Mario8p

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[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

Don’t know if I should laugh or cry….

[Guillem Balagué @GuillemBalague]

I watched the F1 film with Brad Pitt the other day, and there’s a moment where his character asks to add something to the car that isn’t really in the rules. The FIA punishes it, but the team can still race with the earlier car. It made me think.

In F1, the best teams live at the edge of the regulations. Sometimes the FIA allows what they’ve found, and sometimes it says that goes too far. Occasionally the rules are rewritten afterwards.

Now, City. I’m not defending them. A commission found they entered into sham agreements and broke the spending limits. A sham is an arrangement that isn’t what it claims to be, so that’s a different thing from using a gap nobody had spotted.

City deny it and will appeal. But I find it useful to ask/reflect on how people inside the club see it.

From their point of view, PERHAPS they believe they were doing what elite competitors do: looking at the rules, finding the limits, challenging interpretations and moving faster than the regulatory system.

From the outside, you might look at that and say, “That’s cheating.” From inside the organisation, they might say, “We found something nobody had thought of.”

If you believe you’ve found a way to bring money in, more or less within the rules (and the commission said it was not in the rules and it was cheating), you might tell yourself you’re just being a sharp competitor.

We are all asking “did City cheat?”. But I find this question interesting too: “how did City come to believe they weren’t?”

And understanding a mindset, or trying to, isn’t excusing it.

[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

Hahah, imagine using Robinho as an eksempel here-

[themancitylad @cityzenken_]

“Olise will never downgrade by leaving Bayern and joining Manchester City.”

Robinho left Real Madrid for City.
Yaya Touré left Barcelona for City.
Nasri left Arsenal for City.
Tevez left Manchester United for City.
Enzo Fernández left Chelsea for City.
Sterling, a Golden Boy winner, left Liverpool for City.

When we knock you can never ignore. It’s different. It’s different.

[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

@MCFCworld @lawrence_bury You won, I have absolutely changed my view on Man Utd now. After googling both, they are actually both worse then Abu Dhabi!!

[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

@MCFCworld @lawrence_bury Haha, actually when you read the Chatgpt inflation. Most of these transfers are real bargains.

By the way, Tthe money spend never came from a state owned, sportswashing, child labour regime. Using your club, fans and the Premier League for their own benefit. In case u forgot it!

[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

Ja, hva tenker dere om denne Man City skandalen? @MCFCSCSB

[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

@lawrence_bury Gone quiet then…. Didn’t know Man Utd using money in the 90’s, is the same as being a state owned sportswashing project with owners using the club, fans and city for their own benefit.

[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

@lawrence_bury I never asked who broke the transfer record most times. I asked who spent the most money in the 90’s?

[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

@GeezaVibe @the_artist61848 Why do u lie about two of them? Gary Pallister cost was £2,3m. Not a new record.

Robinho to Man City cost £32,5m in 2008.

[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

Why should we feel sorry for Man City’s players, past or present? The ownership and sportswashing allegations are hardly a secret. In any other profession, who you choose to work for is open to scrutiny. Why should footballers be treated differently?
#ManCity #Sportswashing #Childlabour

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

💔 Micah Richards was left devastated by the language used in the Manchester City verdict:

🗣️ Richards: “It’s heartbreaking, the words they use, it’s heartbreaking.”

[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

@Lea_EFC Then why did 14 out of 20 clubs agree to these rules? Included your own club

[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

Manchester City were found guilty on 114 of 115 charges, including disguised owner funding, inflated revenues and understated costs.

Controlling owner Sheikh Mansour is also UAE vice-president. Amnesty has accused the UAE of using City for sportswashing while imprisoning peaceful critics.

A 2005 US report documented trafficking, starvation and abuse of child camel jockeys in the UAE.

Separately, the New York Times reported allegations linking Mansour to weapons support for Sudan’s RSF and misappropriated 1MDB funds. The UAE denies arming the RSF.

This is the «good people» owning Man City, the constant cheating with finances is one topic of an awfull ownership with one aim. Sportswashing.

[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

@AliceTalksFooty They should bee affected for as many seasons as they are guilty. So points deduction this season for -90, then nine PL seasons with -50 points

[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

@CtyFaithfuls It’s almost like Man Utd actually developed a huge fan base over decades 😱

[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

@mrdaniel989 Because the last 13 years have been so competive and many different PL Winners?

[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

@thecitydefender How can PL survive that? Think every fan is just going to quit watching if that happens….

[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

«Bad things always happen to good people».

Do you even know what kind of owners you actually have? Think this kind of mental coping mechanism is called Stockholm Syndrome

[themancitylad @cityzenken_]

Bad things always happen to Good people idk why. We brought relevance to this league and this is how they repay us?

[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

Genuin question to Man City fans.
Do you really believe rival fans can’t enjoy watching the Premier League without Manchester City in it?

[themancitylad @cityzenken_]

Genuine question to Rival fans. Would you enjoy watching the Premier League without Manchester City in it?

[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

What the owners have done before and after they bought the club.

Ignoring and breaking human rights on a regulary basis, make children do child labour and kidnap children from other countries.
Silencing every voice against them 😊

[⚡️🇧🇼 @Priceless_MCI]

🚨List of everything Manchester city owners have done for Manchester and England.

- Bought Manchester City in 2008 and invested heavily in East Manchester’s regeneration.

- Invested hundreds of millions into the Etihad Campus and surrounding East Manchester.

- Built the £200m City Football Academy on around 80 acres of former industrial land.
Remediated contaminated former industrial land and transformed it into a major sports, education and community campus.

- Created thousands of construction and employment opportunities, with significant work going to local and North West businesses.

-Built facilities supporting Manchester City’s men’s and women’s teams, academy and community programmes.

- Helped bring Connell Co-op College to the Etihad Campus, providing education for local young people.

-Contributed £3m towards public swimming facilities at East Manchester Leisure Centre.
Helped create the Beswick Hub, bringing together sport, education, health and community facilities.

- Supported the Manchester Institute of Health & Performance, providing health and sports-science services beyond professional football.

-Invested in the expansion of the Etihad Stadium and continued development of the surrounding campus.

- Invested alongside partners in Co-op Live, creating a major new 23,500-capacity entertainment arena in East Manchester.
Continued investing in the wider Etihad Stadium expansion and entertainment district, representing hundreds of millions in additional investment.

-Supported City in the Community programmes helping thousands of Manchester residents through football, education, health and employability initiatives.

-Funded community football and multi-sport pitch improvements across Greater Manchester.

-Provided free football opportunities for young people through City Kicks.

-Supported programmes helping young people at risk of serious youth violence.
Supported young patients and families at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.

-Created education and employability opportunities for young people through City in the Community.

-Used the Etihad Campus during COVID-19 to support NHS workers, nursing training, testing and vaccination efforts.

-Worked with Manchester City Council on employment initiatives, including jobs fairs connecting local people with employers.
Supported elite and community sport by making facilities available to athletes and sporting organisations.

-Invested in environmental improvements, biodiversity and green-space projects around the Etihad Campus.

-Donated surplus equipment and furniture from the club to community organisations in Manchester.

-And perhaps one of the most symbolic acts: Sheikh Mansour bought the 1904 FA Cup — Manchester City’s first FA Cup and the oldest surviving FA Cup trophy — at auction and arranged for it to remain on display at the National Football Museum in Manchester.
The overall result has been a transformation of the Etihad area into a major hub combining football, education, health, entertainment, employment and community facilities.

[Mario8p @Mario_Fotball]

@lawrence_bury Why did minimum 14 Clubs agree to make the rules btw? If it only benefits 3 teams?