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[Cityzen_89]

And how did they manage to orchestrate this? Lol

City fans going all David Icke

Maybe it was lizards. It's always bloody lizards.

 

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

Fair fucks to Carragher and Neville. Other night I thought they were just rambling to no effect but they kept at it.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

I don’t know why but I am starting to envisage this ending up doing a lot of good for the English game.

I am picturing a scenario where City and Chelsea, quickly followed by Spurs pull out, leaving United, Liverpool and Arsenal to carry the can as the main instigators behind this.

It leaves 17 Prem teams forming an alliance and ripping the power away from the 3 outcasts. Prem meetings consist of 17 clubs with similar values and 3 fucking idiots sat in the corner doing as they are told.

Fanciful?

Anyone want the next Lotto numbers?

 

[Beaker]

It sounds like this was always posturing and foot stamping to get their own way with UEFA.

Hopefully that has backfired though. Governing bodies don’t have to bend over to these so called super clubs anymore because the one piece of leverage the clubs had, a breakaway league has been smashed to pieces.
It could be a wonderful day for football.

 

[malg]

Bwahaha...back up to 107.

I fucking love Blues.....

 

[mattcity5]

A couple of random thoughts/questions...

1. Loads of the clubs share prices jumped a mile last night. Is there any (legal) way the clubs will have profited hugely from this temporary hike? Wondering if they will have been able to claw back large amounts of debt sneakily.

2. With the CL reforms also helping 'historic' clubs, surely now a lot of fans/clubs would be open to an alternative tournament which would have qualification that is merit-based. I'm sure I've seen suggestions ages ago that Sheikh Mansour should create his won tournament, but I can't remember if that was a joke or if there was anything in it.

 

[SilvaisSkyBlue]

I wonder if we were getting kicked out of the champs league this season, hence our decision to leave?

What is this shit? Why would we be getting kicked out?

 

[bugsyblue]

Is it official?!

 

[andypandy]

It would be fascinating if the truth and nothing but the (whole) truth were to come out, But I doubt it ever will.
A lot on here have criticised our owners myself included, yet we could have possibly pulled off close to the greatest sting since Robert Redford and Paul Newman.

The most important thing is the football remains with the fans and that competition is and remains paramount.

I now hope that both West Ham and Leicester both qualify for next seasons champions league and that we of course end up with a treble.

 

[goalmole]

If City had not joined, wouldn't this have happened anyway?

Unless we were garnering information and details and somehow sabotaging the whole crew.

If as Tolmie suggests the end product is that all City's opponents have been taken out then that would be highly suggestive but I would need evidence.

Regardless of whether that was the intention, if it turns out that the net result is that the red clubs have lost all their influence at UEFA, then this has been a huge result.

 

[ninjamonkey]

But the choice of wording is not City's - it's Sky's. There is something different and you nor i will ever know the full story. I am happy to give our owners the benefit of the doubt - they have been wonderful owners

How does that make it any better? Some guy at sky worded something differently to the other guy at sky writing the Chelsea story. This wasn't rumours, City annoucnced it on their website with the 11 others, its as official as it gets, there's no benefit of the doubt to give, there's no doubt here at all, it happened.

If you want to bury your head in the sand and pretend otherwise than good luck to you but I won't be

 

[MillsyTheMosher]

Why are people congratulating the club !!!!

Let’s not congratulate the board for dragging our clubs name through the mud and colluding with the same people that tried to destroy our club for a decade.

We even quoted the Glaziers on our official website.

I’ll never forget.

 

[applecentral]

That's because you want to believe it.

City have known for months what they have been battling against.

Ask yourself who has benefited the most from this last 48 hours, who has been removed from positions of power?

We are owned by people who do political strategy for a day job, do you think they aren't prepared to take a bloody nose to achieve their objectives?

We signed up to the rules of FFP, even though we didn't agree with them.

We took a pinch and decided to pay the fine to play the long game.

We did back deals with Platini and Infantino.

Cerefin has been an ally of City for a good length of time.

If you don't believe City aren't capable of doing some very deep shit, then I can't persuade otherwise.

I like your post. If it’s true as you say then it’s an incredible Masterstroke.

 

[malg]

108.......I hope @Cheadle_hulmeBlue is one and has found his sense of humour again.

 

[sboroMCFC]

Who is to say that Woodward's replacement won't be on the UEFA board ? Or Agnelli's ? City have no way of influencing who will be on the new board of members. I don't buy this theory it for a moment.

It's absolute garbage that's why. There is absolutely no way we would have joined if this was our intention. We would have just let them go ahead and do it and destroy themselves whilst coming out of it smelling of roses. The outcome would have been exactly the same so why drag our own name through the mud?

 

[Eccles Blue]

This has been enough of an own goal without Dunne involved

OI YOU JUST LEAVE DUNNIE MONSTER ALONE!! :-)

 

[LucahArchie10]

That's because you want to believe it.

City have known for months what they have been battling against.

Ask yourself who has benefited the most from this last 48 hours, who has been removed from positions of power?

We are owned by people who do political strategy for a day job, do you think they aren't prepared to take a bloody nose to achieve their objectives?

We signed up to the rules of FFP, even though we didn't agree with them.

We took a pinch and decided to pay the fine to play the long game.

We did back deals with Platini and Infantino.

Cerefin has been an ally of City for a good length of time.

If you don't believe City aren't capable of doing some very deep shit, then I can't persuade otherwise.

Tell me if wrong but I see it as City do not wish to take part in the ESL whereas Chelsea have to resign?

So we made it known we would be very interested but never signed the contract or am I wrong???

 

[mccity]

Never underestimate him - the guy is an operator at a level I don’t think football has seen before; in other circles he is seen as the gold standard for how to operate and that’s in a business that more cut-throat than little old football

Duncan Castles (I know...) has referred to him as the de facto prime minister of Abu Dhabi. So he's likely a decent mover and shaker.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Hasn't @Prestwich_Blue been saying for a good year or so, that City had something up their sleeve and would bring the whole fucking lot crashing down? Hmmmmmmm

 

[lcfc_chump]

Give over.

In that case, see you again this time next year