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Post by oscared on Feb 4, 2021 9:31:06 GMT
Shell have lost £16 billion in the pandemic, oil use use down dramatically and must be having an impact on Citeh.
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Post by Rustin Cohle on Feb 9, 2021 11:00:46 GMT
Is anyone else getting a bit worried this lot might do the treble or quadruple? If they can keep this up the only side that can match them is probably Bayern, and all it takes is a bit of luck...
Of course we’ll always know that this City side aren’t as good as 99 or 08, but I’ll be absolutely gutted if they match/beat the treble regardless.
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Post by ratbag on Feb 9, 2021 15:59:37 GMT
Is anyone else getting a bit worried this lot might do the treble or quadruple? If they can keep this up the only side that can match them is probably Bayern, and all it takes is a bit of luck... Of course we’ll always know that this City side aren’t as good as 99 or 08, but I’ll be absolutely gutted if they match/beat the treble regardless. So we will have to win the FA cup...
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Post by Bestie on Feb 9, 2021 16:53:21 GMT
Is anyone else getting a bit worried this lot might do the treble or quadruple? If they can keep this up the only side that can match them is probably Bayern, and all it takes is a bit of luck... Of course we’ll always know that this City side aren’t as good as 99 or 08, but I’ll be absolutely gutted if they match/beat the treble regardless. Not really. As I've said before city winning things is meaningless to me.
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Post by Stretty on Feb 9, 2021 16:58:08 GMT
Is anyone else getting a bit worried this lot might do the treble or quadruple? If they can keep this up the only side that can match them is probably Bayern, and all it takes is a bit of luck... Of course we’ll always know that this City side aren’t as good as 99 or 08, but I’ll be absolutely gutted if they match/beat the treble regardless. nah they can break as many records as they like but it’s nowhere near the same as the CO92 going on to win leagues doubles and top it off with the treble in 1999 was down to hard work and a good manager(a sleeping giant turned into the worlds best football team using youth and a sprinkling of star signings is proper Roy of the rovers stuff) just throwing someone else’s money at it for over a decade until it works is just not the same(player manager with the cheat codes on). even if they do the quadruple the council house will still be half empty next season.
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Post by DoctorHver on Feb 27, 2021 18:43:38 GMT
Is anyone else getting a bit worried this lot might do the treble or quadruple? If they can keep this up the only side that can match them is probably Bayern, and all it takes is a bit of luck... Of course we’ll always know that this City side aren’t as good as 99 or 08, but I’ll be absolutely gutted if they match/beat the treble regardless. nah they can break as many records as they like but it’s nowhere near the same as the CO92 going on to win leagues doubles and top it off with the treble in 1999 was down to hard work and a good manager(a sleeping giant turned into the worlds best football team using youth and a sprinkling of star signings is proper Roy of the rovers stuff) just throwing someone else’s money at it for over a decade until it works is just not the same(player manager with the cheat codes on). even if they do the quadruple the council house will still be half empty next season. I doubt they will "win" the Quadrable, or the treble for that matter. I think Bayern wants prove point after winning an 11 game champions league last season. But if that happens by an accident then it would actually be werry fitting that it happeneed during a fixture congested season during middle of a global pandemic where every game was played behind closed doors. Considering how it all has been founded so its as hallow achivement as it gets.
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Post by DoctorHver on Feb 27, 2021 18:51:54 GMT
Even the cheating scumbags couldn’t worm their way around that Messi release fee. Maybe they could resell the stadium back to the council as we all know they’re both in bed with each other. They bought the stadium? I thought that the council house always owned the stadium. Wikipedia has the counsil house as the owner.
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Post by DoctorHver on Feb 27, 2021 18:58:35 GMT
Football is proper fucked when the likes of Messi want to leave Barca for a tin pot club like City with half empty stadiums even during CL games. To be fair football has been slowly loosing the plot ever since turn of the 21st century. If Messi ever goes to man city then it would just be the final confirmaiton of that being the case.
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Post by DoctorHver on Feb 27, 2021 19:10:38 GMT
Some lines from a MEN article (NOT from city's official website) ,are they secretly owned by city football group or something ? "How Man City have emerged from Lionel Messi saga stronger than before" "Add in the underlying criticisms of City's wealth and the club are always fighting a losing battle to be recognised as a top team, regardless of how they perform on the field" "If Messi saw City as a better option to win the Champions League, maybe the links will convince some of those doubters that City are a direct rival to be taken seriously on and off the pitch. The fact that Messi would be open to joining City for footballing reasons should be enough to change the opinion of the club across Europe""underlying criticisms of City's wealth" well they are not a wealthy club, they are bankrolled by tinpoint regime that wants to sport wash their afwul human right record. They would sink pretty quickly down the League table if mansour was removed as owner tommorrow. So I also fail to see how it should change the option on them if they somehow got messi if anything it should further underline what we know about them as it was all lied bear for anyone see in the footballleaks papers.
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Post by DoctorHver on Feb 27, 2021 19:32:55 GMT
The whole football world knows that city,Chelsea and PSG are buying/bought trophies and can’t stand on their own two feet as top clubs(Chelsea maybe to a lesser extent). No matter how much they say they are generating this and that we all know it’s bollocks. Tin pot clubs spending someone else’s money End of. I would argue that Chelsea were/are probably closer to what they were prior to Abramovich than what man city and PSG were before UAE and Quatar came in. If anyone still remember the the title race in the 1998-99 they were actually pretty close to the league title I think they were 3 points off United in 3rd place and I said to my mate back then I think Chelsea might be a title contender going forward if they keep that team together, but they went almost bankrupt in trying to do so and in came roman. So we will never know if they would have finally managed to win a EPL title at some point without Roman and his russian money. Man city on other hand wasn't close to anyting meaningful in term of winning trophies and I doubt they would have won anything if they had stayed as they were pre-mansour in the past 13 years or so. I don't follow France football so i don't know too much about PSG and what they were like pre-Quatar so i'm not going to comment much about them but I think if you find inviduals into the france football then they would probably tell what PSG was like pre-Quatar.
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Post by Stew on Feb 27, 2021 23:19:59 GMT
The whole football world knows that city,Chelsea and PSG are buying/bought trophies and can’t stand on their own two feet as top clubs(Chelsea maybe to a lesser extent). No matter how much they say they are generating this and that we all know it’s bollocks. Tin pot clubs spending someone else’s money End of. I would argue that Chelsea were/are probably closer to what they were prior to Abramovich than what man city and PSG were before UAE and Quatar came in. If anyone still remember the the title race in the 1998-99 they were actually pretty close to the league title I think they were 3 points off United in 3rd place and I said to my mate back then I think Chelsea might be a title contender going forward if they keep that team together, but they went almost bankrupt in trying to do so and in came roman. So we will never know if they would have finally managed to win a EPL title at some point without Roman and his russian money. Man city on other hand wasn't close to anyting meaningful in term of winning trophies and I doubt they would have won anything if they had stayed as they were pre-mansour in the past 13 years or so. I don't follow France football so i don't know too much about PSG and what they were like pre-Quatar so i'm not going to comment much about them but I think if you find inviduals into the france football then they would probably tell what PSG was like pre-Quatar. They had a spell of success in the mid 90s but were more or less a non event as a club until they were financially doped.
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Post by dazjoe on Feb 28, 2021 0:37:10 GMT
I would argue that Chelsea were/are probably closer to what they were prior to Abramovich than what man city and PSG were before UAE and Quatar came in. If anyone still remember the the title race in the 1998-99 they were actually pretty close to the league title I think they were 3 points off United in 3rd place and I said to my mate back then I think Chelsea might be a title contender going forward if they keep that team together, but they went almost bankrupt in trying to do so and in came roman. So we will never know if they would have finally managed to win a EPL title at some point without Roman and his russian money. Man city on other hand wasn't close to anyting meaningful in term of winning trophies and I doubt they would have won anything if they had stayed as they were pre-mansour in the past 13 years or so. I don't follow France football so i don't know too much about PSG and what they were like pre-Quatar so i'm not going to comment much about them but I think if you find inviduals into the france football then they would probably tell what PSG was like pre-Quatar. They had a spell of success in the mid 90s but were more or less a non event as a club until they were financially doped. They were also close to bankruptcy before Roman, they did the same as Leeds trying to chase the dream but got lucky and saved. I still remember an article in The Sun (yeah I know) listing where their big players would be sold off too as they were going to have to have a fire sale. Terry, Galas, Cudicini, Gudjohnson, etc. This was about a fortnight before Roman bought them.
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Post by DoctorHver on Feb 28, 2021 0:47:34 GMT
I would argue that Chelsea were/are probably closer to what they were prior to Abramovich than what man city and PSG were before UAE and Quatar came in. If anyone still remember the the title race in the 1998-99 they were actually pretty close to the league title I think they were 3 points off United in 3rd place and I said to my mate back then I think Chelsea might be a title contender going forward if they keep that team together, but they went almost bankrupt in trying to do so and in came roman. So we will never know if they would have finally managed to win a EPL title at some point without Roman and his russian money. Man city on other hand wasn't close to anyting meaningful in term of winning trophies and I doubt they would have won anything if they had stayed as they were pre-mansour in the past 13 years or so. I don't follow France football so i don't know too much about PSG and what they were like pre-Quatar so i'm not going to comment much about them but I think if you find inviduals into the france football then they would probably tell what PSG was like pre-Quatar. They had a spell of success in the mid 90s but were more or less a non event as a club until they were financially doped. Of course they were 1 top-flight league title in 98 years history prior to roman is arrival in 2003.
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Post by DoctorHver on Feb 28, 2021 1:40:26 GMT
They had a spell of success in the mid 90s but were more or less a non event as a club until they were financially doped. They were also close to bankruptcy before Roman, they did the same as Leeds trying to chase the dream but got lucky and saved. I still remember an article in The Sun (yeah I know) listing where their big players would be sold off too as they were going to have to have a fire sale. Terry, Galas, Cudicini, Gudjohnson, etc. This was about a fortnight before Roman bought them. Yes, I remember this talk about that fire sale of Chelsea's players at the end of the 2002-03 season (not reading the sun though as I'm not English). I still remember the final game of that season for them vs Liverpool in a clean final for both clubs to get the fourth place in order to Qualify for CL. I recall it as said if they qualified for CL they might be able to avoid the fire sale but it wouldn't help them improve the squad much further considering how cash strapped they reportly were. Now I must admit I don't know when they entered in talks with roman whether that was during the season or after the season but one thing for sure its wonder how much them getting a CL qualification over Liverpool at the end of 2002-03 season might have affected abramovich's decsion of buying Chelsea. So I cannot help but wonder all these years later what if Liverpool had qualified for CL in 2003-04 instead of Chelsea? would abramovich still haved bought them or would every thing have fallen a part for Chelsea? I think the answer to those question are probably most likely if the parallel to Chelsea was what was happening with Leeds at the same time they like Chelsea had over spent in order to be competive they managed to qualify for CL in 2000-01 season and got to semi-final but failed to qualify for CL the following season which sent them on downward spiral which saw them relegated only 3 season later which was exactly 1 year after Abramovich had saved Chelsea from being bankrupt. So if Abramovhich hadn't arrived at Chelsea then I think they had followed Leeds in not so distant future down to the lower leagues of English football. But since that didn't happen and Abramovich doped up chelsea and started to get lot of "succeess" with Chelsea I often get the feeling that this what made mansour in UAE intrested in buying a football club in England in first place, if that russian gangster criminal could buy club in England and "win stuff" buying an English football club would be a perfect model for him to sport wash his tinpoint regime's afwul human right record by proping up club by making them "successful" so only five years after Abramovhich had arrived Manchester City became the second oil club in English football in september 2008 and with mansour bying a club this probably also got Quatar intrested in buying football club but they for some reason decided to settle for buying a club in France instead in 2010.
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Post by Stew on Feb 28, 2021 8:08:23 GMT
They had a spell of success in the mid 90s but were more or less a non event as a club until they were financially doped. They were also close to bankruptcy before Roman, they did the same as Leeds trying to chase the dream but got lucky and saved. I still remember an article in The Sun (yeah I know) listing where their big players would be sold off too as they were going to have to have a fire sale. Terry, Galas, Cudicini, Gudjohnson, etc. This was about a fortnight before Roman bought them. I was actually taking about PSG but now realised it could just as easily refer to the Rents!
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