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I’ve supported Arsenal for over 30 years. I’m a season ticket holder and we’re successful.
Yet I’ve never felt more disconnected from the club.
I’ve written about why, and what I miss about the game I fell in love with.
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"Fergie banned me twice" 😄
The Blue Moonie cult cannot help themselves with their ridiculous lies 👇
🤡🤡🤡
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Tax expert @DanNeidle explains the “fake arrangement” between Man City and former manager Roberto Mancini.
“We think that there should be a criminal investigation.”
@StigAbell
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The question isn’t whether the people spinning the “assumption” line are liars - obviously they are.
It’s why they’re such terrible liars, and how they can expect anyone to believe them.
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Ornstein on the overlap said people who have looked into the City case are baffled, they did not even need to cheat when they did, or nowhere near to the level that they did.
They could have got legal sponsors who paid a lot of money etc, they still had room to comply with FFP.
So in short, this nonsense that FFP hindered them is complete bullshit.
City just wanted to do it "now" no waiting, no building, they cheated massively to destroy the league, when they did not even need to.
So any argument about FFP is futile.
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Etihad threatening to sue. UAE reportedly intimating that UK investment could be pulled. A Prime Minister couching any criticisism. If this sorry saga doesn't convince you that state ownership of football clubs should never be allowed, nothing ever will.
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‘sponsors’
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Several of Manchester City’s sponsors are standing by the club in the wake of the guilty verdict.
@AnthonyRJoseph 🗣️
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City fans talking about Abu Dhabi's regeneration of east Manchester as a mitigating factor is nonsense
Univ. Of Sheffield report says they got vast tracts of central Manchester on the cheap from the council and then funnelled the rents offshore.
sheffield.ac.uk/management/n…
Josef retweeted
From ESPN - if City were aware of the outcome in July and spent heavily this summer on players without telling them, these same players have a real case to challenge their contracts
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The problem with this argument is City fans have to choose 1 of 2 positions:
1. Man City cheated because it's the only way to catch up bigger clubs.
2. Man City didn't cheat, in which case the rules are fine as they DO allow teams to compete with (& even emulate) bigger clubs.
Seeing the response to this whole debacle one thing really stands out. It’s actually impressive how many folk, particularly those supporting non-elite clubs have been completely hoodwinked into thinking top-level football is remotely equitable.
A huge part of the media landscape - TV, radio, punditry, journalism etc - is dominated by the interests and perspectives of the biggest clubs, meaning the narrative is often established before it’s ever seriously challenged.
And when you really think about it, why would fans of those clubs be particularly motivated to question a system that disproportionately benefits their own teams? If the existing structure delivers them greater resources, exposure, influence and opportunity, there’s little incentive to interrogate whether the system itself is truly fair.
Inequality becomes normalised when the people benefiting from it are also the ones with the loudest platforms to explain why it’s perfectly reasonable. 🤷🏽♂️
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To illustrate Man City's aggressive, intimidatory approach to journalists asking Qs, here's a piece from last Dec, paywalled then, now free. Docs & legal letters show process.
REVEALED: Manchester City legal letters where the main aim was to get me sacked
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When you’re asking foreign royals who don’t know you exist to increase your cost of living, it’s probably worth contemplating whether at some stage your football fandom might have caused your brain to fall out.
Raise the price of petrol and diesel, @MansourBinZayed.
Let’s see what decision they come to after that.
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If this is true, it is a very sad day for all of us supporters of @ManCity - we can give it the big one about not being bothered or try to laugh it off, but the stain on a club I have supported for over 50 years is a very painful one to take and I am exceptionally upset at the reputational damage #MCFC #mancity
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/7049721…
