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CFG Expansion | Başakşehir to join? (p70)
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bluemanchester
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There is a supporters group for every team other than City in Manchester. You can find them at any press office or specific whatsapp groupsFair play to them for traveling to Manchester to hang that banner.
Unless they have a supporters group in Manchester or in London we don't know about?
Gaz (FMwkdsoul)
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Each team entering get 10m from the CFG, winner takes 50.Sorry if posted before but it would be nice if City brought all these teams together in Manchester before the start of the season and we had our own Tournament then we could have a look and show our support for them.
#ScrewFFP.
salfordbluetrue
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Can not blame the fans for having their say, now is the time for dialogue not after the signature, there are a few concerns not least what happened to Chelsea, the Chelsea fans did own the ground before Abramovich bought it of them for redevelopment, there is no guarantee that it will not be a supermarket next season.. in Germany the fans own a % of the clubs, our council own our ground, i am a believer that owners should own or rent the business and fans should own the ground.
GrumpyLegacyFan
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Suicide post...but what the hell...
I love almost everything the Sheik has done for our Club - its been prudent, well managed, mostly thoughtful and bought signifiant investment in Manchester too - and I have just about got over the ESL misstep. There is a respect for our history and culture, former players and legends and a fair degree of engagement with the fans. And without him, we would never have seen Sergio, Silva, Yaya and Vincent.
But...
I really struggle with CFG. As exciting as it is to have a global network of clubs and as much as I love taking on the dippers and rags with a growing global fan base (although in the case of Melbourne and New York - that doesn't always work) I don't measure my club by how many teams in South America we own, or how many City shirts we sell in Indonesia.
It's what happens in that 90mins on the pitch - wether that's on a rainy November night against Stockport or a sun soaked early evening at the Bernabeu. I recognise the talent pipeline benefits it may bring and the money it might make to impact the quality of those 90mins - but what would it be like to be that 'feeder' club to the mothership? I feel strongly about the connection between a football club and its local roots and local community - and that might be an old fashioned opinion - but at its core, that's what football is for me still.
The alternative is a world of the ESL, half and half scarves, plastic tourists and football reduced to some TicTok marketing content. I am not a luddite, and I recognise that generations change and football changes and there is no going back to a pre-Premier League world - but the wild west of sport consumerism worries the crap out of me. I read other posts from fellow Blues and I would just urge a grumpy bit of caution in celebrating every commercial step we take.
It is all about balance - which the Sheik has mostly got bang on. But, for me, please no more tunnel clubs, double size hoardings, buying clubs in Mongolia...
Bring on the haters....:)
I love almost everything the Sheik has done for our Club - its been prudent, well managed, mostly thoughtful and bought signifiant investment in Manchester too - and I have just about got over the ESL misstep. There is a respect for our history and culture, former players and legends and a fair degree of engagement with the fans. And without him, we would never have seen Sergio, Silva, Yaya and Vincent.
But...
I really struggle with CFG. As exciting as it is to have a global network of clubs and as much as I love taking on the dippers and rags with a growing global fan base (although in the case of Melbourne and New York - that doesn't always work) I don't measure my club by how many teams in South America we own, or how many City shirts we sell in Indonesia.
It's what happens in that 90mins on the pitch - wether that's on a rainy November night against Stockport or a sun soaked early evening at the Bernabeu. I recognise the talent pipeline benefits it may bring and the money it might make to impact the quality of those 90mins - but what would it be like to be that 'feeder' club to the mothership? I feel strongly about the connection between a football club and its local roots and local community - and that might be an old fashioned opinion - but at its core, that's what football is for me still.
The alternative is a world of the ESL, half and half scarves, plastic tourists and football reduced to some TicTok marketing content. I am not a luddite, and I recognise that generations change and football changes and there is no going back to a pre-Premier League world - but the wild west of sport consumerism worries the crap out of me. I read other posts from fellow Blues and I would just urge a grumpy bit of caution in celebrating every commercial step we take.
It is all about balance - which the Sheik has mostly got bang on. But, for me, please no more tunnel clubs, double size hoardings, buying clubs in Mongolia...
Bring on the haters....:)
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Luton fans are not welcome.Suicide post...but what the hell...
I love almost everything the Sheik has done for our Club - its been prudent, well managed, mostly thoughtful and bought signifiant investment in Manchester too - and I have just about got over the ESL misstep. There is a respect for our history and culture, former players and legends and a fair degree of engagement with the fans. And without him, we would never have seen Sergio, Silva, Yaya and Vincent.
But...
I really struggle with CFG. As exciting as it is to have a global network of clubs and as much as I love taking on the dippers and rags with a growing global fan base (although in the case of Melbourne and New York - that doesn't always work) I don't measure my club by how many teams in South America we own, or how many City shirts we sell in Indonesia.
It's what happens in that 90mins on the pitch - wether that's on a rainy November night against Stockport or a sun soaked early evening at the Bernabeu. I recognise the talent pipeline benefits it may bring and the money it might make to impact the quality of those 90mins - but what would it be like to be that 'feeder' club to the mothership? I feel strongly about the connection between a football club and its local roots and local community - and that might be an old fashioned opinion - but at its core, that's what football is for me still.
The alternative is a world of the ESL, half and half scarves, plastic tourists and football reduced to some TicTok marketing content. I am not a luddite, and I recognise that generations change and football changes and there is no going back to a pre-Premier League world - but the wild west of sport consumerism worries the crap out of me. I read other posts from fellow Blues and I would just urge a grumpy bit of caution in celebrating every commercial step we take.
It is all about balance - which the Sheik has mostly got bang on. But, for me, please no more tunnel clubs, double size hoardings, buying clubs in Mongolia...
Bring on the hatters....:)
I would be disgusted if my club was taken over by CFG, but clubs they created like NYC with zero existing fans are fair game.
BufordUSABlue
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Fair play mate and speaking of 'hatters' ;-) ... I hope you have your 'tin hat' at the ready!Suicide post...but what the hell...
I love almost everything the Sheik has done for our Club - its been prudent, well managed, mostly thoughtful and bought signifiant investment in Manchester too - and I have just about got over the ESL misstep. There is a respect for our history and culture, former players and legends and a fair degree of engagement with the fans. And without him, we would never have seen Sergio, Silva, Yaya and Vincent.
But...
I really struggle with CFG. As exciting as it is to have a global network of clubs and as much as I love taking on the dippers and rags with a growing global fan base (although in the case of Melbourne and New York - that doesn't always work) I don't measure my club by how many teams in South America we own, or how many City shirts we sell in Indonesia.
It's what happens in that 90mins on the pitch - wether that's on a rainy November night against Stockport or a sun soaked early evening at the Bernabeu. I recognise the talent pipeline benefits it may bring and the money it might make to impact the quality of those 90mins - but what would it be like to be that 'feeder' club to the mothership? I feel strongly about the connection between a football club and its local roots and local community - and that might be an old fashioned opinion - but at its core, that's what football is for me still.
The alternative is a world of the ESL, half and half scarves, plastic tourists and football reduced to some TicTok marketing content. I am not a luddite, and I recognise that generations change and football changes and there is no going back to a pre-Premier League world - but the wild west of sport consumerism worries the crap out of me. I read other posts from fellow Blues and I would just urge a grumpy bit of caution in celebrating every commercial step we take.
It is all about balance - which the Sheik has mostly got bang on. But, for me, please no more tunnel clubs, double size hoardings, buying clubs in Mongolia...
Bring on the hatters....:)
BedsBlue68
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IThe pitch was actually put into a non profit organisation and given to the fans by Abramovic fo rexactly that reason and i now protected by being owned by 13000 fansCan not blame the fans for having their say, now is the time for dialogue not after the signature, there are a few concerns not least what happened to Chelsea, the Chelsea fans did own the ground before Abramovich bought it of them for redevelopment, there is no guarantee that it will not be a supermarket next season.. in Germany the fans own a % of the clubs, our council own our ground, i am a believer that owners should own or rent the business and fans should own the ground.
Gaz (FMwkdsoul)
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They seemed to engage with the roots and get fans from the off with us, why do you expect it to be different for clubs they completely own or buy into?
Commerical growth and the day tripper side of things was going to happen regardless of the CFG.
Todays plastic is tomorrows family of die hards (They were dads team, he went to a game in 20XX and was hooked)
Commerical growth and the day tripper side of things was going to happen regardless of the CFG.
Todays plastic is tomorrows family of die hards (They were dads team, he went to a game in 20XX and was hooked)
GrumpyLegacyFan
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Very fair pointThey seemed to engage with the roots and get fans from the off with us, why do you expect it to be different for clubs they completely own or buy into?
Commerical growth and the day tripper side of things was going to happen regardless of the CFG.
Todays plastic is tomorrows family of die hards (They were dads team, he went to a game in 20XX and was hooked)