£340,000/2 = £170,000BillyShears said:SimonMullock said:I'm afraid OABAAB got that wrong. Two mutal friends of ours were sat right in front of my seat in the press box, so maybe he got his wires crossed. I was tempted to duck out - and to try to "blag" a ticket off City!! - but the chance of getting my name in the paper on the day the 35-year curse was lifted was just too good to turn down.
Might be worth pointing out Simon, that Tolmie defended you in this thread as he has done previously on the forum when you've written City related stories which have had the agenda merchants up in arms. Seems a bit odd that you feel the need to defend yourself over something as innocuous as free tickets.
Anyway, whilst your here, where did you get the 140k a week figure for Mario's wages from ?
gordondaviesmoustache said:£340,000 /2 = £170,000BillyShears said:SimonMullock said:I'm afraid OABAAB got that wrong. Two mutal friends of ours were sat right in front of my seat in the press box, so maybe he got his wires crossed. I was tempted to duck out - and to try to "blag" a ticket off City!! - but the chance of getting my name in the paper on the day the 35-year curse was lifted was just too good to turn down.
Might be worth pointing out Simon, that Tolmie defended you in this thread as he has done previously on the forum when you've written City related stories which have had the agenda merchants up in arms. Seems a bit odd that you feel the need to defend yourself over something as innocuous as free tickets.
Anyway, whilst your here, where did you get the 140k a week figure for Mario's wages from ?
BillyShears said:SimonMullock said:I'm afraid OABAAB got that wrong. Two mutal friends of ours were sat right in front of my seat in the press box, so maybe he got his wires crossed. I was tempted to duck out - and to try to "blag" a ticket off City!! - but the chance of getting my name in the paper on the day the 35-year curse was lifted was just too good to turn down.
Might be worth pointing out Simon, that Tolmie defended you in this thread as he has done previously on the forum when you've written City related stories which have had the agenda merchants up in arms. Seems a bit odd that you feel the need to defend yourself over something as innocuous as free tickets.
Anyway, whilst your here, where did you get the 140k a week figure for Mario's wages from ?
Simon, why does the Mirror hate City so much?SimonMullock said:BillyShears said:SimonMullock said:I'm afraid OABAAB got that wrong. Two mutal friends of ours were sat right in front of my seat in the press box, so maybe he got his wires crossed. I was tempted to duck out - and to try to "blag" a ticket off City!! - but the chance of getting my name in the paper on the day the 35-year curse was lifted was just too good to turn down.
Might be worth pointing out Simon, that Tolmie defended you in this thread as he has done previously on the forum when you've written City related stories which have had the agenda merchants up in arms. Seems a bit odd that you feel the need to defend yourself over something as innocuous as free tickets.
Anyway, whilst your here, where did you get the 140k a week figure for Mario's wages from ?
I've been given single tickets by the club plenty of times - they sorted me out for the QPR game for example. But I wasn't happy with the suggestion I'd taken 11 tickets from the club's Cup Final allocation when many season-ticket holders couldn't get into Wembley. I've got a thick skin about most things because of the job I'm in, but I felt I had to put that one right. I don't know Tolmie, I don't know who or what he knows, but I spoke to a couple of people who do come on Bluemoon and they told me he has a lot of influence here.
I've seen the fuss about the £170k-a-week and I raised my eyebrows about it when I was told. But the figure came from a rock-solid source. That really is all I can say about it. I know it's a cliche and it's an easy get-out, but if any reporter revealed where they got information from they'd be finished.
SimonMullock said:I've been given single tickets by the club plenty of times - they sorted me out for the QPR game for example. But I wasn't happy with the suggestion I'd taken 11 tickets from the club's Cup Final allocation when many season-ticket holders couldn't get into Wembley. I've got a thick skin about most things because of the job I'm in, but I felt I had to put that one right. I don't know Tolmie, I don't know who or what he knows, but I spoke to a couple of people who do come on Bluemoon and they told me he has a lot of influence here.
I've seen the fuss about the £170k-a-week and I raised my eyebrows about it when I was told. But the figure came from a rock-solid source. That really is all I can say about it. I know it's a cliche and it's an easy get-out, but if any reporter revealed where they got information from they'd be finished.
A cheesy 80s pop YouTube video face-off is the only way to settle itcookster said:GXCity said:That's tonights entertainment sorted then. How long until the Popcorn Cat makes an appearance?
Tough call who to believe.
Tolmie or a Mirror Reporter LOL
BillyShears said:SimonMullock said:I've been given single tickets by the club plenty of times - they sorted me out for the QPR game for example. But I wasn't happy with the suggestion I'd taken 11 tickets from the club's Cup Final allocation when many season-ticket holders couldn't get into Wembley. I've got a thick skin about most things because of the job I'm in, but I felt I had to put that one right. I don't know Tolmie, I don't know who or what he knows, but I spoke to a couple of people who do come on Bluemoon and they told me he has a lot of influence here.
I've seen the fuss about the £170k-a-week and I raised my eyebrows about it when I was told. But the figure came from a rock-solid source. That really is all I can say about it. I know it's a cliche and it's an easy get-out, but if any reporter revealed where they got information from they'd be finished.
I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for why he thinks you received those tickets. As you well know in your business, being misinformed is par for the course. Sometimes even a rock solid source can be dead wrong ... ;)
Danielmanc said:That's the way it works! If he's right he's an ITK genius, if he's wrong he's still a genius and it's those awful fuckwits "sources" misinforming him
BillyShears said:You can look at it whatever way you want. But I'd certainly be more upset by paid journalists printing absolute lies about City in a newspaper, than I would about a City supporter passing on information he might have heard about transfers, which proves to be incorrect. Still, no doubt those who have a problem with Tolmie will use this thread as an excuse to lay into him. Bluemoon is nothing if not highly predictable.
So the transfer forum then?SimonMullock said:I've seen the fuss about the £170k-a-week and I raised my eyebrows about it when I was told. But the figure came from a rock-solid source. That really is all I can say about it. I know it's a cliche and it's an easy get-out, but if any reporter revealed where they got information from they'd be finished.
tolmie's hairdoo said:Sorry to disappoint those who want more fuel on a fire, I will simply say Simon Mullock has every right to stand by his story...
As one of his very few supporters on here, I will simply retract my use of the word 'blag', it does leave the word open to interpretation.
Oh, and Mario earns £110k a week before bonus and the source cannot be bettered;)
He turned down the chance to get paid for reporting on the FA Cup Final in 2011 so he could sit with us at Wembley to watch the game and cheer us on instead of sitting in the press box
SimonMullock said:I'm afraid OABAAB got that wrong. Two mutal friends of ours were sat right in front of my seat in the press box, so maybe he got his wires crossed.
SimonMullock said:tolmie's hairdoo said:Sorry to disappoint those who want more fuel on a fire, I will simply say Simon Mullock has every right to stand by his story...
As one of his very few supporters on here, I will simply retract my use of the word 'blag', it does leave the word open to interpretation.
Oh, and Mario earns £110k a week before bonus and the source cannot be bettered;)
It wasn't the word "blag" I was bothered about. It was the claim that I got 11 FA Cup Final tickets off the club that prompted me to respond.
I also know that the tribunal hearing is over a £340,000 fine. The maximum fine allowed by the PFA is two weeks' wages.
Of course, I'll stick with my source and you'll stick with yours. But what I will say is that the figure came from the person who gave me the rest of the story, which was on nobody's radar.
If you have been supportive of me in the past on Bluemoon, then I sincerely thank you for that. But whoever told you that I got 11 FA Cup Final tickets from the club is giving you incorrect information.