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Reply | Man City - GUILTY
at 09:22 3 Oct 2026
No, you've made it convoluted. I'm pointing out that there could be a relationship between the UAE and Burnham that goes back to 2008, that's all. |
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Reply | Man City - GUILTY
at 16:38 2 Oct 2026
So blackmail is their response, basically.
Side note: Andy Burnham was Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in 2008, the same time that the the Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG) - the UAE in all but name - agreed to a £200 million takeover of Man City. Coincidence?
The rabbit hole is getting deeper. |
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Reply | Man City - GUILTY
at 23:27 29 Sep 2026
Extract from excellent article in The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fo
"Breaking the rules is for the small people. Constructing a whole alternative universe was what City did, in which sponsorship deals were topped up to whatever they needed to be for the purposes of conquering English football. “Base sums” supplemented by “tagged sums” to what the commission hearing the case politely described as the “disguised funding scheme”.
The Manchester City revenue-creation military-industrial complex simply produced turnover at a rate with which no competing entity could live. By 2024 the club claimed a greater revenue than Real Madrid.
To quote Leonardo DiCaprio’s realisation of that rapacious broker Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street: “Was all this legal? Absolutely f------ not.”
Breaking the rules? This is cheating on a scale unprecedented in the history of British football. Over just nine years the disguised funding scheme was found by the commission to have generated £949.9m in revenue, of which £830.7m was equity injected by the Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG). In other words, it was fake revenue. But City did not stop there. Through the third-party company Fordham, buying image rights at inflated prices and taking other operating expenses off the City balance sheet, another £90.2m was added to the bottom line. About £920m of funny money was pumped into English football to fund one of the most successful dynasties in history." |
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Reply | International Break
at 13:11 27 Sep 2026
Ireland is a political basket case (IMHO). This farce epitomises it. I feel sorry for Jimmy who’s kind of been thrown to the wolves here. We know what a sound man he is. But the febrile keyboard warriors couldn’t give a shit about that. [Post edited 27 Sep 13:12]
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Reply | Cantona
at 12:19 24 Sep 2026
Here we go again.... Three weeks is far too long for an international break. |
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Reply | Shirt sponsors
at 07:58 21 Sep 2026
That's a lovely painting Brian, but since when was heist a verb? |
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Reply | Fans forum tonight anyone going ?
at 08:11 19 Sep 2026
So after ploughing through the seemingly interminable discussions in this thread about one particular player, I think it can be summed up like this: Kolli needs to give his head a wobble. |
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Reply | Fullers London Pride Lager
at 11:54 16 Sep 2026
Grammar, followed by a split infinitive, followed by less instead of fewer. It's a veritable feast. |
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Reply | He who shall not be named..
at 08:39 16 Sep 2026
Talking of Kieran Morgan, it looks like he's only had one sub appearance for Bradford so far, and that was in the EFL cup. Not a great loan experience so far, unless he's injured, which would be ironic. |
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Reply | Most OVER/UNDER RATED Band/Solo Artist /Football Team
at 17:34 8 Sep 2026
Christ what utter b*ll*cks! Which is what my beloved Dave Bowie is talking in that vid. And you lot above as well.
Anyway, there are thousands of candidates for most overrated and several have been covered here, but to put the Beatles in that category is just plain ignorant. Sure, I get it, you don't like some of McCartney's more saccharin ditties or their early outings, but he did also pen Paperback Writer, Blackbird and Eleanor Rigby.....I could go on, but I know I'm wasting my time.
Most underrated: I often think it's Joni Mitchell.... certainly when compared to her peers like Dylan....
PS - I reckon you were on a fishing trip Nick, and I took the bait! [Post edited 8 Sep 17:37]
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Reply | LLM Ban on LFW
at 00:19 4 Sep 2026
This_thread_does_not_compute. Resistance_is_useless.
Exterminate_exterminate_exterminate!! |
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Reply | Blueballs Us or Them Edition. QPR vs Cardiff City match thread
at 22:58 2 Sep 2026
My first home game in ages, so very grateful for the win! Plenty of big positives, Lamptey and Kamara, wow, what fantastic acquisitions they are. And Rumarn bubbling back to top form. Was in the perfect position to view that gorgeous second goal, on my feet after Ronnie delivered that delicious pass and Rumarn finished with aplomb. Thought we were often profligate through the game though, some badly fluffed passes and chances - Harvey Vale was right off it first half, but despite Lloyd's golden chance miss I thought he kept the Cardiff defence tied up and honest.
Didn't like the ref much first half, seemed to favour them all the time, but better second. Thought the 4 changes were too much and we suffered, but unlike many I didn't feel nervous - we've got Jimmy (who was great again) and Ronnie after all. And a win's a win.
Big shout out to Spaceman, keep it going buddy - if you can get a result v Borough you'll justly deserve the Golden Fred. |
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