Doyen fund mate, not Jorge Mendes. Mendes surely did get a piece of the pie but not even close to £14 millions
Bluemoon interview Daniel Taylor
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Doyen fund mate, not Jorge Mendes. Mendes surely did get a piece of the pie but not even close to £14 millions
"One was a complaint that they saw me in the pressbox after City had scored a late goal and apparently I looked miserable - which was the final piece of evidence, plainly, that I was indeed Fergie's secret love-child."
"Yeah, I agree it's paranoid - but hang on a bit and let me be paranoid here." Great question
Taylor did well though. He alone makes it an interesting read.
The bit about looking to get offended is sadly not restricted to football forums these days.
I wonder how they decided on the wording of the questions. Do we have a Bluemoon thread on it?
City get off extremely lightly. What their owners have done is completely unfair - City would be nowhere near PL titles otherwise...but apparently we're all supposed to ignore that (and that's thanks in no small part to the near-silence from the very press City fans moan about.)
Not just ignore it Steve, be happy for them & the 'competition.'
Yes, apparently we should consider City's rise as a fairytale...Goldenluck and the Three Stars*
*I apologise for this terrible pun.
City famously won their 3 European Cup stars above their crest in years like 1950something, 1970sometime and 1960never. Plus or minus 3. Usually minus.
Well, I think his position is hardly surprising considering he's a Forest fan.
FFP very well could lock the club he supports into a perpetual hell in the Championship or 2nd division, even if they get a wealthy owner. Some of the older heads around here remember when Forest was one of the dominant teams in the land, well supported, with a fantastic history as well.
FFP, to my understanding, however, wasn't intended solely to prevent another Chelsea, City PSG or Malaga. It was originally intended to prevent clubs with bad ownership spending well outside their means from collapsing the club into administration and liquidation. It was aimed to to address this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administration_(British_football) and also the other issues with club administration abroad.
United are reaping the benefits of FFP, and we'll continue to even more in the future. I've always contended that FFP, combined with astronomically increasing Premier League TV revenue, along with United's fanbase and commercial endeavours, put us in the drivers seat. This latest report that we are now 2nd in money behind Real Madrid, and expected to trump to first them by next season, confirms this. Arsenal are also reaping the benefits, and Liverpool, too (although their stumbling mismanagement of player acquisition gives us all a hearty chuckle at times).
But at the same time, FFP will absolutely hamstring any club, like a Forest, or a Leeds, from rising back to prominence with a well run and wealthy benefactor very easily.
Overall, though, really enjoyed DT's responses, he's an intelligent and thoughtful writer, and I really admire his courage to engage with a fan site - something most journalists would run from. Let's not forget, RAWK in it's glory days of internet terror actually helped contribute to make a U.S. TV pundit redundant after some stupid comments about Hillsborough. I'd hope if he ever accepted an interview from the Caf, the standard of questions, and respect, would be much higher.
I mean honestly, he left the door wide open, I would have asked things like:
After his Mancini praise: Why did journalists appreciate Mancini so much then? Can you tell us a Mancini story we haven't heard? etc. What a fantastic opportunity to get some inside information, blown to try to prove some bias in the media to feed internet paranoia. Honestly. I hope some knobs on this forum would take note as well.