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That’s terrific though. Get up, watch the game with coffee and breakfast, then go about your day.

Yeah we noticed that too Job done. Played some nice stuff early on, Burnley worked really hard to contain us then seemed to tire because of it. Our front three were very unconvincing and wasted some very good opportunities, back five were pretty good, middle three were up and down. Should really have put it away early or at least gone in ahead. We’re going to struggle this month unless a couple more players come back from injury. Only two more games in Jan though. Sarr and Son are huge losses. I’m a little less confident about Man U after watching that. Then February will be very tough.

First 20 mins was good, then it just fizzled out.

Coincidentally I just saw his Chelsea “tackle” for the first time on the highlights

Yeah although Google brings this up as the first article: https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/21/great-english-city-sold-abu-dhabis-elite-manchester

Liked this story: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/fa-cup-third-round-marine-tottenham-mourinho-b2473334.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1704441193 Don’t remember if they redecorated the away end with “Come On You Spurs” though.

They did have a bit of an advantage in that the club was essentially gifted a new stadium in an area built for it. It’s not like they were moving into Maine Road.

Was five years ago so Villa makes sense. That’s why Arsenal have Stoke so high. Also why Villa’s rivals are more realistic.

Hang on, does that red mean he misses Villa? That’s a bit annoying

Dier to Bayern Munich looking distinctly possible

I mean, maybe they’re not wholly inadequate because we’ve not seen a Leeds or a Portsmouth for a while…and there are still issues further down the pyramid. But don’t get me wrong. I see the bullshit. It’s broken. I just have a simplistic wish/dream for parity

Absolutely. Despite all the attendant issues with exploitation of the NCAA players etc the parity in the NFL was so refreshing.

Our turnover was 103M and our operating profit was 32M the year he came in. I thought yours was comparable? We’d been working on it for a bit. Had just finished 5th three years in a row. I’d have been happy with it being in place before Abramovich if it would have prevented his splurge. Def happy with bringing it in when Ashley came in as that was the year before the UAE bought City.

…and on reflection that seems a bit like special pleading. You obviously have more in common with Man City than the rest of the “Big Six” because of your ownership. It’s absolutely true that FFP as it currently functions helps preserve teams in their current strata. It’s also absolutely true that without some form of FFP you are saying anyone can buy anyone and spend what they like. I didn’t like that when Abramovich came in, and when UAE came in, and I still don’t like it. If you do, then fair enough.

Yeah but that’s the opposite of what you said, unless I’ve completely misread your initial post. You said that Man Cuty would win the case and that would go against the Big Six cartel. Edit: oh I sort of see what you mean. You would still have to consider Man City as separate from the Big six though.

Ach, was just suggesting that Man City being stripped of their titles and/or demoted a few divisions couldn’t possibly be good for Man City. Football stinks in general. FFP in principle doesn’t stink, because it was introduced to try to address some real problems, but it has obviously been corrupted and exploited. It’s especially frustrating for us because we saw Chelsea win the lottery, and then Man City win the lottery, while we worked like crazy for several years to build it up from the ground. We’re obviously part of the “Big Six” now.

Yeah I presumed he did too

Stop! Unbelievable said that if Man City won the case then that would be against the Big 6 Cartel. Then…presumably he doesn’t think Man City are part of the big 6 cartel? That’s all.

I mean, I don’t think it’s a red card, but what was he trying to do with his right leg?

Yeah, but if he included Man City then what he wrote was nonsense.

Tbf the game’s been OK, I’m just finding it hard to give a shit.

Everton looking the better side. Fancy them to have a run in the FA Cup this year for some reason.

Was just about to post that Danjuma was an absolute nothing of a player

Fair yellow card tbh.

I really wanted to watch a match and was happy there was a game, then realized who was playing.