Topic: Premier League Fixtures 11th - 15th May

[duvva 💅]

Surprised Spurs aren’t playing blue moon instead of the Stereophonics

[killer-heels]

It would be 7 in a row if not for Klopp in 2020.

Even the way we won the league needs to shine a light on it all, we won 26 of the first 27 games for fucks sakes.

[UntouchableLuis]

they haven't won their last 8, 9 or 10 games though

They'll win as many as games as needed to win the title unless you're 8 points plus clear of them by April.

[SouthDerryLaggo]

they haven't won their last 8, 9 or 10 games though

They didn't lose any points to us or arsenal

[TALBERT]

Mention the charges you fucking cowards Sky

The reason they retained the Premier League right was that they DIDN’T mention any charges

[Pistolero]

I’m a fan of neither and even more so mancs, but there is no way Arsenal can have 1 good season in 20 and win a title and we’ve been going toe to toe with these cheating twats, being cheated out of title(s) and the only club that has made a proper fight against these cheating c*nts. Tainted titles is what they say I think it is.

In one.

[spider-neil]

100% if it were Liverpool going for the league he buries that.

[gazzam1963]

i'll be honest, i didn't want arsenal winning it in klopp's last season for purely bitter and selfish reasons, but 4 in a row is terrible for the league

If it wasn’t for our win in 2019 it would be 7 in a row

[smicer07]

Again, Arsenal should have played for a win against City away.

[Mister Flip Flop]

Farmers league

[RedDeadRejection]

The tribalism is why the cheats are prospering.

If we want change, other teams needed to take notice. This is how

[killer-heels]

they haven't won their last 8, 9 or 10 games though

They win what it takes. If you are in a race with them, you wont win.

[killer-heels]

Again, Arsenal should have played for a win against City away.

They should have beat Villa.

[Crosby Nick]

A victory for football. Football is saved.

Is that how this works?

[Tonyh8su]

The Villa game did them. They were at home.

And instead of supporting their team the amazing Arsenal support emptied the stadium and those who were left booed.

Just one reason why a lot of us couldn't stomach them winning the league.

[stockdam]

“2 big players in every position”…….. so how did they manage that when other clubs with more income couldn’t. The magic of City’s bait and switch trick bamboozles them all. Nobody calls out the putrid smell of cheating.

[smicer07]

No mention of the charges then?

[Cusamano]

Why does the media act like this is all normal?

[Ray K]

Again, no one felt sorry for us. They found it fucking hilarious.

I'm with you. Not an ounce of sympathy for them and their weirdo manager.

[Wabaloolah]

Goal difference means fuck all now as they can’t mathematically be level on points

if City draw, Arsenal win it on goal difference assuming they beat the Bitters

[UntouchableLuis]

100% if it were Liverpool going for the league he buries that.

It's quite a clever miss - it's deliberate but looks like there's a chance it wasn't.

Kind of like when Mark Corrigan stood on Gerrard's foot. It was an accident. He was very careful to make it seem like it could have been.

[Crosby Nick]

Surprised Spurs aren’t playing blue moon instead of the Stereophonics

If they’re playing the Phonics they could at least have played Traffic as a little nod to the City fans.

[Chris~]

The Villa game did them. They were at home.

You can have those games though against a good side, incredibly hard to go 18/19 wins. Can't afford bad losses like those back to back though. Was like us dropping points to Leicester/Spurs/Chelsea around Christmas in 21/22 just left too much to do

[TheShanklyGates]

Why does the media act like this is all normal?

It would 'damage the brand' to call it out for what it is. It's the same reason that they won't be properly punished.

[darragh85]

As soon as we were out of it I wanted arsenal to get a dose of what we endured. They have been absolutely excellent really but it still won't be enough and they lose by a couple of points.

I recall arsenal fans shouting for city when we were up against them and breaking records only to finish runner up to the Cheats so have a dose of that arsenal!

[Crosby Nick]

Goal difference means fuck all now as they can’t mathematically be level on points

They can? A City draw and Arsenal win. Although there’s no GD jeopardy there. Arsenal would win it.

[Ma Vie en Rouge]

People on here celebrating City to "shut Arsenal up" should be ashamed of themselves, really.

[duvva 💅]

If they’re playing the Phonics they could at least have played Traffic as a little nod to the City fans.

[lfc_col]

Why does the media act like this is all normal?

There on the payroll well most of them are

[Peabee]

A victory for football. Football is saved.

Is that how this works?

Plucky underdogs win their 4th title in a row and 6 in 7 seasons against all odds against the established elite. All done by the hard graft, blood, sweat, and tears of the migrant workers in UAE players.

[Ray K]

Ederson will defo have had the shine taken off this for him

Not like he'll remember it

[Jm55]

It's quite a clever miss - it's deliberate but looks like there's a chance it wasn't.

Kind of like when Mark Corrigan stood on Gerrard's foot. It was an accident. He was very careful to make it seem like it could have been.

Fuck sakes

He absolutely busts a gut to get the chance in the first place, it’s just a poor shot he’s not done it on purpose.

[rushyman]

Lovely stuff

Another meaningless bought cheaty league to go on the 'who gives a fuck' pile

[stockdam]

The annoying thing is that there is a list of great managers who achieved so much without cheating and their legacies are going to be eradicated by cheats.

[LFCEmpire]

It would be 7 in a row if not for Klopp in 2020.

Good lord, Bundesliga level of farmers league that. 

[jillcwhomever]

As soon as we were out of it I wanted arsenal to get a dose of what we endured. They have been absolutely excellent really but it still won't be enough and they lose by a couple of points.

I recall arsenal fans shouting for city when we were up against them and breaking records only to finish runner up to the Cheats so have a dose of that arsenal!

That's alright then! Let's ignore everything Abu Dhabi does because tribal football fans ignored us.

[lfc_col]

It would 'damage the brand' to call it out for what it is. It's the same reason that they won't be properly punished.

There paid off nothing to do with the "brand"

[danm77]

Are Man City and Girona both allowed to play in the Champions League


Or will Man City FINALLY BE BANNED?

Funny you should mention that. This news has just come out: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/sport/football/article/uefa-manchester-city-sister-club-girona-champions-league-ggdck0lzd


Uefa tell Man City owners to sell part of stake in sister club Girona
Spanish club may be moved from the Champions League to the Europa League if City Football Group fails to reduce its shareholding

Manchester City won the Champions League last year and have qualified for next season’s tournament alongside Girona

TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER BRADLEY ORMESHER
Martyn Ziegler, Chief Sports Reporter
Tuesday May 14 2024, 8.30pm, The Times


Manchester City and their sister club Girona will not both be able to compete in next season’s Champions League unless the Abu Dhabi owners reduce their shareholding in one of the teams.

The City Football Group (CFG) owns 100 per cent of Manchester City and 47 per cent of La Liga side Girona. Both clubs have qualified for the Champions League but to compete in it next season the CFG will have to reduce its shareholding in one — and Girona is the obvious choice — to less than 30 per cent.

Uefa’s rules on multi-club ownership (MCO) for European competitions next season have been sent to clubs this week. Another option would be for Girona to compete in the Europa League instead — even if both clubs were second in their domestic leagues, City would finish ahead of Girona courtesy of England’s Uefa coefficient.

A third option contained in a Uefa document sent to clubs, and seen by The Times, would be for the CFG to transfer all shares in one club to a blind trust overseen by a panel appointed by Uefa. That model was used this season in a deal for AC Milan, Toulouse and their American investor RedBird Capital.

Girona have guaranteed a top-four finish in La Liga, with three key players either loaned or sold via the CFG’s influence, including the City-bound player Sávio.

Uefa’s club finance control panel is understood to have scrutinised the CFG links because of the clubs’ transfer dealings this season. The panel’s criteria cover clubs in the same ownership group that “transferred, permanently or temporarily, three or more players with the other club, directly or indirectly via related parties, during the season”.

The Uefa document states: : “The development of new forms of co-operation and influence between clubs and third parties suggests a broad interpretation of the concept; indeed, even if a club, individual or legal entity does not have de jure decisive influence over a club, it may still be able to exercise de facto decisive influence over such a club.”

It adds that a blind trust would be a “temporary alternative … granted on an exceptional basis for the 2024-25 Uefa competitions”. The document also makes clear that Uefa’s MCO rule may be changed for future seasons.

[Tonyh8su]

Again, no one felt sorry for us. They found it fucking hilarious.

Needs to never be forgotten.

[smicer07]

City were crap and all.