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Post by durbanscircus on Feb 17, 2020 20:53:30 GMT
There seems to be an emerging story that from 2010 Man City were Funded by sponsorship from the Abu Dhabi government rather than the Etihad airline as stated- hotly disputed by the owners...who run the Government through an Executive Board...this is breaking this evening , story posted on the Guardian this evening at 17.06
This would put our beef with Arsenal in the shade and would possibly mean the club have won all of their honours dishonestly
Admin if this point has been made elsewhere please delete
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Post by redstriper on Feb 17, 2020 21:04:34 GMT
i tend to think they beat us fair and square on the pitch. It was a good day out but we were second best.
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Post by kidcrewbob on Feb 17, 2020 21:09:28 GMT
Yes - he was way offside....
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Post by wilcopotter on Feb 17, 2020 21:10:15 GMT
First FACup final in 147 years and no real fight given the occasion , a bit like llast Saturday really, but not as bad
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Post by Davef on Feb 17, 2020 21:14:17 GMT
First FACup final in 147 years and no real fight given the occasion , a bit like llast Saturday really, but not as bad If there was no real fight given, they'd have beaten us 4 or 5 nil. We had two of our best players injured and another two barely fit. |
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Post by jeycov on Feb 17, 2020 21:26:40 GMT
And Sorensen made some excellent saves, keeping us in the game
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2020 21:27:16 GMT
First FACup final in 147 years and no real fight given the occasion , a bit like llast Saturday really, but not as bad We were decimated by injury, missing good players and three started who wouldn't have done had it been a league game. Also Pennant got an injury early doors and played the 90. |
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Post by madnellie on Feb 17, 2020 21:32:11 GMT
I think I recall a nasty, sly elbow from Toure on Wilco as well.
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Post by blackpoolred on Feb 17, 2020 21:32:58 GMT
Short memory most of our ungrateful fans have. Seem to remember us picking up lot's of injuries to key players and lots of players playing with injuries against the millionaire’s.
Jones missed a sitter in the 2nd half for us to take the lead the rest was history, but not sure we could have done much better given our circumstances.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2020 21:41:27 GMT
I think we need to get a grip..
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Post by Davef on Feb 17, 2020 21:42:28 GMT
Short memory most of our ungrateful fans have. Seem to remember us picking up lot's of injuries to key players and lots of players playing with injuries against the millionaire’s. Jones missed a sitter in the 2nd half for us to take the lead the rest was history, but not sure we could have done much better given our circumstances. One poster. |
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Post by ParaPsych on Feb 17, 2020 21:58:58 GMT
Maybe we'll get presented the trophy on the last day of the season?
Should take the edge off relegation.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Feb 17, 2020 22:17:23 GMT
Who needs Tuncay when you’ve got Danny Pugh.
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Post by lordb on Feb 17, 2020 22:19:43 GMT
Who needs Tuncay when you’ve got Danny Pugh. Wasn't he injured? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2020 22:29:59 GMT
i tend to think they beat us fair and square on the pitch. It was a good day out but we were second best. It's a respectable point of view, but if Citeh turned up with I don't know how many players they bought with irregular money, then it wasn't fair and square. |
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Post by followyoudown on Feb 17, 2020 22:32:00 GMT
There seems to be an emerging story that from 2010 Man City were Funded by sponsorship from the Abu Dhabi government rather than the Etihad airline as stated- hotly disputed by the owners...who run the Government through an Executive Board...this is breaking this evening , story posted on the Guardian this evening at 17.06Â This would put our beef with Arsenal in the shade and would possibly mean the club have won all of their honours dishonestly Admin if this point has been made elsewhere please delete In our current position we would be best hoping man citeh win any ffp challenge from the premier league and hope for a knock on to the EFL ffp regulations as essentially we both have owners who want to invest but are being prevented by the regulations. The best argument I have read against ffp is that it is designed to keep "new" money clubs out. |
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Post by Davef on Feb 17, 2020 22:40:00 GMT
Who needs Tuncay when you’ve got Danny Pugh. Wasn't he injured? We sold him the previous January. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2020 22:40:16 GMT
i tend to think they beat us fair and square on the pitch. It was a good day out but we were second best. It's a respectable point of view, but if Citeh turned up with I don't know how many players they bought with irregular money, then it wasn't fair and square. Full team we were more than capable of beating them. Wasn't to be. |
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Post by sheikhmomo on Feb 17, 2020 22:45:43 GMT
They kicked us from here to Kingdom Come, specifically targeting our crocked players, all under a safe haven provided by that cheating spunk bubble and fraud, Martin Atkinson.
Yeah, I think they cheated us.
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Post by Seymour Beaver on Feb 17, 2020 22:46:39 GMT
Be nice to think that the Premier League, FA or whoever will be as firm with Manchester City as the Rugby Union authorities have been with Saracens.
However I'm not holding my breath.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2020 22:52:04 GMT
They kicked us from here to Kingdom Come, specifically targeting our crocked players, all under a safe haven provided by that cheating spunk bubble and fraud, Martin Atkinson. Yeah, I think they cheated us.  |
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Feb 17, 2020 23:43:48 GMT
We tried our best but they were better, simple as that really. Turning it into some sort of bitter "Cheated!" narrative is a bit classless and small-time in my opinion, especially since this stupid FFP rule shouldn't really exist anyway.
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Post by richardparker on Feb 17, 2020 23:44:01 GMT
Can we have our FA Cup now!?
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Post by Squeekster on Feb 17, 2020 23:47:16 GMT
Man Citeh brought everything with money from rich owners full stop, without the sheiks they'd be fook all!
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Feb 17, 2020 23:50:51 GMT
We tried our best but they were better, simple as that really. Turning it into some sort of bitter "Cheated!" narrative is a bit classless and small-time in my opinion, especially since this stupid FFP rule shouldn't really exist anyway. I think the same and if they give it to us now we havnt 'won' it at all. They beat us on the day and that's football. Other than that throw the book at them đź‘Ť |
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Post by boskampsflaps on Feb 17, 2020 23:55:20 GMT
Short memory most of our ungrateful fans have. Seem to remember us picking up lot's of injuries to key players and lots of players playing with injuries against the millionaire’s. Jones missed a sitter in the 2nd half for us to take the lead the rest was history, but not sure we could have done much better given our circumstances. Not sure I'd have called it a sitter tbh. |
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Post by Gods on Feb 18, 2020 0:03:17 GMT
Short memory most of our ungrateful fans have. Seem to remember us picking up lot's of injuries to key players and lots of players playing with injuries against the millionaire’s. Jones missed a sitter in the 2nd half for us to take the lead the rest was history, but not sure we could have done much better given our circumstances. Kenwyne Jones just failed to get on to the end of a through ball minutes before Man City scored the winner. I don't recall any sitters missed. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2020 1:07:31 GMT
It's a respectable point of view, but if Citeh turned up with I don't know how many players they bought with irregular money, then it wasn't fair and square. Full team we were more than capable of beating them. Wasn't to be. You're missing the point. The game you and everybody else watched was fake. Players like Balotelli, Silva, Tevez, Toure et al were bought for irregular money, so they shouldn't have played. Instead we would have lined up vs Johnson, Zabaleta and others. We might still have lost... |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2020 1:40:01 GMT
I think I recall a nasty, sly elbow from Toure on Wilco as well. And a nasty all out in the open elbow by Huth on Altobelli's throat. |
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Post by NassauDave on Feb 18, 2020 3:08:01 GMT
We were shit on the day and wouldn’t have won if we were still playing today.
Let it go.
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