It happens every time we miss out on a big name - Pogba, Messi, Ronaldo etc.Hang on mate, you do know the Txiki haters will simply say that is all Peps doing as that suits their argument
Bringing daft little soundbites into it - that are factually incorrect - makes you look silly.Surely to god the only reason the Catalan mafia are at City is because they’re Peps mates.
Bringing daft little soundbites into it - that are factually incorrect - makes you look silly.
This is a thread about Txiki Begiristain who is Basque, not Catalan. And it is about Txiki Begiristain as an individual, not about the wider boardroom at City.
Now, it does have to be said, that we failed FFP through our finaincial disparities in the finaicial years of 2012 and 2013. Txiki started at City in October 2012. So this was partly, or majoritarily, during the first part of his tenure. However, as DoF he is not ultimately responsible to run the financial side of our business as money comes in and goes out of the club in many other areas than the football teams.
To be fair though, with his contribution, we have been financially excellently run since then. We have not had a net spend over the money we get from the TV revenue deals since the 2014-15 season.
This Basque man is doing a fine job as Director of Football at City. In his time with us we have won 13 trophies. The only club anywhere near us in that time is Chelsea with 8 trophies.
In Txiki’s nine years with City we have finished in the 1st 4 times, and 2nd 3 times. Only finishing 3rd once and 4th once. We are the only team in that time to finish in the Top 4 every season, with 7 years out of 9 years in the Top 2!
Look at the money we make from our transfers out. We are ridiculed about our expenditure as a club, but Txiki has overseen that City have brought in over £400m in the last five years from transfers out of the club with 50% of that being from sales of our Academy players.
Have we made transfer mistakes? Yes. Of course. Have we mostly got it bang on though? Yes, bloody of course! You don’t win 13 trophies, with 4 league titles, finishing in the Top 2 seven times in nine years if you’re not getting it right.
Now, if we were to discuss what our wider boardroom have got wrong over the years, I could write you a book including (and not exhaustive of) emails that have been sent including language in very poor taste; who was ultimately responsible for our financial irregularities in 2012 and 2013; how easy our computer systems are to hack as a club; how we got Liverpool to pay us a £1m settlement which meant the FA couldn’t pursue charges against them for breaking the law; the way our fans have been treated over the years with seat movements, price rises, away allocations, ticket tout sites and tour companies changing our match going fanbase for the worse; the state of the grounds around the Etihad; transport to and from the stadium; etc.In the cold light of day you’re probably right but I’m still fuming.
Great post. Some many thick twats that don’t look at the bigger picture.Bringing daft little soundbites into it - that are factually incorrect - makes you look silly.
This is a thread about Txiki Begiristain who is Basque, not Catalan. And it is about Txiki Begiristain as an individual, not about the wider boardroom at City.
Now, it does have to be said, that we failed FFP through our finaincial disparities in the finaicial years of 2012 and 2013. Txiki started at City in October 2012. So this was partly, or majoritarily, during the first part of his tenure. However, as DoF he is not ultimately responsible to run the financial side of our business as money comes in and goes out of the club in many other areas than the football teams.
To be fair though, with his contribution, we have been financially excellently run since then. We have not had a net spend over the money we get from the TV revenue deals since the 2014-15 season.
This Basque man is doing a fine job as Director of Football at City. In his time with us we have won 13 trophies. The only club anywhere near us in that time is Chelsea with 8 trophies.
In Txiki’s nine years with City we have finished as Champions 4 times, and Runners-up 3 times. Only finishing 3rd once and 4th once. We are the only team in that time to finish in the Top 4 every season, with 7 years out of 9 years in the Top 2!
Look at the money we make from our transfers out. We are ridiculed about our expenditure as a club, but Txiki has overseen that City have brought in over £400m in the last five years from transfers out of the club with 50% of that being from sales of our Academy players.
Have we made transfer mistakes? Yes. Of course. Have we mostly got it bang on though? Yes, bloody of course! You don’t win 13 trophies, with 4 league titles, finishing in the Top 2 seven times in nine years if you’re not getting it right.
Do you honestly believe that at a click of a finger every player we want should sign for us ? Thats rather arrogant and too Raggy for me to think like that.It's the same txiki who brought mangala, jovetic, Fernando, bony, Javi Garcia ect ect ?? Not to mention the players we've missed out on.
Bringing daft little soundbites into it - that are factually incorrect - makes you look silly.
This is a thread about Txiki Begiristain who is Basque, not Catalan. And it is about Txiki Begiristain as an individual, not about the wider boardroom at City.
Now, it does have to be said, that we failed FFP through our finaincial disparities in the finaicial years of 2012 and 2013. Txiki started at City in October 2012. So this was partly, or majoritarily, during the first part of his tenure. However, as DoF he is not ultimately responsible to run the financial side of our business as money comes in and goes out of the club in many other areas than the football teams.
To be fair though, with his contribution, we have been financially excellently run since then. We have not had a net spend over the money we get from the TV revenue deals since the 2014-15 season.
This Basque man is doing a fine job as Director of Football at City. In his time with us we have won 13 trophies. The only club anywhere near us in that time is Chelsea with 8 trophies.
In Txiki’s nine years with City we have finished as Champions 4 times, and Runners-up 3 times. Only finishing 3rd once and 4th once. We are the only team in that time to finish in the Top 4 every season, with 7 years out of 9 years in the Top 2!
Look at the money we make from our transfers out. We are ridiculed about our expenditure as a club, but Txiki has overseen that City have brought in over £400m in the last five years from transfers out of the club with 50% of that being from sales of our Academy players.
Have we made transfer mistakes? Yes. Of course. Have we mostly got it bang on though? Yes, bloody of course! You don’t win 13 trophies, with 4 league titles, finishing in the Top 2 seven times in nine years if you’re not getting it right.
Spot on Dam.Listen this is all fascinating, but can I just point out that Txiki Begiristan is not in charge of how much we bid and whether we pay a certain price or not.
He's the Director of Football, not the owner or CEO.
Fair point Jim and probably I like many others just get so tired of some Mooners continually moaning about our Board,that we feel we have to defend them from some of the moronic posts ... but yes mate point taken and hey mate the Mods do have a difficult time in trying to control the posts.We have done the very best we can oakie, under extremely challenging circumstances. There's been a lot of stuff gone on that you will not become aware of. People have really been taking the piss with what they've been posting, posters who've been on here a long time and should know better. One thread in particular (I won't name it, but I'm sure you can guess) was full of "judge, jury, executioner" types. I've spent a lot of time on here (along with the other mods and Ric), trying to keep this place half decent, so that when outsiders (particularly the media) come on here and browse, they don't think we're all just a bunch of immature children trotting out silly abuse and living down to stereotypes of ignorant football fans. That's time I don't get back, by the way. Yes, we miss stuff. It's impossible to look at everything on a forum of this size. That's what the "report" function is for, to bring to our attention content that people feel needs to be looked at. We try not to mod with an iron fist, only as a last resort. Situations like this, for example. Tit for tat arguments are against the rules of the forum, and I would have been justified if I'd dished out a warning to all 3 of you. But I preferred to ask you to try to refrain from prolonged arguments. Of course, if you feel I've treated you unfairly, you are perfectly within your rights to pm @Ric about this.