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Sorry, I have no idea who he is. Thought she was Sally Nugent at first glance. I need Specsavers obviously.

There was once a habit for Evertonians to call their players in a matey fashion, I remember Sheeds, Sharpy, Inchy, Ratters etc. Now it’s “Useless Twat”, “Gobshite” or similar.

Genius will do if he turns out to be that good.

I find it ridiculous that the Premier League could even be considering not taking away titles and any other awards that City might have purchased if/when they are found guilty of financial skullduggery. Who would they be trying to kid that the “brand” might be damaged by taking such action? The “brand” is, and has been, damaged since UEFA failed to nail City after the CAS ruling, when everyone with half a brain knew they were as guilty as sin, but got away on a technicality and at UEFA’s incompetence at enforcing their own rules properly. To not take City’s ill gotten gains off them, should they be found culpable of course, would be much more damaging. Fining them would be even more of a joke.

Got to this too late, I would have added Karl Heinz Schnellinger, brilliant across the back line but exceptional at left full back.

MOM on the BEEB

Happy Birthday boss!

Agree with this. How to give yourself the best chance of stopping your nearest rivals, especially if you have unlimited money to do it.

He’s gone. Close the thread Dave.

The error the club made was not replacing players who had dodgy fitness or who were waning, with fresh faces when we were battering every fucker. Y’know, like we used to do when we were steamrollering every fucker under Bob Paisley? We haven’t learned from our own history. But that’s been done to death so…….

Does anyone believe Sir Harry of Tottingham and Englandshire would entertain signing for a team of cheese eating surrender monkeys? Alan Shearers records are within his chain mailed grasp and there’s big tournaments afoot!! Nay, nay and thrice nay.

“Hello Toni, meet your replacement.”

It’s because they miss their Mamas. You can tell that because whenever the camera zooms in you can see them saying “ Mam, I’m here!” I’ll get my coat.

Maybe someone should tell them that City will challenge every single one of those charges with the most expensive legal eagles money can buy, not because they’re innocent, but because they have unlimited funds. Whereas Everton don’t have unlimited funds and that’s one of the main reasons they’re in that mess and should (I know, I know) be punished for their profligacy.

So the club drop a completely avoidable bollock in not giving the 25 year season ticket holding NHS doctor his season ticket, and then will likely have to backtrack to save face once how they’ve behaved is out there. The PR department want to give their heads a wobble. Even the bloos wouldn’t screw up like that.

Grealish is the epitome of that club. Wanabee flash and no class.

They really are in total disarray. And we thought we had a bad season. Can't go on though, probably find some oil state will decide it's worth their while to take a punt and they'll buy the fuckers, clear their debt, complete the stadium build, then they'll get a free pass for transfers like Chelsea did and they'll end up with Mbappe.

Regarding the financial irregularities, which Charlene White brought up, Dickov gave the stock answer that since the accusations were levelled, it’s promoted a “siege mentality”, it’s nothing to do with the players, it’s all off field stuff and shouldn’t detract from the achievement of the treble. Yawn. The anchor in the studio has gone from saying “ thousands of Man City fans” to “ tens of thousands”. Maybe she’s had a message from the Abu Dhabi PR machine?

If the CL is a yardstick for success and the ability of a coach, then Guardiola can’t be properly judged as a great coach given the massive advantages he’s had since he joined City. He won 2 CL at Barcelona, taking over a team that was already bound for greatness. He did fuck all at Bayern that a string of others haven’t also done before and since him and with their resources didn’t win a CL. Eddie Howe is showing what an above average coach with money can do at Newcastle, so it should be probably expected that anyone half decent and with funds should improve a side as long as there are basics in place. Newcastle, though, have to keep up their advancement for Howe to keep his job, or maybe not, he could still be sacked for a big name just as Pellegrini was for Guardiola after getting them to the CL SF and finishing 4th. That they only picked up their first CL last night, after what has been spent by them under Guardiola is some failure really. He was brought in with a complete back room team he picked, and has had any player pretty much that he has wanted since 2016. It took Klopp 3 years to get us to a CL final and he won it in his 4th year, it has taken Guardiola 7 years with all his advantages to win their first. There isn’t a comparison in my mind, Klopp is by far the better coach, just as Paisley was in comparison to Ferguson in my opinion, although Sir Bob and Whisky nose never had to face off like Klopp and Guardiola have. Domestic football is different, of course, and to maintain the hold they have over the PL is much more likely with cash at your disposal, particularly when the owners of your nearest real threat are stingy bastards in comparison to your own. But I’m biased and so what the fuck do I know, it comes to something though when you’re having to rely on the PL to actually enforce their own rules to try and stop this charade that’s taking place, when UEFA have completely failed to do likewise.

Agree. The last bastion has fallen and the other oil backed clubs will be busting a gut even more to win the CL now. The backhanders to UEFA will be huge to conveniently look the other way, while even more inventive accounting takes place.

Good old davek “They are a financially doped football club, buying their way into the record books”. He missed out the “successful” before financially there. Unlike his team who are an unsuccessful financially doped club, not buying their way into the record books. Well not records you’d want anyway.

I fear you’ll be spot on with that prediction. Hope not obviously. Might throw a tenner on them, just as a desperation mockerer.

I’m obviously hoping for an Inter win, but I won’t be holding my breath. Just don’t want the cheats name contaminating that trophy. But, on the other hand, if the cheats do win, I’m hoping maybe Guardiola fucks off before the shit, potentially, hits the fan over the PL charges. Once he’s won them the trophy he will have fulfilled his brief.

Granada TV saying 25k will be there. Think of a number, divide it by two, add a thousand then multiply by ten thousand. That’s how they usually work out their attendance at the Emptyhad.

Crect! Also it was 76 they last won it before then, dunno what the fuck I was on when I wrote that shite.