Stockton Heath Blue
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Beat me to it. Auditors in the bank when I worked for Barclays only ever used green ink pens, and were the only ones allowed to.
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PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules
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Kinkybyname
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///that's what the nutters who write to the papers use tooPens with green ink was always the give away.
Already happened. Replacing Teamviewer was a long process and not at a record level, Chelsea have had an associated party and despite being June 2024 have no proper replacement for Samsung, Arsenal just have the oil money crew ; ), Villa just got Betano despite the CL qualification, Liverpool haven't had a new FOS since 2010, Newcastle got Sela etc etc.This nonsense is going to act as a huge disincentive to sponsor PL clubs. Firms will look elsewhere if they are going to be subjected to the nonsense being introduced by the PL. F1 and Rugby etc… will all look far more attractive.
Bodicoteblue
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Similar with arsenal fan.My nephew is a dipper, because of his dipper scum bag father, but when asked yesterday, couldn't name one of the charges.
When asked what we’re guilty of, you get ‘cheating innit’
Asked for evidence you get ‘we all know you cheated’
My favourite is the stuff about how quickly the club rose from relative mediocrity to world champions. This apparently can’t be done without cheating.
I point out that 30 years ago no-one had heard of Amazon, but a business with the right plans, the right ambition and the right people doing the right jobs, there is no need to cheat.
‘Yeah, but we all know you cheated innit’
bobbyowenquiff
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I agree with virtually all your post but disagree on British people. There has always been a cynical attitude towards people who are successful in the UK. I think it is a trait of a large segment of the population. A bit of healthy skepticism is positive but I really do believe we have a very negative media here...much worse than many other countries. You are right that the media is primarily intrested in making money but to do that they have to provide what people want. The Daily Mail and its website is very popular in the UK. There is a big audience for the sort of content they provide...albeit a dwindling one.This is just wrong.
The clamour to find us guilty is led by the media, but that's not because they hate winners. It's because a clamour to find us guilty generates significantly more revenue than would a clamour to find us innocent.
The media are in it for themselves - for the money.
This works in a number of ways. Self evidently, there is much more engagement in anything that says 'City are guilty' than in the opposite. This is because fans of the most popular teams all want us to be guilty, therefore will engage more actively with anything that reflects that. Every single media outlet with any serious presence has explored the 'City are Guilty' story from numerous angles, and they have all gone down very well with a lot of people who get to read the stories they want to read.
Of course, it is not just a question of what gets clicks. The stories that are planted and leaked, they are done by individuals with their own agenda. What might be in it for the journalists writing this stuff up? Access? Further leaks? Off-the-record briefings? There is a long history of journalism being a two-way-street - you scratch my back etc.
The important point is that this is not some particular quirk of the British people. There are vested interests at work. That is why there is such a clamour to find City guilty.
Or all our earnings from winning the odd pot here & there. Must’ve made a few quid there tooSounds about right, the same with our transfers, they become big stories with signing on and agents fees etc. What is never mentioned is that over the last few years we have received over half a billion incoming to balance the books, which most opposition fans seem unaware of. probably because it's a story that doesn't get the engagement.
lancs blue
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FFS, you'd think we rose from Manchester Sunday league Div. 7, we finished 9th in the PL the season before ADUG took over.My favourite is the stuff about how quickly the club rose from relative mediocrity to world champions.
Not even non-cooperation?My nephew is a dipper, because of his dipper scum bag father, but when asked yesterday, couldn't name one of the charges.
Hammarby fans pulled this one up after they scored the 3rd goal in their away win in the Stockhol derby. We should just do it to any of the red clubsWe should have TIFO like this at evey home match in the PL with Jim Tolmie or Liam