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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28320 on: August 12, 2022, 05:28:46 pm »
Signed another left back for £11m,add to their collection or maybe gets to do a round the world tour in some 'City Football Group family of clubs'.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12670532/sergio-gomez-man-city-agree-11m-deal-to-sign-anderlecht-left-back

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28321 on: August 12, 2022, 05:41:50 pm »
Swiss Ramble number is not even close. Based on what he demanded from Real Madrid If he stay at City for 5 years then the total will be more than 296m and this without including under the table payments City are known for.
Swiss Ramble is really good at presenting the finances but he does so in a very unquestioning way.  I always wince when he refers to Man City's revenue as it's so ludicrous.  He must surely know it's entirely fictitious but I don't think he sees himself as an investigator.

The way Haaland is managed seems ready made for the sportswashers and probably by design.  His dad is clued up enough to know that, without massive rule changes, those clubs should dominate for the entirety of Erling's career and the biggest challenge they face is giving the illusion of the accounts adding up.  Perfect then for the majority of the costs for the transfer to be opaque and open to being reported however the buying club likes.  That, and the Haaland's becoming obscenely rich.

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28322 on: August 12, 2022, 06:10:22 pm »
Swiss Ramble is really good at presenting the finances but he does so in a very unquestioning way.  I always wince when he refers to Man City's revenue as it's so ludicrous.  He must surely know it's entirely fictitious but I don't think he sees himself as an investigator.

The way Haaland is managed seems ready made for the sportswashers and probably by design.  His dad is clued up enough to know that, without massive rule changes, those clubs should dominate for the entirety of Erling's career and the biggest challenge they face is giving the illusion of the accounts adding up.  Perfect then for the majority of the costs for the transfer to be opaque and open to being reported however the buying club likes.  That, and the Haaland's becoming obscenely rich.

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28323 on: August 12, 2022, 10:03:50 pm »
Signed another left back for £11m,add to their collection or maybe gets to do a round the world tour in some 'City Football Group family of clubs'.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12670532/sergio-gomez-man-city-agree-11m-deal-to-sign-anderlecht-left-back

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28324 on: August 14, 2022, 05:56:27 am »
We do not want to be playing catch up to these in the second half of the season once Haaland is properly settled in. Reckon we should be tapping De Bruyne up just to piss them off a bit. He's probably earning about 800 thousand a week on the sly but we could turn his head and cause a problem or two over there.

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28325 on: August 16, 2022, 01:44:31 pm »
We do not want to be playing catch up to these in the second half of the season once Haaland is properly settled in. Reckon we should be tapping De Bruyne up just to piss them off a bit. He's probably earning about 800 thousand a week on the sly but we could turn his head and cause a problem or two over there.

We haven't chased them down successfully so we don't want to be trailing them at all. We can still compete but De Bruyne and Haaland is an absolutely incredible attacking pair.

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28326 on: August 16, 2022, 02:18:23 pm »
We haven't chased them down successfully so we don't want to be trailing them at all. We can still compete but De Bruyne and Haaland is an absolutely incredible attacking pair.
Let’s be honest, these are not a football club. They are just an extension of a despotic nation state. We shouldn’t have to compete with a country. As soon as anyone gets close to them they just fake some more sponsorships to buy whoever they want anyway.

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28327 on: August 16, 2022, 04:16:35 pm »
Let’s be honest, these are not a football club. They are just an extension of a despotic nation state. We shouldn’t have to compete with a country. As soon as anyone gets close to them they just fake some more sponsorships to buy whoever they want anyway.

Exactly people always go on about how good they are they should be with who owns them its ridiculous  they have there own set of rules by the looks of it
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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28328 on: August 17, 2022, 06:13:49 pm »
Bernardo is likely to stay according to The Athletic.

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28329 on: August 17, 2022, 07:17:47 pm »
Bernardo is likely to stay according to The Athletic.
Only because Barcelona don’t have a 12th economic lever.
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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28330 on: August 17, 2022, 08:04:10 pm »
We haven't chased them down successfully so we don't want to be trailing them at all. We can still compete but De Bruyne and Haaland is an absolutely incredible attacking pair.
Let’s be honest, these are not a football club. They are just an extension of a despotic nation state. We shouldn’t have to compete with a country. As soon as anyone gets close to them they just fake some more sponsorships to buy whoever they want anyway.
It's playing Champ Man with the cheat mode on. How utterly boring is that?
No wonder hardly anyone can be arsed to pay and watch them.
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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28331 on: August 17, 2022, 08:04:15 pm »
Bernardo is likely to stay according to The Athletic.

Shite.

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28332 on: August 17, 2022, 08:06:49 pm »
Shite.
With any luck, he’ll be mentally switched off until Barcelona harvest Depay and De Jong’s kidneys in January to fund his transfer fee.
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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28333 on: August 18, 2022, 03:18:33 pm »
Charged for a pitch invasion but not for breaking FFP. OK then.

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28334 on: August 18, 2022, 09:50:31 pm »
Charged for a pitch invasion but not for breaking FFP. OK then.

CAS has already exonerated them because the City lawyers told them that the people on the pitch were actually not connected to the club
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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28335 on: August 18, 2022, 09:59:59 pm »
CAS has already exonerated them because the City lawyers told them that the people on the pitch were actually not connected to the club

That's because they were all actors.

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28336 on: August 18, 2022, 10:03:31 pm »
CAS has already exonerated them because the City lawyers told them that the people on the pitch were actually not connected to the club
Wasn’t the evidence time barred because it was after the final whistle?

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28337 on: August 18, 2022, 10:08:51 pm »
Every time I see that gif...


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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28338 on: August 18, 2022, 10:13:47 pm »
Every time I see that gif...


Sums the plastic c*nts up.

where is that from?  it's really hilarious.  :)

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28339 on: August 18, 2022, 10:49:25 pm »
where is that from?  it's really hilarious.  :)

From that shite "if yer want a pint of water shout hooray" video

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28340 on: August 18, 2022, 11:06:24 pm »
From that shite "if yer want a pint of water shout hooray" video

whch is also hilarious ... but who produces them and why. 

too much work/effort/cost to be just a piss take .... surely?

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28341 on: August 18, 2022, 11:42:56 pm »
whch is also hilarious ... but who produces them and why. 

too much work/effort/cost to be just a piss take .... surely?
It's from their official 'churn out shite fake shit make it seem as though we have more fans than we really do' club website  :thumbup
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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28342 on: August 19, 2022, 01:34:39 am »
It's from their official 'churn out shite fake shit make it seem as though we have more fans than we really do' club website  :thumbup
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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28343 on: August 19, 2022, 01:57:26 am »
It's from their official 'churn out shite fake shit make it seem as though we have more fans than we really do' club website  :thumbup

Isn't it actually stuff by a middle east telco (rather than the club) that is trying to actually get some promotional use out of the fake sponsorship they have with city?

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28344 on: August 21, 2022, 06:19:35 pm »
Some midtable club will pay big money for Walker once City see his legs are going. That club will sign an absolute dud.

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28345 on: August 21, 2022, 06:40:35 pm »
Goal aside, Haaland wasn’t up to much again. Looks like he’s been signed just to get on the end of those cutbacks.

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28346 on: August 21, 2022, 06:43:28 pm »
Goal aside, Haaland wasn’t up to much again. Looks like he’s been signed just to get on the end of those cutbacks.

Its strange we have probably two of the best sides in us and City and the strikers we have signed are so, so scruffy in their general play.

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28347 on: August 21, 2022, 06:44:16 pm »
I’ll say it again but these aren’t gonna be any great shakes this season. What Haaland adds in terms of goals he takes away in terms of control, and then some. I’m surprised Newcastle didn’t have an even higher XG, they had so many opportunities
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If he's being asked to head the ball too frequently - which isn't exactly his specialty - it could affect his ear and cause an infection. Especially if the ball hits him on the ear directly.

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28348 on: August 21, 2022, 06:44:44 pm »
Not the same without Jesus's pressing

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28349 on: August 21, 2022, 06:46:46 pm »
Didn’t watch a second of the sportswashing derby, so no idea how they or Saudi played, but what was the reason Guardiola used just one sub?   

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28350 on: August 21, 2022, 06:47:50 pm »
Didn’t watch a second of the sportswashing derby, so no idea how they or Saudi played, but what was the reason Guardiola used just one sub?   

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28351 on: August 21, 2022, 06:48:17 pm »
Their bench is shit. They couldn't survive the 8-9 injuries we've had
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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28352 on: August 21, 2022, 06:49:53 pm »
When does the Haaland agenda slow down we reckon? It's making watching City matches more nauseating than it already is.

As if him somehow getting positively credited for contributing nothing against Bournemouth last week wasn't enough, people like Hinchcliffe are constantly trying to find ways to make his presence somehow crucial. The Gundogan goal today was an example; some bollocks about "occupying the space" and "distracting the defenders". He's literally just standing there ffs.

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28353 on: August 21, 2022, 06:56:55 pm »
Not the same without Jesus's pressing

Thought the same today. I reckon Pep's made a big mistake there. Haaland will score a lot of goals but he doesn't contribute much when it comes to closing down opposition players. That's OK when you're coasting in a game, but there's times you need your players to do the dirty work & put in a shift when the opposition are on top.

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28354 on: August 21, 2022, 07:17:50 pm »
Their bench is shit. They couldn't survive the 8-9 injuries we've had

Which is absolutely mental considering the money sent. He’s struggled to keep all the ego’s happy and lost 3 big players this summer, fingers crossed for a few injuries suspensions as the season progresses

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28355 on: August 21, 2022, 07:23:28 pm »
Their bench is shit. They couldn't survive the 8-9 injuries we've had
It's a bit mad that they only put one sub on and that was enforced.  Neither Mahrez nor Alvarez (or one of their many under 21 internationals) brought on.

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28356 on: August 21, 2022, 07:36:06 pm »
When does the Haaland agenda slow down we reckon? It's making watching City matches more nauseating than it already is.

As if him somehow getting positively credited for contributing nothing against Bournemouth last week wasn't enough, people like Hinchcliffe are constantly trying to find ways to make his presence somehow crucial. The Gundogan goal today was an example; some bollocks about "occupying the space" and "distracting the defenders". He's literally just standing there ffs.
Thought the same today. I reckon Pep's made a big mistake there. Haaland will score a lot of goals but he doesn't contribute much when it comes to closing down opposition players. That's OK when you're coasting in a game, but there's times you need your players to do the dirty work & put in a shift when the opposition are on top.

he wasn't even interested in running the last 10 mins of the game.

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28357 on: August 21, 2022, 07:37:22 pm »
Haaland looks like the actor who was in the Power of the Dog. Don’t know his name (not Cumberbatch).

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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28358 on: August 21, 2022, 07:50:36 pm »
Didn’t watch a second of the sportswashing derby, so no idea how they or Saudi played, but what was the reason Guardiola used just one sub?   
Because that would mean admitting he didn't pick the perfect starting XI ?
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Re: Man City - the Lisbon Lyons, the Porto Pussycats, the Bernabeu Bottlers
« Reply #28359 on: August 21, 2022, 08:41:36 pm »
Those Guardiola spaghetti/contract quotes sound like maybe he wants to manage a national team for the WC 2026.