Highly critical article about Citys' owners

BlueDejong said:


What the fuck he is doing ?
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That Conn must be the worst City fan in the world, he should just fuck off and support Stockport/Bury/Oldham or something, he has never been happy since we have started being successful, wonder why ?
 
M18CTID said:
It’s an utterly bizarre article. He starts off as a United fan wanking off over City’s football then, albeit briefly, goes on to criticise the UAE and the conditions migrant workers face, then he veers off in a completely different direction to talk about Brexit and UK politics.
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That's why I stopped reading. I skipped to the end & skimmed over a couple of paragraphs which mentioned Brexit & just assumed some loony had forgotten to take his medication...
 
Dribble said:
I assume you live in the UK. Are you aware of the British Government's past & that of the Royal family for that matter?

Do these sit OK with you, or are you considering leaving the UK anytime soon? Show me one ruling family or a country with an elected parliament who haven't got to their positions of power without spilling barrels of blood in the process.
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The British governments past AND present doesn’t sit okay with me, no. Neither does the royal family. Leaving a country is an extreme response, many factors go into where you live; job, family, health etc. You can still call a spade a spade though.
 
After we trashed the rags these type of press keep popping up frequently. It started with “ sheikh’s expensive yacht and two wives “ than city’s oil money etc etc and yesterday the new one “ who pays city’s bill”
They will try to undermine the best football we are witnessing in front our eyes every week .
 
bugsyblue said:
The British governments past AND present doesn’t sit okay with me, no. Neither does the royal family. Leaving a country is an extreme response, many factors go into where you live; job, family, health etc. You can still call a spade a spade though.
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So you hate all royalty & politicians globally? Well that's cool then... :-)
 
I think it's totally legit. There's no doubt that many of these regimes are absolutely foul.

Privately, I am glad my club is benefiting from the investment.
Would I prefer it if the owners weren't associated with human rights abuses - yes.
Is it possible for a club to be responsibly and well run and for the owners to be associated with pretty unpleasant values - yes.
There is a big grey area around the morality of politics and sports. Not every article pointing this out is a criticism of our club.
It's not a contradiction to be complimentary about the running of our club AND critical of the values of our owners.
 
bobom said:
I think it's totally legit. There's no doubt that many of these regimes are absolutely foul.

Privately, I am glad my club is benefiting from the investment.
Would I prefer it if the owners weren't associated with human rights abuses - yes.
Is it possible for a club to be responsibly and well run and for the owners to be associated with pretty unpleasant values - yes.
There is a big grey area around the morality of politics and sports. Not every article pointing this out is a criticism of our club.
It's not a contradiction to be complimentary about the running of our club AND critical of the values of our owners.
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Quite right and it's not as bad an article as it appears at first glance. I think he's making the point (among other points) that the UAE may not have a free press but, in a different way, neither do we. I've answered him at length on Twitter so it will be interesting to see if he responds and, if so, how.
 
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