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By *hagTonight OP Man
over a year ago
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Well done to man city, they are my team and it is now confirmed that they have won the premier league, what do you think of the news?
The news about their premier league win came yesterday after arsenals defeat, the gap is now set to 4 points, that is with just 1 arsenal fixture remaining, which means that they cant catch them
Its been a good season and a exciting one too, it came down to the wire.
I like it more when it is close, as you dont know who will win it, they have been playing really good 
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By *omtom7Man
over a year ago
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Not really that interesting to be fair.
Professional sport has simply become one rich team beats other rich teams to win more money. Other teams also receive huge amounts of money. In general if your the wealthiest, then you'll probably do best, some years another wealthy team will catch you, next year you'll probably win again.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I think they’ll win the treble now. If they do they’re easily the greatest side the Premier League has ever seen."
Can’t argue with that statement.
The football on display is of another world just now. I have no vested interest in City or their alleged exploits with finances. What can’t be denied is that no matter how the players came to the club, they still have to be coached into a winning team. No money can do that. That’s all on Pep and the staff. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think they’ll win the treble now. If they do they’re easily the greatest side the Premier League has ever seen.
Can’t argue with that statement.
The football on display is of another world just now. I have no vested interest in City or their alleged exploits with finances. What can’t be denied is that no matter how the players came to the club, they still have to be coached into a winning team. No money can do that. That’s all on Pep and the staff. "
I was unsure Pep’s style would work in England but he’s proved me wrong. He has spent a lot of money but so have a few other teams and one of them won’t even finish in the top half this season. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Shame they cheated, be interesting what happens to all them 100 plus charges against them."
They’ll take years to prove, and even longer to do the legal wranglings of a deal. Either that or a deal will be done behind closed doors and it’ll all go away quietly. |
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By *omtom7Man
over a year ago
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Personally think a lot of these charges are a load of bollocks. These rules were supported by the original giants of European football to keep the established clubs at the top. It's a bit of a glass ceiling and I'm a United supporter, in case you think I'm a Citieh scumbag  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Shame they cheated, be interesting what happens to all them 100 plus charges against them."
Also, a quick question and I’m not having a dig. I’ve seen so many say ‘they’ cheated.
How did the players ‘cheat’ their way to the successes they’ve earned? |
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"Shame they cheated, be interesting what happens to all them 100 plus charges against them.
Also, a quick question and I’m not having a dig. I’ve seen so many say ‘they’ cheated.
How did the players ‘cheat’ their way to the successes they’ve earned? "
Exactly this. Not one of those players cheated, and I'm an Arsenal fan.
We blew it. I hope our time will come soon, but I can't begrudge a team with KDB in it. And Haaland has been off the chart. |
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By *os19Man
over a year ago
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Congratulations to Man City on winning the Premier League they are now on 9 Premier League / First Division titles where as my team Man Utd are on 20.I hope they don’t overtake us in my lifetime but if they do fair play to them as since 2013 they really have been the best team in England.They are the first English team to do the domestic treble something that somehow doesn’t seem to get the credit it deserves.Yes they could do another treble this season of Premier League , Champions League and FA cup but my gut feeling is we will beat them in the FA cup final and stop them doing another treble just like we did to Liverpool in 1977. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Shame they cheated, be interesting what happens to all them 100 plus charges against them.
Also, a quick question and I’m not having a dig. I’ve seen so many say ‘they’ cheated.
How did the players ‘cheat’ their way to the successes they’ve earned? "
Players they wouldn't have had if they were playing with the same rules as everyone else. They artificially inflated their revenue so they could spend that money and we're supposed to call them the greatest team ever? Would the same apply to doping athletes who broke records? Even if they win the treble, it'll be hollow as fuck |
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"Shame they cheated, be interesting what happens to all them 100 plus charges against them.
Also, a quick question and I’m not having a dig. I’ve seen so many say ‘they’ cheated.
How did the players ‘cheat’ their way to the successes they’ve earned?
Players they wouldn't have had if they were playing with the same rules as everyone else. They artificially inflated their revenue so they could spend that money and we're supposed to call them the greatest team ever? Would the same apply to doping athletes who broke records? Even if they win the treble, it'll be hollow as fuck"
FFP aren’t fair rules anyway. They’ve been put in place to keep the big clubs big and the small clubs small. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Shame they cheated, be interesting what happens to all them 100 plus charges against them.
Also, a quick question and I’m not having a dig. I’ve seen so many say ‘they’ cheated.
How did the players ‘cheat’ their way to the successes they’ve earned?
Players they wouldn't have had if they were playing with the same rules as everyone else. They artificially inflated their revenue so they could spend that money and we're supposed to call them the greatest team ever? Would the same apply to doping athletes who broke records? Even if they win the treble, it'll be hollow as fuck
FFP aren’t fair rules anyway. They’ve been put in place to keep the big clubs big and the small clubs small. "
Or it was to stop clubs spending beyond their means to bankrupt themselves trying to aim for success. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Shame they cheated, be interesting what happens to all them 100 plus charges against them.
Also, a quick question and I’m not having a dig. I’ve seen so many say ‘they’ cheated.
How did the players ‘cheat’ their way to the successes they’ve earned?
Players they wouldn't have had if they were playing with the same rules as everyone else. They artificially inflated their revenue so they could spend that money and we're supposed to call them the greatest team ever? Would the same apply to doping athletes who broke records? Even if they win the treble, it'll be hollow as fuck
FFP aren’t fair rules anyway. They’ve been put in place to keep the big clubs big and the small clubs small.
Or it was to stop clubs spending beyond their means to bankrupt themselves trying to aim for success."
It’s easy to say as a Man U fan. I don’t hear any of the big 6 complaining about the possibility of Everton staying up after cheating with their finances. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Shame they cheated, be interesting what happens to all them 100 plus charges against them.
Also, a quick question and I’m not having a dig. I’ve seen so many say ‘they’ cheated.
How did the players ‘cheat’ their way to the successes they’ve earned?
Players they wouldn't have had if they were playing with the same rules as everyone else. They artificially inflated their revenue so they could spend that money and we're supposed to call them the greatest team ever? Would the same apply to doping athletes who broke records? Even if they win the treble, it'll be hollow as fuck"
That still didn’t answer the question posed.
How did the PLAYERS cheat their way to the titles?
Irrespective of how they arrived at the club. They still have to gel into a team capable of winning stuff.
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"Same again next season."
-Liverpool have beaten them, blown it and come really close a couple of times (didn't they get over 90 points last year?).
Arsenal now have the stadium, money, team, management, player-interest, progression, momentum and general attitude.
Okay, Man City are ahead and now have Haarland too, but in terms of the cash advantage I don't think it will figure so much from now on. In fact I'm certain in won't. Too many other wealthy UK teams, too many other great managers here too.
Arsenal next year now for me. We didn't bottle it, we just couldn't sustain it. Saliba and Tomiyasu from our defence for the rest of the season plus any one-game injury/illness and that was it for us. We mainly had the one way to play (an awesome one-trick pony almost), but just not the cover to sustain it. Man City always will though, so others simply have to play the full 100 mins the whole season now. It's all about the killer squads. Arsenal are seriously looking to complete one, and it's all been via progression.
The only question for me about this year is will Man City peak with a treble? Maybe. I don't really care either way now, although Man U will have something to say about it for sure.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Shame they cheated, be interesting what happens to all them 100 plus charges against them.
Also, a quick question and I’m not having a dig. I’ve seen so many say ‘they’ cheated.
How did the players ‘cheat’ their way to the successes they’ve earned?
Players they wouldn't have had if they were playing with the same rules as everyone else. They artificially inflated their revenue so they could spend that money and we're supposed to call them the greatest team ever? Would the same apply to doping athletes who broke records? Even if they win the treble, it'll be hollow as fuck
FFP aren’t fair rules anyway. They’ve been put in place to keep the big clubs big and the small clubs small.
Or it was to stop clubs spending beyond their means to bankrupt themselves trying to aim for success.
It’s easy to say as a Man U fan. I don’t hear any of the big 6 complaining about the possibility of Everton staying up after cheating with their finances."
I also say it as someone from Derby who went as far as to do things like sell their stadium to the owner in the hopes of getting promotion and were left in administration, with a transfer embargo, points deduction and a threadbare squad who are now in League 1 and can only just start to rebuild. And the thing is, they're not even the first case. But eah, let clubs spend whatever they want. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Shame they cheated, be interesting what happens to all them 100 plus charges against them.
Also, a quick question and I’m not having a dig. I’ve seen so many say ‘they’ cheated.
How did the players ‘cheat’ their way to the successes they’ve earned?
Players they wouldn't have had if they were playing with the same rules as everyone else. They artificially inflated their revenue so they could spend that money and we're supposed to call them the greatest team ever? Would the same apply to doping athletes who broke records? Even if they win the treble, it'll be hollow as fuck
That still didn’t answer the question posed.
How did the PLAYERS cheat their way to the titles?
Irrespective of how they arrived at the club. They still have to gel into a team capable of winning stuff.
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The didn't, but their achievements are moot due to the former. |
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I think it's a bit boring seeing them win most years and will all mean nothing if found guilty of charges, would have rather seen Arsenal win it as would have meant more to them than a club that's fiddled the books to buy all the best players |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Shame they cheated, be interesting what happens to all them 100 plus charges against them.
Also, a quick question and I’m not having a dig. I’ve seen so many say ‘they’ cheated.
How did the players ‘cheat’ their way to the successes they’ve earned?
Players they wouldn't have had if they were playing with the same rules as everyone else. They artificially inflated their revenue so they could spend that money and we're supposed to call them the greatest team ever? Would the same apply to doping athletes who broke records? Even if they win the treble, it'll be hollow as fuck
FFP aren’t fair rules anyway. They’ve been put in place to keep the big clubs big and the small clubs small.
Or it was to stop clubs spending beyond their means to bankrupt themselves trying to aim for success.
It’s easy to say as a Man U fan. I don’t hear any of the big 6 complaining about the possibility of Everton staying up after cheating with their finances.
I also say it as someone from Derby who went as far as to do things like sell their stadium to the owner in the hopes of getting promotion and were left in administration, with a transfer embargo, points deduction and a threadbare squad who are now in League 1 and can only just start to rebuild. And the thing is, they're not even the first case. But eah, let clubs spend whatever they want."
If the clubs can afford it, then why not? It’s how most teams won the league before FFP. Man U had the first billion pound squad but that’s fine because they didn’t make a £103m loss a season over three years. Is that really fair play? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Shame they cheated, be interesting what happens to all them 100 plus charges against them.
Also, a quick question and I’m not having a dig. I’ve seen so many say ‘they’ cheated.
How did the players ‘cheat’ their way to the successes they’ve earned?
Players they wouldn't have had if they were playing with the same rules as everyone else. They artificially inflated their revenue so they could spend that money and we're supposed to call them the greatest team ever? Would the same apply to doping athletes who broke records? Even if they win the treble, it'll be hollow as fuck
FFP aren’t fair rules anyway. They’ve been put in place to keep the big clubs big and the small clubs small.
Or it was to stop clubs spending beyond their means to bankrupt themselves trying to aim for success.
It’s easy to say as a Man U fan. I don’t hear any of the big 6 complaining about the possibility of Everton staying up after cheating with their finances.
I also say it as someone from Derby who went as far as to do things like sell their stadium to the owner in the hopes of getting promotion and were left in administration, with a transfer embargo, points deduction and a threadbare squad who are now in League 1 and can only just start to rebuild. And the thing is, they're not even the first case. But eah, let clubs spend whatever they want.
If the clubs can afford it, then why not? It’s how most teams won the league before FFP. Man U had the first billion pound squad but that’s fine because they didn’t make a £103m loss a season over three years. Is that really fair play?"
That was meant to be a £103m loss over 3 seasons. |
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"I also say it as someone from Derby who went as far as to do things like sell their stadium to the owner in the hopes of getting promotion and were left in administration, with a transfer embargo, points deduction and a threadbare squad who are now in League 1 and can only just start to rebuild. And the thing is, they're not even the first case. But eah, let clubs spend whatever they want.
If the clubs can afford it, then why not? It’s how most teams won the league before FFP. Man U had the first billion pound squad but that’s fine because they didn’t make a £103m loss a season over three years. Is that really fair play?"
Of course now you're saying if clubs can afford it 
Exactly, and it's hitting us now. Despite bringing in a shit ton of money, the mis-management of the club means we don't have as much to spend this summer compared to previously in order to comply with FFP on top of ongoing debt repayments. So if we have to comply now with rules that don't favour us, why shouldn't others? |
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By *on50Man
over a year ago
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The players didn't cheat but the allegations are that the club did, they were found guilty by uefa but some of the charges were ruled as not substantiated or out of time. The club benefitted for many years and were able to buy the players that then took them to championships and champions league position which then gave them more money |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I also say it as someone from Derby who went as far as to do things like sell their stadium to the owner in the hopes of getting promotion and were left in administration, with a transfer embargo, points deduction and a threadbare squad who are now in League 1 and can only just start to rebuild. And the thing is, they're not even the first case. But eah, let clubs spend whatever they want.
If the clubs can afford it, then why not? It’s how most teams won the league before FFP. Man U had the first billion pound squad but that’s fine because they didn’t make a £103m loss a season over three years. Is that really fair play?
Of course now you're saying if clubs can afford it
Exactly, and it's hitting us now. Despite bringing in a shit ton of money, the mis-management of the club means we don't have as much to spend this summer compared to previously in order to comply with FFP on top of ongoing debt repayments. So if we have to comply now with rules that don't favour us, why shouldn't others?"
The being able to afford it was implied because we’re talking about a state owned club winning the league.
Where are you cutting spending? You didn’t spend in the last window because your owners are selling up. What’s your net spend the window before that? |
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"If the clubs can afford it, then why not? It’s how most teams won the league before FFP. Man U had the first billion pound squad but that’s fine because they didn’t make a £103m loss a season over three years. Is that really fair play?
Of course now you're saying if clubs can afford it
Exactly, and it's hitting us now. Despite bringing in a shit ton of money, the mis-management of the club means we don't have as much to spend this summer compared to previously in order to comply with FFP on top of ongoing debt repayments. So if we have to comply now with rules that don't favour us, why shouldn't others?
The being able to afford it was implied because we’re talking about a state owned club winning the league.
Where are you cutting spending? You didn’t spend in the last window because your owners are selling up. What’s your net spend the window before that? "
Our next spend has always been fucking awful but it's been offset by the revenue we've been bringing in along with sponsorships. Our current shirt sponsor contract has been cancelled, we're making debt repayments which has increased and our revenue has fallen. The accumulation of those things mean we don't have the money to spend this transfer window. Anyway, what does this have to do wit City cooking their books? |
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"Well played to the English Wrexham. It really is a fairy tale come come true. 
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-lol yeah we are all teary eyed. Even Man City fans need Europe this year to avoid the "dissonance" of seeing these huge squad wins with all the financial criticism behind them.
But Man City did have to build for a few years, and rely on some great stalwart players too (remember Kompany?), poach some great players (great that Arsenal got some goodies from them this year, proving that you can't be too bloated in football) - and they still haven't *yet* cracked Europe.
I think it's the end of their almost-complete dominance now, so it's not all doom and gloom despite any dodgy dealing along the way.
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