City's reaction isn't astounding at all, it's part of an ongoing PR offensive they've been formulating since the moment they realised their financial feckery was going to leak. All this public pearl clutching is simply a tactic to help distract from the material facts of the case and the central truth that they're not actually the all conquering modern footballing juggernaut they purport to be.
People need to stop citing Forbes man, their website is just largely a content farm full of unfettered blog posts from unpaid contributors and has been for years. A friend of mine contributed a few pieces back in the day and he told me there's literally no editing process for submissions, no quality checks or anything – whatever you write just goes straight up and is occasionally edited for errors after the fact.
. Ended up paying a hefty fine after the civil case but still walked free. That can easily entice violence between home and traveling fans. Not a good plan for anything
It is quite obvious that we did cook the books. Maybe still are doing, but does it really matter? For you lot it definetely does, you might actually get into CL...
If we get cleared, this wishful thinking thread can go into the muck, as according to the letter of the law we will be innocent. Like OJ is
Personally I think 2 yrs ban will be overturned and nothing will happen as we will defend by all means.
Even if it won't and even if we end up in League Two, we will come back. Majority of us seen the club wandering through lower leagues, we will manage, won't we?
But now... Endless trunks of oil money guys, endless trunks. We can buy everyone and everything, like you could when Sky streamlined cash towards United in the 90's.
If it comes to an unlikely event of player exodus, you won't even have a sniff of a single one of them, will you? At this moment in time there are at least 4 clubs in Prem much more attractive for top top top players. None of yours will get nto our or dippers squad.
See you in few weeks after CAS suspends the ban until the case will be looked at...
This is some delusional shit.It is quite obvious that we did cook the books. Maybe still are doing, but does it really matter? For you lot it definetely does, you might actually get into CL...
If we get cleared, this wishful thinking thread can go into the muck, as according to the letter of the law we will be innocent. Like OJ is
Personally I think 2 yrs ban will be overturned and nothing will happen as we will defend by all means.
Even if it won't and even if we end up in League Two, we will come back. Majority of us seen the club wandering through lower leagues, we will manage, won't we?
But now... Endless trunks of oil money guys, endless trunks. We can buy everyone and everything, like you could when Sky streamlined cash towards United in the 90's.
If it comes to an unlikely event of player exodus, you won't even have a sniff of a single one of them, will you? At this moment in time there are at least 4 clubs in Prem much more attractive for top top top players. None of yours will get nto our or dippers squad.
See you in few weeks after CAS suspends the ban until the case will be looked at...
Only because they've restructured it.
Uh, yeah, Donald. It matters.
It is quite obvious that we did cook the books. Maybe still are doing, but does it really matter? For you lot it definetely does, you might actually get into CL...
If we get cleared, this wishful thinking thread can go into the muck, as according to the letter of the law we will be innocent. Like OJ is
Personally I think 2 yrs ban will be overturned and nothing will happen as we will defend by all means.
Even if it won't and even if we end up in League Two, we will come back. Majority of us seen the club wandering through lower leagues, we will manage, won't we?
But now... Endless trunks of oil money guys, endless trunks. We can buy everyone and everything, like you could when Sky streamlined cash towards United in the 90's.
If it comes to an unlikely event of player exodus, you won't even have a sniff of a single one of them, will you? At this moment in time there are at least 4 clubs in Prem much more attractive for top top top players. None of yours will get nto our or dippers squad.
See you in few weeks after CAS suspends the ban until the case will be looked at...
It is quite obvious that we did cook the books. Maybe still are doing, but does it really matter? For you lot it definetely does, you might actually get into CL...
If we get cleared, this wishful thinking thread can go into the muck, as according to the letter of the law we will be innocent. Like OJ is
Personally I think 2 yrs ban will be overturned and nothing will happen as we will defend by all means.
Even if it won't and even if we end up in League Two, we will come back. Majority of us seen the club wandering through lower leagues, we will manage, won't we?
But now... Endless trunks of oil money guys, endless trunks. We can buy everyone and everything, like you could when Sky streamlined cash towards United in the 90's.
If it comes to an unlikely event of player exodus, you won't even have a sniff of a single one of them, will you? At this moment in time there are at least 4 clubs in Prem much more attractive for top top top players. None of yours will get nto our or dippers squad.
See you in few weeks after CAS suspends the ban until the case will be looked at...
the reaches, the delusions, the ego. Oh. So your lawyers have learned now that they should wait for a punishment until they go to CAS?It is quite obvious that we did cook the books. Maybe still are doing, but does it really matter? For you lot it definetely does, you might actually get into CL...
If we get cleared, this wishful thinking thread can go into the muck, as according to the letter of the law we will be innocent. Like OJ is
Personally I think 2 yrs ban will be overturned and nothing will happen as we will defend by all means.
Even if it won't and even if we end up in League Two, we will come back. Majority of us seen the club wandering through lower leagues, we will manage, won't we?
But now... Endless trunks of oil money guys, endless trunks. We can buy everyone and everything, like you could when Sky streamlined cash towards United in the 90's.
If it comes to an unlikely event of player exodus, you won't even have a sniff of a single one of them, will you? At this moment in time there are at least 4 clubs in Prem much more attractive for top top top players. None of yours will get nto our or dippers squad.
See you in few weeks after CAS suspends the ban until the case will be looked at...
It is quite obvious that we did cook the books. Maybe still are doing, but does it really matter? For you lot it definetely does, you might actually get into CL...
If we get cleared, this wishful thinking thread can go into the muck, as according to the letter of the law we will be innocent. Like OJ is
Personally I think 2 yrs ban will be overturned and nothing will happen as we will defend by all means.
Even if it won't and even if we end up in League Two, we will come back. Majority of us seen the club wandering through lower leagues, we will manage, won't we?
But now... Endless trunks of oil money guys, endless trunks. We can buy everyone and everything, like you could when Sky streamlined cash towards United in the 90's.
If it comes to an unlikely event of player exodus, you won't even have a sniff of a single one of them, will you? At this moment in time there are at least 4 clubs in Prem much more attractive for top top top players. None of yours will get nto our or dippers squad.
That's irrelevant. I am talking about what happens when clubs without the same following funded solely by an owner. There are very serious risks.
Yes they cheated, but they were already a good team and used their farm system and savvy trades to build a great team. City used cheating to build their team. The Astros used cheating to make an already great team even better.
clubs who are not funded by an owner and spend money trying to outgrow their current glass ceiling are at much greater risk and end up going under anyways without most likely tasting any success rather than getting an owner in who will spend money and help them achieve goals they would otherwise have never achieved idealism aside and then maybe, possibly going under. the only guarantee if the owner doesn't come in and they want to not rock the boat is just plod along in mediocrity and never have a realistic chance of challenging the existing calcified hierarchy. basically footballing groundhog day. United and other clubs benefited as much from chance when the game got commercialised to be saying they deserve to have their positions put in lock while taking away most other clubs only other realistic chance of achieving success. it is a curious double standard steeped in selfishness and hypocrisy to sit on your high horse now and claim that it isn't okay for anyone to want to be taken over while that lottery which some clubs won 28 years ago is what lets you say that in the first place. I understand why you would do so but to not even be able to see where the other point of view comes from is just denial imo.
