Happy Blue

1 hour ago, Spike said:

I’d say that doing better isn’t what it’s about, though is it? I remember you often speak fondly about the Kinkladze years, they had a relegation when he played, didn’t they?

Girona were even promoted before the Citygroup bought them, clubs should be owned by fans not become chess pieces for a multinational conglomerate funded with  blood oil. Man City was founded as a charity to help disenfranchised men on the streets of Manchester, now what is it? A brand? If it was only about success why do fans keep going to clubs all the way down the ladder?

Emiliano Zapata said ‘it’s better to die on your feet than live on your knees’.

We had a few relegations  the Kinky era was some of the best years for me, travelling around seeing the smaller old grounds and fighting our way back up, i really would love it if the FA kick us down the leagues to start from the bottom again. after the first few titles and completing football last season i am rather bored with football now tbh, it's like when you can buy more or less anything you want you don't appreciate things the same because you can just go get it instead of having to work hard for it, if our owners left tomorrow i'd probably start enjoy the game again. i tried supporting Oldham but it just didn't feel right, felt like a fake fan  supporting someone else is just not going to work for me. CTID is in my dna

1 hour ago, Spike said:

It’s a terrible thing. Just use your imagination, what if the opposite had happened and all City existed for was to hold players for a foreign team

Are the other teams not doing better than they would without us? look at Girona. they get top young players sent to them and able to use our scouting network etc.  it's bad that they lose there top players but is this not what happens anyway in football when a Madrid, Munich etc comes calling? and i don't see many of these players progressing to City, most of our Academy players will fall short too   ..you could argue the case that when a club gets to Girona level we should sell up and set them free, think UEFA are working on only allowing one club in the group to compete in the CL so our hand might be forced anyway

1 hour ago, RandoEFC said:

Yeah but this is a different definition of "feeder club" to what used to exist. Antwerp can end their association with Man Utd whenever they want if it no longer benefits them. If the Glazers bought a controlling stake in Antwerp then it would change the relationship entirely.

It's different sure, i get your point that we own these clubs to some degree. is this a good or bad thing? i'm undecided. what are your arguments against it? 

On 10/02/2024 at 09:54, RandoEFC said:

I repeat, this Man City/Troyes situation is multi-club ownership, not a mutually agreed feeder club arrangement. The two are completely different.

Teams in the City group are our feeder clubs https://www.cityfootballgroup.com/our-clubs/ scroll down and you will see Troyes

2 hours ago, Stan said:

Are you relegating yourself already

 

Just testing the water out, it's not so bad 

City 1, FFP Cheats 0!!! 

Sparkling and filtered tap water

Lay down

7 hours ago, JoshBRFC said:

Nonsense. I’m sure Froch is financially secure for life. 
 

John Fury is an absolute embarrassment, the cringeworthy hypocritical cunt. Just like his son, Luke.

100%. Froch would stick it on him too if he says that shit to his face  John Fury is still running from Micky Theo lol

Man City making football great again one transfer at a time 

1 hour ago, The Palace Fan said:

John Textor has done something similar with his Belgium club and Lyon. It's the next loophole they'll close I reckon.

They already trying to stop feeder clubs playing in the CL or something like that i read somewhere

1 hour ago, Stan said:

Through never playing for one of the clubs? Wow, he must be good...

Pep wants him, enough said. or do you know something Pep doesn't? 

53 minutes ago, RandoEFC said:

50 minutes ago, RandoEFC said:

Definitely not dodgy at all.

That's rich coming from an Everton fan who are confirmed cheats  ..he worked his way up through the feeder clubs, props to the kid

Will join in the summer after his loan ends

Savio turned down Arsenal in 2022

Savio actually turned down the chance to join Arsenal during his time in Brazil, opting to join CFG side Troyes instead as he held aspirations to one day play for Pep Guardiola’s side.

“I knew that Troyes was the City Group and I thought that by working I could one day reach Manchester City,” he said in an interview with Spanish newspaper Sport last year.

2 hours ago, Mel81x said:

March is a very interesting month for anyone vying for top spot now. You lot play us and Arsenal in the same month. The kicker being that you have to play us at home and they don't get that advantage. 

Liverpool was the team i was worried about because we are not winning at your place but a draw will do now. if we win our games of course we could be top by Saturday for a few hours. think we will spank Arsenal, we seem to have there number but still a lot of games to play, plenty more twists and turns  ..watch us lose to Brentford tonight now 

9 minutes ago, Devil-Dick Willie said:

If you offered him for free and 100k per week wages, I'd say no.

Blood in the water!!!!!

1 hour ago, Devil-Dick Willie said:

He's been dogshit

We might have to give him away at this rate 

Fury out with a photo shopped cut  hopefully the big bang can step in and save the card

Finally Haaland returns, will be part of the squad tonight against Burnley, KDB should start