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I don't know how they'd do it and know they won't do it anyway but banning the owners ensures this wont come up again. At the very least they signed off on it and most likely all but one or two were deeply involved. Not their lackey's like Soriano and Buck to be the sacrificial lambs. Can you imagine Ashley finally getting done and Canary M Burns Charnley taking the fall? Probably why he's there.

Planning a league for years that fell apart in days Was Vince McMahon in on this?

A few apolgies and all is forgiven and they're not even real apologies - apologizing for causing disruption and anguish, not apologizing for what they did or saying what they did was wrong. Like "I'm sorry if my theiving has been interperetted as being liable to cause any offense"

Florentino was onto something when he said young people are losing interest in football. I'm certainly not getting out of bed for this obligated fixture fulfillment or 'premier league match' in elite club speak

I think its a case of "treason doth never prosper" with this being brushed under the carpet. Returning to the status quo is a return to the same broken system that proved fertile ground for this crisis but because certain people benefit from that, a blind eye will be once again turned. Its just the media and fans of those clubs at the moment that I know of. Media has done well from the cartel domestically almost every pundit either supports, played for or can only be bothered to watch games involving those clubs. Its like another quote about "when they came for the socialists, i remained quiet because i wasn't a socialist' - they were only bothered by how broken the game is when it effected them. Rangers, Leeds, Newcastle, Blackpool and Blackburn was just part of the show to them.

Punishing the people responsible, ultimately banning the owners who at least sanctioned this, would be reasonable and deterrent enough from it ever happening again but that would be a worse punishment for Man City and Chelsea fans than just being relegated for a year and on the other hand could see one of the others get out of jail and get a new, better owner who will kick them on without leaving the league. I'd prefer to get rid of the owners than relegate them because it would be better for football, relegating them is like a temporary ban they'll all bounce back from. Though fully expect neither to happen. Meanwhile Port Vale or someone will get docked points for fielding a player that wasn't registered in time.

That applies to any clubs that have been punished in any way though Yorkie. Juventus, Milan, Marseille, Rangers. Nobody complained about the punishment for the first three and their fans had done nothing to deserve that. There needs to be punishment for this sort of thing and fining a club owner who owns another fifty clubs or one that has 421 players out on loan is not even a slap on the wrist.

"23 year contracts?! What a good idea"

Think they'll play the 'look how vital we are to them, how much they need us' card for more concessions. Why there perhaps needs to be a distinction that apart from their own fans everyone else was split between being disgusted and hoping it didn't happen and disgusted and hoping we got shot of them.

Protests appear to work. Thought as much.

Grim reality that I hated football as it was four days ago sinks in. Nothing changing is basically the same thing as all this takeover stuff resulting in compensation for Ashley. Flatter than a plate full of p(ss

In homage to the guy that always makes me smile with his succint and sporadic contributions to the takeover and Bruce threads with "This c**t been sold yet?" and "this c**t been binned yet" "these c**t been kicked out yet?"

Wonder what would become of the 49 other clubs Man City own. Such a thing should never have been allowed in the first place. The authorities brought a lot of this on themselves with their own greed and out of touchness with the soul of football.

They get Rachel Starr doing the interviews and we get Jim White WTF man

to paraphrase further "Greed is good"

Were Qatar and UAE (Man City) not at loggerheads? It was Qatar versus the rest of the region from what I was hearing/reading though things have gotten better apparently and haven't really followed it since we got scuppered last year. Pay well though apparently.

yep. He's manager of a club he probably never heard of pre Sheik Mansour in a morgue of an atmoshpere when he could be the manager of any famous passionately supported club in the world. Don't anticipate him leading the charge against selling out.

Still a proper club, growing and playing good football in doing so. Everything we've been deprived of and will never have again until we get rid of Ashley.

Can't not like Leeds. If people still had second teams (its just second leagues now) they'd be most people's I'd fancy. Easy to say when there's no fans in the grounds however.

Its one of the very, very few Premier League games I actually wouldn't mind watching

If they cant be barred, lot easier said than done but form new leagues/pyramids and ban these c**ts like they've banned everyone else from their touring prestige friendly league scam.

Klopp was favourable towards this in an interview when it first came up, which disappointed me massively, so I didn't have high hopes for him, so this is an improvement on what I expected. Post back-lash though it is.

Yep. Until the next time they blackmail them. Best just to tell them to get f*cked in the first place instead of indulging them. Would hope they'd be learning that now but I doubt it. Madness that they'll be catered for more than we were despite them all but walking out on the league.

Two people I've recently heard/read in support of this. Alexi Lalas and Tim, Manchester United fan, from Bristol nuff said

Yep. I just want rid of Mike Ashley. I'll cross any other bridges if we come to them. Just happens that there's only one trojan horse to make that first step happen.