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Arsenal have had the tougher start, but we've also played three of the top 7, with two of those being away. Arsenal also got very lucky with decisions against us. They had three attempts on target, two of which were the goals, which could easily have been ruled out.

I see that Liverpool have played 5 games against teams in the bottom half of the table. The only top half team they've played so far, was Forest, who are 9th. And they lost. Definitely on for the quadruple ;)

I wouldn't get too excited. The people who have been hinting, have made similar allegations about other people in the past. They're mostly just gossip mongers who know the internet will do their dirty work. Guido Fawkes can run for weeks on a story that is just vague innuendo, because they know...

I thought she was centre right? She's threatened to leave more than once in the past, and at one point it was rumoured she might even join the Tories :/

That sounds like a recipe for big government to me. Apart from maybe culture, what kind of things does the Government do that wouldn't come under one of those categories?

Don't we often hear of "hedge-fund owned clubs", or "American owned"?

I don't watch enough of Sane to say whether the ACL significantly changed his game, but he was Bayern's third most used player last season, and looking at the minutes he plays, has been one of the most used players over the last few seasons. Whoscored had him rated as the third best player in...

I understand that point, but I don't think this is the same, because my argument is that it's relevant. It's not just very wealthy owners, it's owners with the resources of a nation state (which our owners indirectly have, even if we're not state owned).

I'm fairly certain that the article the OP referenced, didn't use the phrase 'dirty Middle East oil cheats'. If that was the point at issue, then I think we'd all agree :)

I think you've pretty much proved the point of the "hard argument" post. You could argue all day about what resources are available to our owners compared with the US owners, and the relative influence over other businesses. I think you're clearly wrong, but it would take weeks of research for...

Our owner (and I know some will argue that Sheikh Mansour is not our owner), is in a totally different league to Todd Boehly, in terms of personal wealth, access to finance, and influence. Khaldoon and Mansour are the CEO and chair of Mubadala, which on its own is three times the size of...

The OP asked if a particular reference to the Middle Eastern owners was racist. It wasn't, and it's a fairly straightforward argument why. The fact that the two clubs in the PL with Middle Eastern owners have so much more wealth, power, and influence over a huge number of companies, is factual...

It provides quite a neat illustration of the political element.

Apologies for being direct Johnny, but I don't think that makes any sense as a reply to my comment. I've given a couple of examples of what I believe is racism against our owners, so of course I believe there is a racist element. I am not sure how much clearer I can be, that this doesn't...

Well, no, I think that diminishes any argument about racism. If you tell a rival fan that the US owners of Arsenal, United and Liverpool, nicknamed our owners "terrorists", then it's an easy argument to win, and most people would agree that's racism. If you try and suggest every mention of...

I absolutely agree that large companies would want to be involved with the best club in world football, and Carragher's ignorance is embarrassing. The fact remains that our owners and Newcastle's owners have direct, and indirect control, over many times the wealth of any other owners, so...

I don't think there's much point comparing the two. Clearly our owners have the clout of a nation state, not just access to the occasional friendly deal. There are plenty of arguments to make against the shit that people throw at City, but I think it's self evident that our owner and chair have...

I don't think so, and I'd be wary of being too loose with the term. A lot of people mocked the club when they suggested Klopp might be racist, but I think his statement was. He suggested three clubs (and he was talking about those with Middle Eastern owners) could outspend Liverpool, which is...

Are you complaining that they were telling the truth about it saving money?

That sounds like Labour putting up pay, and the Tories reducing it, and now Labour putting it up again ;) Still, a fall in real terms over more than a decade, surely isn't something any sector should consider a good thing, I'd have thought.