Timbo's post bumped..
"I'm re-posting below some of the links to articles condemning the City/Abu Dhabi regime to which some earlier posters alerted us but which seem to have got less attention on here than perhaps they should have done, considering the depth of ill feeling towards the obscenity that is City and the regime behind them. I guess understandably folks just want to vent their spleen against City but the insight contained within some of these pieces is surely a 'must read' for anyone who does feel strongly about it all - which let's face it should constitute every single Red.
I've also linked Teflon John's earlier post in which he gave the links to the original Der Spiegel articles which thank God brought the City corruption into the sort of focus which UK media would never have had the will or integrity to instigate.
One really sinister and disturbing aspect is highlighted in at least one of the pieces. It concerns the fact that much of the aggressive media and social media denials and the protesting and pleading of innocence by City against any accusations be it the financial irregularities, the subsequent willful covering up of the same or even the truly pathetic and lamentable defence of the video of the players singing the vile and jealousy invoked re-wording of our own wonderful Allez, Allez, Allez song are all actually part of an orchestrated response co-ordinated by Abu-Dhabi to deflect and ultimately curtail any undermining of that regime and anything connected with it.
In this light I'll repeat a bit of an earlier post I did which drew the parallel with the Trump regime tactics which are alluded to in Kennedy 81's post linking the Football 365 article. I'd edited it from the original Trump ploy/tactic to suit the City situation but it's so revealing that City's representatives are doing exactly what it says on the Trump tin in rejecting allegations against them which any decent, sport loving, reasonably intelligent and right minded person knows to be absolutely true.
"First, they’ll deny that any offence was ever committed. Second, when confronted by evidence proving otherwise, they’ll denigrate whoever is making the allegation or mounting the criticism. And third, most troublingly, their supporters whether genuine or fakes planted by Abu Dhabi will take the lead of their club, chorusing the denials and/or instigating fake news accusations in an attempt to drown the allegations and any rebuttal of City's denials with conspiratorial rhetoric."
As all on this thread clearly know only too well, the entire thing stinks to high heaven and yet the lengths and expense to which Abu Dhabi is prepared to go to in order to protect their projects simply take the breath away.
Quote from: TheTeflonJohn on May 16, 2019, 11:01:37 AM
Yep, definitely LFC`s doing this -
https://www.spiegel.de/international/manchester-city-exposed-bending-the-rules-to-the-tune-of-millions-a-1236346.htmlhttps://www.spiegel.de/international/manchester-city-and-the-fight-against-financial-fairplay-a-1236347.htmlQuote from: kennedy81 on May 16, 2019, 12:35:02 PM
Speaking of the Trumpish nature of all this, this is a great piece by Seb Stafford-Bloor.
https://www.football365.com/news/pitchforks-and-paranoia-footballs-hologram-sociopath-problemQuote from: Tepid Sweet Sweet Transfer Jizz on Yesterday at 06:59:47 AM
Wow.
The men behind Man City. Too long to post, but really worrying
https://medium.com/@NcGeehan/the-men-behind-man-city-a-documentary-not-coming-soon-to-a-cinema-near-you-14bc8e393e06Quote from: Mighty Zeus on May 16, 2019, 11:07:05 AM
Holy fucking what what?
http://bit.ly/LeaksManCityTotally missed this.
Somebody explain this project to me?! If you're in this for positive PR then why don't you, you know, play within the rules and not behave like aggressive lawyered-up megarich cuntbags when you're found out?
Quote from: Yiannis on May 16, 2019, 11:15:05 AM
It was missed among the aftermath of the PL title race and the news about them and UEFA but Simon Hughes tweeted that the other day. Check the tweet and his first reply. Piss off Premier League.
https://twitter.com/Simon_Hughes__/status/1128000970301034496Quote from: Medellin on Yesterday at 11:16:32 AM
You don't have to dig far..
http://www.josimar.no/artikler/the-men-behind-manchester-city-the-dark-side/5040/Quote from: kennedy81 on Yesterday at 12:34:32 PM
The reason City were such an easy mark for Abu Dhabi, is because it was a fanbase that had been starved of success for years and riven with jealousy of their local rivals.
AD knew this would make them more likely to turn a blind eye to the human rights abuses and dodgy accounting, so long as they delivered them some silverware. Look at the reaction of City fans to the UEFA investigation as an example. It's blinkered beyond belief. You even have City fans defending the regime and putting their abhorrent views and methods down to 'cultural differences'.
Never mind the domination in football terms, one of the worst aspects of their ownership of City has been this introduction of Trump-esque toxicity to English football. Combine that with the tribal nature of football fandom, and you have a very nasty mix, that does the game no favours.
Maybe I'm deluded, but I'd like to think that if LFC was ever taken over by owners like that, there would be a much greater kickback and a prolonged campaign to get them out.
Miguel Delaney in the Indo:
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/fa-league-cups/manchester-city-vs-watford-fa-cup-final-premier-league-treble-pep-guardiola-abu-dhabi-a8917671.htmlMy thanks to all the above posters for digging out these pieces"
