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[Ribchester]

Do you think the Sheik will allow the “old” Manchester City FC to rent his 55k seater stadium off him, whilst his new “project” take up residence across Ashton New Road

 

[Drewmanc]

I seem to remember a lot of pissing and moaning about this exact stuff (it's all money/gonna feed the big clubs/ooh I don't like change) firstly when the premiership was created (I was in favour at the time) then when the European Cup (which I liked) was turned into the gross narcissistic bloated monster it's become. Change happens. We just have to move with it. Imho it won't happen anyway and is just a bargaining tool.

 

[Saddleworth2]

I would have preferred the status quo but that was never an option. Let's see what the next days/weeks bring.

Thats exactly my view too. We have been put in a lose/lose situation and I think this has a way to play out yet.

 

[SWP's back]

No chance. 12 months ago, when Uefa kicked city out of European football there was a suggestion by some fans that City should create a rival to Uefa. Well guess what just happened..

A good point.

 

[stan bowles]

Football is only about money now, at many levels.

The Aguero moment would extremely likely not have happened without massive amounts of money.

Our club was transformed by Sheikh Mansour - We've all revelled in the trophies that have followed ... but it took A LOT of money to pull that off.

As a massive investor in our club, the Sheikh also has a right to make his investment back and actually make a shed load of money too.

Football is a business now ... not a sport.

But the goal he scored was the difference to us and the Rags between everything and nothing. If that goal is scored in the ESL in the same circumstances no one would care in the slightest. It doesn't matter anymore.

 

[the blue panther]

We're damned if we join and damned - and relegated to a 2nd class future - if we don't join.
Let's hope it's just a barganing chip that's being played and this all falls away in a couple of weeks time.
Fingers crossed.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

United and Juventus officials resigning from their UEFA roles as we speak

 

[Bill]

Surely most fans would prefer competitive football that wasn’t a closed shop of cünts, even if it didn’t have the glitz, glam and razzmatazz of an ESL, or even the quality of player?

we don't count anymore mate.

 

[Esteban de la Sexface]

Yeah I got that wrong but the larger point in that arguing for the soul of the club in 2021 like we've still got Wardle or Bernstein around seems a bit late in the day

I've been pilloried on here for arguing that the soul of the club was being eroded slowly by CFG model.

This is the final nail for me

 

[razman]

This guy