infinite money against their mediocre money that sees them struggle to compete in the current format.  Never mind that it would not be allowed by UEFA or the national associations.  Fucking deluded cunts.

[dockers_strike]

12 minutes ago, The Guest said:

Fucking comical isn’t it.  Yeah all these clubs are going to want to join an alternate competition they’ve got no chance of winning because city can now spend infinite money against their mediocre money that sees them struggle to compete in the current format.  Never mind that it would not be allowed by UEFA or the national associations.  Fucking deluded cunts.

Methinks they didnt think it through. Again!

[Guest Pistonbroke]

11 minutes ago, The Guest said:

Fucking comical isn’t it.  Yeah all these clubs are going to want to join an alternate competition they’ve got no chance of winning because city can now spend infinite money against their mediocre money that sees them struggle to compete in the current format.  Never mind that it would not be allowed by UEFA or the national associations.  Fucking deluded cunts.

 

Indeed. They also forget that their owners are not about losing money. Such a competition (not taking it seriously BTW, just playing along with their absurd game) would take years in the planning and would need a load of sponsors, match officials etc etc. They honestly think they can just click their fingers and their owners will stump up 200 Billion. They have to be the most deluded fans in World Football. 

[Vincent Vega]

1 hour ago, Anubis said:

Re: Lineker. Have the BBC been tapped up by City to defend them. On 5 Live before they were trying to make out that City had to spend big to get to the CL places, like a start up business. They were them banging on about how Amazon recorded big losses at first to get ahead. It’s mad the lengths they’re going to, to defend them.

Jeff Stelling on Sky:

 

”I am surprised by the outbreak of joy, it seems, that the English champions should be so punished”.

 

They really don’t get it the media do they? Proper football fans don’t like financially doped clubs, and those clubs don’t garner any admiration. In fact we see any success they have achieved as bought and not earned.

 

The way Sky and the BBC have reported this is a joke, they just say they’ve been found guilty of breaking ffp rules and misleading UEFA. They have been found guilty of cheating and that is what they should be reporting.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Someone should point out their Faux outrage at 'The Hand of God' incident all those years ago. 

[Ne Moe Imya]

It's happening.

 

 

(All credit to @The_Gerrard_Era off twitter for this)

[Stickman]

13 minutes ago, Vincent Vega said:

Jeff Stelling on Sky:

 

”I am surprised by the outbreak of joy, it seems, that the English champions should be so punished”.

 

They really don’t get it the media do they? Proper football fans don’t like financially doped clubs, and those clubs don’t garner any admiration. In fact we see any success they have achieved as bought and not earned.

 

The way Sky and the BBC have reported this is a joke, they just say they’ve been found guilty of breaking ffp rules and misleading UEFA. They have been found guilty of cheating and that is what they should be reporting.

 

He’s  a bit of a bellend is Jeff the other week he was having a go at us over the Shrewsbury replay, disrespecting the Cup , playing the kids, winter break causing Coronavirus blah blah blah but failing to grasp that Sky are the main architects of said Cup competition becoming shit and creating fake inflated clubs like Chelsea and City

 

[TheHowieLama]

24 minutes ago, Ne Moe Imya said:

It's happening.

 

 

(All credit to @The_Gerrard_Era off twitter for this)

Powershift.

[Stickman]

BBC Breakfast

Football finance expert Dr Rob Wilson talking to BBC Breakfast: "It’s huge. It’s absolutely huge. I think seismic is probably the best word to use for it. While Manchester City might have expected what was coming, I don't think they really anticipated a two-year ban.

"Put the fine to the side for a minute because that’s a bit of change for them really, but if you look at how it’s going to have implications on other sides around Europe, their player recruitment strategy, not to mention whether their manager is going to stay on, do they want to have a team that doesn’t play Champions League football. It’s going to make it very difficult and murky waters for them to wade through.

"I think the issue for me, it is more moral and ethical. We can argue about whether regulations are legal or not but Manchester City signed up for those regulations, they agreed to play to those set of rules. What they’ve done over the last few years, it seems, is have a bigger goal to score into. I think the penalties are absolutely justified, I might have gone further actually and given them a bigger ban and a bigger fine because when you look at others teams there is a status quo now and you can’t break into that."

[Grinch]

Shirley PSG needs banned as well. 

[Josef Svejk]

1 hour ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

A choice take from the Blue Moonies

 

City may have broken rules but the issue here should not be what City did in that regard but the fact that the rules need breaking. Once upon a time it was legal to have slaves; laws / rules are not always (morally) correct and the world and history are full of examples of that.

I'd particularly ban any journo applying the term financial doping to MCFC: it does not apply. All City's owner has done is try to invest in his business to make it competitive. 

Jesus. Do they know who their owners are?

[Funkasy]

I wish #freepinto banners were all around european stadions.

[Davelfc]

 

I'm shocked, shocked I tells ya. 

[Leyton388]

It's all our fault guys. 

 

YaYa's Left Peg

All of you guys praising them (even if through gritted teeth) - just remember they are one of the clubs who are the main instigators of all the shit being thrown at City. They hold the power and they won't be happy until we are finished.

Stuff 'em

[Babb'sBurstNad]

"Stuff 'em"?

 

Bloomin' heck, that's a bit ruddy much. Wash his blinkin' mouth out with soap and water.

 

The daft cunt.

[TheHowieLama]

Cheedie McCheatface

[Leyton388]

What ever happened to that beaut Fanchester City? 

[manwiththestick]

11 minutes ago, Leyton388 said:

What ever happened to that beaut Fanchester City? 

Fucked off when we started to get our shit together. 

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

6 hours ago, Herp McDerp said:

 

This year has ruined the Football Manager games for me. Doesn't matter if I save scum before every match,  I'm never topping this season.

I'm saving this years final 'when I'm Liverpool' for the wankbank for the rest of my life. Unbelievable.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

38 minutes ago, Leyton388 said:

What ever happened to that beaut Fanchester City? 

He's living under the same rock as AFC. Or whatever his name was. The silly cunt.