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U21s gonna have very decent back 4
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Christian McFarlane
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Maybe, but more likely someone else would have bought the franchise rights.But without us, they wouldn't exist?!
City owe CFG a lot too but I reckon you'd see some complaints if promising young players were being shipped to NY or Melbourne.
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Fuck them.CFG and partners burned up a certain amount of goodwill around here with the stadium delay and demands for tax advantages. But more simply, NYCFC supporters are usually not City supporters and don't want to lose players to a club they don't care about.
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Because they’re the sister, baby sister at that, club(s).Maybe, but more likely someone else would have bought the franchise rights.
City owe CFG a lot too but I reckon you'd see some complaints if promising young players were being shipped to NY or Melbourne.
So you figure City supporters would swallow losing young players to NYCFC without complaint if NYCFC was the bigger club? Bullshit. Try it with someone else.Because they’re the sister, baby sister at that, club(s).
Dribble
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Young player with the world at his feet has a choice...So you figure City supporters would swallow losing young players to NYCFC without complaint if NYCFC was the bigger club? Bullshit. Try it with someone else.
The MLS
OR
The Premier League & Champions League
NYCFC fans should try asking the players involved which path they'd choose. This is reality for ALL players & clubs globally, & unfortunately for the MLS, I can't think of one elite European player who desires to move there.
City have also lost youngsters we wanted to keep. We played against two of them on Saturday. Eees futbol \0/
I'm not blaming the player, of course he's right to try his hand at City. But I don't expect the NYCFC fans to be pleased about it, what football fan would be.Young player with the world at his feet has a choice...
The MLS
OR
The Premier League & Champions League
NYCFC fans should try asking the players involved which path they'd choose. This is reality for ALL players & clubs globally, & unfortunately for the MLS, I can't think of one elite European player who desires to move there.
City have also lost youngsters we wanted to keep. We played against two of them on Saturday. Eees futbol \0/
Dribble
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Are City forcing English born, England International McFarlane to leave NYCFC for the biggest, richest football league in the world, or is this the player's choice?I'm not blaming the player, of course he's right to try his hand at City. But I don't expect the NYCFC fans to be pleased about it, what football fan would be.
Why don't they switch on McFarlane instead?
Did Chelsea force SWP to leave for what was then a richer, more competitive club? Was everyone philosophical and uncomplaining when it happened? I don't recall that.Are City forcing English born, England International McFarlane to leave NYCFC for the biggest, richest football league in the world, or is this the player's choice?
Why don't they switch on McFarlane instead?
Dribble
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That's my point. Chelsea wanted SWP, & he wanted to leave to fight for league titles & to play in the Champions League. City fans were gutted, but we also acknowledged this was the way in football. The big successful & wealthy clubs have always poached talented players from smaller clubs. At no point did City fans begin hating Chelsea because they poached SWP.Did Chelsea force SWP to leave for what was then a richer, more competitive club? Was everyone philosophical and uncomplaining when it happened? I don't recall that.
In fact, clubs like Brighton, Dortmund & Frankfurt have made selling their best players for top dollar their business models. The point of this discussion is why some NYCFC dislike City because we've bought 3 players from them to my knowledge? Mix, Harrison & now McFarlane?
As mentioned previously, I recall the first disgruntled rumblings coming around the delayed transfer of Frank Lampard. He'd left Chelsea & signed for NYCFC, but was loaned to City for half a season, however City asked to keep him for the full season which pissed off a lot of NYCFC fans, with many believing they were being treated as a feeder club for Manchester City.
12 years on, could this still be their issue with City?
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I remember a lot of complaining and digs at Chelsea and their dodgy money at the time of the SWP transfer. Is it rational, not really as that's the way the world works and we would all do the same, but nobody like to lose their best players to a richer club.That's my point. Chelsea wanted SWP, & he wanted to leave to fight for league titles & to play in the Champions League. City fans were gutted, but we also acknowledged this was the way in football. The big successful & wealthy clubs have always poached talented players from smaller clubs. At no point did City fans begin hating Chelsea because they poached SWP.
In fact, clubs like Brighton, Dortmund & Frankfurt have made selling their best players for top dollar their business models. The point of this discussion is why some NYCFC dislike City because we've bought 3 players from them to my knowledge? Mix, Harrison & now McFarlane?
As mentioned previously, I recall the first disgruntled rumblings coming around the delayed transfer of Frank Lampard. He'd left Chelsea & signed for NYCFC, but was loaned to City for half a season, however City asked to keep him for the full season which pissed off a lot of NYCFC fans, with many believing they were being treated as a feeder club for Manchester City.
12 years on, could this still be their issue with City?
I've never bothered with NYCFC so I don't know exactly what's happened, but my understanding is CFG shipped off some of their better players to Girona as well. The stadium issue I mentioned went down very poorly here, made their fans a punchline and likely hobbled the club. I don't necessarily fault them for seeing CFG different than you and me.
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I personally don’t give a shit about their supporters, very few of them even like Manchester City and support one of the red cartel clubs. Fuck them. Fuck their plastic little club and fuck the shite league that is the MLS.So you figure City supporters would swallow losing young players to NYCFC without complaint if NYCFC was the bigger club? Bullshit. Try it with someone else.
Young player in wanting to sign for one of the biggest clubs on the planet shock. We had to put up with it when teams like Chelsea were buying our best players.
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Yes they were to be honest. We totally understood why he went and virtually all City fans were cheering on Chelsea to do well at the time as a) they were the only team stopping United winning everything and b) it’s not like City could compete at the time.Did Chelsea force SWP to leave for what was then a richer, more competitive club? Was everyone philosophical and uncomplaining when it happened? I don't recall that.
So yeah I was more than philosophical about it despite him being my favourite player.
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Aside from all the chatter, can’t be bothered scanning whole thread, but is he coming here now?
He is here.Aside from all the chatter, can’t be bothered scanning whole thread, but is he coming here now?
That's my point. Chelsea wanted SWP, & he wanted to leave to fight for league titles & to play in the Champions League. City fans were gutted, but we also acknowledged this was the way in football. The big successful & wealthy clubs have always poached talented players from smaller clubs. At no point did City fans begin hating Chelsea because they poached SWP.
In fact, clubs like Brighton, Dortmund & Frankfurt have made selling their best players for top dollar their business models. The point of this discussion is why some NYCFC dislike City because we've bought 3 players from them to my knowledge? Mix, Harrison & now McFarlane?
As mentioned previously, I recall the first disgruntled rumblings coming around the delayed transfer of Frank Lampard. He'd left Chelsea & signed for NYCFC, but was loaned to City for half a season, however City asked to keep him for the full season which pissed off a lot of NYCFC fans, with many believing they were being treated as a feeder club for Manchester City.
12 years on, could this still be their issue with City?
Arsenal still haven't got over it to be fair
better dead than red
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CFG and partners burned up a certain amount of goodwill around here with the stadium delay and demands for tax advantages. But more simply, NYCFC supporters are usually not City supporters and don't want to lose players to a club they don't care about.
They have been anti Manchester City since before NYCFC had anyone that MCFC could give a damn about.
I used to lurk their message boards years ago. They are 95% red dipper and Chelsea fans. Back then they had a good number of rag fans too. They've probably switched to Liverpool by now. If i recall, a few edgelords were Spurs fans. One of the biggest dicks was a guy named Seth. He thought he knew everything about everything.
When Lampard came here on loan I thought their message board would explode. It really has little to nothing to do with NYCFC losing players. It's them, with zero connection to England, thinking they have to act like "real" red dippers, chavs, or rags.
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better dead than red
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Kind of like a German fella, being a fan of an English football team and asking what you did?struggling to understand how any fan of any club could give a toss about the feelings or opinions of fans of another club on another continent.
Let's see what they think (NYCFC) if KDB rocks up this summer, I am sure they may be slightly grateful;)That's my point. Chelsea wanted SWP, & he wanted to leave to fight for league titles & to play in the Champions League. City fans were gutted, but we also acknowledged this was the way in football. The big successful & wealthy clubs have always poached talented players from smaller clubs. At no point did City fans begin hating Chelsea because they poached SWP.
In fact, clubs like Brighton, Dortmund & Frankfurt have made selling their best players for top dollar their business models. The point of this discussion is why some NYCFC dislike City because we've bought 3 players from them to my knowledge? Mix, Harrison & now McFarlane?
As mentioned previously, I recall the first disgruntled rumblings coming around the delayed transfer of Frank Lampard. He'd left Chelsea & signed for NYCFC, but was loaned to City for half a season, however City asked to keep him for the full season which pissed off a lot of NYCFC fans, with many believing they were being treated as a feeder club for Manchester City.
12 years on, could this still be their issue with City?