I don’t know about Woodward knocking one out? But I certainly was!Ed Woodward was probably knocking one out while watching that interview, muttering to himself "Why can't I be so forceful and manly?"
It’s about fucking time.Things are never going to be how they were again for City, and probably for European football, I reckon. This is a genuine line in the sand moment. It's going to escalate and escalate and it'll change a lot of things.
We really are a fucking class club now. Utterly professional in every single part of it. It's been growing and growing and this is match point now, we are getting really really fucking close to becoming the biggest, most successful and most well run club on planet earth. All of it done morally and with the right intentions throughout.
We are seeing reaction from every sewer rat going squealing like the little fucking girls they are. UEFA, certain PL clubs, certain people and certain organisations and anything else I may have missed.
This is their last roll of the dice. Fabrication, mud slinging, rocks in glass houses, it's all they've got left.
They are fucking spent. The lot of em.
We are right on the cusp now. Line in the sand. No going back.
Which is probably why we'll get sanctioned. We may have professional people running the club, but it's not in our hands is it.We really are a fucking class club now. Utterly professional in every single part of it. It's been growing and growing and this is match point now, we are getting really really fucking close to becoming the biggest, most successful and most well run club on planet earth. All of it done morally and with the right intentions throughout.
We are seeing reaction from every sewer rat going squealing like the little fucking girls they are. UEFA, certain PL clubs, certain people and certain organisations and anything else I may have missed.
This is their last roll of the dice. Fabrication, mud slinging, rocks in glass houses, it's all they've got left.
They are fucking spent. The lot of em.
We are right on the cusp now. Line in the sand. No going back.
Which is probably why we'll get sanctioned. We may have professional people running the club, but it's not in our hands is it.
Of course, the chances are that they will sanction us, however they will now be well aware that it will not be taken lying down and they will face the full wrath of City.Which is probably why we'll get sanctioned. We may have professional people running the club, but it's not in our hands is it.
Does he have legs?As a side issue, why do we never see more of Chris Bailey? He gets the Khaldoon interview then nothing. He’s good at what he does.
There's an interesting line towards the end of the Daily Mail coverage of Khaldoon's comments. It says the clubs who were pushing the Premier League to investigate City for FFP (as well as UEFA) were those with American owners. That information was not in the original story in the Times which just referred to "Premier League clubs". That information leaves little doubt that Liverpool and United are the people who Khaldoon is referencing when he talks about "briefing against us." It can only be Gill and Parry or someone acting for them. The Daily Mail may have mistakenly outed one of their own sources with this paragraph.
No but it's not in theirs either. If they attempt a sanction this time the response is going to be very different than the first time. We took the pinch then, we wont be doing that now. It'll go to CAS.
Khaldoon just gave UEFA an out there. He basically told them, deal with the facts or this is going to get messy.
Wow. I knew it likely he would address FFP but he's really gone for it there. I did think he was properly angry but was containing himself. I found myself thinking don't give them headlines but then thinking what the hell. I wish he hadn't used the jealousy point even though we know that's what it is as we will yet again be accused of arrogance.
In the main he said what needed to be said. The most telling point was that if any investigation was based on anything other than facts then there would be another conversation. To me that's saying we will fight you all the way.
It was very telling that he made sure he didn't even use the word "Liverpool" at any point.
The racist angle will be no doubt thrown back at us but needed saying too.
It puts everyone on notice particularly when saying we hear everything and intimated we know who you are.
There is no doubt that the press will love all this but not as much as us City fans.
Bottom line is there is no going back now. It will make opponents pause and think. Like many others I think there is little doubt that we will receive an unfair charge. What happens after that will either reflect very badly on us or a lot of our enemies. We sound confident and extremely determined.
I do think he was looking for other words, but was force fed that by Chris Bailey.