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#157145 Barclays Premier League 2013/14
bluemoon.
#156889 Barclays Premier League 2013/14
bluemoon.
#156646 The Manchester City Thread
bluemoon.
I know but Sydney FC don't have an exclusive right to the use of sky blue on their kit. The A-League are already going to decide if they allow Melbourne Heart to change colours anyway without Sydney sticking their oar in and making a complaint.
#156642 The Manchester City Thread
bluemoon.
I have some sympathy for that other team too, they could lose their name and I'm certainly not in favour of City just trampling all over a smaller club. That said as I understand it they failed to trademark that name and legally at least, I'd have thought that kind of keeps it up for grabs.
I can see why Sydney FC would be annoyed/worried but only in the same way that I as a City fan would be annoyed or worried if a rival team did something that might threaten us - i.e. sign a very good player - I don't see how that concern really translates into a legitimate complaint to the league.
#156634 Barclays Premier League 2013/14
bluemoon.
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.
#156593 The Manchester City Thread
bluemoon.
Sydney FC.
I have sympathy with Melbourne Heart fans over changes to their colours but a club in an entirely different city altogether? No, that's just them being whiny.
No, this is different to that, this is one club moaning because another might be playing in the same colour as them. There's definitely a comparison between Melbourne Heart fans and Cardiff and Hull fans, and they have a far more legitimate reason to complain, but not with Sydney FC's complaint. That's something entirely different and far more petulant, I might be mistaken but as I understand it Sydney FC don't have an exclusive right to the use of Sky Blue in the A-League, City/Heart are applying to change their colours, not to steal Sydney's identity, and if Sydney's identity is literally just the colour of their kits then that's not really City/Heart's issue.I don't really see how they have any grounds for complaint.
That story kind of falls flat when the supposed UEFA transfer embargo isn't one of the sanctions included in FFP.
#156520 The Manchester City Thread
bluemoon.
#156098 Barclays Premier League 2013/14
bluemoon.
It wasn't really a fitness issue though. Pretty much all of his mistakes were the result of poor decisions/lapses in concentration, the last two in particular.
#156056 Barclays Premier League 2013/14
bluemoon.
And we've had a host of bad decisions go against us as well.
Worst match I can remember from him in a long, long time.
#156003 Barclays Premier League 2013/14
bluemoon.
We still have two games in hand mind.
Reminds me of watching City in Europe under Mancini. Similarly outplayed by a faster, smoother team.
I'm not his biggest fan but to be fair to him, he's not been close to the worst offender and he's barely had a chance to do anything good.
#155870 The Night Thread Mk. IX
bluemoon.
#155792 The FA Cup 2013/14
bluemoon.
That would have required the FA to have a clue what they were doing when Wembley was built.
#155701 Barclays Premier League 2013/14
bluemoon.
#155689 Megapack - Improvement Image request thread - NEW RULES IN OP
bluemoon.
Done
#155687 Megapack - Improvement Image request thread - NEW RULES IN OP
bluemoon.
Yeah, I've just realised that there's a better alternative that I wasn't aware of. If I could delete it I would!
#155684 Megapack - Improvement Image request thread - NEW RULES IN OP
bluemoon.
#154951 2013/14 Kit Thread
bluemoon.
#154809 Get to know a member part one: hammer9
bluemoon.
#154807 Old Trafford Lounge
bluemoon.
That sounds like a terrible idea.
#154438 Barclays Premier League 2013/14
bluemoon.
That is rigged wonderfully.
#154115 Transfer Rumours 2013/14
bluemoon.
#154057 Transfer Rumours 2013/14
bluemoon.
No, the stated aim is to ensure that clubs don't spend more than they earn in a bid for success and in doing so threaten their long-term survival.
#154031 Transfer Rumours 2013/14
bluemoon.
That sounds right. I remember the 90k figure being bandied around a bit when Fernandinho was signed.
#154021 Barclays Premier League 2013/14
bluemoon.
Not really.
Not really.
#154017 Barclays Premier League 2013/14
bluemoon.
Also true.
#154015 Barclays Premier League 2013/14
bluemoon.
Not really. There's no great technique to them, he's no Balotelli or anything.
#154002 Barclays Premier League 2013/14
bluemoon.
#153997 Transfer Rumours 2013/14
bluemoon.
A little bit but FFP's a farce anyway, it doesn't actually do what it was originally supposed to do. Personally I'd be far more concerned about the fact that under FFP, UEFA have no problem whatsoever with what the Glazer's have done with United (taking hundreds of millions out of the club) but are massively against what City and Chelsea's owners have done (putting hundreds of millions into their clubs). That seems backwards to me.
#153990 Transfer Rumours 2013/14
bluemoon.
You're putting far too much faith in UEFA there. There's an awful lot of wiggle room in FFP.
Fairly certain you're wrong with your figures there Slash. We've definitely changed from the early years of the takeover but I don't think it was that drastic. I do remember reading last season about Ferran Soriano negotiating our new contracts according to a new structure with the maximum basic wage being about £120-140kp/w and the rest coming in the form of incentives. I think that Yaya, Silva and Aguero signed new contracts in that structure.
Oh, I entirely agree with that. FFP isn't really about ensuring clubs are healthy financially, it's all about preventing other clubs breaking into the Champions League and challenging for the title the way we have.
I was merely disputing the bit about NYCFC paying £25m for using the word City.
#153986 Barclays Premier League 2013/14
bluemoon.