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[Spurf]

Yes, of all the club that flout financial fair play you seem to focus on Man City because of their owners and then wrongly bring up Saudi Arabia when Saudi Arabia have nothing to do with Man City.

Politicaly you are correct it is not Saudi Arabia but I actually said Saudi which refers to a culture. The difference between UAE and Saudi Arabia is purlely lines drawn on a map by Britain when it was the colonial power in the region. There are many Saudis living in UAE and the culture is shared.
I focus on Man City because that was the subject of the discussion and the ownership is the factor that enables their position in football.

 

[Spurlock]

Pundits: money is ruining the game
Fans: money is ruining the game

City win

Pundits: City is the benchmark for the rest of the clubs
Fans: Fair play to City they deserve it, best team in Europe

Some right stupid c*nts watch football

 

[KingHotspur]

Pundits: money is ruining the game
Fans: money is ruining the game

City win

Pundits: City is the benchmark for the rest of the clubs
Fans: Fair play to City they deserve it, best team in Europe

Some right stupid c*nts watch football

Most of the time the best team is one of the richest ones. Yes City are in a ‘false’ financial position but look at their possible opponents in the final, Chelsea or Real Madrid. Those two sides are just as bad as City imo.

 

[KingHotspur]

Politicaly you are correct it is not Saudi Arabia but I actually said Saudi which refers to a culture. The difference between UAE and Saudi Arabia is purlely lines drawn on a map by Britain when it was the colonial power in the region. There are many Saudis living in UAE and the culture is shared.
I focus on Man City because that was the subject of the discussion and the ownership is the factor that enables their position in football.

Nice bit of cultural racism by you. Dear oh dear

 

[Spurlock]

Most of the time the best team is one of the richest ones. Yes City are in a ‘false’ financial position but look at their possible opponents in the final, Chelsea or Real Madrid. Those two sides are just as bad as City imo.

i agree...especially Chelsea and City because they have affected our clubs fortunes every season.

without them 2 being doped...other teams hard work would pay dividends. Only reason City get it hard is because we all know if they didn’t win the lottery they would be lining up against Rotherham this weekend.

Chelsea at least were flirting with domestic success when Roman came in but City...they haven’t had a sniff of anything in my lifetime...apart from when they got slapped by us in the FA cup final.

 

[PowerSpurs]

Most of the time the best team is one of the richest ones. Yes City are in a ‘false’ financial position but look at their possible opponents in the final, Chelsea or Real Madrid. Those two sides are just as bad as City imo.

Yes and people have been saying money is ruining the game for at least 50 years.
They are not wrong as concentrated money ruins most things....that’s why capitalism regulates monopolies. But any major attempt to change that will simply cement the current big clubs into place for ever.

 

[PleaseNotPoll]

Most of the time the best team is one of the richest ones. Yes City are in a ‘false’ financial position but look at their possible opponents in the final, Chelsea or Real Madrid. Those two sides are just as bad as City imo.

It's true of all the semi-finalists, but not the eliminated quarter-finalists, though you can easily point to problems with some of them, too.
Bayern, Dortmund, Liverpool and Porto. No massive cash injections from dubious owners there, as far as I can see.
Munich's financial domination of the Bundesliga is a clear issue, though. Don't know enough about Porto or Liga NOS to argue that one.

 

[Spurf]

Nice bit of cultural racism by you. Dear oh dear

Are you serious? Do you know anything about Saudi Arabia? Are you suggesting we should accept all cultures and religions without criticism?

I suggest you inform yourself properly before you go brandishing cheap comments about racism.

You could start by reading The House of Saud by Said K. Aburish.

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[KingHotspur]

Are you serious? Do you know anything about Saudi Arabia? Are you suggesting we should accept all cultures and religions without criticism?

I suggest you inform yourself properly before you go brandishing cheap comments about racism.

You could start by reading The House of Saud by Said K. Aburish.

What have Saudi got to do with Man City? That’s my point.

And yes I agree some people in Saudi and how it’s run are disgusting but you can’t just generalise a whole culture like that and then be annoyed when people say what I said.

 

[Spurf]

What have Saudi got to do with Man City? That’s my point.

And yes I agree some people in Saudi and how it’s run are disgusting but you can’t just generalise a whole culture like that and then be annoyed when people say what I said.

I CAN generalise on a culture in fact unless you do you can't discuss it. As most of the people in the Saud culture are powerless it is up to people outside to voice what they cant. I criticise Britain in particular England all the time because ot the ruling culture. It does not mean I am talking about all the individuals that live in Britain. I critisise the USA for many things but praise them for others and so on right around the world. But on this planet filled with humans there are some cultures that are worse than others. Some that deny human rights and persecute people who do not follow their rules or share their values of these cultures the House of Saud is among the worst and Britain includes it as their friend. We know why OIL and MONEY.

 

[KingHotspur]

I CAN generalise on a culture in fact unless you do you can't discuss it. As most of the people in the Saud culture are powerless it is up to people outside to voice what they cant. I criticise Britain in particular England all the time because ot the ruling culture. It does not mean I am talking about all the individuals that live in Britain. I critisise the USA for many things but praise them for others and so on right around the world. But on this planet filled with humans there are some cultures that are worse than others. Some that deny human rights and persecute people who do not follow their rules or share their values of these cultures the House of Saud is among the worst and Britain includes it as their friend. We know why OIL and MONEY.

But that has nothing to do with Man City

 

[Dier Hard]

Only reason City get it hard is because we all know if they didn’t win the lottery they would be lining up against Rotherham this weekend.

this is so damn true.

I remember being at the Lane where we almost relegated City, think it was 07 or 08. Then I think the following summer or one after, Shinawatra (sp?) bought them and invested some funds to make them a top half side and then a few years after that the Sheikh bought them from him and the rest is history.

As luck goes, they had a massive stroke of it.

 

[PleaseNotPoll]

this is so damn true.

I remember being at the Lane where we almost relegated City, think it was 07 or 08. Then I think the following summer or one after, Shinawatra (sp?) bought them and invested some funds to make them a top half side and then a few years after that the Sheikh bought them from him and the rest is history.

As luck goes, they had a massive stroke of it.

And Chelsea were West Ham without the claret before their cash injections.
I suspect that those clubs were chosen for a reason, though. Location means a lot, for a start.

 

[Spurf]

But that has nothing to do with Man City

I think it has and I have already explained why.

 

[humanbeingincroydon]

Are you serious? Do you know anything about Saudi Arabia? Are you suggesting we should accept all cultures and religions without criticism?

I suggest you inform yourself properly before you go brandishing cheap comments about racism.

You could start by reading The House of Saud by Said K. Aburish.

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To the surprise of...okay, somebody has to be surprised by this point, the Twitter mob are all for Mohammad bin Salman taking over the club all because he has money

At a guess, here's a few other people the Twitter mob would be all for taking over the club because they have money
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Auric Goldfinger
Max Zorin
Karl Stromberg
Hugo Drax
Elliot Carver

 

[The Changing Man]

To the surprise of...okay, somebody has to be surprised by this point, the Twitter mob are all for Mohammad bin Salman taking over the club all because he has money

At a guess, here's a few other people the Twitter mob would be all for taking over the club because they have money
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Auric Goldfinger
Max Zorin
Karl Stromberg
Hugo Drax
Elliot Carver

At least with Carver we may get some favourable press coverage (except in China)

 

[The RDBD]

Nice bit of cultural racism by you. Dear oh dear

oxymoron (dear oh dear indeed) .

 

[The RDBD]

i agree...especially Chelsea and City because they have affected our clubs fortunes every season.

without them 2 being doped...other teams hard work would pay dividends. Only reason City get it hard is because we all know if they didn’t win the lottery they would be lining up against Rotherham this weekend.

Chelsea at least were flirting with domestic success when Roman came in but City...they haven’t had a sniff of anything in my lifetime...apart from when they got slapped by us in the FA cup final.

Compelled to "like" a non ranty non gobshite Spurlock post
(I tried to resist but what could I do ?? ) .

My contempt for Citeh is far greater because their financial doping
denied Spurs a CL slot for 4 out of 5 consecutive seasons,
starting from when Arry had finally raised the team to consistent PL
top 4 performance levels.

 

[humanbeingincroydon]

i agree...especially Chelsea and City because they have affected our clubs fortunes every season.

without them 2 being doped...other teams hard work would pay dividends. Only reason City get it hard is because we all know if they didn’t win the lottery they would be lining up against Rotherham this weekend.

Chelsea at least were flirting with domestic success when Roman came in but City...they haven’t had a sniff of anything in my lifetime...apart from when they got slapped by us in the FA cup final.

Chelsea were also flirting with bankruptcy before Uncle Roman showed up, to the point they were telling players not to swap shirts after games and using plastic cutlery in the club canteen

As I've said for years, if he decided to buy any other club in Europe, it wouldn't be Leeds who people cite as the example of spending a club into the grave

 

[KingHotspur]

I think it has and I have already explained why.

We’ll leave it there then.