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      The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread

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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1380: Mar 13, 2014 09:39:37 pm
      All that talk of City being in with a real shot of winning all four competitions this season and being a real force. So much for that after being knocked out the FA Cup and Champions League in the matter of days.
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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1381: Apr 07, 2014 10:06:48 am
      Just catching up on MOTD2:

      Big club? If so why all the empty home seats?

      Looks like the extension will be empty when it's built.
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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1382: Apr 14, 2014 09:48:06 pm
      Fair play to Pellegrini waiting for our players to walk off yesterday to give a handshake and pat on the back.  Classy.
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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1383: Apr 15, 2014 12:30:28 am
      Manchester City to be made to pay a high price for spending spree under Uefa Financial Fair Play rules

      Title challengers may face heavy fine or transfer embargo for breaking Uefa's Financial Fair Play rules

      Manchester City were facing a huge Financial Fair Play sanction on Monday night as Uefa prepared to rule that the spending spree that transformed them into a superpower of the game breached its much-vaunted cost-control regulations.

      Telegraph Sport has learnt that City, whose billionaire owner, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan, has bankrolled the most successful period in the club’s history, will this week be found guilty of failing to comply with FFP rules – barring an improbable 11th-hour reprieve.

      Paris St-Germain are also poised to be punished by Uefa’s Club Financial Control Body, which was created to police “greed, reckless spending and financial insanity” in European football and will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday to make its first decisions on which clubs will be prosecuted.

      City and PSG are understood to be among fewer than 20 teams under threat of a sanction and, unless dramatic new evidence emerges in the next 48 hours to support their claims they have played by the rules, they are on course to be hit hardest of all.

      The nature and degree of any punishment will be determined in the coming days but it is understood neither team will be faced with expulsion from the Champions League.

      The sanction is far more likely to be either a heavy fine or transfer embargo to prevent their mega-rich owners adding to two of the most expensive squads in history.

      Such a punishment could hardly come at a worse time for City, who remain at the centre of one of the most thrilling three-horse title races English football has seen and will be desperate to avoid any distractions in their final six games of the season.

      They declined to comment on Monday night on the status of the CFCB’s probe into their finances, PSG did not respond to requests for comment, while Uefa refused to comment on the identities of any team in danger of being punished.

      Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea all confirmed they were not under investigation from European football’s governing body, having complied with its rule forbidding clubs making losses in excess of €45 million (£37.2  million) during the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons after certain exceptions are taken into account.

      Having posted losses of £149 million over that period after buying the likes of Sergio Agüero, Samir Nasri, Gaël Clichy, Javi Garcia and Matija Nastasic, City were always likely to be under heavy scrutiny.

      It is their attempts to balance their books which have been most closely examined, particularly their 10-year, £350 million sponsorship deal with Etihad, the official airline of Abu Dhabi.

      FFP rules prohibit transactions with companies which have ties to a club or its owners being used in this way unless they can be shown to represent fair market value. Designed to prevent wealthy owners artificially inflating the value of such deals, their validity is judged on three criteria.

      If it is shown to be a related-party transaction, Uefa’s auditors calculate how much equivalent media exposure would have cost through the company advertising in other ways, how the tie-up compares with those struck by similar clubs, and what independent marketing experts think of the agreement.

      City have always insisted the deal is no more unfair when measured on a like-for-like basis against those struck by its closest rivals, including United.

      PSG have also argued that their much larger €200 million-a-year (£167 million) commercial arrangement with the Qatar Tourism Authority is above board but it emerged last month that Uefa had serious doubts over its validity and the French champions’ attitude to scrutiny of it.

      Tuesday and Wednesday’s meeting of the eight-strong CFCB investigatory chamber, which includes former Celtic chairman Brian Quinn, could consider new data before making a final decision on each club’s innocence or guilt.

      Those prosecuted will then either be offered the opportunity to settle the case by accepting a predetermined sanction, or the matter could be referred straight to the CFCB’s five-strong adjudicatory chamber.

      Uefa introduced the ‘settlement’ option into its FFP regulations in an effort to avoid lengthy disciplinary hearings and the clubs involved will have 10 days to respond to the investigatory chamber’s approach.

      If they reject settlement, the adjudicatory chamber will determine their case, which could result in a more severe, as well as more lenient, sanction.

      Clubs guilty of FFP breaches will not be named and shamed until around May 5, after which there is a further right of appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

      PSG are understood to have threatened already that they will fight any attempt to punish them.

      Also woven into FFP rules is the opportunity for rival clubs directly affected by any sanction to contest it on the basis it is too lenient.

      Were City found guilty and still allowed to enter next season’s Champions League, Everton or Arsenal could challenge their punishment.

      Uefa revealed six weeks ago that it was investigating 76 teams involved in its club competitions this season for possible FFP breaches, with more than 50 subsequently cleared.

      It said in a statement on Monday: “Uefa will only communicate once decisions have been taken by the CFCB investigatory chamber, which we anticipate will happen at the beginning of May.”

      I thought teams were going to banned from Europe for a season if they were found guilty of breaking FFP rules? Shows how much UEFA talks out of their arse at times. From a year out of Europe to a poxy fine? What's that going to do exactly? It could possibly take a challenge by Arsenal or Everton for City to be banned from Europe next season should they be found guilty of breaking the rules.
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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1384: Apr 15, 2014 08:55:49 am
      A fine would increase their losses for the year. The whole wide world is corrupt.
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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1385: Apr 15, 2014 09:03:45 am
      Fair play to Pellegrini waiting for our players to walk off yesterday to give a handshake and pat on the back.  Classy.

      The likes of Mourinho  and Ferguson etc  could learn a lot from Pellegrini,he was first class with his after the match actions. Well done Mr Pellegrini.
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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1386: Apr 15, 2014 10:06:30 am
      Manchester City to be made to pay a high price for spending spree under Uefa Financial Fair Play rules

      Title challengers may face heavy fine or transfer embargo for breaking Uefa's Financial Fair Play rules

      Manchester City were facing a huge Financial Fair Play sanction on Monday night as Uefa prepared to rule that the spending spree that transformed them into a superpower of the game breached its much-vaunted cost-control regulations.

      Telegraph Sport has learnt that City, whose billionaire owner, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan, has bankrolled the most successful period in the club’s history, will this week be found guilty of failing to comply with FFP rules – barring an improbable 11th-hour reprieve.

      Paris St-Germain are also poised to be punished by Uefa’s Club Financial Control Body, which was created to police “greed, reckless spending and financial insanity” in European football and will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday to make its first decisions on which clubs will be prosecuted.

      City and PSG are understood to be among fewer than 20 teams under threat of a sanction and, unless dramatic new evidence emerges in the next 48 hours to support their claims they have played by the rules, they are on course to be hit hardest of all.

      The nature and degree of any punishment will be determined in the coming days but it is understood neither team will be faced with expulsion from the Champions League.

      The sanction is far more likely to be either a heavy fine or transfer embargo to prevent their mega-rich owners adding to two of the most expensive squads in history.

      Such a punishment could hardly come at a worse time for City, who remain at the centre of one of the most thrilling three-horse title races English football has seen and will be desperate to avoid any distractions in their final six games of the season.

      They declined to comment on Monday night on the status of the CFCB’s probe into their finances, PSG did not respond to requests for comment, while Uefa refused to comment on the identities of any team in danger of being punished.

      Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea all confirmed they were not under investigation from European football’s governing body, having complied with its rule forbidding clubs making losses in excess of €45 million (£37.2  million) during the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons after certain exceptions are taken into account.

      Having posted losses of £149 million over that period after buying the likes of Sergio Agüero, Samir Nasri, Gaël Clichy, Javi Garcia and Matija Nastasic, City were always likely to be under heavy scrutiny.

      It is their attempts to balance their books which have been most closely examined, particularly their 10-year, £350 million sponsorship deal with Etihad, the official airline of Abu Dhabi.

      FFP rules prohibit transactions with companies which have ties to a club or its owners being used in this way unless they can be shown to represent fair market value. Designed to prevent wealthy owners artificially inflating the value of such deals, their validity is judged on three criteria.

      If it is shown to be a related-party transaction, Uefa’s auditors calculate how much equivalent media exposure would have cost through the company advertising in other ways, how the tie-up compares with those struck by similar clubs, and what independent marketing experts think of the agreement.

      City have always insisted the deal is no more unfair when measured on a like-for-like basis against those struck by its closest rivals, including United.

      PSG have also argued that their much larger €200 million-a-year (£167 million) commercial arrangement with the Qatar Tourism Authority is above board but it emerged last month that Uefa had serious doubts over its validity and the French champions’ attitude to scrutiny of it.

      Tuesday and Wednesday’s meeting of the eight-strong CFCB investigatory chamber, which includes former Celtic chairman Brian Quinn, could consider new data before making a final decision on each club’s innocence or guilt.

      Those prosecuted will then either be offered the opportunity to settle the case by accepting a predetermined sanction, or the matter could be referred straight to the CFCB’s five-strong adjudicatory chamber.

      Uefa introduced the ‘settlement’ option into its FFP regulations in an effort to avoid lengthy disciplinary hearings and the clubs involved will have 10 days to respond to the investigatory chamber’s approach.

      If they reject settlement, the adjudicatory chamber will determine their case, which could result in a more severe, as well as more lenient, sanction.

      Clubs guilty of FFP breaches will not be named and shamed until around May 5, after which there is a further right of appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

      PSG are understood to have threatened already that they will fight any attempt to punish them.

      Also woven into FFP rules is the opportunity for rival clubs directly affected by any sanction to contest it on the basis it is too lenient.

      Were City found guilty and still allowed to enter next season’s Champions League, Everton or Arsenal could challenge their punishment.

      Uefa revealed six weeks ago that it was investigating 76 teams involved in its club competitions this season for possible FFP breaches, with more than 50 subsequently cleared.

      It said in a statement on Monday: “Uefa will only communicate once decisions have been taken by the CFCB investigatory chamber, which we anticipate will happen at the beginning of May.”

      I thought teams were going to banned from Europe for a season if they were found guilty of breaking FFP rules? Shows how much UEFA talks out of their arse at times. From a year out of Europe to a poxy fine? What's that going to do exactly? It could possibly take a challenge by Arsenal or Everton for City to be banned from Europe next season should they be found guilty of breaking the rules.


      If this prevents Citeh from partaking in the CL next season and the likes of Neverton or the Arse replace them, does that give the scummy Mancs a chance of the place in the Europa League?, I F***ing hope not !
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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1387: Apr 16, 2014 01:37:50 pm

      City, Everton and Arsenal?

      What the hell does "Neverton" even mean anyway?

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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1388: Apr 16, 2014 04:18:38 pm
      City, Everton and Arsenal?

      What the hell does "Neverton" even mean anyway?

      Neverton = never win, eh.


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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1389: Apr 16, 2014 05:52:18 pm
      Was it Malaga that got punished for their losses? To the extent of being banned frorm playing in Europe for a year?

      City should have the same fate but we all know they will get out of it, no doubt be a few backhanders going on to make sure of it. Wouldn't mind seeing a transfer ban to the extent of Barcelona's though, or maybe even both! Then they'd be fu**ed.
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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1390: Apr 16, 2014 09:48:13 pm
      They just dropped 2 points at home against Sunderland and should have lost only for a spill by Mannone right at th death!

      That 2 points dropped is huge for us. It means we can afford a draw against the Chavs and still clinch the title if we win the other 3 games.

      I actually think Palace is going to be our toughest remaining game.
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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1391: Apr 16, 2014 10:00:18 pm
      They just dropped 2 points at home against Sunderland and should have lost only for a spill by Mannone right at th death!

      That 2 points dropped is huge for us. It means we can afford a draw against the Chavs and still clinch the title if we win the other 3 games.

      I actually think Palace is going to be our toughest remaining game.


      Everton loosing at home to Crystal Palace makes it even better for us and Everton will have to go on a rampage against City for that 4th spot. One game at a time, we have to remain 100% focus against Norwich.


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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1392: Apr 16, 2014 10:24:41 pm
      Most expensive league cup winners ever. :D
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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1393: Apr 16, 2014 10:59:12 pm
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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1394: Apr 16, 2014 11:38:19 pm
      Stadium expansion?

      'avin a laff. They couldn't get the thing full if they decreased capacity by 10,000. Title challenging team can't fill their stadium.

      Compare that to our atmosphere and you can see that City are just like the rest of the oil-rich clubs. Shower of spoilt sh*te.

      The funny thing was it was 2-2 and people were STILL walking out!
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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1395: Apr 16, 2014 11:46:06 pm
      They are and always will be the "other" club in Manchester unfortunetly.

      sh*t set of fans with no class.

      Was thinking about Fernandinho's comments prior to the Anfield game saying he won't be intimidated by the atmosphere at Anfield because he has played in Sth America. Well only saw the lad twice the whole match first time when he appeared in the tunnel before walking on to the pitch and the second when Johnson was on a ciggy break and allowed him a free shot on goal.

      Was missing in action for the rest of the game.
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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1396: Apr 17, 2014 08:20:48 am
      Man City 'suffered Liverpool hangover'
      Pellegrini said his players minds were still on Sunday's defeat by Liverpool during the draw that dented their Premier League title hopes.
      They lie six points behind Liverpool with a game in hand and Pellegrini said ''we did not play well but we had in our minds the game against Liverpool. We did not deserve to win, we needed a win, we will see what happens but our chances are less''.

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27058523
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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1397: Apr 17, 2014 08:30:04 am
      Unfortunately £1B just doesn't buy you much these days!
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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1398: Apr 17, 2014 08:38:04 am
      A lot of empty seats there last night, a lot
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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1399: Apr 17, 2014 09:12:59 am
      The likes of Mourinho  and Ferguson etc  could learn a lot from Pellegrini,he was first class with his after the match actions. Well done Mr Pellegrini.

      I watched Pelligrini  getting interviewed after the Sunderland match and once again he came across as a genuine sincere manager. He refused to blame the loss of 2 points on some of his players being out injured, or the match officials, or they had played us REDS 3 days earlier. Are you reading and learning from this post Ferguson and Mourinho,I  thought not.
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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1400: Apr 22, 2014 01:00:54 pm
      Class banner mate, nice and original too   :roll:


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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1401: Apr 22, 2014 01:08:49 pm
      "The Chosen One" slipped out the back passage of Carrington the mancs training ground. Very appropriate.
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      Re: The Official: Laugh At Man City Thread
      Reply #1402: Apr 22, 2014 02:49:36 pm
      I watched Pelligrini  getting interviewed after the Sunderland match and once again he came across as a genuine sincere manager. He refused to blame the loss of 2 points on some of his players being out injured, or the match officials, or they had played us REDS 3 days earlier. Are you reading and learning from this post Ferguson and Mourinho,I  thought not.

      John Salakho also made the point when we lost points over Christmas by poor decisions against us Brendan did not blame the Ref

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