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Would you be happy if City joined this European Super League?

  • Yes

    Votes: 109 5.3%

  • No

    Votes: 1,954 94.7%
  • Total voters
    2,063
Gorton_Tubster said:
We were cleared of cheating. Are you saying we got away with cheating?
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Do some people on here just not understand the word 'allege' and all of its derivatives?

Edit: Thank you @patrickblue & @mad4city , only just seen your posts.

It's a simple enough concept to get your head around but you're correct in that 'knee jerk reactions' have been taken to a whole new level in this day and age. Nobody takes time to think and consider what they're reading anymore. In fact it seems that people only read headlines nowadays and sod the actual content.
 
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Fordyboy46 said:
True pal, the minute we signed up for it I'd imagine there were mutterings of oh shit what have we just done. We were obviously never comfortable with the decision, just one of those shit decisions we all make at some point in our lives
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Or maybe City found themselves in a very difficult position and exploited it brilliantly to destroy the ESL and give Manchester United (demonstrations outside the ground), Arsenal (likewise) and Liverpool (coach welcomes of their own) and takeover rows on the horizon some real problems for the summer. Barcelona must be feeling pretty sick along with Madrid, and what's Agnelli doing these days?
 
FantasyIreland said:
Rock and a hard place.
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It was like one those cartoons where the character's eyes show £ signs. Except when we saw the small print the £ signs weren't as big as we thought they'd be.

It was greed, pure and simple. We could have done the right thing and said no. We don't need the money. We have no debt. Soriano said we'd be profitable again this year.
 

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If there was one club that didnt need the Super League it is our club , the other eleven are having finanacial issues and millions even billions in debt , apparentley we reluctantly joined and were allegedly the last club to join. No idea why our managment went along with it , maybe being left behind was part of the reason but maybe the media should give us a little credit , we were the first to put the spanner in the works NOT Chelsea.
Then the whole super league fiasco fell like a pack of cards , a lesson learned , the other clubs are despereate for money and their motives were pure self preservation , i think our club is better than that.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
I understand where you are coming from and hold similar feelings. It will be very difficult if not impossible to not care wether city win or lose though. Too deeply engrained from a young age.
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I think perhaps it starts with not being so depressed or angry when we lose.
There’s a difference between still being interested in how we do compared to others and the thrill of actually following City come hell or high water.

If the game actually went the way it was looking to go last Sunday, I doubt I would go to Manchester to see any of it.

It would be sad, as my young lad is now at the age where I could enjoy a pint with him in The Townley.
 
Never really used my account on here but I've been going back and forth on this for the last week.

I've been going to City since I was 6 and have had a season ticket since I was 14, but I really don't feel like I can renew my ticket for next season if the situation stays as it is.

I was getting a bit disillusioned with Premier League football as it was with the price, VAR, etc but this ESL nonsense has really wound me up. I understand that those in charge at City weren't the ringleaders of it all and that they were among the first to pull out but I still don't feel like I can trust them in the same way that I could before. It seems inevitable that the people behind this (Perez, Glazers etc) will only try and do this again in the future, but with a better PR strategy, unless major change happens to stop it for good. Unless something massive happens between now and the summer to change my mind on this, then I'm getting a season ticket at my local non-league team next season. I go and watch them anyway whenever there's an international break or when City are playing away in the league as I don't have enough loyalty points, so it's not like I'm choosing a new team or ditching City. I've loved City my whole life and always will but for now I feel much more comfortable giving £90 to a 100% fan-owned team who needs the money and will appreciate me as a fan rather than £500 to a billionaire who seemed willing to help wreck English football only a week ago.
 
Apparently Perez said that city were the one English club who was unsure with the ESL project and the first to pull out. For me personally that alleviates some of the anger and disappointment I originally felt based on those stated facts and what they have done to city since 2008. They were not the architects and were only concerned about being left behind, although that will not be good enough for boards and fan bases of clubs outside of these 6 and who can blame them?
 
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