The 'Agenda'

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It has nothing to do with being fair because in the end if they do succeed in stopping City, then what have they achieved - The status Quo as was and then all these rules will just disappear.

It would be better if they concentrated on Club who hold massive debts rather than a Club that is debt free and sustainable.



http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-ffp-rules-uefa-12445444
 
Under the careful, guiding hand of David :019: Gill, the rag 'man on the inside' twisting the rules to ensure his old club aren't penalised and working hard to engineer new ways to nullify threats from other clubs.

You are correct Buzz - it has never had anything to do with being fair, it is all about trying to maintain the status quo nth hegemony of the original authors of FFP
 
If this is true, it is unbelievable how low some people will go in the disguise of fairness when some Clubs have debts and surely the creditors should have fairness to, especially when those Club continue to fork out millions instead of repaying the debts
 
I just imagine 99% of other clubs looking at us, every time we blow £40+m on a centre half knowing that if he doesn't work out we'll send him off on loan and buy another one for £30+m and thinking to themselves 'if only...'.

No, it's not fair but let's get some perspective on this. feck UEFA, feck FIFA, feck JP Morgan, feck WH Smith and (in a nod to a mate who has had some hassle with them recently) last but not least, British Gas.

Ok, Kirk out.

 
It just makes all our victories that much more sweeter. :006:

Sooner or later, the likes of Gill (who has many fingers in many pies), will get their due up commence. :048:
 
Colin Is The King - 14/1/2017 21:49

It just makes all our victories that much more sweeter. :006:

Sooner or later, the likes of Gill (who has many fingers in many pies), will get their due up commence. :048:
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Absolutely - IF there is an agenda against us - and let's face it, all fans think their club is hard done by, then it just makes the victories that little bit sweeter.

 
We are getting absolutely pummeled in the media as we fully expected.

Still, it's horrible to see ex Blues like Danny Mills and Niall Quinn again unable to contain there glee at City falling way short of expectations after they went quiet only 10 days ago.

"In his latest column, Niall Quinn advises Pep Guardiola to get used to doing things the hard way at Manchester City."

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/27183/10731518/niall-quinn-talks-pep-guardiola-dimitri-payet-zlatan-ibrahimovic-in-his-latest-column
 
I can't abide how the ex-City players spend their time rubbishing one of their old clubs

But the media are going for it. All their wishes have come true and the opportunity to lay into Guardiola has arrived - they are lapping it up
 
Jamie Jackson in The Grauniad joining in on the ramping up of the Spurs game as the one that Pep will be ultimately judged upon...

"A big question mark hovers over the Pep Guardiola-Txiki Begiristain axis that controls who Manchester City buy. The latter is the sporting director and he does more than merely sign off his head coach’s demands. Begiristain has substantial influence in transfer strategy though he takes Guardiola’s lead so the manager has to accept ultimate responsibility for the errors so far."

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/jan/16/pep-guardiola-manchester-city-everton-problems
 
There is something in the back of my mind about Quinn leaving City that was acrimonious and ever since he was at Sunderland and ex chairman, I don't think he actually ever was a City fan.

Mills was overpaid and a walking sick note and as for an ex City player, there must be more they could call on to make comments, I tend to ignore what he says anyway as it usually has a bitterness in his words and knows very well what the majority of fans think of him
 
The pressure will only mount as the weekend approaches.

Guardiola is now faced with a massive decision concerning his keeper - stick to his guns/principles and back his choice, the guy he regards as critical to starting his team playing, or drop his keeper in the face of the wave of hysteria that is threatening to engulf us and risk being accused of disloyalty. Other players get dropped when not playing well, it should apply to keepers - will Guardiola see it this way?
 
I hope so Skoorb and I think Bravo will be relieved and then he can work on his game in the premier, we know he can make fine saves but JB points out some good points regarding Claudio in another thread above or below?
 
He does and I have no issue with the stats - he clearly could do better.

It is a shame that this more rational approach hadn't been used by some instead of the cheap name calling. There is plenty of culpability to go around - it isn't all Bravo's fault.
 
Of course not....As pointed out on other threads/commentators, if we take our chances first at Everton, we take control of the game, and it may have turned out differently.
 
Over to the sports desk Ed...

"Wow! City have now rocket proppelled into the top 5 clubs with the biggest revenue! And they have no debt. Run the United headline would you sub eds?"
 
LOL. You know, I hadn't even bothered to check it out becasue it was such a rag love in :022: on the radio this morning
 
Totally shafted

No sanction for the officials who got that wrong.

Marriner's was a way behind but the linesman had an angled view and should have given that decision. He saw Jesus was offside a little later though. Didn't miss that.

Tell me there is no need for video reviews during the game?
 
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