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Platini Warns City
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blueinsa
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At what point do we as a club, issue a statement, asking why it is that our name is the only name ever mentioned by UEFA officials when discussing FFP?
PSG, Malaga, Anzi and no doubt, other clubs in the near future will all be beneficiaries of takeovers yet it is us that continue to be signalled out.
The way Platini and his organisation go on, anyone would think that FFP is not in any way shape or form designed to create a level and fair playing field for all clubs, rather it is there for the sole purpose of stopping MCFC......
Politics of envy in play and for me, its time we started to bite back a little.
PSG, Malaga, Anzi and no doubt, other clubs in the near future will all be beneficiaries of takeovers yet it is us that continue to be signalled out.
The way Platini and his organisation go on, anyone would think that FFP is not in any way shape or form designed to create a level and fair playing field for all clubs, rather it is there for the sole purpose of stopping MCFC......
Politics of envy in play and for me, its time we started to bite back a little.
minimalistic said:But it's alright for the rags to be in debt up to their eyeballs, because that is obviously a sustainable business model. I really hate that man with a passion.
The Rags 'business model' is based on success... if they win things the cash rolls in, but what happens if they don't win things? They are potless this year - it's not unreasonable to suggest that they will win nothing next year... or that in the coming years they will fail to qualify for the CL - will they have a sustatainable business model then?
The best article I heard in reference to our owners and 'leaving' the club was when we were initially taken over. A debate on the radio asked the question "Will these owners walk away when they're bored" - to which the guest expert they had referred them to the example of Arabian investment into British Horseracing. People suggested the same thing then... now 30+ years on that sport has gone from strength to strength thanks to their investment... and guess what - they're still there!
kp220
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blueinsa said:At what point do we as a club, issue a statement, asking why it is that our name is the only name ever mentioned by UEFA officials when discussing FFP?
PSG, Malaga, Anzi and no doubt, other clubs in the near future will all be beneficiaries of takeovers yet it is us that continue to be signalled out.
The way Platini and his organisation go on, anyone would think that FFP is not in any way shape or form designed to create a level and fair playing field for all clubs, rather it is there for the sole purpose of stopping MCFC......
Politics of envy in play and for me, its time we started to bite back a little.
Totally agree with this post....
There is some serious paranoia around here.
Platini has made comments critical of PSG, but they tend to show up in the French press, rather than here. Plus, we're the biggest story in World Football so it's not a surprise he talks about us.
FFP was in the pipeline YEARS before our takeover, and when he was first proposing it he was calling the Spanish clubs 'cheats' for the way they managed their finances.
We all know the positives about our owners - the investment in the local area, the long-term thinking, and the fact that it would have been impossible to catch United any other way, BUT having a league in which the positions are mostly decided at the start of the season based on cash isn't the way any of us want things to go.
FFP isn't going to make a huge difference, the main reason being that as UEFA president Platini only really has power over the European competitions, and he doesn't have the power to introduce stronger controls. When you consider that 40 clubs have gone into administration in Scotland, England and Wales in just the last decade, it's obvious there is a huge problem.
Platini has many faults, but he's not simply trying to stop City. Football would be better if there was less financial inequality between teams and UEFA's FFP needs to be seen in a wider context. The Football League has already said it's introduction of FFP is based on UEFA's model. It's a small step, not as good as salary caps, or gate receipt sharing, which might bring more competition, but it will hopefully help improve the financial culture throughout football, and lead to fewer clubs going bust.
Platini has made comments critical of PSG, but they tend to show up in the French press, rather than here. Plus, we're the biggest story in World Football so it's not a surprise he talks about us.
FFP was in the pipeline YEARS before our takeover, and when he was first proposing it he was calling the Spanish clubs 'cheats' for the way they managed their finances.
We all know the positives about our owners - the investment in the local area, the long-term thinking, and the fact that it would have been impossible to catch United any other way, BUT having a league in which the positions are mostly decided at the start of the season based on cash isn't the way any of us want things to go.
FFP isn't going to make a huge difference, the main reason being that as UEFA president Platini only really has power over the European competitions, and he doesn't have the power to introduce stronger controls. When you consider that 40 clubs have gone into administration in Scotland, England and Wales in just the last decade, it's obvious there is a huge problem.
Platini has many faults, but he's not simply trying to stop City. Football would be better if there was less financial inequality between teams and UEFA's FFP needs to be seen in a wider context. The Football League has already said it's introduction of FFP is based on UEFA's model. It's a small step, not as good as salary caps, or gate receipt sharing, which might bring more competition, but it will hopefully help improve the financial culture throughout football, and lead to fewer clubs going bust.
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blueinsa
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bluenova said:There is some serious paranoia around here.
Platini has made comments critical of PSG, but they tend to show up in the French press, rather than here. Plus, we're the biggest story in World Football so it's not a surprise he talks about us.
FFP was in the pipeline YEARS before our takeover, and when he was first proposing it he was calling the Spanish clubs 'cheats' for the way they managed their finances.
We all know the positives about our owners - the investment in the local area, the long-term thinking, and the fact that it would have been impossible to catch United any other way, BUT having a league in which the positions are mostly decided at the start of the season based on cash isn't the way any of us want things to go.
FFP isn't going to make a huge difference, the main reason being that as UEFA president Platini only really has power over the European competitions, and he doesn't have the power to introduce stronger controls. When you consider that 40 clubs have gone into administration in Scotland, England and Wales in just the last decade, it's obvious there is a huge problem.
Platini has many faults, but he's not simply trying to stop City. Football would be better if there was less financial inequality between teams and UEFA's FFP needs to be seen in a wider context. The Football League has already said it's introduction of FFP is based on UEFA's model. It's a small step, not as good as salary caps, or gate receipt sharing, which might bring more competition, but it will hopefully help improve the financial culture throughout football, and lead to fewer clubs going bust.
Problem is that the original concept dealt with excess debt.
Amazing how it now ignores the debt, something the vast majority of the major clubs are in and instead, threatens a business model that pumps millions into the game without a cent of debt.
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When is the next election for UEFA ?
We need to replace this guy.
We need to replace this guy.
gaudinho's stolen car
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bluenova said:There is some serious paranoia around here.
Platini has made comments critical of PSG, but they tend to show up in the French press, rather than here. Plus, we're the biggest story in World Football so it's not a surprise he talks about us.
FFP was in the pipeline YEARS before our takeover, and when he was first proposing it he was calling the Spanish clubs 'cheats' for the way they managed their finances.
We all know the positives about our owners - the investment in the local area, the long-term thinking, and the fact that it would have been impossible to catch United any other way, BUT having a league in which the positions are mostly decided at the start of the season based on cash isn't the way any of us want things to go.
FFP isn't going to make a huge difference, the main reason being that as UEFA president Platini only really has power over the European competitions, and he doesn't have the power to introduce stronger controls. When you consider that 40 clubs have gone into administration in Scotland, England and Wales in just the last decade, it's obvious there is a huge problem.
Platini has many faults, but he's not simply trying to stop City. Football would be better if there was less financial inequality between teams and UEFA's FFP needs to be seen in a wider context. The Football League has already said it's introduction of FFP is based on UEFA's model. It's a small step, not as good as salary caps, or gate receipt sharing, which might bring more competition, but it will hopefully help improve the financial culture throughout football, and lead to fewer clubs going bust.
Thanks for clearing that up Michel.
blueinsa said:Problem is that the original concept dealt with excess debt.
Amazing how it now ignores the debt, something the vast majority of the major clubs are in and instead, threatens a business model that pumps millions into the game without a cent of debt.
Very true - there's a bit more info here from David Conn as to why that concept changed http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/dav...ay/25/financial-fair-play-uefa-michel-platini
Dumping Platini is only likely to make things worse. Anyone who replaces him is likely to be of the Richard Scudamore 'all money is good' persuasion.
tolmie's hairdoo said:Really touching how he cares for our club. Probably didn't even know who the fuck we were four years ago.
Fucking baffoon.
The best thing our owners could do is to announce a 100 year covenant agreement.
Announce a £2bn loan to the club to fund future activities, paid back at miniscule rates and let the cunts respond to that.
What a good call... to be honest, thats no different to what other clubs do and is apparently acceptable under FFP.
Football, the only business where the owner is penalised for investing to improve his product and get ahead of the competition...... Challenge the twats City!