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I’d rather us be higher than league 2 but I have no interest in the PL again tbh only to see us get spanked every week to billionaire clubs, interesting two of my mates are Leeds fans and they weren’t even excited about staying up last season as most people just want to see their team be competitive whichever league it’s in.

It’s not the players(despite what the media says) or fans fault, but the game is more a plastic commodity than anything now. People on social media following ‘brands’ like CR7 over actual clubs, everyone will have their opinion but I don’t like it and I’m glad growing up my dad carried me on his shoulders to my first live football, now I’d be watching on sky and tweeting about someone.

The tv companies and filthy rich have stripped the game of its working class routes. I’m not saying footballers should be on minimum wage, but it’s gone so far the other way it’s unrecognisable. Even in other countries like Brazil with all its poverty, now they watch their stars with cars worth more than their neighbourhoods and fancy teeth.

I hope the authorities ruin Man City I really do, but it’s never going to happen, the owners are too powerful now, slap on the wrist no doubt. At worse it’ll be a points deduction when it’s confirmed they can’t win the league.

 

Football has boomed in this country because of our great league system the best in the world what Man City and others are doing is in danger of making it even less competitive.
I really miss the time when really well run smaller clubs could win the league and cup competitions

 

The thing is Jordan Gary didn't make the same points when he was pulling £70/80K a week at United.

Our short time in the Premier has been discussed many times and of course for little Bradford City it was a great achievement something I never thought I'd see in my lifetime BUT after the first season it became a bit a toil and pleasure no structure to when our games were played ETC, being a decent team in the Championship being able to compete with others would be reasonable target IMO.

 

Money talks in football. Always has always will. Forget the level playing field stuff, never been there for as long as I can remember. Even when we reached the premiership it was because we maxed out the company credit cards. To a point where we never paid it back.

 

Money influences football. Who would have thought

 

I have always assumed maybe wrongly that PL fiddle the books in some form or another. It will be interesting to see how this pans out, but one thing I am absolutely certain of, nothing will happen that MC can’t cope with. This is about managing the public and fans perceptions.

 

Sports washing at its finest.

“We will buy your football teams as long as you turn a blind eye to our beheading folks as a national pastime “

 

I agree,in the 70s Derby county won the 1st division twice and the likes of Bobby Robsons Ipswich were really close ,no chance of that happening now although Leicester booked the trend in 2015 but that will be a rarity. Sadly the huge money has now spread to the championship and when you look back when City won promotion to the premier league the teams in the 2nd tier had the likes of Stockport, Bury, Crewe,Tranmere as well as the big clubs like WBA and Sunderland, so it’s far more difficult these days for City to compete in the championship where it’s mainly big clubs and huge money.

 

I remember a few years ago reading Millwall chairman Theo Paphitis saying upwards of £50 million had to be injected to keep them in the Championship over the 5 years since City lost the playoff final.
No way would rupp+rahic be able to do this for our club,

Here is an interesting read about Millwall and the Championship clubs finances, scroll down to total debt and there are some eye-watering sums,
Helps if your owners write off such sums

https://swissramble.substack.com/p/millwall-finances-202122#:~:text=Millwall's%20%C2%A315.6m%20gross,and%20converting%20loans%20into%20equity.

Are City ready for the championship

 

If Man City can claim to have a higher revenue than Real Madrid then someone is telling porky pies. No point having an investigation as nothing will happen.

 

Transparency will not be in the menu I am afraid.

 

I could see Man City becoming a phoenix club and being set up as a Green Bay Packers type thing.

 

Gonna be interesting whatever....let's go for Chelsea and Newcastle next .. ?

 

Chelsea were sussed then it all when quiet when the Russians invaded. Money laundering at its finest?

 

It needs investigation Dennis because City are not a global brand like the top clubs. Yes they may own other clubs with their umbrella but there is no way Man City are bigger than giants like Real and Man United. Just seems rules are there to be circumnavigated.