They were told. The Red Cartel, the clubs, the fans, the media, all with their partial, tribal view of the world.. they were told what it was about, what would happen.
But not one of the stupid f**kers (with the odd media exception.. here's to you Martin Samuel!) had the cojones to ask what I've always called throughout my time in management, the 'Sergeant Wilson Question'; as in 'Do you think that's wise, Captain Mainwaring..?'
They were told but they wouldn't listen and they pressed on regardless.
Stupid, tribal f**kers..
City exposed the lie of the PL . Founded as a breakaway from the Football League it has only ever had one purpose . Making money for the clubs in it . For years the also rans were so beguiled by the money , razzmatazz and the growth of the market worldwide that the cartel solidified it's position politically . ( I was going to say on the pitch but we have Tottenham in the mix ) .
Once our new owners came along it's been one long, quickly cobbled together, botch job after another, coupled with thinly veiled racist and hysterical rhetoric about our cheating , our lack of history , our shallow fan base , our money bags , our stadium , our terrible playing style etc etc .
I'm interested in European history and it's the sort of propaganda the Catholic Western World employed against heretics , Ottomans and the Jews in the Medieval period . It's very convenient that our owners are Muslims . These prejudices run very deep .
I have no doubt at all that, however much other clubs wake up to the fact that PSR is as anticompetitive as the feudal system , it will still be our fault . Ironically we will now be seen as part of the "top six cartel" who benefit from it , having only obtained our status, of course , by cheating . And this despite the victory in law we achieved , proving it's the PL who are cheats with their APT rules .
In fact , if I could believe for a minute that the PL had any intelligence , maybe the 115 is part of this process . It was always predictable that the wheels would be coming off PSR after the pandemic for some clubs . Why not then set City up in a protracted dispute that will drag out for the duration, while other clubs get caught in the PSR trap and get punished . We all know here that there's no comparison in the cases, but most other fans/ pundits have no idea, so we are again seeing as cheats or dragging our heels when other clubs have suffered. The longer it goes on the better , hence the 115 allegations all to be picked through with a legal tooth comb .
I wouldn't put it past them.
