Khaldoon's End of Season Review 2025

johnevans said:
Agree entirely.

For f*cks sake, I remember us having Swales in his broad check jacket, sta-prest action slacks and combover, pointing his rolled-up Saturday evening 'Pink' at Malcolm Allison after we'd been thrashed at home 0-4 by the Scouse Red Filth saying 'You know who could do a job for us..'

That was the f*cking level of management we had for generations.. clueless, all blazer badge and no trophies.

Since 2008 we've been blessed with 'grown ups' in charge in the room. Let them get on with it. They know what they're doing. They won't always get it right but, my stars!, they will 90% of the time. We are and we have been so fortunate for the past 17 years. And, for sure, there's yet more to come. So let Khaldoon et al crack on with the next phase..
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“Asa”
“Do me a favour.”
 
Penfold the Duke said:
As a young shiny suited sales rep in the late 80's I had a hard time dealing with some of the older buyers I came across in factories around Birmingham and the Black Country. One of the more experienced guys in the team explained it to me.
"Some people aren't happy unless they've got something to be miserable about" One of my great life lessons! :-)
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Misery loves company.
 
Kazzydeyna said:
There are a sizeable minority in here who genuinely prefer ‘that’ City and the utter national laughing stock they - and we - were.
Not because they are closet rags, they’re not, but because they are of that disposition that just likes things being shit so they can have a perpetual moan and groan. They just truthfully get off on being unhappy and curmudgeons.
Being a blue in the 80’s and 90’s was a badge of honour. One, those of us who were there, can, and do, still wear with pride. Some people are unable to get past that sense of pride in supporting a club that gave us nothing but heartache
They hit their nirvana after the takeover when Mark Hughes was in charge. Here we were, with all the money in the world, and flirting with relegation. It was the most typical ‘typical City’ thing ever. Life didn’t get any better. They loved him.

Then we sacked him for being a wanker and in came Mancini and the story began.

They hated Mancini. Despised him. He tore down the banner and brought the good times.
He had to be hounded out.

Pellers brought a very brief hope of a return to the “cool days” but nope, he only went and won a double in his first season. The fucking corpse. He had to go too. He was hounded out and castigated in ways that still make me sick to my stomach, and always will.

Pep got a reprieve for a few years as nobody could genuinely pretend not to be impressed by the greatest manager in the world. And he was, and is, cool as cheese too so there was that. A bit of reflected glory and things settled down. For a year or three it was possible to be happy we were winning and still retain reflected cool points.
Then we won a treble and the murmurs about Pep began in earnest.
You can read it in any match day thread from this season.

Now they’re turning on the greatest chairman in the league. A man who has given us memories no football fan has any right to expect. And on the club.

Twas ever thus.

Rags have called us Berties for years. Caricatured us as being twisted, unhappy, bitter, and full of rage at the world.
Some in here just like acting up to that caricature.
It’s like extreme Stockholm syndrome and it ain’t changing any time soon.

Ignore them. Enjoy the greatest period in our history and the greatest ownership model in the whole world of sport.
Leave them to their bitter, inane, childish ramblings and their misery.

They’ll explode in rage and disappointment when we win the 115.

I can’t wait.
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Cool story bro.
 
Kazzydeyna said:
There are a sizeable minority in here who genuinely prefer ‘that’ City and the utter national laughing stock they - and we - were.
Not because they are closet rags, they’re not, but because they are of that disposition that just likes things being shit so they can have a perpetual moan and groan. They just truthfully get off on being unhappy and curmudgeons.
Being a blue in the 80’s and 90’s was a badge of honour. One, those of us who were there, can, and do, still wear with pride. Some people are unable to get past that sense of pride in supporting a club that gave us nothing but heartache
They hit their nirvana after the takeover when Mark Hughes was in charge. Here we were, with all the money in the world, and flirting with relegation. It was the most typical ‘typical City’ thing ever. Life didn’t get any better. They loved him.

Then we sacked him for being a wanker and in came Mancini and the story began.

They hated Mancini. Despised him. He tore down the banner and brought the good times.
He had to be hounded out.

Pellers brought a very brief hope of a return to the “cool days” but nope, he only went and won a double in his first season. The fucking corpse. He had to go too. He was hounded out and castigated in ways that still make me sick to my stomach, and always will.

Pep got a reprieve for a few years as nobody could genuinely pretend not to be impressed by the greatest manager in the world. And he was, and is, cool as cheese too so there was that. A bit of reflected glory and things settled down. For a year or three it was possible to be happy we were winning and still retain reflected cool points.
Then we won a treble and the murmurs about Pep began in earnest.
You can read it in any match day thread from this season.

Now they’re turning on the greatest chairman in the league. A man who has given us memories no football fan has any right to expect. And on the club.

Twas ever thus.

Rags have called us Berties for years. Caricatured us as being twisted, unhappy, bitter, and full of rage at the world.
Some in here just like acting up to that caricature.
It’s like extreme Stockholm syndrome and it ain’t changing any time soon.

Ignore them. Enjoy the greatest period in our history and the greatest ownership model in the whole world of sport.
Leave them to their bitter, inane, childish ramblings and their misery.

They’ll explode in rage and disappointment when we win the 115.

I can’t wait.
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Unlike the happy chappy after we got beat of Lyon attacking every player and the manger especially Rodri?

I think this post is what they call projection.
 
Kazzydeyna said:
There are a sizeable minority in here who genuinely prefer ‘that’ City and the utter national laughing stock they - and we - were.
Not because they are closet rags, they’re not, but because they are of that disposition that just likes things being shit so they can have a perpetual moan and groan. They just truthfully get off on being unhappy and curmudgeons.
Being a blue in the 80’s and 90’s was a badge of honour. One, those of us who were there, can, and do, still wear with pride. Some people are unable to get past that sense of pride in supporting a club that gave us nothing but heartache
They hit their nirvana after the takeover when Mark Hughes was in charge. Here we were, with all the money in the world, and flirting with relegation. It was the most typical ‘typical City’ thing ever. Life didn’t get any better. They loved him.

Then we sacked him for being a wanker and in came Mancini and the story began.

They hated Mancini. Despised him. He tore down the banner and brought the good times.
He had to be hounded out.

Pellers brought a very brief hope of a return to the “cool days” but nope, he only went and won a double in his first season. The fucking corpse. He had to go too. He was hounded out and castigated in ways that still make me sick to my stomach, and always will.

Pep got a reprieve for a few years as nobody could genuinely pretend not to be impressed by the greatest manager in the world. And he was, and is, cool as cheese too so there was that. A bit of reflected glory and things settled down. For a year or three it was possible to be happy we were winning and still retain reflected cool points.
Then we won a treble and the murmurs about Pep began in earnest.
You can read it in any match day thread from this season.

Now they’re turning on the greatest chairman in the league. A man who has given us memories no football fan has any right to expect. And on the club.

Twas ever thus.

Rags have called us Berties for years. Caricatured us as being twisted, unhappy, bitter, and full of rage at the world.
Some in here just like acting up to that caricature.
It’s like extreme Stockholm syndrome and it ain’t changing any time soon.

Ignore them. Enjoy the greatest period in our history and the greatest ownership model in the whole world of sport.
Leave them to their bitter, inane, childish ramblings and their misery.

They’ll explode in rage and disappointment when we win the 115.

I can’t wait.
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Not remotely interested in the collab with Oasis, or which artists are due to play at the Co-op live
 
Nice comments about Howard and Skip at the end.

Clearly material which is intended for key corporate stakeholders and investors.

I don't see that this speaks to the fans so much.
 
r.soleofsalford said:
Anything that helps the club get the money to compete with the elite clubs on spend is great with me.
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Fair enough, but that Inter Milan game, when they wore that vile shirt for a home game, stripping us of a little more of our identity, after they had overcharged for tickets, leaving thousands of unsold seats and the flattest of atmospheres, was one of the most dispiriting matches I've been to in a long time.
 
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