Media Thread - 2021/22

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bobbyowenquiff said:
Not even UEFA (who have checked our audited accounts for 14 years) have alleged City are "state-owned." This claim by Matt Hughes can be checked on Google within 30 seconds. We are very transparent about our ownership structure. These claims by the Daily Mail fit the perfect definition of fake news. Hughes appears to be a moron who doesn't know the difference between the Abu Dhabi Investment Fund (Sovereign Wealth Fund) and the Abu Dhabi United Group (owned by Sheikh Mansour) Perhaps, like others at the Mail, he has a problem with the ethnicity of our owner. After all "they all look the same don't they."
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If Prince William bought Aston Villa out of his personal fortune would Hughes (or anyone else) claim that Villa were state owned and funded by unlimited amounts of money from the UK's national wealth fund?
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
So what is the motive of Matt Hughes? He must know the truth. Our accounts are published every year, our finances have been scrutinised by scores of independent auditors for UEFA and the PL, our finances have been scrutinised by lawyers doing due diligence for CMC and Silver Lake, we have been investigated by hundreds, perhaps thousands of journalists, our financial transparency has been tested in court by CAS and by leading barristers acting for the PL in its FFP inquiry. No one has produced a shred of evidence we are "owned by a state" and yet this fake news (because that is what it is) is repeated relentlessly in the English mainstream media. Why would the Daily Mail wilfully repeat this lie when one of Matt Hughes' own colleagues, Martin Samuel, has already comprehensively debunked it?
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We dared to challenge the establishment Clubs (Sky4) and the financial gravy train that follows them. The media is toxic towards our achievements and the repeated lies are the only way they have to justify their rancid existence and continue to pay their mortgages.
 
Milesvk said:
The only thing Sheikh Mansour has done wrong is buy the wrong club, if he bought united or Liverpool there would be none of this shite, state owned this and that, human rights bollocks, financial doping crap and most of all no FFP.
It would have been celebrated.

It won't be long before the Americans make this league exactly how they want it. The super league announcement was a tester to gauge reaction, it all seemed very strange how quickly it got announced and how quickly it was stooped. They will find a way.

America is the real evil to English football. That picture with united, Liverpool and arsenal owners speaks volumes to me.
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It is revealing that so little is written about the risk and implications of a potential US hegemony in football. You can find some articles but there's nowhere near the level of discourse there should be given what could happen.

Premier league clubs are attractive because they are undervalued compared to US sport franchises, especially given their global reach and potential. There's only one fly in the ointment which is the "unnecessary business risks" caused by unhelpful aspects of the way the game is currently organised, such as relegation. Remove pesky uncertainty from the business model and you're onto a winner, other things like reorganising the playing 'periods' to increase advertising revenue would simply be the icing on the cake.

Our owners should not be immune from criticism but it's really quite convenient to have a focus on the brown folks who don't follow our American western values, as meanwhile our rapacious friends across the Atlantic build up enough control and power to potentially change the game beyond all recognition.
 
Gingers Dad said:
I always reckoned we did. Big losses at Bristol City and Derby did for us
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I don't think we bottled it in '77, we finished 2 points behind, just unlucky. I was at Derby away and we were the better team in the 1st half. in the 2nd half Dave Watson (I think) headed onto the bar from a corner at 0-0. Had that gone in it might have ended differently. Once they got the first it was a different game.
We took an impressive away following that day and were incredibly loud, chanting all game. We certainly made a lot more noise than them. Imagine my surprise when I got back in time to watch us on match of the day that evening. I remember saying to my Mam that I don't understand why you can hardy hear the City fans chanting but you could hear the Derby fans who sounded really loud - when I had been and it was the other way round.

BBC - lying bastards with an agenda even back then.
 
threespires said:
It is revealing that so little is written about the risk and implications of a potential US hegemony in football. You can find some articles but there's nowhere near the level of discourse there should be given what could happen.

Premier league clubs are attractive because they are undervalued compared to US sport franchises, especially given their global reach and potential. There's only one fly in the ointment which is the "unnecessary business risks" caused by unhelpful aspects of the way the game is currently organised, such as relegation. Remove pesky uncertainty from the business model and you're onto a winner, other things like reorganising the playing 'periods' to increase advertising revenue would simply be the icing on the cake.

Our owners should not be immune from criticism but it's really quite convenient to have a focus on the brown folks who don't follow our American western values, as meanwhile our rapacious friends across the Atlantic build up enough control and power to potentially change the game beyond all recognition.
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From the PL website:

'The Premier League is a private company wholly owned by its 20 Member Clubs who make up the League at any one time.

Each individual club is independent, working within the rules of football, as defined by the Premier League, The FA, UEFA and FIFA, as well as being subject to English and European law.

Each of the 20 clubs are a Shareholder in the Premier League. Consultation is at the heart of the Premier League and Shareholder meetings are the ultimate decision-making forum for Premier League policy and are held at regular intervals during the course of the season'.

So, essentially 3 more USA owned teams and they can do whatever the f*ck they like.
 
Milesvk said:
The only thing Sheikh Mansour has done wrong is buy the wrong club, if he bought united or Liverpool there would be none of this shite, state owned this and that, human rights bollocks, financial doping crap and most of all no FFP.
It would have been celebrated.

It won't be long before the Americans make this league exactly how they want it. The super league announcement was a tester to gauge reaction, it all seemed very strange how quickly it got announced and how quickly it was stooped. They will find a way.

America is the real evil to English football. That picture with united, Liverpool and arsenal owners speaks volumes to me.
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And that is the real story that almost all of the media are wilfully choosing to ignore
 
OntarioBlue said:
Did anyone happen to read an article in The Sun this morning by Dan King about why the Dippers signing Darwin Nunez makes more sense than us signing Haaland.

Nunez is older, has played less games in an inferior league, scored less goals, has less assists and has less international caps. Oh, and by the way, Nunez is way more expensive.

Staggering !

www.thesun.co.uk

Nunez's Liverpool transfer makes more sense than Haaland's Man City move

DARWIN NUNEZ to Liverpool makes perfect sense. Perhaps even more sense than Erling Haaland to Manchester City. Because Nunez is the marquee signing the Reds need to lift the gloom of Sadio Mane’s i…
www.thesun.co.uk www.thesun.co.uk
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proof more Liverpool fans read the sun than City fans.
 
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