City launch legal action against the Premier League | Club & PL reach settlement | Proceedings dropped (p1147)

StillBluessinceHydeRoad said:
Here is an exercise for Bluemoon fact checkers. This is, I believe, the media's view of the recent "spat" between the PL and one of its more successful clubs. How many, if any, deliberate mistakes can you spot?

When the PL was formed the clubs agreed very sensible rules to protect clubs from reckless spending and owners. All clubs agreed to these rules and they contributed immensely to the incredible success of the PL. Unfortunately that success attracted a type of owner, overwhelmingly from the Gulf, who was so fabulously wealthy that he could simply plough in billions to his club and make things so totally uncompetitive that his club could win everything, leaving clubs with much richer histories and traditions empty handed. State owned and financed Gulf owners and clubs have ruined football. One such club, Manchester City, has taken the process a step further and taken the PL to court in an attempt to overthrow the very sensible rules put in place to try and stop them simply buying trophies by spending fantastic sums of money beyond what the other clubs can envisage. Manchester City want an end to all restrictions on spending: the other clubs want financial fair play.
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Leeds, Portsmouth, Sheffield Wednesday. Wimbledon.
 
argyle said:
Is this the guy that was for a while quite vocal against 'state backed ownership' and 'sportswashing.'

That was until he then interviewed the PSG owner and then claimed he ran out of time to ask about it all.

****.
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I think that was Tariq Panja. Harris is the **** who asked Pep if he had received any illegal payments (like Mancini is alleged to have done) straight after we'd won the FA Cup
 
StillBluessinceHydeRoad said:
Here is an exercise for Bluemoon fact checkers. This is, I believe, the media's view of the recent "spat" between the PL and one of its more successful clubs. How many, if any, deliberate mistakes can you spot?

When the PL was formed the clubs agreed very sensible rules to protect clubs from reckless spending and owners. All clubs agreed to these rules and they contributed immensely to the incredible success of the PL. Unfortunately that success attracted a type of owner, overwhelmingly from the Gulf, who was so fabulously wealthy that he could simply plough in billions to his club and make things so totally uncompetitive that his club could win everything, leaving clubs with much richer histories and traditions empty handed. State owned and financed Gulf owners and clubs have ruined football. One such club, Manchester City, has taken the process a step further and taken the PL to court in an attempt to overthrow the very sensible rules put in place to try and stop them simply buying trophies by spending fantastic sums of money beyond what the other clubs can envisage. Manchester City want an end to all restrictions on spending: the other clubs want financial fair play.
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There's a Radio 4 panel game called The Unbelievable Truth, where contestants give a lecture which is completely made up of lies apart from five truths they try to smuggle into the story. This is exactly the same, apart from any true bits....
 
StillBluessinceHydeRoad said:
Here is an exercise for Bluemoon fact checkers. This is, I believe, the media's view of the recent "spat" between the PL and one of its more successful clubs. How many, if any, deliberate mistakes can you spot?

When the PL was formed the clubs agreed very sensible rules to protect clubs from reckless spending and owners. All clubs agreed to these rules and they contributed immensely to the incredible success of the PL. Unfortunately that success attracted a type of owner, overwhelmingly from the Gulf, who was so fabulously wealthy that he could simply plough in billions to his club and make things so totally uncompetitive that his club could win everything, leaving clubs with much richer histories and traditions empty handed. State owned and financed Gulf owners and clubs have ruined football. One such club, Manchester City, has taken the process a step further and taken the PL to court in an attempt to overthrow the very sensible rules put in place to try and stop them simply buying trophies by spending fantastic sums of money beyond what the other clubs can envisage. Manchester City want an end to all restrictions on spending: the other clubs want financial fair play.
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I have italicised all the mistakes for you:

When the PL was formed the clubs agreed very sensible rules to protect clubs from reckless spending and owners. All clubs agreed to these rules and they contributed immensely to the incredible success of the PL. Unfortunately that success attracted a type of owner, overwhelmingly from the Gulf, who was so fabulously wealthy that he could simply plough in billions to his club and make things so totally uncompetitive that his club could win everything, leaving clubs with much richer histories and traditions empty handed. State owned and financed Gulf owners and clubs have ruined football. One such club, Manchester City, has taken the process a step further and taken the PL to court in an attempt to overthrow the very sensible rules put in place to try and stop them simply buying trophies by spending fantastic sums of money beyond what the other clubs can envisage. Manchester City want an end to all restrictions on spending: the other clubs want financial fair play.

:)
 
StillBluessinceHydeRoad said:
Here is an exercise for Bluemoon fact checkers. This is, I believe, the media's view of the recent "spat" between the PL and one of its more successful clubs. How many, if any, deliberate mistakes can you spot?

When the PL was formed the clubs agreed very sensible rules to protect clubs from reckless spending and owners. All clubs agreed to these rules and they contributed immensely to the incredible success of the PL. Unfortunately that success attracted a type of owner, overwhelmingly from the Gulf, who was so fabulously wealthy that he could simply plough in billions to his club and make things so totally uncompetitive that his club could win everything, leaving clubs with much richer histories and traditions empty handed. State owned and financed Gulf owners and clubs have ruined football. One such club, Manchester City, has taken the process a step further and taken the PL to court in an attempt to overthrow the very sensible rules put in place to try and stop them simply buying trophies by spending fantastic sums of money beyond what the other clubs can envisage. Manchester City want an end to all restrictions on spending: the other clubs want financial fair play.
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So everything was fine when the Red Top Mafia & the Chavs divvied up the PL trophies between them?

Damn City for not knowing their place hey? \0/
 
Dribble said:
So everything was fine when the Red Top Mafia & the Chavs divvied up the PL trophies between them?

Damn City for not knowing their place hey? \0/
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Yes. I can only compare the gravity of the events to those surrounding a family returning from shopping to find that the porridge they had prepared before leaving had been eaten and their armchairs smashed by the predatory villain. A real tearjerker of story
 
johnny crossan said:
Sorry, misunderstood your post. There are many fundamental issues with this article already highlighted by various posters which you could maybe scroll back to read. I complained about his use of the phrase "Abu Dhabi-funded Man City" singling us out from all the other PL clubs - with the various different countries funding them (as listed). The Equality Act (2010) defines ethnic discrimination as treating a group or a member of that group unfavourably because of national origin so it's blatantly racist and illegal. Harris is a disgusting and stupid City hating cartel shill, regularly used to pump their 'dirty cheating arab oil club' narrative through client media such as Sky. It seems that its constant repetition has sadly led even longstanding posters like yourself not to recognise the lies and slurs central to a decade long US redshirt propaganda campaign designed to destroy our club.
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Look don’t insult me. Are our owners from Abu Dhabi ? Yes so what the issue ? Is there rightly or wrongly an issue or alleged however miss guided issues around our funding ? Yes is there the same issue rightly or wrongly alleged or otherwise around say Liverpool etc no. So is it racist to point this out no. (He might still be a racist or pointing it out because he is a racist ) Your going to look daft they will ignore you and your minimizing actual racism.

Question how many clubs and where they get their money from should be mention ? For it to be inclusive enough for you all 92 ?
 
StillBluessinceHydeRoad said:
Here is an exercise for Bluemoon fact checkers. This is, I believe, the media's view of the recent "spat" between the PL and one of its more successful clubs. How many, if any, deliberate mistakes can you spot?

When the PL was formed the clubs agreed very sensible rules to protect clubs from reckless spending and owners. All clubs agreed to these rules and they contributed immensely to the incredible success of the PL. Unfortunately that success attracted a type of owner, overwhelmingly from the Gulf, who was so fabulously wealthy that he could simply plough in billions to his club and make things so totally uncompetitive that his club could win everything, leaving clubs with much richer histories and traditions empty handed. State owned and financed Gulf owners and clubs have ruined football. One such club, Manchester City, has taken the process a step further and taken the PL to court in an attempt to overthrow the very sensible rules put in place to try and stop them simply buying trophies by spending fantastic sums of money beyond what the other clubs can envisage. Manchester City want an end to all restrictions on spending: the other clubs want financial fair play.
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A totally false statement. Incredible really when you consider the fake narrative which has been promoted by most of the media.
 
WRicko said:
Look don’t insult me. Are our owners from Abu Dhabi ? Yes so what the issue ? Is there rightly or wrongly an issue or alleged however miss guided issues around our funding ? Yes is there the same issue rightly or wrongly alleged or otherwise around say Liverpool etc no. So is it racist to point this out no. (He might still be a racist or pointing it out because he is a racist ) Your going to look daft they will ignore you and your minimizing actual racism.

Question how many clubs and where they get their money from should be mention ? For it to be inclusive enough for you all 92 ?
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Our club is owned by Sheikh Mansour with his own wealth and Silverlake a US based firm. We are not owned or “funded” by Abu Dhabi. Imagine if we were owned by a Nigerian oil baron and every story said we were “African owned” in a disparaging way.
 
WRicko said:
Look don’t insult me. Are our owners from Abu Dhabi ? Yes so what the issue ? Is there rightly or wrongly an issue or alleged however miss guided issues around our funding ? Yes is there the same issue rightly or wrongly alleged or otherwise around say Liverpool etc no. So is it racist to point this out no. (He might still be a racist or pointing it out because he is a racist ) Your going to look daft they will ignore you and your minimizing actual racism.

Question how many clubs and where they get their money from should be mention ? For it to be inclusive enough for you all 92 ?
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I've done my best to explain how singling out City for unfavourable treatment on the grounds of our owner's nationality is ugly and illegal racism. If you still don't understand the law or think it's just not a very serious breach and trivialises "proper racism" perhaps others can help you understand what's going on better.
 
johnny crossan said:
I've done my best to explain how singling out City for unfavourable treatment on the grounds of our owner's nationality is ugly and illegal racism. If you still don't understand the law or think it's just not a very serious breach and trivialises "proper racism" perhaps others can help you understand what's going on better.
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Some people still don't get why and how the press use Abu Dhabi-owned, Abu Dhabi-funded or, as Neville says, just Abu Dhabi when, as you say, they don't refer to any other club by the nationality of their owner. It's absolutely clear why they do it and it is nothing to do with the fact that Mansour, our majority owner, is a citizen of Abu Dhabi.
 
halfcenturyup said:
Some people still don't get why and how the press use Abu Dhabi-owned, Abu Dhabi-funded or, as Neville says, just Abu Dhabi when, as you say, they don't refer to any other club by the nationality of their owner. It's absolutely clear why they do it and it is nothing to do with the fact that Mansour, our majority owner, is a citizen of Abu Dhabi.
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What would state owned look like? Not specifically for you but anyone... what would state owned be?

Are Newcastle state owned?
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
What would state owned look like? Not specifically for you but anyone... what would state owned be?

Are Newcastle state owned?
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Owned by a state agency, either directly or indirectly.

So yes, Newcastle is owned by PIF, which is a state-controlled sovereign wealth fund and therefore imho Newcastle are state-owned.

City are owned by an individual. Yes, I know he is a very important individual, is closely related to the Emir and lines between authority, influence and control can be blurred sometimes but, legally afaik, the club is not state-owned. I had wondered if the change in Mansour's choice of holding company (from ADUG to Newton) was something to do with a PL challenge on that, but it has never been mentioned anywhere.
 
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