Conte has a dig at City & United

[oakiecokie]

Got tickets to see him in October.Just find him so funny ... but thats my daft sense of humour.

 

[kaz7]

Neither can I. But anyone who’s followed City post-81 could never have anything but utter hatred for the smarmy two-bob, self-serving sanctimonious, odious cu.nts that come from “The Lane”. Fucking hate them. They’re fans are cu.nts.

I was at wembley in 81 but thankfully i can't remember a lot about it

 

[aguero93:20]

I think you City fans are very divided on who you want to win the title.

Personally I'm not divided at all, don't want spuds winning it.

 

[Gladstonian Liberal]

I asked you, why did you only go back 5 years? It was a rhetorical question. We know full well that it's because it better suits you.

Actually, I don't have an agenda against City. Actually, I rather like City, Pep, Aguero, Silva, De Bruyne etc etc.
I'm not a statistician so I googled net spend to come up with those stats. I'm not going to write a treatise on the subject. If my posting stats freely available online is in anyway not fair, then, show, show what you consider to be a fairer view. But let's face it, in any analysis City is likely to be near the top in spending if not actually top.

 

[Gladstonian Liberal]

Neither can I. But anyone who’s followed City post-81 could never have anything but utter hatred for the smarmy two-bob, self-serving sanctimonious, odious cu.nts that come from “The Lane”. Fucking hate them. They’re fans are cu.nts.

I'm with you mate. They are truly the Dark Side.

 

[MCFC1993]

If anyone wants the true spending figures based on the last 5 seasons (2012/13 - 2016/17) you're looking at roughly (each site has them a little different):

1. Manchester City - £565,650,000 - 1 Premier League, 2 League Cups
2. Manchester United - £528,800,000 - 1 Premier League, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, (Possible Europa League)
3. Chelsea - £507,459,000 - 1 Premier League, 1 League Cup, 1 Europa League (Looking like another Premier League and maybe an FA Cup)
4. Liverpool - £365,600,000 - Nothing.
5. Tottenham - £315,450,000 - Nothing.
6. Arsenal - £298,340,00 - 2 FA Cups. (Possibly another FA Cup)
...
12. Leicester - £129,700,000 - 1 Premier League.
13. Swansea - £122,375,000 - 1 League Cup.
With Wigan winning the other FA Cup that isn't listed.

So there it is without the net spend bollocks, something which only became a thing because of another scheme which was a load of bollocks; FFP. A scheme Chelsea's owner voted for once he'd spent half a billions pounds to join Europe's elite. There's no doubt Chelsea have done the best in the past 5 years and we've really underperformed but to sit on their high horse is laughable.

Poor old Chelsea.

 

[Gladstonian Liberal]

For the avoidance of doubt, can I make clear my prejudices here, since it's being called into question by one poster?
Hopefully, it will avoid the need to repeat it.
I am a Gooner.
I hate Spurs more than any other team and by a country mile (obviously)
I hate Man Utd not as much as Spurs (obviously) but more than enough for reasons I really don't need to explain on here (obviously)
I don't care for Chelsea but they don't rank with the afore mentioned 2 above.
I really don't like Stoke but take pity on them given their fans are inbred and live in a shithole.
That's it. I am quite well disposed to City, Liverpool, Everton et al and enjoy away matches at those stadia.
There you have it.

 

[MCFC1993]

For the avoidance of doubt, can I make clear my prejudices here, since it's being called into question by one poster?
Hopefully, it will avoid the need to repeat it.
I am a Gooner.
I hate Spurs more than any other team and by a country mile (obviously)
I hate Man Utd not as much as Spurs (obviously) but more than enough for reasons I really don't need to explain on here (obviously)
I don't care for Chelsea but they don't rank with the afore mentioned 2 above.
I really don't like Stoke but take pity on them given their fans are inbred and live in a shithole.
That's it. I am quite well disposed to City, Liverpool, Everton et al and enjoy away matches at those stadia.
There you have it.

I'm not trying to have a go at you mate, I just don't like the net spend argument it's based on far too many variables, most of which don't stand up to much in my opinion. I appreciate your opinion though and many people see clubs spending what on who differently.

However, I would put Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham's spending in a slightly different/lower category to Chelsea, City and United. Although Arsenal and Liverpool, particularly Arsenal are capable of matching the latter 3's levels but choose not to for various reasons.

 

[Gladstonian Liberal]

I'm not trying to have a go at you mate, I just don't like the net spend argument it's based on far too many variables, most of which don't stand up to much in my opinion. I appreciate your opinion though and many people see clubs spending what on who differently.

However, I would put Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham's spending in a slightly different/lower category to Chelsea, City and United. Although Arsenal and Liverpool, particularly Arsenal are capable of matching the latter 3's levels but choose not to for various reasons.

Fair enough. I wasn't actually trying to prove anything and probably a bit lazy of me to google stats on net spend and present them as meaningful. The reality is that all the top teams spend a lot some more than most. I still think the amounts spent are obscene mind you but the old world of simple football I grew up on has long gone.

 

[Vienna_70]

That's like the McCann's calling you a bad parent.

Or like Black Lace telling McCartney he can't write a decent song.