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  • chadrtc
    Dalglish
    • Sep 2006
    • 4063

    #4531
    That headline is incredible!

    Cult Member. Nazi puncher.

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    • Shaggy
      Unidentified Rascal
      • Jul 2006
      • 135533

      #4532
      Originally posted by chadrtc
      That headline is incredible!

      Which one are you seeing?

      They've just changed it - it did say:

      How Manchester City’s owners invoked Donald Trump to rile up their gullible fanbase


      Now says:

      How Manchester City’s owners invoked Donald Trump to rile up their fanbase
      Thanks very much for being

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      • baitman
        Dad's Cabs
        • Sep 2011
        • 27745

        #4533
        Originally posted by Shaggy
        A good read.
        removing all the weak links makes us stronger

        too many gutless players, no beef or desire. pussies everywhere... sack them all.

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        • Kenneth
          Pond Scum
          • May 2007
          • 65639

          #4534
          Both very good articles. I particularly liked this:

          The strangest moment of Saturday’s FA Cup final came in the seconds after Manchester City’s sixth goal, when the camera cut from the mob of celebrating City players to Pep Guardiola, who was slumped on the bench with his head in his hands.

          Pep looked less like a happy football coach watching his side make history and more like an anguished scientist whose prototype civil defence robot has just run amok at a trade show, slaughtering several bystanders.

          It looked as though he understood that the very scale of the victory had begun to devalue it, that City were now in the territory of negative marginal returns, that the reaction to this turkey shoot would go beyond appreciation and congratulation, towards accusation and perhaps even condemnation.
          Last edited by Kenneth; 20-05-19, 08:28 AM.
          Trey Nyoni: countdown to stardom- 2 years 1year 0.5 years

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          • Shaggy
            Unidentified Rascal
            • Jul 2006
            • 135533

            #4535
            I liked this:

            It’s time to accept that oil-funded success and mass popularity are never going to go together. It’s as though City are perched on the back of a dragon, peering down at a sullen populace, wondering incredulously why they are not loved. Shouldn’t it be obvious?
            Thanks very much for being

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            • Kenneth
              Pond Scum
              • May 2007
              • 65639

              #4536
              And this is as succinct as it's possible to be

              Whether they like it or not, most people see their treble as more transaction than triumph.
              Trey Nyoni: countdown to stardom- 2 years 1year 0.5 years

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              • Shaggy
                Unidentified Rascal
                • Jul 2006
                • 135533

                #4537


                Ken Early is one of the very best around imo.
                Thanks very much for being

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                • dom9
                  Ant Pisser
                  • Aug 2006
                  • 69014

                  #4538
                  Excellent articles.

                  I'm glad this stuff is being written about.
                  Oh I don't know.

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                  • S-RED
                    Shankly
                    • Mar 2008
                    • 6929

                    #4539
                    just think about this for a minute....

                    Pair any two City players together and they were more expensive than the entire Watford starting line-up.

                    **** me what chance do other teams have; it really does show how absolutely amazing our season has been.

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                    • baitman
                      Dad's Cabs
                      • Sep 2011
                      • 27745

                      #4540
                      Originally posted by S-RED
                      just think about this for a minute....

                      Pair any two City players together and they were more expensive than the entire Watford starting line-up.

                      **** me what chance do other teams have; it really does show how absolutely amazing our season has been.
                      Very true
                      This is why i find the 'anyone but Liverpool' mentality so surprising, you'd think we would be the club for everyman to love, doing things the right way, no bitterness, great football, and spitting in the face of the oil cheats.
                      We're like the Greenpeace eco warriors of football.
                      removing all the weak links makes us stronger

                      too many gutless players, no beef or desire. pussies everywhere... sack them all.

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                      • Buzzo
                        Donald Buzzworth
                        • Jun 2010
                        • 67435

                        #4541
                        Great to see these articles being written.

                        Though it is easy to read it as sour grapes from us, the issue really is much bigger and I could not be more happy with our season despite it not delivering the title.

                        The FA Cup did highlight the problem perfectly. A great opportunity for Watford and it was just carnage. Not even close. If football doesn’t include even a chance in hell in Cup competition for another top half premiership team then the system is broken. The reaction from Pep at 6-0 was telling. For sport to be compelling it needs to be a contest.

                        [ame]https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/1129805500965687296[/ame]

                        This was City destroying competitive football. Pep knows it as well, he is lying to himself about their achievements.

                        If nothing is done about it, we can look forward to watching City win every trophy domestically.
                        Modifying post.

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                        • Fosterbloke
                          Run the Jewels
                          • Dec 2009
                          • 39095

                          #4542
                          You only have to look at what happens when someone dominates motorsport too much. They put rules in place to even the field.

                          It's usually around the machinery but money is the only lever in football's case.

                          Maybe something like only two transfers per window allowed, the rest have to be academy with restrictions on under 23 transfers. That would make things far more competitive and would mean more investment in youth and grassroots football.
                          Was mu

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                          • Fivex
                            The Wisp
                            • Nov 2006
                            • 23867

                            #4543
                            Originally posted by baitman
                            Very true
                            This is why i find the 'anyone but Liverpool' mentality so surprising, you'd think we would be the club for everyman to love, doing things the right way, no bitterness, great football, and spitting in the face of the oil cheats.
                            We're like the Greenpeace eco warriors of football.
                            Social media and the echo chambers it produces in football means you’re left with the thick tribal *******s who are just never going to mature enough to look at things objectively.

                            Look through the BBC HYS comments and you’ll find plenty of neutral fans who praise us for doing it the right way but these are drowned out by the more active ‘supporters’ of other clubs with nothing better to do but mud sling and troll.

                            I think it’s just a case of the more reasonable/mature fans having better things to do with their lives between games, leaving the void to be filled by the mouth foaming inbreds trying to make their clubs more relevant than they are.
                            Last edited by Fivex; 20-05-19, 09:56 AM.
                            Hello mert.

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                            • Alex
                              Administrator
                              • Jul 2006
                              • 37058

                              #4544
                              The anyone but Liverpool thing might be down the the fact that when we win stuff, I dont shut up about it for 12 months. Lots are the same, we as a fan base are a lot more vociferous than others. So people want that to not happen. I get it.

                              Its all good fun anyway, and at the end of the day. Its football.

                              Itll just make it sweeter when we get Number 6.
                              *Except Michael, who died.

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                              • Assassin
                                Kloppite
                                • Sep 2006
                                • 25908

                                #4545
                                Originally posted by Alex
                                The anyone but Liverpool thing might be down the the fact that when we win stuff, I dont shut up about it for 12 months. Lots are the same, we as a fan base are a lot more vociferous than others. So people want that to not happen. I get it.

                                Its all good fun anyway, and at the end of the day. Its football.

                                Itll just make it sweeter when we get Number 6.

                                All supporters are the same with bragging rights and milking it for at least 12 months.

                                Still waiting for Uefa to get their big bollocks on the table and ban Cheatchester £ity. I know it is wishfull thing but when they get banned. The FA should grow a set and demote them for the qualification season, as their results can affect qualification for other teams

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