PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

SebastianBlue said:
Indeed. Competition balancing is not about degrading the overall product (which is the entertainment value of the games).

Unfortunately, the league brass is aware bringing up the other clubs will take time, money, and good management, which few have patience (or, in the case of United, Liverpool, or Spurs, capacity) for, so they’re choosing to try to reduce our ability to “balance” the league.
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Personally I prefer a league in which there are one or two who are dominant, as it's more interesting. Man City are now the 'pantomime villain', if you will (in a constructive sort of way), and as the underdogs we could cast ourselves as plucky heroes in the drama of that match yesterday, and what made it exciting was the possibility - and it was a real possibility - that we, the heroic underdogs, might cause an upset. That excitement would be gone if teams were more balanced or equal. I would argue that dominance by an elite is an ingredient to competition and a competitive drive in all, as long as the dominance does not become hegemonic.

None of that is to say a more equitable league would be uncompetitive, but I do think it would be boring.

Every era should have its 'pantomime villain' and 'exciting team' that the boys talk about in the playground and even pretend to support before they grow up and start following their local side. It fuels dreams and gives us people to admire.

Due to Man City's investment in your community, I as a Leeds supporter could attend your wonderful stadium and enjoy myself watching some of the best players in the world, and I had that hope in the dying minutes that we might just take a point, even snatch victory. I enjoyed it. I know the best team won, but I also know we tried. It's what the game is about.
 
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Revieist said:
I take the view, as a general principle, that it is for the majority to strive to reach the standards of the best, not to drag down the best to their level. If Man City are dominating the league, the other clubs should be bringing themselves up to your level, not dragging you down.
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Indeed, we've consistently raised the bar required to become a Premier League winner.

That can only be a good thing as we force the teams below us to continually strive to reach our standards as you say, improving the overall product of the Premier League which brings benefits to the entire English game.
 
Revieist said:
Personally I prefer a league in which there are one or two who are dominant, as it's more interesting. Man City are now the 'pantomime villain', if you will (in a constructive sort of way), and as the underdogs we could cast ourselves as plucky heroes in the drama of that match yesterday, and what made it exciting was the possibility - and it was a real possibility - that we, the heroic underdogs, might cause an upset. That excitement would be gone if teams were more balanced or equal. I would argue that dominance by an elite is an ingredient to competition and a competitive drive in all, as long as the dominance does not become hegemonic.

None of that is to say a more equitable league would be uncompetitive, but I do think it would be boring.

Every era should have its 'pantomime villain' and 'exciting team' that the boys talk about in the playground and even pretend to support before they grow up and start following their local side. It fuels dreams and gives us people to admire.

Due to Man City's investment in your community, I as a Leeds supporter could attend your wonderful stadium and enjoy myself watching some of the best players in the world, and I had that hope in the dying minutes that we might just take a point, even snatch victory. I enjoyed it. I know the best team won, but I also know we tried. It's what the game is about.
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Decent post mate.
 
paulchapo said:
Hopefully a few words were spoken in the right ears about the utter scum who've spent years throwing mud and baseless accusations to besmirch our name.
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I don’t think the good Sheik is that bothered. He is an investor with minimal emotional connection to the club. He wants capital returns, not kudos.
This is good for us— bring in a top guy like Khaldoon to oversee it and let him get on with it.
 
KS55 said:
I don’t think the good Sheik is that bothered. He is an investor with minimal emotional connection to the club. He wants capital returns, not kudos.
This is good for us— bring in a top guy like Khaldoon to oversee it and let him get on with it.
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Not bothered ?
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Luca1894 said:
Not bothered ?
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Show the evidence that the good Sheik is concerned about our reputation, which was the point. What has he done or said that demonstrates such concern? As long as we keep winning, his return keeps growing. None of our owners or execs have been pro active in this regard which annoys many of us. We believe our PR have been under instructions to play it low key. Who has come out and said “sportswashing“ is bollocks? Just this week one of the WhatsApp group tweeted that our numbers were fake; did we answer him? Did we answer the Grauniad when they said we received regular funding from AbuDhabi’s sovereign wealth fund? If the Sheik was bothered about reputation, surely there would have been action by now?
The only action was defensive vs UEFA. Attack has been left to the great Rabin.
 
KS55 said:
Show the evidence that the good Sheik is concerned about our reputation, which was the point. What has he done or said that demonstrates such concern? As long as we keep winning, his return keeps growing. None of our owners or execs have been pro active in this regard which annoys many of us. We believe our PR have been under instructions to play it low key. Who has come out and said “sportswashing“ is bollocks? Just this week one of the WhatsApp group tweeted that our numbers were fake; did we answer him? Did we answer the Grauniad when they said we received regular funding from AbuDhabi’s sovereign wealth fund? If the Sheik was bothered about reputation, surely there would have been action by now?
The only action was defensive vs UEFA. Attack has been left to the great Rabin.
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Not true by my understanding. Just because you don't see them chinning people at the match doesn't mean nothing goes on in the background. They're professionals, not your average joe in the street.
 
Centurions said:
Not true by my understanding. Just because you don't see them chinning people at the match doesn't mean nothing goes on in the background. They're professionals, not your average joe in the street.
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Presumably then the Grauniad inter alios have just ignored them.
Senor Teabag is on record as saying he would ignore any response from City to his complaints about our state ownership. We issued a letter before action, but failed to follow up.
 
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