The Manchester City Thread - Real World Football - FM24/25 Update

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Balotelli has a fucking Camo print Bentley?

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By Ninja | Permalink | On 12 December 2012 - 14:32 PM

Balotelli has a fucking Camo print Bentley?

I would as well if I got the kind of money he does.

Slashman X

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13 Dec 2012 10:49:26

Yaya wants to finish his career at City

Big change from the shite his 'agent' frequently comes out with

Telegram Sam

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15 Dec 2012 05:14:45

The odds of FFP actually having an effect?

Manchester City will present a stern test for Uefa's new financial fair play rules when they come into force for the 2014-15 season after the club announced a loss of £97.9m for the last financial year. Uefa rules allow clubs in European competitions to make a total loss of €45m between 2011 and 2013, if that loss is bankrolled by an owner. So, City's loss for 2011-12 alone is almost treble the figure allowed.

The club indicated it will rely on Uefa's detailed exemptions in the hope of complying. The ultimate sanction for a flagrant breach of the rules, which are aimed at stabilising European football's finances, is exclusion from continental competition.

The rules allow a club to deduct from their losses money spent on infrastructure – mainly their stadium and youth academy. City are building a £140m training campus on 80 acres near their Etihad Stadium, but the bulk of the construction has not yet been done and so that expenditure does not eat far into the £97.9m loss.

The exemption on which City are set to rely begins with an allowance Uefa will make if a club's losses are higher than €45m for the 2011-13 years, but are being steadily reduced. City have halved their loss from the £197m, the highest ever in English football, in 2010-11, so will show Uefa that positive "trend". In this 2012-13 year, despite exiting the Champions League at the group stage, City will again expect to diminish the loss by increasing their income from commercial sponsorships and reducing costs by being prudent in the transfer market.

If that trend is happening, clubs can escape a Uefa sanction if they can show their overall loss is higher than the €45m allowed only because they made a loss in 2011-12 caused by the wages of players' contracts signed before 1 June 2010. That is vitally important to City, who did heavily invest in several top players, including Gareth Barry, Joleon Lescott and the £200,000-per-week Carlos Tevez, before that date.

City, whose spending is bankrolled by the oil-based fortunes of Sheikh Mansour of Abu Dhabi, made their £97.9m loss despite increasing income to £231.1m during their Premier League title-winning season. Mansour invested a further £169m to subsidise the spending, principally on players and wages, taking his investment in City to almost exactly £1bn since he bought City from Thaksin Shinawatra in 2008.

Announcing the figures, City said with confidence: "The application of allowable reliefs, for certain categories of expenditure and investment, position the club well for compliance with Uefa's financial fair play rules."

That will be assessed in the spring of 2014, so Uefa's view will depend on these accounts, and City's 2012-13 financial performance.

bluemoon.

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15 Dec 2012 08:25:08

We'll be alright.

bluemoon.

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15 Dec 2012 08:31:11

The summarised report is worth a read too.

Fantastic

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15 Dec 2012 08:48:21

That article is terrible.

"Manchester City will present a stern test for Uefa's new financial fair play rules when they come into force for the 2014-15 season after the club announced a loss of £97.9m for the last financial year."

Now whenever I read people say this I get prepared to go into defence mode about how Man City will be held up as the shining light of proof that FFP works: cutting their losses year-on-year.

"The exemption on which City are set to rely begins with an allowance Uefa will make if a club's losses are higher than €45m for the 2011-13 years, but are being steadily reduced. City have halved their loss from the £197m, the highest ever in English football, in 2010-11, so will show Uefa that positive "trend". In this 2012-13 year, despite exiting the Champions League at the group stage, City will again expect to diminish the loss by increasing their income from commercial sponsorships and reducing costs by being prudent in the transfer market."

But the cunt who wrote this actually states in his article how, exactly, Man City will have no problem passing FFP standards. So this:

"Manchester City will present a stern test for Uefa's new financial fair play rules"

Is dumb. The guy who wrote must have been bored and wanted to write an article about FFP and Man City, unfortunately his plan backfired because they are going to sail through.

0/10 would not read again. Shit article.

bluemoon.

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15 Dec 2012 08:51:44

Also, we're buying the new MLS team in New York apparently.

Slashman X

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15 Dec 2012 18:15:46

Kolarov talking to police about being racially abused. Something about an Albanian flag or something

Shola

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15 Dec 2012 18:47:58

Is it not the other way around, with Kolarov alleged to have said something racist?

A fan made the complaint, but it isn't clear whether it was aimed at Kolarov or another fan.

Slashman X

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15 Dec 2012 18:54:00

Yeah you're right actually. I misread the tweet by Sky Sports:

Police investigating an allegation of racist abuse involving Manchester City defender Aleksandar Kolarov at Newcastle

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/9747398/Aleksandar-Kolarov-questioned-by-police-after-alleged-use-of-racist-language-to-fans-with-Albanian-flag.html

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By Slashman X | Permalink | On 15 December 2012 - 18:54 PM

Yeah you're right actually. I misread the tweet by Sky Sports:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/9747398/Aleksandar-Kolarov-questioned-by-police-after-alleged-use-of-racist-language-to-fans-with-Albanian-flag.html

Also more smoke canisters. Aren't they supposed to not be allowed in this countries game?

Poe

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16 Dec 2012 01:22:49

Gotta say City fans are absolutely appalling away from home - it's not often in the Premier League an away following is outsung by the home support due to the shit nature of home fans these days, but they were very quiet. Save from the occasional YAYA YAYA YAYA chant.

Also someone seemed to let off a smoke grenade at some point for no real reason.

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By Poe | Permalink | On 16 December 2012 - 01:22 AM

Gotta say City fans are absolutely appalling away from home - it's not often in the Premier League an away following is outsung by the home support due to the shit nature of home fans these days, but they were very quiet. Save from the occasional YAYA YAYA YAYA chant.

Also someone seemed to let off a smoke grenade at some point for no real reason.

Give them a break, they've only been going to games for a couple years now, they're still getting used to it.

bluemoon.

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16 Dec 2012 09:35:23

Away fans sounded alright on TV.

jumberto

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16 Dec 2012 10:19:11

Yeah to be honest a lot of the time the City fans sounded really loud on TV. Could pick out their chants easily. Say what you want about their home fans, but the away support is decent and that's not something new.

Ninja

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16 Dec 2012 12:32:08

Tbh, how loud fans sound on TV is pretty dependent on where the FX mics are placed in the stand.

You could probably put them in a small pocket of the Stretty and make OT sound buzzing.

City at home however the only time they make any news is when they're abusing the ref.

Shola

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16 Dec 2012 13:10:33

Any news on whether anyone got into trouble for the smoke cannister? Presumably it could do some damage if it hit someone? It landed near me, and everyone was LIVID.

Also is it just me who thinks talking about how loud fans are is the worst thing about football? OUR FANS ARE MENTAL AND ALWAYS SINGING.

bluemoon.

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16 Dec 2012 13:41:15

Not heard about anyone getting into trouble for the smoke grenade that was thrown. It was a fucking stupid thing to do though.

Slashman X

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17 Dec 2012 10:22:37

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-personality/20749871

bluemoon.

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17 Dec 2012 15:10:57

The club formally backed Safe Standing today.

Teckle news.

Fantastic

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17 Dec 2012 15:25:05

It must be so awesome being Vincent Kompany.

bluemoon.

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17 Dec 2012 16:08:31

He's won an award in Belgium for 'telling it like it is'.

The Manchester City skipper has been honoured by Belgium’s equivalent of the Plain English Campaign — who dubbed the 26-year-old a “breath of fresh air” compared to most cliche-spouting footballers.

Organisers Wablieft said: “We have chosen a winner with balls. Fans of plain speaking don’t relish the world of sport.

“But the Manchester City and Belgium captain has his finger on the pulse of current events.

“His pithy tweets excel in clarity.”