Martin Lipton: City Not Big Enough For The CL

Yeah, a couple of others have hinted at but not really fully explained, the OP/thread title has it wrong - it's not an opinion piece and it's nothing to do with the CL. It's an extrapolation from a German article from a Frankfurt news source.

The story isn't that we're not big enough for the CL, it's that the organisers of the Super League have now convinced UEFA to take ownership of the competition as a new first level of European competition with the CL and EL becoming the second and third tier. 14 teams to be given automatic entry and 10 to have to qualify. Lipton's "source" takes up the story from that point onwards and says that England would be offered four automatic qualifying berths, and therefore City wouldn't make the cut but could still qualify through the remaining qualifying slot which would go to league position.

Take what you will from that.

Oh, and in other news, the German source suggests that the Bundesliga could be considering ending their current rules preventing private investors/companies owning a majority of shares, so that from that what you will, also.
 
Falastur said:
Yeah, a couple of others have hinted at but not really fully explained, the OP/thread title has it wrong - it's not an opinion piece and it's nothing to do with the CL. It's an extrapolation from a German article from a Frankfurt news source.

The story isn't that we're not big enough for the CL, it's that the organisers of the Super League have now convinced UEFA to take ownership of the competition as a new first level of European competition with the CL and EL becoming the second and third tier. 14 teams to be given automatic entry and 10 to have to qualify. Lipton's "source" takes up the story from that point onwards and says that England would be offered four automatic qualifying berths, and therefore City wouldn't make the cut but could still qualify through the remaining qualifying slot which would go to league position.

Take what you will from that.

Oh, and in other news, the German source suggests that the Bundesliga could be considering ending their current rules preventing private investors/companies owning a majority of shares, so that from that what you will, also.
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14 teams, now that number seems familiar for some reason, can't think what
 
Phelan's Pace said:
Without being argumentative though, we've attracted business deal after business deal of late and of course the worlds most sought after manager. They don't seem to have listened to the sun etc. We are also attracting up to 47k fans, some of whom will have bought into the recent success. Many of those new fans are foreign tourists too. Obviously the counter to that could be the sun may have deterred a shit load more of both, but you get my point I'm sure...
I get yours.
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Of course but public opinion and perception affect us on a daily basis and that perception is influenced by propaganda. Just what the 'big clubs' who are not doing so well want.
 
Falastur said:
Yeah, a couple of others have hinted at but not really fully explained, the OP/thread title has it wrong - it's not an opinion piece and it's nothing to do with the CL. It's an extrapolation from a German article from a Frankfurt news source.

The story isn't that we're not big enough for the CL, it's that the organisers of the Super League have now convinced UEFA to take ownership of the competition as a new first level of European competition with the CL and EL becoming the second and third tier. 14 teams to be given automatic entry and 10 to have to qualify. Lipton's "source" takes up the story from that point onwards and says that England would be offered four automatic qualifying berths, and therefore City wouldn't make the cut but could still qualify through the remaining qualifying slot which would go to league position.

Take what you will from that.

Oh, and in other news, the German source suggests that the Bundesliga could be considering ending their current rules preventing private investors/companies owning a majority of shares, so that from that what you will, also.
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Put more eloquently than i could. Well explained.
 
Falastur said:
Yeah, a couple of others have hinted at but not really fully explained, the OP/thread title has it wrong - it's not an opinion piece and it's nothing to do with the CL. It's an extrapolation from a German article from a Frankfurt news source.

The story isn't that we're not big enough for the CL, it's that the organisers of the Super League have now convinced UEFA to take ownership of the competition as a new first level of European competition with the CL and EL becoming the second and third tier. 14 teams to be given automatic entry and 10 to have to qualify. Lipton's "source" takes up the story from that point onwards and says that England would be offered four automatic qualifying berths, and therefore City wouldn't make the cut but could still qualify through the remaining qualifying slot which would go to league position.

Take what you will from that.

Oh, and in other news, the German source suggests that the Bundesliga could be considering ending their current rules preventing private investors/companies owning a majority of shares, so that from that what you will, also.
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Exactly mate. City not being big enough was not an attack by Martin Lipton but an explanation of how things will work if the super league goes ahead with the mooted guaranteed places for clubs for those clubs with larger global audiences.

The onle line even remotely consisered controversial relates to Tottenham and Leicester.

The OP has been a bit misleading and sadly some City fans, without reading it, have already made a judgement that its all part of this widespread conspiracy against us.

Pidge, I mean Frank
 
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