Mic09 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 If Man City did break the rules, and used illegitimate money to fund their success, imagine the scenes if they were to pick up the Champions League trophy Now that would be funny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 8 hours ago, Genie said: Guy in the corner: “Make it a thousand” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 47 minutes ago, Mic09 said: If Man City did break the rules, and used illegitimate money to fund their success, imagine the scenes if they were to pick up the Champions League trophy Now that would be funny. City vs PSG final 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 3 minutes ago, Zatman said: City vs PSG final Honestly really hope that happens and that City win it. Obviously there are teams I rather see win (Atalanta, Dortmund, Valencia, Lyon and even Bayern) but those teams won't win anyway. UEFA won't allow that to happen obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Mic09 said: If Man City did break the rules, and used illegitimate money to fund their success, imagine the scenes if they were to pick up the Champions League trophy Now that would be funny. It'll give the proponents of the "Pep isn't actually a very good manager" argument their ammunition anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Quote SILVER LINING Man City’s US investors Silver Lake to put £369m straight in to the club coffers to steady ship amid Uefa ban threat The US investment firm paid that enormous sum for a 10 per cent share in the City Football Group back in November. And Sunsport has learned ALL that cash has been paid up front and gone straight into CFG coffers – rather than Sheikh Mansour’s pocket. While it may not be classed as ‘revenue’ on the financial fair play balance sheet, it would help under-pin the whole operation during what could be a turbulent couple of years. And it would mean all money from sponsorships and player sales could go towards making up the shortfall from missing out on the Champions League. That is estimated to be around £160 million if the two year ban which was handed down on Friday is upheld. Yet City’s beancounters are confident there would be no financial meltdown at the Etihad if the worst happens. And they believe they are already well on their way to making up that blackhole through new deals signed in recent months. Their new kit agreement with Puma – which began in July – is worth £65 million per year – a sizeable £45 million more than the previous one with Nike. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/10989848/man-city-uefa-cash-boost/ The Sun... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Mic09 said: If Man City did break the rules, and used illegitimate money to fund their success, imagine the scenes if they were to pick up the Champions League trophy Now that would be funny. I hope they do. It's all a load of bollocks and the sooner FFP is scrapped the sooner we might actually achieve something. As it is we will currently spend the next 20 years fighting relegation on a periodic basis. It's horseshit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 (edited) This is pretty pathetic < Even in the picture there’s thousands of empty seats. Makes you wonder why the owners bother to pump hundreds of millions in. They struggle to fill the ground for CL games. Edited February 19, 2020 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, Genie said: This is pretty pathetic < Even in the picture there’s thousands of empty seats. Makes you wonder why the owners bother to pump hundreds of millions in. They struggle to fill the ground for CL games. For reasons other than football. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 20 hours ago, Stevo985 said: I reckon they'll stay up. Love that punishment though. "So what shall we give them? 50 points? That'll guarantee they go down!" "nah **** 'em. 105" As other have said, 35 sounds harsh, which was the initial punishment but they'd have clawed that back. So they hoyed another 35 points x2 on top! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid4ever Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 5 hours ago, Genie said: This is pretty pathetic < Even in the picture there’s thousands of empty seats. Makes you wonder why the owners bother to pump hundreds of millions in. They struggle to fill the ground for CL games. And it’s true, my cousin booked tickets in their new sensory lounge for the Villa game, only match he has ever attended, and he can buy 3 tickets for the final. I have his city logon and password and can get 3 tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 On 17/02/2020 at 11:13, villalad21 said: Word removed if they don't turn up against West Ham Were you on about their fans by any chance? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imavillan Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I posted in the Premier League thread about the amount of empty seats at last nights game and the lack of interest. Interestingly i have searched and searched and cannot find what the official attendance was. I'm intrigued to see what it was in relation to the capacity of 55k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Tinpot club, honestly. Seen more atmosphere and noise at an over 80s disco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 3 hours ago, imavillan said: I posted in the Premier League thread about the amount of empty seats at last nights game and the lack of interest. Interestingly i have searched and searched and cannot find what the official attendance was. I'm intrigued to see what it was in relation to the capacity of 55k. Look at the state of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 (edited) Regardless of the vastly differing fortunes over the last few years the biggest team in ‘Manchester’ is still ManUre. Edited February 20, 2020 by theboyangel Acknowledging ManUre are actually in Stretford... for the pedants! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 So they have a limited fan base. If they'd been able to grow a new fan base at the same rate the club has won trophy's everyone would be slating them for their glory hunter fake fans. Can't win situation as far as fans from other clubs are concerned. Not that they care and why should they. They built that stadium to expand in, obviously not gonna be packed every night. I'm sure all our 44 million Tanzanian fans have been with us since 1874. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, sne said: So they have a limited fan base. If they'd been able to grow a new fan base at the same rate the club has won trophy's everyone would be slating them for their glory hunter fake fans. It's actually laughable because they do have these fans, and yet still get shocking attendances on a regular basis. There's no such thing as limited fan base in modern day football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 minute ago, kurtsimonw said: It's actually laughable because they do have these fans, and yet still get shocking attendances on a regular basis. There's no such thing as limited fan base in modern day football. In adjacent areas there is. Game was moved on short notice. Anyone travelling from abroad or even far away in England would have problem getting to that game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 8 minutes ago, sne said: In adjacent areas there is. Game was moved on short notice. Anyone travelling from abroad or even far away in England would have problem getting to that game. England isn't very big. I've been to work and gone to away games afterwards, it's not difficult if you can be arsed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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