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

Have to be careful, missus is sometimes looking over my shoulder when I’m on here to see who I’m calling a ****.
 
Chris-NCL said:
I mean we spent 18 months of Qatari bots on social media attacking us, from the football club, to the city, to the people. I never knew how many bots there was on social media until then.

We already get the grief off the media, and have done for a while. It’s actually you Man City fans who warned us of this, then invited our fans onto your podcasts during our takeover saga that got me on here to see what you opinions etc were on all things football financial/regilations.

Last week Migual Delaney was writing an article titled that we face losing our ownership due to a lack of clarity over our owners and separation from the state. He then ended the article saying they could sell us and buy another Premier League team, without a hint of irony.

We also single-handedly keep Richard Keys in the media every time he pops up on Bein having a go at us.
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You will start to realise that - along with others - MDIAC
 
Chris-NCL said:
Newcastle fan here.
I understand that your ownership structure is such that you are not directly owned by the state. The question I ask though is, what the fuck would it matter if you were?

State ownership is not forbidden by any relevant football authorities, and if they tried to do it, it would likely fall foul of the UK’s competition rules.

It seems the only people who have a problem with state ownership is those who feel like they would never be able to compete, I.E. the cabal. The thing is though, clubs being owned by state ownership is no more or less of a barrier from competing when they had the richest owners.

In reality there always has been, and always will be an unbalance of those who have money, and those who do not. It’s been that way since PNE started paying players, and the leagues ultimately became professional.
In a modern sense, take Tottenham Hotspur’s for example. Historically they are not really that much bigger than us (Newcastle). In the Premier League era, they have outdone us by winning 2 League Cups, credit to them, but not really something to say they are significantly bigger than us, if so then the argument that Leicester are bigger than them would be a fairly easy point to make in response. Anyway London prices has meant that they have been able to command higher ticket prices than any club in the North East region would ever be able to charge. Would they also be able build such a stadium if they were based up here, and also to host the events such as the NFL etc which all brings in them higher revenue?
I guess we’ll find out soon enough when our owners do what they will in regard to our new stadium.
Let’s flip things on its head. Would a Spurs based where they are in London have been able to build the stadium they had, been able to get merchandise sales etc through at the levels they do, or sell tickets at London prices if Mike Ashley had bought and gimped them for 14 years instead of settling to do it to us?
I’m going to hazard a guess and say not.
You see, the dynamics of having money, and not having money is never going to be simple, and it’s never going to be wholly level. Somewhere along the lines there is going to be circumstances that means one club can gain more money than the other. For every poor person in Liverpool who can’t afford a match ticket, you have someone from Dublin taking his place. Newcastle isn’t exactly an hours ferry ride from Norway to be able to do the same.

I guess my point is that the lines about where money can be earned, spent, and who can have it have never been defined, but always assumed. Much like those bankers who went complaining when the nerds fucked them over with GameStop shares due to not doing what is assumed, tough fucking luck, you can whinge all you want, but what is good enough for the Goose, is going to be good enough for the Gander.

I know I’ve went off on a tangent here, I know I’m largely preaching to the congregation, but I think my point is valid.
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It's never been about fair play or protecting the football pyramid The breakaway premier league was set up by the cartel clubs + Spurs & Everton to line their pockets, similar to changing the European Cup to the champions league.

Look at how Arsenal & the FA cup being sponsored by state money is viewed completely different to how City & Newcastle ownership are & how the the migrant deaths in Qatar disappeared once utd looked at being bought out.

I will give you the benefit of the doubt, but I do find it ironic how fans of rival clubs, who followed the cartel clubs view of City have now changed their tune now it affects their club
 
cheekybids said:
The Etihad deal is making Masters look an ever bigger **** with Rodri winning the Ballon D’Or.
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Every time FFP, PSR or APT are mentioned, all Blues should say "You mean PMC?" & chuckle to themselves about Australia's version of football governance, the Potato Marketing Corporation! Lol :-)

www.theguardian.com

Western Australia's potato war ends with spud king Tony Galati the victor

The closure of the Potato Marketing Corporation sees a halt to ‘stop and search’ potato inspections and lifts limits on sales
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Rodri has now broken the glass ceiling of City players receiving the highest individual honour in the game. For far too long the world player of the year has been a beauty contest, where the only entrants are from the legacy clubs, whether their players deserve to be in the running or not.

Rodri's honour now adds even further weight to City's argument over our sponsorship value. Even better still, the honour shows potential transfer targets that they can reach the pinnacle of the game personally & professionally in a world class environment in Manchester, under the management of Pep Guardiola.

I couldn't be more proud to be a Blue than I am right now... )(
 
Dribble said:
Every time FFP, PSR or APT are mentioned, all Blues should say "You mean PMC?" & chuckle to themselves about Australia's version of football governance, the Potato Marketing Corporation! Lol :-)



Rodri has now broken the glass ceiling of City players receiving the highest individual honour in the game. For far too long the world player of the year has been a beauty contest, where the only entrants are from the legacy clubs, whether their players deserve to be in the running or not.

Rodri's honour now adds even further weight to City's argument over our sponsorship value. Even better still, the honour shows potential transfer targets that they can reach the pinnacle of the game personally & professionally in a world class environment in Manchester, under the management of Pep Guardiola.

I couldn't be more proud to be a Blue than I am right now... )(
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All City now need to say is “…..$10m of that deal is for an annual speech by City’s Ballon D’or winner, Rodri” …. PL have no way to equate fair market value as there is ONLY ONE OF THEM !
 
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