You read and respect journalists who work for the Mail? The Times is a strong paper though I prefer middle ground politics. Not normally my stance on here but you come across as a bit of a twat. We all get drunk sometimes but you post consistently as a drunk. So my conclusion is you are a bit of a prick sorry
anyway, back to football ..... and sorry if I indulge myself by reposting what's on CI. But my blood is boiling having read that article. Lying, deluded, thick, scum. Both of them. They stated they knew nothing about football, and 8 years later they clearly still know nothing .... at least nothing about what it means to be a football fan. Where to begin? KK on CI probably states all that needs to be said "they have ripped out the heart and soul of our club". " .... we think we are doing a good job about what’s going to make a club attractive to a buyer but their measure of success is only what they see on the pitch: the league position.". **** off you idiot. You just don't get it at all do you, you utterly deluded ****. And let's get one thing straight. They didn't oversee our greatest period of success or the pinnacle of our achievements. That honour thankfully belongs to those involved in a period before they arrived and destroyed our club. Meaning 2008, the end of a 104 year wait, was without any shadow of doubt our greatest moment, followed closely by the first few months of the 2008/9 season (London 0 Hull 4 - joint top of the PL at one stage). That period, was our greatest period of success. End of. Don't ever claim or let them claim the honour. It isn't theirs. Just seeing the picture of that 'man' makes my skin crawl. A despicable, arrogant, deluded, stupid scum bag.
It's hard to ignore our highest PL points total, our oft-topped transfer fee record, our FA Cup Final and our aborted European adventure. Though I would pin those achievements to the chest of Steve Bruce, not Ehab Allam.
Did they ****. Getting the first promotion to the 'promised land', something we and our predecessors had dreamed about without ever really thinking it would happen, then capping it with a run that took us to the top of the PL for the first and likely last time, and then staying up that first season was our greatest period of success and our greatest achievement. It had never been done before. And off the pitch something special was built. Under their ownership, they saw us promoted relegated, promoted, relegated. Nothing we hadn't done before. A fortunate run saw us reach a cup final for the first time, but we lost, and that no way matches breaking the 104 year hoodoo. Forget the by product of Europa Cup (which turned into a **** up anyway). And then off the field they have close to destroyed the club. Yeah rite, our most successful period. Deluded.
I don't know about detached emotionally, but they are certainly detached from reality. What an arrogant ****ing ****. The sooner the better they **** off 'aint soon enough.
They say descending Everest is harder than ascending to the summit. The Allams seem to be contradicting that observation.
I completely get what you mean. However, our most successful period on the pitch was under the Allams. The period I remember more fondly and have far greater memories of was our time under Browny. That full season in the Championship, that day at Wembley, being written off before a game began, going to Arsenal and beating the. Those couple of years are the happiest I've had as a City fan and made all those hard times worth it. All the club legends we had playing for us back then. So statistically the Allams was probably a more successful era but we all know in our hearts those times under Browny where far more enjoyable.
Dunno, 2013/14 into the start of 14/15 was pretty exciting and enjoyable. Cup final, Europe, our theoretically strongest squad assembled.
2014 /15 was the biggest **** up in the clubs history - in, Livermore, Snodgrass, Ince, Maguire, Robertson, Dawson, Hernandez, Diame, Ramirez, Ben Arfa - the Allams pumped millions into the club - Brucie ****ed up and the Allams pulled the plug with almost immediate effect and that has continued ever since - pay back time in every sense
The really sad thing was that after the play-off final win against the Wendies, the investment needed to strengthen the squad we had, with the increased revenue that was due to come in was relatively low. That was an opportunity missed, and why SB finally decided to go, because Ehab tried to do it on the cheap and wouldn't support Bruce in the transfer market, and the inevitable result happened -relegation.
To start a premiership season with a squad of around 14 senior players was unforgivable and even Ehab surely knew this.
Define success. To me, getting to the Premier League for the first time in history, and staying there that first season, represents without any shadow of doubt our greatest achievement and our greatest period of success. On and off the pitch. What's followed under the Allam's has been a roller coaster of success and disaster. Others are already touching on examples that add nicely to the fact that it can no way be deemed as our most successful period. On and off the pitch. Facts or opinions aside, I believe we should make sure they take no credit whatsoever. Their ownership has been a disaster for anyone that has black & amber in their blood. They should be remembered as being ****s, simple as. #legacy
There are decent journalists who work for the Mail. There are decent ones who work for the Guardian. Sportswise Martin Samuel and David Conn respectively. Equally there are crap, biased journalists working for both papers as well, which are worst depending on your own viewpoint. To dismiss or not read a journalist simply because they work for a certain publication is myopic.
But most enjoyable? One play off sold out in hours and extra tickets with the largest crowd at the time for a play off. Another play off with thousands of unsold tickets.
