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[miller0863]

Robin van Persie promised that he and his Heerenveen players would "keep playing our own game" and would not be "traumatised" after suffering a record 9-1 defeat at AZ Alkmaar in the Dutch league.
It was only the former Netherlands, Arsenal and Manchester United striker's fourth match as a manager after being appointed head coach of Heerenveen in May.
"This is tough," said the 41-year-old, who scored 50 goals in 102 international appearances.
"You'll encounter a number of bumps in your career. This was a very big bump. We learned a few more lessons from this match than we normally would."
Sven Mijnans opened the scoring for AZ after just four minutes but Luuk Brouwers equalised for Heerenveen midway through the first half.
Former Tottenham striker Troy Parrott, 22, soon put the home side back in front with his first goal for AZ since a £6.7m summer move from north London.
Things quickly turned sour for the visitors at the start of the second half as Republic of Ireland front man Parrott added a further three goals in just eight minutes.
Van Persie then watched his side concede a further four goals in the final 20 minutes to give AZ Alkmaar their record win in the Eredivisie, moving them up to second place in the table.
It was also the first time Heerenveen had conceded nine goals in the league and leaves them 12th in the table, with four points from Van Persie's first four games in charge.
"This is part of football. I have not been traumatised by this and neither have my players," said Van Persie.
"Even when things aren't going your way, with three goals in quick succession in the second half, it's important to keep doing the things you agreed on.
"We'll keep playing our own game. That's what I believe in and what we believe in."

[redebreck]

It shouldn’t be on the top clubs to subsidise clubs in different divisions anyway

It’s like insisting Amazon should subsidise all the high street SME’s when they do t even make them pay their tax

Man City's hearing for 115 charges begins

"What about legal costs?
This specific case is six years in the making, so legal fees on both sides are already estimated at tens of millions of pounds before the hearing even starts.

Expect whichever side 'wins' to make a claim for costs.

For context, the Premier League wanted Everton to pay the full £4.9m legal costs of their first PSR six-point deduction case from last season. Everton's lawyer Celia Rooney told the appeal that those figures were “frankly eye-watering”.

However, an appeal board ruled Everton should pay £1.7m and the Premier League cover the remaining £3.2m legal fees.
Any costs being paid by the Premier League at the end of the City case would have to be spread across the 20 clubs which make up the league.

City's legal team is being led by Lord Pannick KC, reported to charge £5,000 an hour for his services. He helped City overturn a two-year European ban in 2020 and has also advised former Prime Minister Boris Johnston.

[Steveo]

Just remember - despite the narrative...Jeff Bezos owns less than half as much of Amazon as US investment firm Silver Lake own of City Football Group (CFG)..

This is before we even mention the direct links between the UAE, the US military and the Petrodollar exchange.

This should give people a nudge.

[justincredible]

Just remember - despite the narrative...Jeff Bezos owns less than half as much of Amazon as US investment firm Silver Lake own of City Football Group (CFG)..

This is before we even mention the direct links between the UAE, the US military and the Petrodollar exchange.

This should give people a nudge.

"World's richest man, Jeff Bezos"

He's merely but a penny dropped in the ocean...

[Steveo]

Indeed.. and @pissedmagistus puts it well in layman's terms.

[Steveo]

Look into my eyes - my eyes - the eyes - not around the eyes - don't look around the eyes...you're under..

For Bezos and Musk - you could read Roman and Mansour.

Look over here folks - don't look down here...

[shminkyred]

Points off for each season they cheated....will we get our titles back,?

[CCTV]

Should do.

[Kev0909]

Points off for each season they cheated....will we get our titles back,?

Yeah like that'll happen, and even if they do it's purely stats.

No fan joy, no player joy, nothing, pointless.

But at least it'll go down in history, won't happen anyway.

[Daffydd]

Normally if you're caught robbing something you have to give it back.

Imagine a ceremony where the players and manager have to give back the trophies and medals, live on Sky Sports

Just to balance up the universe like.