Genie Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 2 hours ago, Stevo985 said: On another note, I've been on holiday so I've only just noticed that the Premier League manager of the season was given to Pep Absolute horse shit Must be a different body but I saw online that someone had given manager of the season to Arteta… that’s equally bizarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Dubai was already establishing itself as a tourist destination before Man City. But its exploded since and I'd guess Abu Dhabi has had much more exposure. F1 probably helped there also. Ultimately, the appaling human rights records of the countries doesn't get as much relative coverage, and they start making money they otherwise wouldn't have. Ignorance is bliss for a lot of people, and for everyone person that learns more about the bad of the UAE, there are 10 more that don't and instead decide to go on holiday there because they've now heard of it. There's an argument that in doing this they may actually force themselves to do less in the way of killing innocent humans due to the increased exposure, so it may not be all bad. I don't subscribe to that view though. They're trying to fund their way off life and keep it going after the oil runs out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 1 hour ago, MrBlack said: Dubai was already establishing itself as a tourist destination before Man City. But its exploded since and I'd guess Abu Dhabi has had much more exposure. F1 probably helped there also. Ultimately, the appaling human rights records of the countries doesn't get as much relative coverage, and they start making money they otherwise wouldn't have. Ignorance is bliss for a lot of people, and for everyone person that learns more about the bad of the UAE, there are 10 more that don't and instead decide to go on holiday there because they've now heard of it. There's an argument that in doing this they may actually force themselves to do less in the way of killing innocent humans due to the increased exposure, so it may not be all bad. I don't subscribe to that view though. They're trying to fund their way off life and keep it going after the oil runs out. easy to forget that "fly emirates" sponsored arsenal before man city got bought out by Abu Dhabi, they also then went on to sponsor hamburg, real madrid and AC milan i still think tourism does more washing than football (and is why the saudi's will struggle) i've been to Dubai, the wife watching tik tok did more to encourage that than football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Claiming they are at a competitive disadvantage, yet have won 4 premier leagues in a row… Can casually spend £100m on one player and use him as a sub… I mean I don’t think they are struggling to compete. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 5 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: Claiming they are at a competitive disadvantage, yet have won 4 premier leagues in a row… Can casually spend £100m on one player and use him as a sub… I mean I don’t think they are struggling to compete. I did wonder what planet they were coming from with that. If any one is at a competitive disadvantage, it's all the clubs that followed the rules and don't have artificially inflated sponsorship deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
479Villan Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 42 minutes ago, MrBlack said: I did wonder what planet they were coming from with that. If any one is at a competitive disadvantage, it's all the clubs that followed the rules and don't have artificially inflated sponsorship deals. That's why in part I don't think it's a great argument to win over the masses: "We are restricted from using unlimited funds to dominate this league.....that we have been dominating." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted June 5 VT Supporter Share Posted June 5 8 minutes ago, 479Villan said: That's why in part I don't think it's a great argument to win over the masses: "We are restricted from using unlimited funds to dominate this league.....that we have been dominating." I think that overall arrogance means that they’ve not won every single competition for the last six years 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
479Villan Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Just now, Follyfoot said: I think that overall arrogance means that they’ve not won every single competition for the last six years They should argue that they're filing this lawsuit because they fear the potential unchecked power of a 60000 fan strong Birmingham City taking their rightful place atop the Premier League and thus this is a preventative measure to protect all of us, the clubs owned, operated, and supported by mere mortals, as opposed to the ubermensch of Small Heath. People would respect that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lochheads twin Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Is it too soon for me to get excited about a real Manchester derby in League 2. Salford v Citeh anyone? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dog Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 A lot of this legal process is to drag it out for as long as possible, and that's exactly what they've done. The longer from the date of the incident, the less likely to be found guilty, it's natural human nature. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishywashy Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Eugh. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted June 5 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted June 5 1 minute ago, wishywashy said: Eugh. It shouldn’t be surprising really. We have incredibly rich owners. They want to spend their money but FFP doesn’t let them 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPJCB Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 11 minutes ago, wishywashy said: Eugh. I really hope that’s media bollocks and the DM putting two and two together and making five. We need to stay away from this City campaign as it has all the PR implications of the super league times ten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 16 minutes ago, wishywashy said: Eugh. not sure its true but if it is its absolute shameful 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Not that surprising really 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imavillan Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 15 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: It shouldn’t be surprising really. We have incredibly rich owners. They want to spend their money but FFP doesn’t let them this.....it's not necessarily about us supporting City. We want to spend but are not allowed to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 The central claim is that Nas is friends with the City owner. That’s it. What a load of crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 if its true and Nas is supporting City then I hope he leaves and never comes back. big IF 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 23 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: It shouldn’t be surprising really. We have incredibly rich owners. They want to spend their money but FFP doesn’t let them They’re rich but they’re not Nation state rich. Our owners might be frustrated with the current rules but I can’t see they’d want to abandon them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 4 minutes ago, Zatman said: if its true and Nas is supporting City then I hope he leaves and never comes back. big IF There’s nothing in the article to substantiate the claim though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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