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Post by dazjoe on Mar 1, 2021 4:07:29 GMT
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. He was set to buy Spurs before the deal fell through, he would have probably still bought Chelsea without Champions League football to be honest as that wasn't the deal breaker for Spurs.
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Post by alwaysUnited on Mar 1, 2021 4:26:48 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. Yes exactly , those were some lines from MEN , those guys were writing some utter nonsense.
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Post by DoctorHver on Mar 3, 2021 23:52:22 GMT
"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. Yes exactly , those were some lines from MEN , those guys were writing some utter nonsense. I figured its just a bullshit drivel by MEN, thus I thought it needed to be addressed again. but Its shameful how MEN (along with other british press) keep sucking up to them considered that the truth about them is out in the open. I wonder if MEN are in the bed with them or if they are such weakling that they think its better for them as peper to continue to suck up to them at every turn. Instead of calling them out for what they are?
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Post by kstandhand on Mar 4, 2021 11:14:43 GMT
"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. Yes exactly , those were some lines from MEN , those guys were writing some utter nonsense. I suspect that footballing reasons would be a valid reason but probably at least 4th on his list of reasons to want to join them.
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Post by Chris on Mar 20, 2021 18:49:04 GMT
I'm gonna say it. City play boring football. 4000 passes before they take a shot is not entertaining.
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Post by Stew on Mar 20, 2021 18:55:06 GMT
I'm gonna say it. City play boring football. 4000 passes before they take a shot is not entertaining. At Barca, Messi could inject pace and some directness to their play which elevated it. His teams since, even the Bayern one, are just mind numbing. They’re like a much more expensive version of the shite Van Gaal served up.
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Post by Chris on Mar 20, 2021 19:05:45 GMT
I'm gonna say it. City play boring football. 4000 passes before they take a shot is not entertaining. At Barca, Messi could inject pace and some directness to their play which elevated it. His teams since, even the Bayern one, are just mind numbing. They’re like a much more expensive version of the shite Van Gaal served up. Exactly. Boring. Everton have had 26% possession in 76 minutes. City have had just 2 more shots.
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Post by Stew on Mar 20, 2021 19:09:54 GMT
At Barca, Messi could inject pace and some directness to their play which elevated it. His teams since, even the Bayern one, are just mind numbing. They’re like a much more expensive version of the shite Van Gaal served up. Exactly. Boring. Everton have had 26% possession in 76 minutes. City have had just 2 more shots. I’ve always had an interest in American sports. And the more the oil clubs take over the more I think a wage cap is the only thing that can save football. It’s ridiculous to even think of competing on a level playing field.
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Post by Diablo Rouge on Mar 20, 2021 19:22:56 GMT
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Post by bushy1987 on Mar 20, 2021 19:29:22 GMT
These cunts winning the quad or even matching our treble will just confirm that football is fucked forever.
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Post by Stretty on Mar 20, 2021 21:21:25 GMT
These cunts winning the quad or even matching our treble will just confirm that football is fucked forever. buying and everyone knows it. they can win 10 quads in a row but every single one of them will have no sense of achievement. ours was totally different(class of 92 with a sprinkling of stars,good manager and well earned by the club)
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Post by DoctorHver on Apr 28, 2021 18:15:33 GMT
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Post by Stretty on Apr 28, 2021 19:29:23 GMT
3 of those 4 semi finalists this year are what’s wrong with modern football none of them are there on merit
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Post by DoctorHver on Apr 28, 2021 22:53:39 GMT
3 of those 4 semi finalists this year are what’s wrong with modern football none of them are there on merit 100%, when Real Madrid is the least corrupt club in the semi-finals you know that something some where has gone seriously wrong for football.
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Post by Stretty on May 1, 2021 17:44:02 GMT
Had to laugh at pep saying they can now think about lifting the PL trophy after todays win.
They could have done just that in late January when ole conceded the title despite us being top of the league.
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