Another attack on Manchester City fans from Barney Ronay. He's the one who accused City fans of supporting the arrest of the Durham student.
This is the 2nd time in days that journalists have suggested that online Manchester City supporters are actually part of the UAE regime.
City are right to resist Uefa’s investigation into financial fair play if they feel it is in error. They may well be exonerated at the end. But the tone of this resistance, the aggressive statements, the idea put out there that this is all some ill visited on the disempowered, is at best cloth-eared and at worst a glimpse of the hard edges, the regime behind this extraordinary project club.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/may/24/welcome-to-elite-football-great-summer-of-hate
Have I misinterpreteed what he's saying? They are really starting to irritate me. There's one thing just straightforward prejudice against a football club because you support the the other side. That's maybe Jamie Jackson. I can handle that. What I find unacceptable is the kind of moralising that the media has taken on where City have become a front for what they see as a despicable nation-state. This in a country whose militarism has changed the face of the world, particularly the middle-east.
What are we going to do as supporters about this?
I think when our supporters express themselves online and are then publically called out by two journalists within a couple of days as being members of the UAE regime something needs to be done.
Have I misread this, or misunderstood? What do you guys think? Does it bother you?
If I interpret this allegation correctly, that's libel. Agreed?