2022/2023 Accounts - Record Revenues & Profit - Annual Report

Semper aggressus said:
I don’t have Twitter, but have plenty of Blues given this ignorant arsehole abuse?

Is he really such a dumb **** he thinks teams’ revenue all comes from a few thousand fans sitting inside the ground?

And that’s before disregarding the usual bollocks about ‘not filling our stadium’? I must have imagined over 50,000 people in there then, who’d have thought it.

Maybe he’s just bitter because he looks like a pug.
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Have a bit of sympathy. The commercial dept at Rag Central also thought that……. It’s not been a fair fight.
 
When it comes to the fans of other clubs, people are just desperate to believe what they *want* to be true ... and the problem with social media is that there will always be someone on there spouting your 'truth' ... it's so unregulated & full of people making up what they'd like to be true and presenting it as 'fact".

Example: the Etihad is basically empty each week ... is simply a 'fact" to lots of Liverpool / United / Arsenal fans.

All a bit sad, really.
 
paulchapo said:
You have to wonder how stupid the fans who buy this cretins fanzine/blog have to be. Years ago these thick fuckers would be ranting to the moon or in a bar and ridiculed. Now they say they are a writer and people take them seriously.

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I love this 'argument'. It perfectly shows the lack of awareness and lack of real facts known about city by other fans. Best of all, it blinds them to the sheer incompetence, by comparison, of the leadership and strategies of their own clubs.

Yes my friend. Our owners are so incredibly stupid that they're throwing away yet more millions on yet another stadium expansion, because us city fans just need a little more space. That's because we're all eating double on matchdays to keep that matchdays income on the rise. We're eating for 60k don't you know! Or maybe they're all paid extras, filling the seats and the we put in on expenses because we know we can cover it under 'football related expenses'.

Presumably we are also photoshopping fans into seats to fool the matchdays cameras. Probably with AI involved too. Then our owners have to have us sit in our seats for twenty minutes at the end of each game whilst they ship in hundreds of cars with drivers on our payroll, so we can make it look like getting away from the match was time consuming.

But why stop there? I mean, we've obviously been at the gene editing pool to produce Haaland, and the let him grow up under Ole's nose just to rub it in more. We're also actively encouraging players to buddy up and copy hairstyles - Doku and Akanji, Dias and Rodri etc - to fool opponents into marking the wrong player, whilst every actual city fan is personally driving more than they need to, accelerating global warming, just so they can fill up with more petrol at the pumps and line our owner's pockets even more.

Plus, if petrol prices go up yet again you just know that city are about to break the transfer world record for the umpteenth time. Just like all the other times when that happened, if you don't actually look at the records of course.

I'm a middle aged white guy, but even I find it quite funny, and slightly disturbing, to see all these full grown yet angry, ruddy faced blokes and lasses having tantrums about things not going their way, and I do suspect there is at least a suggestion of a racial undertone to their hatred. If not personally, then one fuelled by th media in their 'city are the bad guys' storylines.

Blame the money, we've spent less than some but been infinity more successful and have a clear structure and goals.

Blame cheating. We've been cleared once in an independent hearing and will be again. Take a look at those taking money out of English football if that's you're concern.

Blame oil. But certainly ignore the other investments and all round business acumin of our 'Arab' owners.

Blame empty seats. But never, ever actually check with your won eyes if the stadium is full. Ignore the season ticket waiting list, the expensive stand expansions, the investment in matchdays experience.

Blame bribery and corruption. Referees, VAR, CAS, surely one has to stick? The Rashford offside, the fine for non cooperation, that's just to cover it up.

Blame cooking the books. Clearly our auditors and investors are in on this too, several well respected and financially competent companies have been persuaded to cover for us in some late night ceremony. Goats were probably sacrificed too, and whose to say children aren't next to guarantee the silverware keeps coming.

Once you strip away the fallacies of their arguments, it seems to be there is not actually much left beyond ignorance, bitterness and potentially racial prejudice.
 
paulchapo said:
You have to wonder how stupid the fans who buy this cretins fanzine/blog have to be. Years ago these thick fuckers would be ranting to the moon or in a bar and ridiculed. Now they say they are a writer and people take them seriously.

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not sure how he is given a platform at all - Callum is a convicted paedophile.

wait...what's that Callum, you aren't a convicted paedophile? Well it seems ok for you to spout lies on the internet, so what's sauce for the goose etc..anyhow, the can't fill their stadium has to be one of the biggest myths in football that could be debunked with a 5 min search, or even if you went to the game as an away fan (which i doubt you have the bollocks for anyway). Anyhow Callum, you still look like a wrong un, just because you haven't been convicted yet...
 
The media narrative is aimed at the 'red top' supporters, many who don't attend or only attend once a season.
I can't take anyone seriously who commentates on games from their spare room and then passes comments on other teams.
These keyboard warriors are better people than me because, honestly, if I had their accountancy and corporate legal skills I'd be earning fortunes working for the top firms.
They, on the other hand, let others less capable earn these ££££££££££££s.
It's generosity beyond belief.
 
Yes that's a big wage bill but isn't all the staff on Citys books, from the bottom of the ladder to the top ?

I have no idea how many staff employ, or how big the bonuses were for winning the treble.

The headlines are geared up to make you think that the wages are just for the first team squad and management

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give it to gordon said:
Yes that's a big wage bill but isn't all the staff on Citys books, from the bottom of the ladder to the top ?

I have no idea how many staff employ, or how big the bonuses were for winning the treble.

The headlines are geared up to make you think that the wages are just for the first team squad and management

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that will include huge bonuses to everyone for the title wins etc?
 
give it to gordon said:
Yes that's a big wage bill but isn't all the staff on Citys books, from the bottom of the ladder to the top ?

I have no idea how many staff employ, or how big the bonuses were for winning the treble.

The headlines are geared up to make you think that the wages are just for the first team squad and management

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I’d imagine 90% of the wage bill is first team squad related
 
Groke said:
not sure how he is given a platform at all - Callum is a convicted paedophile.

wait...what's that Callum, you aren't a convicted paedophile? Well it seems ok for you to spout lies on the internet, so what's sauce for the goose etc..anyhow, the can't fill their stadium has to be one of the biggest myths in football that could be debunked with a 5 min search, or even if you went to the game as an away fan (which i doubt you have the bollocks for anyway). Anyhow Callum, you still look like a wrong un, just because you haven't been convicted yet...
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No you were right Callum is a Paedo but he didn’t get convicted cos he bribed the judge……. Everyone knows.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
The conspiracy theory gets bigger every year. Hundreds of auditors, the UK Government, Silverlake and all our sponsors, all our senior managers, the Portuguese police and Judges who prosecuted Pinto, UEFA. They have all conspired to cover up City’s fake accounts. The only person not involved is Bill Gates.
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Not only have the rules of normal business been reversed to suit footballs elite but it seems that they are showing the first signs of insanity by accusing other sectors of business with conspiracy.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
The conspiracy theory gets bigger every year. Hundreds of auditors, the UK Government, Silverlake and all our sponsors, all our senior managers, the Portuguese police and Judges who prosecuted Pinto, UEFA. They have all conspired to cover up City’s fake accounts. The only person not involved is Bill Gates.
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Wrong. Bill Gates has been injecting people with the anti-City virus. Miggy gets an annual booster.
 
bluetonium said:
I love this 'argument'. It perfectly shows the lack of awareness and lack of real facts known about city by other fans. Best of all, it blinds them to the sheer incompetence, by comparison, of the leadership and strategies of their own clubs.

Yes my friend. Our owners are so incredibly stupid that they're throwing away yet more millions on yet another stadium expansion, because us city fans just need a little more space. That's because we're all eating double on matchdays to keep that matchdays income on the rise. We're eating for 60k don't you know! Or maybe they're all paid extras, filling the seats and the we put in on expenses because we know we can cover it under 'football related expenses'.

Presumably we are also photoshopping fans into seats to fool the matchdays cameras. Probably with AI involved too. Then our owners have to have us sit in our seats for twenty minutes at the end of each game whilst they ship in hundreds of cars with drivers on our payroll, so we can make it look like getting away from the match was time consuming.

But why stop there? I mean, we've obviously been at the gene editing pool to produce Haaland, and the let him grow up under Ole's nose just to rub it in more. We're also actively encouraging players to buddy up and copy hairstyles - Doku and Akanji, Dias and Rodri etc - to fool opponents into marking the wrong player, whilst every actual city fan is personally driving more than they need to, accelerating global warming, just so they can fill up with more petrol at the pumps and line our owner's pockets even more.

Plus, if petrol prices go up yet again you just know that city are about to break the transfer world record for the umpteenth time. Just like all the other times when that happened, if you don't actually look at the records of course.

I'm a middle aged white guy, but even I find it quite funny, and slightly disturbing, to see all these full grown yet angry, ruddy faced blokes and lasses having tantrums about things not going their way, and I do suspect there is at least a suggestion of a racial undertone to their hatred. If not personally, then one fuelled by th media in their 'city are the bad guys' storylines.

Blame the money, we've spent less than some but been infinity more successful and have a clear structure and goals.

Blame cheating. We've been cleared once in an independent hearing and will be again. Take a look at those taking money out of English football if that's you're concern.

Blame oil. But certainly ignore the other investments and all round business acumin of our 'Arab' owners.

Blame empty seats. But never, ever actually check with your won eyes if the stadium is full. Ignore the season ticket waiting list, the expensive stand expansions, the investment in matchdays experience.

Blame bribery and corruption. Referees, VAR, CAS, surely one has to stick? The Rashford offside, the fine for non cooperation, that's just to cover it up.

Blame cooking the books. Clearly our auditors and investors are in on this too, several well respected and financially competent companies have been persuaded to cover for us in some late night ceremony. Goats were probably sacrificed too, and whose to say children aren't next to guarantee the silverware keeps coming.

Once you strip away the fallacies of their arguments, it seems to be there is not actually much left beyond ignorance, bitterness and potentially racial prejudice.
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Fantastic post. I hope you don't mind but I've nicked it and posted it elsewhere!
 
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