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[shemnel]

What saddens me is all the hate aimed at the club nobody seems to be thinking what the players and manger are thinking because they have been put in an awful position there life will be turned upside down you can just see the abuse from rival fan's and even our own fans that there going to get when out and about. The end of the day it's the owner's pushing for this crap not them

to paraphrase Caroline Ahern, you wonder what ever drew them to their 200k-a-week jobs in the first place? ;)

(i know, they're human, they're in a shit position)

 

[eversince 76]

Honest question:

When the PL was formed, it made rich people aware of the worldwide attraction. Loads of PL clubs invited foreign owners. The PL became by far the richest and best watched league in the world. Making it even more attractive to oversees billionaires. The fans loved it. Nobody cared who had the power.
Now some of these billionaires see fit a way to make even more money.

Haven’t we as in PL clubs and fans, simply sold our soul to the devil?
Doesn’t it make the emotional reaction from the media and fans somehow fickle?

 

[HorlocksWalk]

Maybe it's just me but I can't get worked up about this.

The ESL is just another step down a road that football has been travelling for 30 years.

At least this time City aren't going to be left behind whatever happens.

Same here, seems strange to see page after page of how we should stay with EUFA, the same EUFA we boo before every CL game?

 

[paulchapo]

This is my big fear. We will go with them then when UEFA give them what they want, we will be thrown to the wolves.

They've got us all ways. The so called executive committee we're not on so we have no say in anything. We get less revenue so the gap widens. We lose if we stay in and we lose if they kick us out. If we stay in the premier league within five years or less we'll never win the title again as just like the old days the rags and dippers will be able to buy all the best players. The next De Bruyne? What have City offered? £350, 000 a week? Offer him £450,000. Job done. I thought our owners were smarted than to fall for this.

 

[dave_blue12]

Don't get worked up for us then, get worked up about it ruining our sport, about it stifling competition, about it destroying clubs all over the country. This is bigger than City.

All those things have been happening for years. The PL cut off the rest of the pyramid who spend fortunes and risk ruin trying to clamber aboard. The top 4 cuts off the rest of the PL and clubs spend fortunes (and largely fail) to clamber aboard.
This is just another step along a well established path. This is just a battle about who controls the wealth at the top of the game.

I don't like it but I don't like the Premier League/top 4 Champions League bollocks either.

It's the way of the world I'm afraid.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Regrettably I fear that the answer to that is the latter.

Exactly - he's not interested in retaining 'legacy fans'.........

 

[urban genie]

Two days later I can relate to this feeling

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Our new leader...

Florentino Perez: "When Madrid and Barcelona play, the world stops. It's a luxury that we have here. When Manchester United and City play that doesn't happen."

Florentino Perez: "Us, big clubs, we will get a lot of money, then we will distribute it to everyone. But first we need the money.

Florentino Perez: "This isn't a battle for money, this is a battle for football. We're trying to save football, and some people don't care because it's not in their financial interest."

Florentino Perez: "We might have to make the football match shorter if it's not interesting"

Florentino Perez: "Small clubs' survival depend on us, and this will be good for them

Florentino Perez: "We will hire some of the best referees in the world."

Florentino Perez: "Barcelona are going through a difficult economic situation, Laporta immediately understood and accepted like all the great clubs in the world. This Super League will save the entire world of football"

Florentino Perez: "This change, we owe it to all the fans."

Florentino Perez: "The UEFA president INSULTED Agnelli today, and that is UNACCEPTABLE

Florentino Perez: "They can't kick us out from this season's #UCL

Florentino Perez: "Our players will NOT be banned from the World Cup. I guarantee it. They can be 100% certain of it.

Florentino Perez: "All I do is for the good of football."

Florentino Perez: "Here at Real Madrid, we lost a lot of money and we are in a very bad situation."

What the fuck are we doing, jumping into bed with this cock snot ?

 

[Chippy_boy]

They are going to form there own TV company and control the broadcasting rights themselves.

Interesting. The key word is rights though. If no-one pays them to screen the matches, then they have only match-day revenues and the business model fails.

 

[splinter]

Luckily I have another hobby i love, fishing and I will use my "city time " improving my angling

I've got to take it up again..better than any meditation