Richard Stott

Chief Executive, Chief Investment Officer at Connectum Capital in Oslo, father & sports nut.Opinionated Mancunian commenting on Finance, Sport, Health & Life.

[Richard Stott @Stotty67]

@DomFarrell1986 @div_1979 @JackPittBrooke Remember some clever witted fan a few rows behind us saying something about the difficulty in polishing a turd after a few games

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@sid_lambert The most Brazilian of
Goals
Scored by an Englishman

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@LydiaJane13 It's warmer in Oslo

[Once A Blue Man City Former Players Club @mancityfpc]

🇳🇴 Velkommen til Oslo!

A contingent from Once A Blue is currently visiting the capital of Norway as guests of @MCFCSCSB.

Our Scandinavian pals often visit the Etihad to watch the Blues, and they also love inviting ex-City stars over to beautiful Oslo.

More pics to follow!

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@BMNCTYY Stunning

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@AtticumFloreat Fantastic book

[Sam Lee @SamLee]

City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak on ‘the charges’…

“Let me be as consistent as I’ve always been – until we have a ruling, I can’t say much.

“Once we have a ruling, believe me, Chris, we’re going to have a wonderful sit down together and I'll say everything I've wanted to say for the last three years.”

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@RealTolmie @City_Xtra Boiling ..... 😂

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@slbsn open the door and let them walk in

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@James1940 @WeHaveWaysPod @almurray Al's Leslie Skinner is a highlight.

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@GeronimoMorgans My condolences

[Florian Ederer @florianederer]

I believe we now have evidence of FIFA's World Cup ticketing shell game: FIFA is colluding with third-party resale platforms for its own supply management.

Look at this SeatGeek map (secondary market!) for Saudi Arabia vs Cape Verde. The circled areas are not random single resale tickets, but large, contiguous blocks of seats: entire rows and swaths in sections 101/102, 112/113, 119/120, 134–137, 139, ...

The blue circles appeared weeks ago, then the purple blocks suddenly showed up a day or two ago, and the red blocks seem to have appeared recently too.

That's not what ordinary fan or even commercial scalper resale looks like who resell pairs, fours, and scattered seats. Instead, this looks like inventory being dumped in bulk onto secondary markets, at prices below FIFA's official site.

Why doesn't FIFA just lower prices on its own site Probably because official price cuts could trigger refund demands, chargebacks, or consumer-protection headaches from fans who already bought at much higher prices.

Instead FIFA keeps official prices high, avoids openly admitting the market-clearing price is lower, and moves unsold inventory through third-party resale platforms instead.

[Ninety Three Twenty @9320pod]

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@LydiaJane13 If you're ever in Oslo and fancy some war waffle over a coffee let me know

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@LydiaJane13 How long are you visiting for?

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@Stephencalver7 @DrHelenFry I'll second this.

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@James1940 @WeHaveWaysPod @almurray Having listened to the book I can't wait for this - I fancy one long sitting via Patreon

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@SeanCtid @StevenMcinerney 😂

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@slbsn I've seen some pretty shady practices through my years in financial services but those were mostly perpetrated by individuals or groups within large institutions and not by groups of institutions

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@slbsn Very well argued Stefan. For me the idea of the companies names agreeing to involve themselves in a 'conspiracy' such as the one alleged is just too far fetched given the realm of different boards, auditors and professionals involved.