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He can buy himself out of his contract at the end of next season, can't he? And it might be less than £10M? Do you not think we can afford to write off £10m if he plays his part next season?

Re: Dear Martin is a city fan Are you sure it wasn't Dean Martian..?

My understanding is that Richards opted not to be on stand-by as he wanted a holiday and time to recover for next season. It was HIS choice, not Hodgson's!

Good call. He hasn't covered himself in glory off the pitch these past few weeks. But is potential genius worth the hassle? Probably.

That was one of the reasons why I wanted Chelsea to lose last night. Them winning makes life more difficult for us in many ways. But no matter, we will still sign better players than them and still finish above them next season.

The real reason I don't want West Ham to get promoted is that I'm sick to fucking death of clubs buying promotion to the Premiership. How can Blackpool, even Boro and Burnley, compete with West Ham's huge financial advantage and millionaire owners? When they went down last season they only...

Wrong thread mate! ;-)

Another local derby, we've lost Bolton and Blackburn days out, a guaranteed six points again. Weekend on the piss. They'll take their full allocation at our place. Seeing Fat Sam's gurning look at the final whistle... Why would any Blue not hope this happens?

One last time, I can't let it go without correcting some of your more bizarre points. Outbidding United in the 70's wasn't a big deal? They were the biggest support in the country, double the size of Forest's. Their revenue dwarfed Forest's. Yet Forest bought their way to success... a bit like...

And there's your answer in a nutshell. And you even answered it yourself! You are clamouring to a sepia-tinted nostalgic time past when it's clear you have a belief rather than evidence to back up your views. You mention Forest. You mean the same Forest who were the biggest spenders in the...

I'm sorry mate, but professional football in this country (and I assume elsewhere) has rarely been a competitive sport. It has always been a financial race! Go back to the early 1900's, read Gary James' books, it's all there even then. Throughout the modern day history of football it has...

Do you seriously believe he will shit on Barca, the rags, Chelsea, Real, et al? Of course he won't. He can witter on as much as he likes about financial probity in European football (even though he himself dumped French football to sign for the richest club in the world at that time, to earn...

It was that final line that betrays Conn for his real feelings about City... he never dreamed anyone could own City? What the fuck does that mean? In my lifetime City have always been "owned". I was a shareholder forr many years, so I had a small piece of ownership... but even I recognised...

Alright mate, sorry I missed you pre-match last week, but we couldn't get in! They locked us out the buggers! As you know, me and you and Dave go back many years (still remember those Supporters Trust meetings!) and I used to think he was a real proper City fan. But increasingly he's become...

And yet, in the past few days (and months) he has barely, if ever, mentioned the financial situations at any of those other clubs and has focussed on City. Why is that? Why is he now so concerned that our owners might leave us? What the fuck does he care? Why not worry about Abramovic leaving...

Still too much "Colin Schindleritis" with Dave Conn these days. I spoke briefly to him pre-match, shook his hand, reminded him of the journey we had made... but deep down I wish I had said to him that if he felt so detached from "his" club maybe better to give his ticket to a fan who still...

One of the great myths. Forest did it with a bunch of second-raters? No chance. Cloughie was the biggest spender in those days. You need to do a bit of research mate.

No problem you disagreeing with me mate, it's all about opinions. You say where are all the players from the last FA Youth Cup wiinning team? Probably in the Championship. Or even lower down. But that's my point. They couldn't make it at Premiership level, so the current crop have absolutely...

No mention of Abramovic walking away from Chelsea? No mention of the Qataris walking away from PSG? There's a surprise...

They were trying to make a point. They had seen us on the pitch celebrating winning the Premiership at the weekend, so the daft fuckers thought they'd take the piss by invading the pitch for winning the Manchester Senior Cup! So in terms of trophies they've had a more successful season than...