Yet more bile... this time from the Evening Standard
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TonyBookEnd
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They had a great side at the time, hadn't they won 3-4 straight league titles before the crash?
philiph20 said:
fair enough
they've never had a rich owner that sold the league down the river in the hope of satellite dish sales
never brought in foreign mercenaries
and they've never spent any money whatsoever in pursuit of progress
a true football purists club that one....
I have cut and pasted this from an Arsenal site
CB - the way that the club has milked, abused and sullied the memory of the dead for financial gain time after time, whilst the families and survivors were ignored by the club, is one of the biggest disgraces in football history. The modern club is, in every way, built on their suffering.
Compare and contrast with the actions of Torino after their own plane disaster, which in terms of playing ability cost them far far more than Munich cost United, and you see how a club with decency acts.
In fact City are the Manchester club that come out of the disaster with credit because they put their whole staff at the disposal of the families in the immediate aftermath and have never sought any recognition for their actions.
CB - the way that the club has milked, abused and sullied the memory of the dead for financial gain time after time, whilst the families and survivors were ignored by the club, is one of the biggest disgraces in football history. The modern club is, in every way, built on their suffering.
Compare and contrast with the actions of Torino after their own plane disaster, which in terms of playing ability cost them far far more than Munich cost United, and you see how a club with decency acts.
In fact City are the Manchester club that come out of the disaster with credit because they put their whole staff at the disposal of the families in the immediate aftermath and have never sought any recognition for their actions.
CB - the way that the club has milked, abused and sullied the memory of the dead for financial gain time after time, whilst the families and survivors were ignored by the club, is one of the biggest disgraces in football history. The modern club is, in every way, built on their suffering.
Compare and contrast with the actions of Torino after their own plane disaster, which in terms of playing ability cost them far far more than Munich cost United, and you see how a club with decency acts.
In fact City are the Manchester club that come out of the disaster with credit because they put their whole staff at the disposal of the families in the immediate aftermath and have never sought any recognition for their actions.
CB - the way that the club has milked, abused and sullied the memory of the dead for financial gain time after time, whilst the families and survivors were ignored by the club, is one of the biggest disgraces in football history. The modern club is, in every way, built on their suffering.
Compare and contrast with the actions of Torino after their own plane disaster, which in terms of playing ability cost them far far more than Munich cost United, and you see how a club with decency acts.
In fact City are the Manchester club that come out of the disaster with credit because they put their whole staff at the disposal of the families in the immediate aftermath and have never sought any recognition for their actions.
gordondaviesmoustache
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Will said:
^ Is this an immutable law of the universe or something, as you appear to be promoting it as such?
So a club's ability to compete on the pitch should be defined by how many shirts it sells in Singapore?
You haven't earned fuck all. What you've done is completely skew the way finances in football are organised for your benefit and to the detriment of others. How is that earning success? It sounds like cheating to me. A sort of "financial doping" if you will.
RVZ Urmston
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Who is this fuckin idiot Will, some middleclass private educated dickwad.... He says proudly about Stretfords record attendances in the 1970/80's were the best.......... oh really Will.......... ahem, just a little flavour to this then
Season 1987-88
Ground Capacity 56,385
Runners up to the magnificent Liverpool team of the day.......
just some of the fantastic attendances by those loyal fans
aug 23 Watford 38,582
oct 17 Oxford Utd 34,709
oh hang on, heres a big one
nov 15 Liverpool (biggest game of the season, apparently) 47,106
oh dear....
jan 16 Southampton 35,716
mar 12 Sheffield Wed 33,318
hang on, there is a picture developing here........
april 11 Luton town 28,830
oh its okay, were on a five match winning run
april 30 QPR 35,733
oh shit, last game of the season
May 9 Wimbledon 28,040
FACTS are a good thing Wills
Season 1987-88
Ground Capacity 56,385
Runners up to the magnificent Liverpool team of the day.......
just some of the fantastic attendances by those loyal fans
aug 23 Watford 38,582
oct 17 Oxford Utd 34,709
oh hang on, heres a big one
nov 15 Liverpool (biggest game of the season, apparently) 47,106
oh dear....
jan 16 Southampton 35,716
mar 12 Sheffield Wed 33,318
hang on, there is a picture developing here........
april 11 Luton town 28,830
oh its okay, were on a five match winning run
april 30 QPR 35,733
oh shit, last game of the season
May 9 Wimbledon 28,040
FACTS are a good thing Wills
metalblue
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The one thing that Will and his ilk fail to understand is it doesn't really matter to us if success is short lived or not lived at all because we will STILL be here.
To support City is and always has been an honour. We have something they don't and that is we look out for our own.
CTID and proud of it.
To support City is and always has been an honour. We have something they don't and that is we look out for our own.
CTID and proud of it.
Will said:
Rather not be in debt at all. And Jonny foreigner's money has its price. 'The Etihad' stadium?
And I don't think City's money is sustainable. The Etihad looked about 2/3 full for the Sunderland game, one where the team is chasing its first title for decades. How will you get around the FFP rules when they come in? Not by cheating and corruption, surely.[/quote]
Will dear boy, delusion is an illness suffered by many, unfortunately it seems that most of the sufferers support your pathtic lot. Your reply that I have highlighted made me laugh so loud I woke the cat. Like most Rags you don't know history before 1992. Let me remind you of your success in the league. You won it in 1968 and you then won it again in 1992, hardly 'the most succesful club'. In that 24 year gap there was a team called Liverpool but you wouldn't know that would you, your plastics never mention them do they. Oh wait, now I know why you hate tem so much.
Oh and one other thought, if our Johnny Foreigner gets bored and leaves we only have the players wages that can be classed as debt. If good ol' Unkie Malc gets bored of the green and yellow protests, or thinks you are no longer a cash cow to be milked, you will have more debt than Rangers, the RBS and my wife put together.
Will said:
Yes, the money United have spent in the last fifteen or so years has been earned since we started winning the league again in 92/93.
And even when we weren 't winning titles United's gate receipts were bigger than anyone else's as United's brand of football was attractive enough to draw the crowds during the time when we had to settle for the odd cup succeess.
So, United's money comes from success on the pitch, not a lottery win.[/quote]
Really, have you never seen your club's attendance figures from the first half of the 90s? Because if you look, you'll see they were actually rather basic, and only grew after a couple of title wins. Theory shattered.
stonerblue
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mancyman said:
I think she's run out of untrue cliches.
Foreign sugar daddy- check
buying success- check
homegrown/youth/cheap players- check
Arabs- check
Manchester full of unt fans- check
And every plastics current favourite, empty seats- check.
Can't be many left now but will is probably scouring facebook as i type
I love how the rags are quick to point out "empty seats" when a 30 second search would show that every league game sells out, so these tickets are sold.
Just like what looked to be around 3,000 empty seats at United vs. Fulham last week were probably sold too.
It's a very easy thing to do, look (stolen from Twitter):
Just like what looked to be around 3,000 empty seats at United vs. Fulham last week were probably sold too.
It's a very easy thing to do, look (stolen from Twitter):
Scareye
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I'd like to thank Will actually, for once again reminding me with every post why I detest that club and their so called fans with a burning passion that will never diminish.
Plastic and arrogant in equal measure, detestable almost beyond belief.
I am sure he will back posting as soon as daddy has finished playing their special game.
Plastic and arrogant in equal measure, detestable almost beyond belief.
I am sure he will back posting as soon as daddy has finished playing their special game.
west didsblue said:
As Chutzpah is the original art of talking shite, I'll bow to your in-depth knowledge and immense expertise. BTW West Didsbury is my spiritual home and a place of great tolerance. That's why your abusive post is so disappointing but, I suppose, that's the school holidays for you...
Perhaps Will has also forgotten about the abolition of shared gate receipts in the early 80s that would grant big city teams like United an undeniable advantage over the likes of Forest, Norwich etc.
But most importantly as many have observed the stock exchange flotation did so much to 'earn' (ie give United a grossly unfair advantage) them money is now so hilariously the reason for their foreign ownership and massive debts.
But most importantly as many have observed the stock exchange flotation did so much to 'earn' (ie give United a grossly unfair advantage) them money is now so hilariously the reason for their foreign ownership and massive debts.