Yeh and Biden is sharp as a tack with all of his wits about him. the true definition of being on the ball...a living symbol of mental acuity...LMAO
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PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules
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oakiecokie
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Is that a euphimism ??Another reason that the media assault on Chelsea for ‘buying success’ was far less intense than the war waged against City, is that the year before Abramovitch took over in 2003, the Champions League was expanded to accept 4 x PL teams rather than 3 (albeit that the 4th team were obliged to enter at the qualifying stage). Unlike with City’s (and Tottenham’s) emergence in 2011, this effectively meant there was no threat to United, Liverpool and Arsenal in terms of those 3 clubs continuing to get their hands on the filthy CL lucre every year, and indeed they (United, Liverpool and Arsenal, along now with Chelsea) duly occupied those 4 qualification slots for the next 6 years, until Spurs finally got a foot in the door in 2010 when Hicks and Gillette’s mismanagement of Liverpool saw them slip briefly out of contention.
When City started qualifying from 2011 onwards, it meant one of the red shirt piggy clubs would miss out on somewhere between £50m and £100m a season in CL revenue, hence the intensity of the subsequent media campaign against us by the usual red media stooges and clickbait merchants.
FFP wasn’t introduced to nobble City, it was brought in to mitigate against the possibility of another Chelsea style takeover. We just happened to be the next club to walk through the door waving our wonga!
Exeter Blue I am here
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Well, we’ve certainly got the biggest one!Is that a euphimism ??
MillionMilesAway
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When is the Everton trial?
Thought it was October
25th, apparently.
travelman
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I've always said this, we was the first club to constantly upset the the entitled top 4.Another reason that the media assault on Chelsea for ‘buying success’ was far less intense than the war waged against City, is that the year before Abramovitch took over in 2003, the Champions League was expanded to accept 4 x PL teams rather than 3 (albeit that the 4th team were obliged to enter at the qualifying stage). Unlike with City’s (and Tottenham’s) emergence in 2011, this effectively meant there was no threat to United, Liverpool and Arsenal in terms of those 3 clubs continuing to get their hands on the filthy CL lucre every year, and indeed they (United, Liverpool and Arsenal, along now with Chelsea) duly occupied those 4 qualification slots for the next 6 years, until Spurs finally got a foot in the door in 2010 when Hicks and Gillette’s mismanagement of Liverpool saw them slip briefly out of contention.
When City started qualifying from 2011 onwards, it meant one of the red shirt piggy clubs would miss out on somewhere between £50m and £100m a season in CL revenue, surely a contributory factor in the intensity of the subsequent media campaign against us by the usual red media stooges and clickbait merchants.
FFP wasn’t introduced to nobble City, it was brought in to mitigate against the possibility of another Chelsea style takeover. We just happened to be the next club to walk through the door waving our wonga!
Newman Noggs
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I've always said this, we was the first club to constantly upset the the entitled top 4.
Bit by bit, stealthily, the number of English clubs allowed into the CL increases 3 to 4, 4 to 5, so there is less and less chance of one of the cartel missing out. The ESL was, and remains, the logical conclusion.
Every Club should be ALLOWED to progress with initial investment.Wolverhampton,Preston,Huddersfield were big clubs years ago.There should be no entitlement,you get you deserve as we did with the Swales era and our dear cousins down the M62 had a nine year spell in division two before investment came to their aid.Fumny how its deemed bad now!Bit by bit, stealthily, the number of English clubs allowed into the CL increases 3 to 4, 4 to 5, so there is less and less chance of one of the cartel missing out. The ESL was, and remains, the logical conclusion.
Chippy_boy
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Talk about being between a rock and a hard place. A bit like when we were asked to vote for either Boris or Corbyn.Yeh and Biden is sharp as a tack with all of his wits about him. the true definition of being on the ball...a living symbol of mental acuity...LMAO
I've always said this, we was the first club to constantly upset the the entitled top 4.
Yup, its always been about arithmetic. 5 clubs challenging for 4 CL places. Nothing more than that.
decmancity
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Ironically though, its the performances of the likes of the rags that are causing our co-efficient to slip and we will lose those extra spots.Bit by bit, stealthily, the number of English clubs allowed into the CL increases 3 to 4, 4 to 5, so there is less and less chance of one of the cartel missing out. The ESL was, and remains, the logical conclusion.