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Thread: CL Predictions - Semifinals

  1. #181
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    To think Man-city were actually banned at one point from taking part in this years competition.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fagin View Post
    The only reason i didn't go further back the prem league transfer site only went back as far as 2018.
    AS for the rest of what you are saying i agree with i'm not knocking lfc i'm trying to show they have not been spending that much more than us in the last few years and a manager cannot be condemned for what he took over
    Haaaaaa they have spent something like 800 million under Baldy wheres as Klopp has something like 70m net spend
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    Last 10 years....and it seems consistent with other breakdowns - City have spent roughly 3x more despite having a title winning squad in place already! Yet somehow managed to escape FFP punishment. This is incredible given the fact that they have a fan base literally dwarfed by ours.

    Seeing as salaries are similar ours £139 million - Shitties £146 million - and this similarity only recently - last 2 seasons....how can this be?

    Somebody somewhere is telling some rather huge porky pies.

    https://www.planetfootball.com/quick...last-10-years/

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    Time to get off our arses along with united and reel them in not fecking whinge about it. Amount of crying going on last few weeks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by eggy81 View Post
    Time to get off our arses along with united and reel them in not fecking whinge about it. Amount of crying going on last few weeks.
    Reel them in how? They can spend their way out of anything. Asking Klopp to usurp them again by being creative with his budget is like asking the impossible.
    It just won't happen. If nothing is done about them ( which it won't be) they simply cannot be stopped. 3 titles in 5 will be the norm. Probably more like 4 in 5 though in the next 5 years.
    I read an interesting article around the Utd situation. It seems like if their current crop don't come good they are shafted with or without the Glazers. The stadium needs an absolute fortune spending on its the idea that someone purchases the club and simply does what these fans want is pure folly.
    Utd fans can whinge all they want but one thing thry can't say is that managers have not been backed with crazy money because they have.

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    True tees - unless FFP is implemented it’s City and Chelsea over and over.

    No coincidence we won our 2 trophies while one had an exiled owner and a UEFA transfer ban and the other was keeping a low profile while in the middle of an investigation that proved futile.

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    Quote Originally Posted by teesred View Post
    Reel them in how? They can spend their way out of anything. Asking Klopp to usurp them again by being creative with his budget is like asking the impossible.
    It just won't happen. If nothing is done about them ( which it won't be) they simply cannot be stopped. 3 titles in 5 will be the norm. Probably more like 4 in 5 though in the next 5 years.
    I read an interesting article around the Utd situation. It seems like if their current crop don't come good they are shafted with or without the Glazers. The stadium needs an absolute fortune spending on its the idea that someone purchases the club and simply does what these fans want is pure folly.
    Utd fans can whinge all they want but one thing thry can't say is that managers have not been backed with crazy money because they have.
    The most significant figure in the previous posts isn’t what city have spent. It’s our net spend under klopp. We can complain until the cows come home about city spending. The fact we’re being hamstrung by our unwillingness to back klopp with the full weight of this club is the reason we have fallen away after a few great years. And we all know that.

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    Absolutely true.

    That said - If FFP is fit for purpose and it isn't simply 'who can spend the most' how can it allow for City to be spending as they have done without punishment? How are they on the brink of being Champions of Europe?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ianlfc View Post
    Why didn't you included 2017/18 ?
    Maybe because a they spent £250 million !! and every season before that for the last 10 years has been £100 + million .
    Pep took over league champions and has invested a shit load of money were as Jurgen took over a team in decline and has had to wheel and deal with his hands tied.
    What we've achieved is unbelievable against some of the richest and biggest spending clubs in the world and has been forgot at times even by some of our own support .
    Also this pandemic hasn't helped us, as we're running the club as a business and not a play thing.
    Shouldn't one run a business as a business and keep your plaything for playing with ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steveo View Post
    Last 10 years....and it seems consistent with other breakdowns - City have spent roughly 3x more despite having a title winning squad in place already! Yet somehow managed to escape FFP punishment. This is incredible given the fact that they have a fan base literally dwarfed by ours.

    Seeing as salaries are similar ours £139 million - Shitties £146 million - and this similarity only recently - last 2 seasons....how can this be?

    Somebody somewhere is telling some rather huge porky pies.

    https://www.planetfootball.com/quick...last-10-years/
    Well journalists have outed both city and PsG for paying wages off the clubs books. But I think that's just their Islamophobia.

    I believe there could just be more players like sterling, who took a pay cut when he had improved since signing his first contract with them after leaving us.

    Maybe City have a bunch of lads who just love the game and club, unlike our mercenaries who seek pay rises when they improve vastly and are top footballers.

    City have been fined and had their squad numbers limited but it's the CAS who really bailed them out. When looking at a European football ban the cas, a bunch of bleeding hearts, reversed that decision.
    They have a habit of wanting to see the reforming of cheats and ensure they have the ability to compete and be free of punishment.
    There have been a few cases where drugs cheats get their bans reduced and are back competing as normal having received the boost in the arm from their cheating.

    One of Bolts best achievements for the sports was when he beat Gatlin in such a manner to prevent him from being world champion.

    Cas is the worst thing in world sport. Wish fans would demand a decoupling of sports bodies from this global governor. But seemingly no interest in tackling that awful institution

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