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Sears

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13 Apr 2014 17:08:10

Everyone quick to slate Gerrard for crying. Who cares and what difference does it make? Extremely emotional day for Liverpool. So glad with the win though. Should have been over at half time but fair play for City for the second half comeback. We rode our luck but hung on in there.

Henderson is going to be a massive loss I think, he's got an unbelievable engine + work ethic. terrible tackle + fully deserves 3 match ban. Time for Lucas/Allen to step up. Sturridge was piss poor today and Suarez seemed to retreat to the way he was a year ago - moaning and diving. Lucky to finish the game. Nevertheless, 4 more cup finals to go.

How good is Sterling though?!?! Just breezed past the City players all day long. Surely a starter for England in the WC?

Fantastic

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13 Apr 2014 17:16:49

By King Luis | On 13 April 2014 - 16:24 PM

Oh so its fine for everyone else to do it but when i do i do the same its not allowed?

Yep, that's what I said.

hammer9

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13 Apr 2014 17:48:06

Telegram Sam

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13 Apr 2014 18:03:59

By Sears | On 13 April 2014 - 18:08 PM

How good is Sterling though?!?! Just breezed past the City players all day long. Surely a starter for England in the WC?

He's awesome. I'd start him on the left and use Lallana on the right.

Deano

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13 Apr 2014 18:26:23

Loving the hate Everton are getting at the minute regarding our loans and where we are in the league

Not necessarily fans of other teams, the media themselves. Daily Mail have done about 4/5 negative articles on us in the past week it's hilarious haha.

The Platypus

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13 Apr 2014 18:34:23

If you take a point off City, I'll blow you Deano.

Telegram Sam

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13 Apr 2014 18:51:01

By Deano | On 13 April 2014 - 19:26 PM

Loving the hate Everton are getting at the minute regarding our loans and where we are in the league Not necessarily fans of other teams, the media themselves. Daily Mail have done about 4/5 negative articles on us in the past week it's hilarious haha.

You're an extremely likable club so we need any ammunition we can get.

Carroll.

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13 Apr 2014 22:38:40

Naah, not having people slating Gerrard, that is dumb.

Fucking huge win. City could have had two penalties, but Kompany on Suarez could have been one too. Plus the Sterling goal at the Etihad.
Dont care either way, won one of our biggest games in the last 20 years and thats all that matters

Slashman X

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14 Apr 2014 08:35:58

Kompany has been shite for months. So many mistakes. If Demichelis made the same mistakes Kompany has in the past few months, he'd be crucified.

Poe

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14 Apr 2014 11:17:35

Aye but Kompany has been awesome for City for a while - Demichelis hasn't.

That's awesome.

Croy

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By Poe | On 14 April 2014 - 14:17 PM

That's awesome.

And a couple of minutes after that total silence.. amazing!

Sears

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14 Apr 2014 13:41:38

By Telegram Sam | On 13 April 2014 - 19:03 PM

He's awesome. I'd start him on the left and use Lallana on the right.

Rooney in the AM role and Sturridge up front and that's one hell of an attacking line. Chances of that happening against Italy are unlikely though. He'll probably start Lambert up front instead and play it long all game.

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14 Apr 2014 14:45:30

By Deano | On 13 April 2014 - 13:26 PM

Loving the hate Everton are getting at the minute regarding our loans and where we are in the league Not necessarily fans of other teams, the media themselves. Daily Mail have done about 4/5 negative articles on us in the past week it's hilarious haha.

Seeing them in CL contention is absolutely delightful. I don't understand why everyone has to play mid-week when Man City, with one/two games in hands, needs it the most.

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14 Apr 2014 15:22:25

By Sears | On 14 April 2014 - 14:41 PM

Rooney in the AM role and Sturridge up front and that's one hell of an attacking line. Chances of that happening against Italy are unlikely though. He'll probably start Lambert up front instead and play it long all game.

I'm going to lose my shit if Hodgson plays Sturridge out wide.

King Luis

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14 Apr 2014 15:46:24

He did it in our friendly didn't he, was losing my shit watching Rooney up front doing bugger all

Sears

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14 Apr 2014 23:03:07

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/news/10766475/Manchester-City-to-be-made-to-pay-a-high-price-for-spending-spree-under-Uefa-Financial-Fair-Play-rules.html

Poe

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14 Apr 2014 23:39:11

What a shame.

Doubt it'll actually happen though.

King Luis

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15 Apr 2014 00:21:38

Yeah, much like the Barca transfer embargo, ill believe it when i see it.

Slashman X

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15 Apr 2014 08:40:07

City haven't "broken FFP rules". The article doesn't say this at all.
I've been saying this for years but this next few months are going to be insufferable with the bollocks printed.
City have done exactly what they planned to do all along. City will initially "fail" FFP. Then they will use the June '10 wage exclusions amongst others to "pass" FFP. Nobody should be surprised about this, it's what they planned to do. You cannot use that wage exclusion or some other exclusions unless you initially "fail" FFP.
Unfortunately this means that the papers get to write the "CITY FAIL FFP" headline they've been creaming themselves over for 4 years.
We will technically fail when they do their initial calculations. Then use UEFA's exclusions to pass with no sanctions.
If you want a primer on next month's headlines, the one they'll all be furiously wanking over then will be "UEFA CONFIRM INVESTIGATION OF RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION BY CITY". People will sort of wink-nudge that this is the Etihad deal and it isn't. City will be investigated for a RPT as they legally declared a RPT in their accounts and it means UEFA have to look into it by their own rules. The Etihad deal was not reported and by the UEFA definition (which is essentially the worldwide definition), is not a related party transaction so won't see any adjustments made.
The press are going to be horrific for the next two months and I'll have to explain this four hundred million times.

Ninja

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15 Apr 2014 09:27:31

Aren't they still investigating that not at all suspicious £400m+ Etihad 'sponsorship deal'?

I know it mentions it in the article, but assuming that came back as not adhering to standards then any talk of 'wage exclusions' is secondary.

Slashman X

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15 Apr 2014 09:37:10

City can easily argue that £35m a year sponsorship including stadium naming rights is not a tremendous "stretch" for a team constantly at the top of the most marketable league in the world. Especially if they can refer to similar deals drawn up recently by Utd, Liverpool etc.

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15 Apr 2014 10:00:24

By Ninja | On 15 April 2014 - 10:27 AM

Aren't they still investigating that not at all suspicious £400m+ Etihad 'sponsorship deal'?

I know it mentions it in the article, but assuming that came back as not adhering to standards then any talk of 'wage exclusions' is secondary.

There's nothing they can do about that deal anyway. Aside from the fact that in the current climate a deal of ~£400m over 10 years for kit sponsor, stadium naming rights, training ground naming rights and academy naming rights is reasonable, there's not really a similar to deal to compare it to. On top of that it's not a related party transaction as specified in UEFA's rules, these rules happen to be an exact reproduction of IAS 24 which are the recognised international standard for accounting. City have declared that under those definitions the Etihad deal is not a related party transaction, there's not much UEFA can actually do about it.

Slashman X

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15 Apr 2014 10:11:36

City have lawyers on their books who "created" FFP, so I am 100% confident they'll be fine. They know the loopholes etc if needed

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15 Apr 2014 11:48:51

By Slashman X | On 15 April 2014 - 18:11 PM

City have lawyers on their books who "created" FFP, so I am 100% confident they'll be fine. They know the loopholes etc if needed

Isn't that like... unfair?

Slashman X

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15 Apr 2014 11:49:34

How?

The Platypus

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15 Apr 2014 11:58:35

By Slashman X | On 15 April 2014 - 12:49 PM

How?

"Hey, guys who created this thing meant to prevent us from spending a shitload of money, help us find some loopholes so we can still do it while everyone else has to follow the rules."

In that way, maybe?

Slashman X

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15 Apr 2014 12:00:26

We hired them as lawyers. It's a fucking genius move, and one that I bet every other club would love to have done, but yeah, probably unfair

The Platypus

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15 Apr 2014 12:02:46

Not saying it's not a great move, but it's definitely dodgy.

Slashman X

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15 Apr 2014 12:04:23

Don't think it's dodgy, UEFA couldn't exactly ban a set of lawyers from ever working with a football club (given that they're most likely "experts" in football related stuff)

The Platypus

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15 Apr 2014 12:08:58

No, but those lawyers should probably have the integrity to not take the job?

Anyway, I'm making out like I think this is a bigger deal than I actually do.

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