Which seems odd that games kicking off at 20.00 on a Wednesday in Europe will be airing in the early hours of Thursday morning in Bangkok, Tokyo or Beijing. Like 4 am on Thursday morning or Wednesday lunchtime on the west coast of USA.The idea might comes from USA but the target audience is Asia. Its Mumbai or Shanghai for soccerbowl final.
Or bring back the teams they rolled over to get to the semis (e.g. Dortmund).Leaving PSG as winners by default
We are free to spend what we want I would imagine but does Mansour still want to pump cash into us?If this does go ahead does it mean our financial advantage over most of the other clubs included is wiped out? Debt-ridden Barca and Real suddenly clear, and even Spuds and Arse able to spend £120m on one player? Or hopefully because I only skim read most things I’ve misunderstood something, as usual.
Not a fucking chance they can kick us out. They wouldn't dare take that to court.We'll most likely get kicked out of the Champions League this Friday alongside Chelsea and Real Madrid. Even if we continue in the Premier League and win it, it will feel absolutely nothing at all. What a disappointing end to a promising season.
Wtf is this bullshit? At least they could wait til next season! Get to the semi with a decent chance then kicked out, they can fuck off.
Wtf is this bullshit? At least they could wait til next season! Get to the semi with a decent chance then kicked out, they can fuck off.
Yep. Balls deep, with a new sprog on the way.City will not row backwards now. The wife has been ditched, mistress has moved in and family informed, the end.
Agreed with sentiment but...
Especially when we have our new mates, who would 100% have our back in any legal wrangle. Arf.Not a fucking chance they can kick us out. They wouldn't dare take that to court.
Superb post!! :)No, I was never perfectly happy with any of those things, but I was guilty of being used to them, they were normalised elsewhere while City were basically crap, and then one day I woke up and we had joined the party. Had no idea what to make of it all tbh. None of us did. Everyone just carried on and we got used to it, cos as much as we spent it at least felt like nothing we hadn't seen before. This though, well it feels different, cos it is I think. It's a vastly bigger step because of the clearer, stronger and obvious effects to the domestic game. We're all a bit hypocritical, but we also all have our limits, and that's inherently human. There's a reason this has sent shockwaves around football and got to the point where its being debated by politicians and not just us City fans - I would guess it's because its clearly a bigger step, and one too far for the vast majority of football fans, and the reaction has proven that. I get it, you're not arsed, fair enough, but this unquestionably changes the game much more structurally than anything else has in my lifetime. There is also no way the domestic league don't changes exponentially from this for the worse, the cups included, and that is something im not used to either.
Edit - and I didn't even mention the lack of competitiveness. I know there's a strong argument that that had already spiritually gone, but it was technically still there and still open. Now it isn't. It's a members only club, and that is a bigger change to anything we've seen in god knows how long. Competitions without relegation and promotion are absolutely the pits for me. They're utterly soulless.
He said he believes the domestic leagues should be protected. I predict he will water it down and frame it as a CL revamp that won’t have any impact on anything else.
Anyone expecting any more for him is setting themselves up for disappointment. He’s said some stupid shit in the past when defending the players, he will do the same for the board he’s so loyal to.
Exactly mate, timing is ridiculous considering only 10 games to go till end of season.That's the fault of the club's for signing this mid season.
What stand will you be going in The Legacy End ?fuck me post covid and all this we'l be lucky to see 20k in the Etihad
Were you calling it a franchise 2 days ago? Or on any of the days we lifted a trophy? Or does it just suit that label now?
Back in the day when Sky announced exclusive broadcasting rights I was working for a commercial photography printers just off Oxford Road.
One guy who worked there at the time, who must have been about 60, was utterly dejected that he couldn’t watch his club live on what we sadly now call “Free to Air”
He couldn’t afford Sky, and I can remember him walking out of the building shaking his head a broken man.
Wish I’d spent more time with him then as right now I know exactly how he felt.
If this goes through then my 46 year following Gods own club will come to an end.
Clouds and Silver linings, means I have to learn what a hockiest is but fishing and shooting are great fun, especially when you combine them....
I also seem to recall a lot of blues wanting to put two fingers up to UEFA at the time and join a European Super league !Where is the moral high ground when the only choices appear to be get in bed with UEFA or get in bed with the cartel? No one supported us when we had our battle with UEFA even when the evidence of corruption was "clear and organised." Most clubs couldn't wait to dance on our graves. Even after we won at CAS we were still derided. Perhaps we could have tried to sit on the fence on this one but we still would have been slaughtered. We will never get goodwill from the "footballing public" They have hated us since we had success with foreign owners.
Especially when we have our new mates, who would 100% have our back in any legal wrangle. Arf.