People don't realize how huge this is.
City built their whole sporting project on CHEATING. Pep, Mancini, KDB, Aguero—all of that was CHEATING. The celebrations, the glory, the glamour—all of that was CHEATING. The stadium, the trophies, the legacy—all of that was CHEATING.
I’m not even joking you could directly pin every England exit in the last 10 years on Kane. He refused to square it to Sterling vs Croatia. Shat his pants vs Italy in 2021. Was an absolute disgrace vs Spain in 2024 and don’t even get me started on whatever the fuck that was I saw vs Argentina this summer. He’s always at the scene of the crime but don’t worry I’ll see 75 goals against Augsburg and Heinz.👍
Football Leaks claim that a Manchester City executive sent an email following the death of an FFP investigator as follows: "One has fallen, there are six to go." https://t.co/3H6pQJljBo
You cannot even compare the case to Chelsea’s own. Chelsea went and reported themselves to the Premier League. Man City has been denying guilt ever since they were charged.
🚨 José Mourinho: “Pep Guardiola said something to me yesterday… he won six trophies and I won three, but I won fairly and cleanly”.
“I don't want to win by dealing with 150 lawsuits”.
“If I lost, I want to congratulate my opponent”, says — via @MailSport.
The PL is not going to collapse their product allowing the EFL to relegate City. Maybe it should happen but I highly doubt it will
It is a PR mess for them to strip City of any titles too. The effects of Calciopoli hurt Italian football even today when they were the pinnacle
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/Muxqp4beK9
English teams won’t win the UCL for a long time because while Madrid and Barca play Racing Paella with a high line, and PSG rest their full XI and get 2 weeks off, we are having to play Brentford, Brighton, Bournemouth, Sunderland and the Avengers every weekend.
Chelsea being so shit for 10 years now has genuinely opened my eyes to what makes a great team.
In other words, everyone overcomplicates football. In England, the team with the best and most athletic players usually wins the league.
You can discuss managers, tactics, VAR, etc., all you want, but it's all secondary. You are missing the forest for the trees.
Prime Pep's City and Klopp's Liverpool would dogwalk these teams.
PL right now is overall the best league but there are no teams with attacking talent of those Pep and Klopp teams or current Barcelona, Bayern or PSG. Its very dire.
FT thoughts:
- Colwill and fofana not good enough. Why isn’t Josh starting over any of these two. Ideally new cb come Jan
- Neto. Low IQ footballer. Consistently slows down the attacks
- Back 4 needed now
- Can Alonso make some subs earlier??? Not impressed w him thus far