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Man City - the new bitters?


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Doesn't excuse what he said last week but as far as apologies go that's one of the most unreserved I've ever heard. Most of them are wishy washy, sorry if you were offended, it didn't come out the way I meant it etc half arsed things but this wasn't. He didn't attempt to justify or explain himself at all, he just said it was stupid, unnecessary and that he's ashamed and sorry. There's not really much further you can go.

 

The fact he said what he did to begin with tells me everything I need to know about him, but that today is as strong an apology as I've seen in a long time. 

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2 hours ago, Carra_is_legend said:

This incident has shown the true face of the baldy cunt. Again.

 

The thought process of going all the way back to Gerrard when he was not even the manager is evidence of the way the cunt thinks. Fuck him and his apology.

For me it actually shows their PR team are preparing him for the press conferences. I don't reckon that would be the 1st thing that came into his mind, but I can more than imagine their media team talking about it with him 10 mins before his press conference. 

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25 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

The apology says a lot about his state of mind I think, to say something so unprofessional and off the cuff and then apologise so strongly so soon after shows his mood must swing pretty fucking wildly. 

 

He's not a well man IMO. 

Even the apology is a bit mental bringing his wife and kids into it. 

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Stupid comments. Proper apology.   Thank God we don’t have a manager who can go stupidly overboard in interviews…

 

But it does show where Peps head is at the moment.  I think he knows his legacy is fucked.  At Barca he was credited with developing a team that was arguably the best club side ever, but it was built on 2 midfielders who came through before he was manager along with the greatest player ever. Bayern was a failure because he only achieved par with the league and failed in the CL. And now at City he’s been caught cheating, twice. He’s a good manager, but only when he has access to unfair advantages. 

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2 hours ago, Barrington Womble said:

For me it actually shows their PR team are preparing him for the press conferences. I don't reckon that would be the 1st thing that came into his mind, but I can more than imagine their media team talking about it with him 10 mins before his press conference. 

I wouldn't be surprised at all if this was the case but that makes him look like a bigger tit.

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6 hours ago, dave u said:

Doesn't excuse what he said last week but as far as apologies go that's one of the most unreserved I've ever heard. Most of them are wishy washy, sorry if you were offended, it didn't come out the way I meant it etc half arsed things but this wasn't. He didn't attempt to justify or explain himself at all, he just said it was stupid, unnecessary and that he's ashamed and sorry. There's not really much further you can go.

 

The fact he said what he did to begin with tells me everything I need to know about him, but that today is as strong an apology as I've seen in a long time. 

Yeah , have to say it seemed sincere too, as you say most apologies in sport are half arsed.

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On 08/02/2023 at 23:04, dockers_strike said:

 

One sports lawyer is predicting 4 years!!

 

 

Agree with your sentiments Ronnie but what's the point relegating them? At best, they'd be relegated to the Championship. It's open to the EFL accepting them but if they did, they'd only be out of the PL for 1 season as no club in that league is stopping them get automatic promotion. Relegating them to League 1 or 2? Never going to happen.

 

They need PL titles taking off them. The PL commission is powerless to strips them of FA and EFL Cups because they arent the PL's jurisdiction. Next they PL needs to impose proper financial restrictions on all clubs especially on owner related sponsorship deals.

 

The PL should be embarassed no one has picked up city having a higher turnover than Real. It's beyond a joke.

 

And then the PL let Boehly spend more money this last window than that combined for Serie A, Ligue Un and the Bundesliga, possibly La Liga as well for replacing the Russian gangster!

Agree with all that Docker.

 

I actually do think if they get relegated, not just could it be to the Championship, but all the way down. Still, even if it was the Championship, that would mess them up royally imo. Their current team would leave en masse imo and while they would come up the following year, the eyes on them would mean it could be years before they can compete for trophies. They simply don't have the "official revenue" when they are scrutinised. More importantly it puts a halt to Newcastle's gallop a bit.

 

Rangers and Juve were relegated in their leagues. City aren't that level of club in England though I'm sure the government won't want their good chums suffering.

 

Hope Arsenal smash them tonight.

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On 14/02/2023 at 11:18, dave u said:

Doesn't excuse what he said last week but as far as apologies go that's one of the most unreserved I've ever heard. Most of them are wishy washy, sorry if you were offended, it didn't come out the way I meant it etc half arsed things but this wasn't. He didn't attempt to justify or explain himself at all, he just said it was stupid, unnecessary and that he's ashamed and sorry. There's not really much further you can go.

 

The fact he said what he did to begin with tells me everything I need to know about him, but that today is as strong an apology as I've seen in a long time. 

 

As I said to you yesterday, I don't think for a second it was sincere. He was trying to suppress a grin on his face the whole time. He went into more detail that was necessary, almost as if to repeat his original point and double the embarrassment Gerrard probably felt about it. I can't believe you're giving him any credit whatsoever for this. 

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