115 Comments on The Hypocrisy of Arsene Wenger

hoping for a blue Munich on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:32 pm


Hope Mancini’s plane gets back from the States safely….or maybe FUCKING NOT!!

Class of 68 on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:34 pm


Ci£y’s naming rights concern all the clubs in the league and in European competitions. Given that it is a bent deal designed to circumvent the Fair Play rules ALL the clubs have a right to question anything that provides another team with an unfair advantage. You might have noticed that Dalgleish also questioned the legality of it.

CitizeninLondon on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:34 pm


wenger will get sacked when the team is trophyless yet again, arsenal cant even afford to compete with the big 3 anymore. even liverpool will beat them next season.

hope we sign nasri, but im still annoyed that we got clichy, he was not even good enough for arsenal, used to cost them a goal every week basically. i am almost certain that will be looking for another left back in 12 months time. he gets about 1 assist per season (not even exagerating) and isnt good defensively.

jonjo on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:34 pm


I think you are going a bit over the top here mate. Tapping up is against the rules and in effect that is what Mancini, God love him, did. Financial fair play is also part of the rules and speaking out against breaking it , is therefore not akin to speaking out against tapping up.

I love City, live and breath it, but I wont allow that love to make me lose a sense of reality. If we want to be a big club we should behave with teh dignity that that reqiures.

Beat United on the pitch. Behave better than United off the pitch. Only then will we be the bigger club.

Bluuuueeee Mooon!

Red Arse on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:37 pm


If you slowed down a little, you might be able to articulate your thoughts and grammar a little better.

Wenger was answering questions put to him at a press conference.

His concern was that Mancini was ‘tapping up’ a player already contracted to another club. This is not permitted under EPL rules.

The unprecedentedly high value for naming rights, for a stadium City do not own, from a company heavily associated with City’s owner, appears to many, regardless of the value, to be in breach of the Uefa Fair Play rules, and will no doubt be adjudicated on in good time.

Fair enough, you are trying to drum up interest in your blog, but manufacturing puerile outrage and unacceptable personal insults against Wenger is belittling to yourself.

RogerMellie69 on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:37 pm


Bang On, I have written a few lines on this on a few news reports.

Trouble is, becasue Wenger is in the public eye, and a lot of stupid people listen to his words. His mouth breeds foul poison with a smell like an recently opened bag of dry roasted peanuts.

He comments on football clubs like Stoke and Bolton saying they are animals, yet, RVP or CF are a couple of the dirtiest players in the world.

Mancini is clever and he tries to avoid answering questions about Bolton/Stoke and he describes them as good or very difficult teams to beat.

If there was any malice in Mancini words, it was just because Wenger couldn’t resist the dig about the Etihad sponsorship.

CTID RogerMellie69

lew on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:37 pm


touched a nerve me thinks, haha. i wonder how long you wasted writting up this piece of toilet paper

Harry on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:38 pm


Brian, calm down mate, your all upset, the season hasnt even started……

Firstly, “Hypocisy” is spelt “Hypocrisy”

I actually agree with you about the comments on the sponsorship of your naming rights, but he was asked a direct question, he should have been more astute and moved around it……..

I suppose in a way as should Mancini, but he did name Samir and that he wanted to sign him by the end of the month. Then your club has said he was talking in general, sorry watch the interviewm, he did quote samir’s name direct……He shouldnt have and we all know that, when your interested in a contracted player, yeah praise him, but then just say, he is under contract and I cannot talk about someone elses player…….

Its no big drama, the press stir the pot and then with commercial radio stations throwing more into mix follow by fan blogs…….

Enjoy the season mate and may the best team reign…………..

Grant on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:38 pm


What an absolute dick you are. If you can’t see what’s wrong with this sponsorship deal then God help English football.

Carlos on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:39 pm


I think you show who knows F. A. about this stuff, sticking your wanly nose into places it doesn’t belong. Do you know what tapping up is? And if the sweetheart deal with the owner’s brothers at Eatithah Airlines complies with financial fair play, why get so huffy? You a bit worried, perhaps? As for Shabby, it wasn’t “just a player”, mate. It was published on their web site. So were talking more tapping up, matey. Get your facts straight next time

Sean Mulroney on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:41 pm


Arsenal beat City 3:0 at Eastlands and drew 0:0 way. Who are the sore losers?
Arsenal topped the top four league.
Also, UEFA and the Liverpool chairman and co have agreed with Wenger that City will be investigated for probable contravention of the fair play rules, along with many others.
You use so much abuse towards Wenger that you must indeed have weak arguments. Why don’t you leave those sort of tactics to your neighbours down the road?
You accuse our players of diving. You are a hypocrite of the biggest magnitude!
If you cared to look at diving incidents you would find Arsenal and City pretty much on a par.
It is easy to see why you have become the most hated team in the country.
Enjoy that and your short-lived wealth. A lot of supporters of other teams were looking forward to you putting one over United for a few years. Some of you are busy making sure it will be the opposite now though. We will enjoy watching United out one over their problem neighbours.
If you had sensible arguments and any kind of intelligence in your article then that would have been ok but it doesn’t seem to be that way. Enjoy patting each other on the back for becoming the most hated and boring team in the Premiership.

PTangYangKipperBang on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:42 pm


Possibly the most biased, bile filled and bullshit blogs I have ever read! Dear oh dear, get some therapy! Your club is rapidly becoming so despised. I think even Chelsea were better behaved than you when they won the lottery – and that is saying something. Poor, pathetic blues trying to be a big club just getting hated, and no, that is not jealousy!

Dave on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:42 pm


A small club like City securing record naming rights for their stadium is worthy of comment.

tomstoned on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:43 pm


what a lot of rubbish mate…well you are one fine example of why everyone in the fotballing world thinks citeh have no class whatsoever…shameful

Chicago gooners on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:45 pm


Typical northern twat,players go to city for money period.shit club with no history,take a seat behind spurs you thick manc monkey.you’ve had fuck all to say in the history of your shit club only to be bought out by a camel jockey,and now your all mouth.typical northern wankers

Drew on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:48 pm


It is much more than Xavi. Multiple members of Barca keep talking about Cesc and how he wants to come to play at Barcelona. The player has not even asked for a transfer publicly.

The basic point is, if Barca and his players rate Cesc so highly, they should put in an appropriate bid and he will be allowed to leave. As things stand, the constant noise coming from Barca players is just unsettling Cesc. Any manager would be fed up with it.

kevin on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:50 pm


ask adebayor and tevez why they want to leave man city.and theyll answer ….mancini. dont kid yourselves the only reason players go to your club is for the money.
you were a nothing club until you had that money .now youll probably win everything and become even more hated by other supporters.
arsenal are a club respected worldwide playing the best football over the past years,
win or lose we try to entertain something mancini doesnt even try to get his team to do .youre totally defensive and utterly boring to watch .
wenger has his faults but mancini is conceited .i wonder how he would have done with less money to spend like he has right now.?
ask bellamy .tevez and adebayor what they think of him .
enjoy your season with clichy .youll soon discover why wenger let him go ………

Arthur Albone on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:50 pm


Interesting article and I’m an Arsenal fan. Yes Wenger has his faults and he only see’s what he wants to see but … you haven’t really answered the specific issues he raised. Arsenal fans have been driven mad over 3 transfer windows by several Barcelona players talking about Fabregas, the basis of their story being he comes from Barcelona therefore they should get him back on the cheap. These latest comments were on the official website for goodness sake. The Fabregas/Barca situation is easy. He has a 4 year contract, Arsenal will sell at the right price, Barce fail to offer it. Put up or shut up.
As for the City stadium deal, if the £400m is true then quite simply Wenger is correct. You cannot argue that naming a football stadium after your company provides a financial benefit anywhere near that amount. It is a ruse to get past the fair play rules and all the major Euro clubs, not just Arsenal, will require UEFA to investigate.
Nasri is an Arsenal player. Wenger has said in clear and unequivical terms that he is not for sale. For Mancini to say he hoped to complete the purchase, if that is what he said, by the end of the month is disrespectful and close to ‘tapping up’.
Yes Wenger is a hypocrite, but all football managers are, and a bad looser (ditto) and you are entitled to dislike him but in these 3 issues he has arguable points.
Good luck for the new season – hope you can forgive us for what we did to you over Adebayor!

Dice Man on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:54 pm


I sense much hatred and anger in your comments towards Wenger. What is probably worth remembering is that Wenger is just responding to questions from journalists. If a journalist tells him that Mancini has stated ‘he’d like to complete the signing of Nasri in the next month’, how do you expect Wenger to respond? By saying “No problem, City can speak about wanting my players in public, the fact they can pay him triple his wages must be appealing!” ?

If the widely reported figures of £400m+ for the naming rights is correct, and a reporter asks him ‘what do you think of that?’ How do you expect Wenger to respond? By saying something like “It doesn’t matter, FIFA financial fair play rules should just be ignored, no need to make sure teams are complying with the rules, they can do whatever they want” ?

All teams have players who dive. Manchester United have just completed the signing of the biggest diver in the league, Ashley Young. It’s an ugly part of the game which needs to be curtailed as much as possible. But what has van Persie, or any other Arsenal player diving (maybe Pires 10 years ago) have to do with Wenger’s comments about tapping up Nasri, or City’s potential financial fair play violation?

Before you ask, I’m not an Arsenal or United fan.

Jones on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:55 pm


It would be formal to acknowledge that arsene has lost touch with the reality and feelings of his own club. The reality is simple, break a bank a bring two sharp n combative superstrikers, one steel-tough midfielder and two hard to crack tall central defenders each worth more than 40mil pounds, aged over 23-25yrs and they must not be french speakers. Pay nasri whatever he wants, if not, wrinkles will double up on ya face as you watch him terrorise your defence as he plays in other clubs. let fabregas go!

craig on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:57 pm


ha ha loving the hate for City……. You can all fuck off MCFC Do what we want

yog on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 2:59 pm


FUCK OFF ARSENAL RESERVES

tomstoned on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 3:02 pm


craig..such a little boi you are…congrats..you seem like a true citeh fan..well educated and with a lot of class…

arthur speiss on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 3:07 pm


Considering you are a supporter of the richest club in the world you display a feeble small club mentality.

Childish insults, poorly argued points and a transparent victim complex are all I’m getting from your post.

Perhaps Ferguson is right about City?

Dave on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 3:08 pm


Mancini is not the only manager to express a non too subtle interest in the player of another team, as this 2004 Mail article shows.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted that he is following the progress of Manchester City midfielder Shaun Wright-Phillips.
The nippy winger has broken into the England setup and impressed on his debut against Ukraine in August scoring a wonderful individual goal.
“He is getting higher every year. He is a guy we have an eye on and we follow his progress. He wil be a major threat to us,” Wenger told the Evening Standard.
Wenger went on, “He is a Wright – and the Wrights have a big love affair with Arsenal. At the moment I do not want to say we are buying him but he is one of
the interesting players on the right flank in England.”

ctpa on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 3:15 pm


What a marvelous display of logic, presentation of ‘facts’ and critical insight into the statements made by one of the decades best managers, Arsene Wenger, not.

pureblue on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 3:17 pm


Mancini wasnt talking about signing nasri, he said nasri was a great player and he hopes to sign more players by end of the month, wasnt aimed at nasri just players in general……this is the media twisting his words to make headlines.
Also, the sponsor deal is infact a great deal that doesnt break any rules. City have kept uefa in the loop all along so if it fell foul it wouldnt have gone ahead. The fact Liverpool cant get a new stadium to sell the name and arsenal have cleary been ripped off (90m over 15 years) isnt Citys fault. Both clubs are clearly bitter at the fact that City have the best owners that can pay for the best people to make these deals happen, In 5 years when other clubs finally start to catch up with these sort of deals, City will open talks with etihad about a new deal and set a new benchmark.
Clubs should want this deal to go through with no problems because then the “smaller” clubs can get more money for there naming rights if they choose to sell. Mkes sense, yes?
City are doing football good by ploughing this money into the game.

Alan on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 3:17 pm


As a spurs fan, can I just say how welcome it is to find other fans who find Wenger an insufferable c’nt. He says it’s disrespectful how managers talk about other players yet you’ll find him talking about Eden Hazard every week.

The man is a fool and the worst part of it is that Arsenal fans believe in the idiot. I can’t wait until another year of utter failure sees this guy out of English football and back in his bubble.

Sean Mulroney on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 3:23 pm


Let’s be honest here. Not all City fans are ignorant. Not all Arsenal fans are ignorant. But one thing is certain: The writer of this article is as damaging to City’s kudos as some of the United scum who come on the Arsenal forums and pretend to be Gunners.
The one thing in his favour is that he doesn’t censor every post like a lot of writers.
Unfortunately that seems to be the only thing. With fans like this blog writer, your club is going to remain narrow-minded and poor in spirit.
Wenger is an honourable man. He says what he thinks and unfortunately alot of people agree with him but most are scared to say it publicly.

One thing that could create a lively debate amongst us is whether you would take Nasri for Yaya Toure in a player plus cash deal. We couldn’t afford his current wages but he might take a pay cut to come and play with a team that plays somewhere close to the style he has become accustomed to at Barcelona. We have creative midfielders coming out of our ears but Toure would bring a certain size and strength to the team that Nasri cannot provide. Having said that, I hope and expect that Nasri will be a Gunner for many years to come.

Sean Mulroney on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 3:27 pm


Alan has me in hysterics. Finally, the Spud has found a group of fans with the same level of intelligence. And you wonder why Harry Redknap is an Arsenal fan.
Enjot each others company Alan and this blog writer, you have found natural soulmates.

Red Arse on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 3:29 pm


Alan, you and Craig are well matched.

simian on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 3:29 pm


I’m still scratching my head at the ‘typical northern twat’ and ‘typical northern wankers’ comments made (in the same great post) by someone calling themselves ‘Chicago gooners’. What does this person mean?

No history? Pfft.

Vhero on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 3:31 pm


LOL people on here going on about the sponsorship deal yet the rumour is United are getting 450 million for just shirts. JUST SHIRTS!! Nobody’s says a damn bean about that though eh? Citys deal is a stadium rights and kits. People need to also realize you really think the 400 million makes a damn bit of difference?? There the richest team in the world right now and when it comes to FFP they will make the grade as they don’t have to count any wages of players bought before summer 2010 which is half the squad. They can easily make it without the 400 million especially since they dont need to buy as many players this window and will get 50 million for Tevez.

They made this deal with the blessing of UEFA and they were with City all the way through it, this has been public knowledge since the beginning. So stop with the jealousy and hate and lets actually talk about football yeah??

On topic everybody knows Wenger is a winging sod even Gunners fans will be the first to admit he never stops moaning but I think hes going too far as all his squad wants out with Fabregas going Barca, Nasri City, Van Persie Real Madrid and Bendtner whoever will have him. Nobody big will sign for them once them players leave or while there transfers are in limbo and they won’t make top 4 next season. He knows this and is going off his rocker.

1886 on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 3:47 pm


Calm down everyone… lol whats with all the hate? lol

I think the point Wenger was trying to make was that Arsenal and City have an agreement on Nasri. With mancini’s revelation, which ever club arsene was going to get a replacement from would increase their fee knowing that arsene has some UAE dirham! (and that would be a whole lot of dinero, £20-25 mil if u believe the hacks)

thats probably what pissed wenger off as evident by players he wants to buy all of a sudden become targets of other clubs who are willing to pay more knowing arsene works with a fixed budget and would scrimp on the price.

re the stadium sponsorship i feel it’s definitely over the market price but to be honest fair play to city and i dont doubt it would meet FFP rules.

They are only doing what other clubs have done in the past i.e use their financial might to their advantage eg real, united, ac, barca etc

just city have brought new set of cards to the table.

Re clichy i feel of all arsenal leavers he would prove a sweet buy, trust me, depending on how well he settles. mancini uses defensive tactics and clichy is young enough to improve. it was only arsenals tactics that have made him look god damn awful, so if no long term damage has been caused then you lot have a good buy. i mean he would no longer have arshavinho in front of him! lol

I am a Gooner and will always have faith in the arsenal; goodluck to everyone next season…. oh except for spuds (what a set of muppets)

Jeremy Poynton on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 3:48 pm


Gooner gits – City have been talking to UEFA about this deal for some months. A good slice of the money is going towards the major developments in this part of East Manchester that are taking place around the stadium – a world class Sports City is planned, which will also contribute to City’s revenue IN ORDER TO ENABLE US TO FULFIL THE FAIR PLAY RULES.

As for Nasri – really, if you read what Mancini said, he made it clear than no offer had been made and that Nasri was a fine player. Pretty much what Wenger said about SWP a season or two back. But, I can understand Wenger wanting to divert attention from the fact that he has lost his mojo, and is turning into as graceless a twat as Ferguson, the difference being that Ferguson’s teams, love him or loathe him, come with a spine.

Malaysian Fans - Arsenal FC on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 3:50 pm


I cannot believe every single news published everyday around UK… Even from Arsene Wenger, or Arsenal member board, or news in the bloggers… Everybody HEATS ARSENAL FC… There feels happy if Arsenal FC and whole entities lies to Arsenal FC Collapsed and demolished… We are as a fan from Asia feels damn disappointed every morning when open the news about Arsenal FC, the story wrote how bad the situation of Arsenal FC…

Arsene Wenger please WAKE_UP…!!! you are a person who in-charge to solve the problem around Arsenal FC now… Please AW, to solve the problem you MUST splash HUGE cash to a GREAT, GREAT, GREAT WORLD CLASS PLAYER!!!… We can see at NASRI face at Stadium Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last week… He was not happy at Arsenal at the moment… AW you should blame yourself…

Chamakh is very weak and not fit into Arsenal squad… Adebayor much, mich more better tahn Chamakh… even Bentdner is better the chamakh… very poor performanced… Malaysian Player Gunalan in the wing left is better than chamakh… You should let go chamakh, Denilson, Eboe, Than buy world class player…!!!

I am sure this session Arsenal FC will go down in the table, maybe top 15 or middle table… Arsenal FC cannot become a Champion this session… Clichy is right… Man City the huge contender for the champion this session… POOR ARSENE WENGER… END OF THIS SESSION>>> ARSENE WENGER YOU ARE FIRED!!!!

James on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 3:52 pm


You should be more concerned by the fact that you are strengthening your opponents by paying silly money for their shit players (Clichy/Adebayor/Toure).

Clichy is an utterly clueless full back, one of the worst in the Premier League, as you will soon find out.

Jaun Sheet Dos Plenty, Barcelona on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 3:56 pm


When Wenger goes to university, studies economics, gets a degree, then sells the naming rights to a new stadium, maybe THEN he can comment. Oh.

Seriously though, these rules were instigated by UEFA just to stop Manchester City, and protect Arsenal and Liverpool. That’s why they ignore debt, but try to stop investment to reach the champions league.

UEFA seem to have stopped being scared of City, now they seem to like us for some reason, welcoming us into their “family”.

£400M is nothing to the family which own City and Etihad. When the price of a barrel of oil goes up by $1, that’s the extra profit they make IN A DAY. Who are UEFA going to listen to? A team with a billion dollar debt, or a family with a thousand billion dollars cash pile, and their own airforce?

Here are the details of our sponsorship deal, in this heavy briefcase. I’m going to look away for a moment now.

Gaz on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 4:33 pm


Man-kini has been tapping up Nasri, the quotations go like this:

Mancini told Sky Sports News: “Samir is under contract with Arsenal. Also for Samir it depends on many things.”

Asked if an offer has been made for Nasri, Mancini continued: “I don’t know in this moment, I don’t know the situation but for Nasri it is difficult.

“I hope that we can buy because we need other players, and I hope that this player can arrive before the end of the month.”

That is called tapping up. End of story.

One more thing, as the figures haven’t been published yet regarding the Etihad deal, I know one thing for sure, your going to need a hell of a lot more than 40 million per year. That’s just about enough to pay 3 or 4 players on similar wage structures to Tevez.

Glad you’ve got Clichy. You keep buying our rejects, Kolo Toure is shit, Adebayor is a joke and Clichy, even you lot know how shit he is.

Ben on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 4:40 pm


hahahahaha The gooners are going nuts! Lets face it lads, ur a selling club now. Pretty much our feeder club. Wenger needs to stop moaning and start looking for new talent for city. I guess we could call wenger our club scout? City fans, what do u reckon?

As for being the most hated club, if u think that that annoys us then u r badly mistaken…..I love that everyone else is envious of us.

Man City, ruining football since 2008 and bloody lovin it!

Still expecting to be woken up!

Mr BooHoo on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 4:44 pm


MOANMOAN BOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO
WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO RAPE BARCA FOR FABREGAS BUT THEY CAN’T DO IT BACK TO US BOOOOHOOOOOOOOO
ITS NOT FAIR COS WE ARE ARSEYNIL BOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO
WE SHOULD HAVE CHARGED EMIRATES MORE BOOOOOHOOOO
WE SHOULD HAVE INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF SELLING YUPPIE APARTMENTS TO OUR NEW PLASTIC FANS BOOOOOHOOOOOO
WHY WON’T USMANOV SPEND SOME OF HIS MANY BILLIONS SO WE CAN PAY THE GOING RATE FOR A FOOTBALLER THESE DAYS BOOOOHOOOOO
WE SHOULD HAVE FINISHED 4TH BOOOOHOOOOO
WE’RE TOO MASSIVE TO PLAY A QUALIFIER BOOOHOOO
ITS OUR BIRTHRIGHT BOOOHOOOO
IT SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED BOOHOOOO
HOW VERY DARE THEY BOOOOHOOOO
WHY DO THEY ALL HATE WHINGER WENGER BOOOHOOOOO
WAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHWAHHHHHHWAHHHHHHHH
WHINGEWHINGE SOBSOBBB MOANMOANFRICKINMOAN BOOOOHOOOOOO
BOOOOOOOHOOOOO

grant600 on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 4:50 pm


‘hoping for a blue Munich’ – you pathetic prick

Mr BooHoo on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 5:09 pm


YOU SHOULD ALL DIE
BOOOHOOOO
WE SHOULD LIVE AND WIN STUFF AGAIN ONE DAY BOOOHOOO
ITS NOT FAIR BOOHOOOO

Dave Edge on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 5:15 pm


”hoping for a blue Munich’ – from a pathetic classless scum prick

edited for accuracy

S4 on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 5:26 pm


Did you even exist before 2009
Money doesn’t buy you class or decent football
Looking forward to you guys playing 11 behind the ball and trying to out kick us again
As a gooner I admire Utd but can not stand this new money in the game given to clubs with no class or history or style
Spend all that money to watch that shite and you spend more on wages than your club earns in revenue – at least try to play decent football and pretend you have some class

Ady on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 5:29 pm


Talking of hypocrisy: it’s funny how it never bothered Wenger one iota when Arsenal had the advantage over most other clubs during the past few seasons by receiving annual payments for the naming of their own stadium (‘The Emirates’) — and the mere fact that it is Arsenal & Liverpool that are doing all the complaining about Man City’s proposed stadium-naming deal speaks volumes over which 2 Premiership clubs it is that are panicking the most about the upcoming season and the upturn in fortunes of both Man City & Spurs!!

hoping for a blue Munich on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 5:43 pm


fao…..Grant600 and Dave Edge……….Cannot wait for it to happen will take a day off work to celebrate!!!!

S4 on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 5:46 pm


Ady the fuss is the amount is not from an arms length transaction and just a fiddle

Wake up and smell the coffee

You are nothing but a playground for a rich Arab – hopefully he does not get bored or you are screwed as you can not fund your spending

If you want to be a big club – act like one and show some class on and off the pitch

Bluedaz on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 5:55 pm


You arsenal fans think you’re team us really something special. ‘ we play football the right way’. ‘we do our transfer dealings the right way’. ‘we don’t spend money on big wages and transfer fees’. Haha, fuckin quality, where’s that got you recently? You’ve won fuck all for 6 years and you ain’t gonna win fuck all anytime soon. So stop whinging, stop preaching about how you ‘play the game properly’ and stop crying when a team doesn’t just roll over and let you walk the ball in the net. You’re shit, just deal with it. I hope you go out in the champs league qualifiers and fade in to mid table obscurity.
Manchester city, ruining football since 2008.

Brian Roban on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 5:55 pm


Pack of scumbags, only allowed the comments to show city fans just how much class you really have all follow on comments will be deleted.

Brian Roban on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 5:59 pm


Good man Ben, well said

Peter Andrew on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 6:00 pm


I used to like Arsenal but these comments show the wankers in their true colours. Their russian mafia owner is at the right club. Hypocrites.

Dan on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 6:09 pm


Clichy is a poor man’s ashley cole.mancini is a poor man’s villas-boas.did u see hw mr. carlos ‘i miss my daughters’ tevev fumbled yesterday

S4 on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 6:09 pm


Hopefully you get kicked out of Europe
You are not even the biggest team in Manchester despite all the investment
See your team is practicing kicking opponents even in training
You can’t buy class

S4 on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 6:15 pm


I had comments deleted

Brian Roban on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 6:15 pm


Hopefully you get knocked out in the qualifying rounds ! Just think wouldn’t have had to play in them if Arsenal had any sort of bottle, but hay finished 3rd with same points as Chelsea and above you lot haha love it

Brian Roban on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 6:23 pm


Comments have been deleted from Arsenal fans who have gone overboard and will continue to do so if the comments are abusive. Same ol Arsenal always crying out how they have been hard done by. I have posted comments that are of the Arsenal view no problems all doing so. Keep it within reason and comments will be posted ! Don’t and they won’t !!

Brian Roban on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 6:29 pm


Sean your comments are now blocked get over it and move onto an Arsenal blog site where people may give a shit !!
Goes for all others who’s comments aren’t posted you can post as many as you like with abusive sub human content you give Arsenal fans a bad name your comments are disgusting.

S4 on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 6:30 pm


I did not go over board – take a look

Brian Roban on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 6:33 pm


S4 your comments are cleared say as you please. Just as long its not abusive your opinions are more than welcome.

S4 on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 6:41 pm


I thought I submitted some earlier which got blocked completely – could be my error so very sorry for suggesting such a thing
Have a great weekend – the post did annoy me as does your spending etc, not jealous but don’t like what is happening to football

mr crusader on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 6:42 pm


Camel Jockeys!!! More reasons to cheer on the Red part of Manchester!! You poor deluded wanna be united fans!! Money cant buy class. Tevez spoke for the entire country when he said what a shit hole Manchester was! Fast becoming the most hated club in EPL ,how the red side will laugh!! Arsenal a feeder club? don’t think Adebuywhore,Toure and the useless Clichy constitute a bargain, which one is still playing at Eastlands next season!! Thanks for the over exaggerated transfer fees!! Ha Ha.

Brian Roban on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 6:50 pm


Same to S4 have good one. Welcome here anytime

Danish Gooner on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 6:52 pm


The problem with Nouveau riche clubs is they are using the transfer market to get their bottled up frustration out,for years Man City have been the whipping boys of the likes of Manure,Arsenal,Pool etc.Now you have finally secured a trophy and then your manager starts acting like a car boot salesman,being a right obnoxious tosser just like that red nosed scum down the road.So you have spent 200 mil pounds on securing third spot in the Pl and an Fa cup,Arsene did all that in his first full season on a shoestring budget as an Arsenal manager,so show a little respect for a manager who most City fans should respect and admire,instead of belittling and making fun off.Now fucking wonder Arsene is pissed of with Mancini,if that italian grease ball had any respect he would have said to the press no comment when asked the nasri question.But once a greaseball always a greaseball

Martin Grayfield on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 7:26 pm


I think you need to calm down a little. Otherwise if this lot annoys you’ll have a serious blood pressure problem.
The Daily Mail in particular Martin Samuels has written an excellent piece attacking the FFP rules and slamming the people who are attacking City. Well worth a read.
Wenger is entitled to comment on all of this. If your in a club then you cal let the executive know when you think the rules are being broken. Mancini was also answering questions but is probably better off saying nothing on all of this leave it to Cook and Marwood. They probably don’t appreciate it either as whenever we are connected to a player the price generally goes up quite a lot.
I don’t think it is good to call people stupid names – A/hole Wenger – not really necessary in my view.

Brian Roban on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 7:45 pm


I agree with you I will Change the A/hole comments. Was a bit Childest on my part.

tevez hates man blues on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 7:50 pm


Arsene Wenger is stupidly paranoid sometimes while the blues are equally maniacs with mancini and backstabbers of mark hughes. That’s the way man city deals with his own kind.?

Skel on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 8:22 pm


£400m…….that figure is so wrong !!!
I have been reliably informed it is actually £580m……..now that might upset UEFA, AW, LFC and most importantly Michelle Platini

thrillhammer on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 8:52 pm


considering that so many ‘tards’ are coming on commenting on your grammar demonstrates to me that youve touched a few nerves mate, well done. If you sad twats look into what mancini said you will find he didnt really say anything wrong, Wenger needs to get layed i think.
Also, do any of you mentally retarded prats really think that citys chairman would get us involved in something that would land us in it without running it past uefa first.
Hello! Hello! think.

City title this year.

Pete on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 8:59 pm


Gaz says that Mancini tapped up Nasri and kindly put all the quotes in for us to read, however I cannot see anything in those quotes or that Mancini has done that relates to tapping up so I think Gaz and all the others like you need to know what tapping up is.

Tapping up is when a club, like City approach a player contracted to another club WITHOUT the express permission of that club. Has Mancini or anyone at City done this? If so, it will surely be reported to the FA, but all Mancini has done is talk about transfer targets. Chelsea were guilty of tapping up Ashley Cole because they didn’t seek Arsenal’s permission first. As far as anyone knows, City have not approached Arsenal or Nasri so any comments or claims about tapping up are well wide if the mark. So as far as talking about other players, clubs are perfectly free to talk about who they want. are Atletico Madrid moaning and whinging?

This is not tapping up, end of story.

Next we approach the naming rights of the stadium. Has anyone from the CLUB actually come out and stated the £400m figure? Answer is no and as usual, this figure has been made up by the media and, as usual, everyone has jumped on it and made much, much more of it than it really is.

Let’s not forget that this is a 10 year deal which means that, if it is £400m, that’s just £40m per season minus a chunk which would no doubt go to Manchester City Council. This is not only for naming the stadium, but also to develop the surrounding area. How many other clubs can say they invest in the way City are doing? Creating jobs and a future in the process, yet all they get is vilified for it.

And does anyone really think that City would have just gone ahead with this WITHOUT consulting UEFA or having lawyers who will be able to tell in an instant if what they are doing is breaking FFP rules or not?

Come on people, wake up. You’re all letting your jealousy and hatred of City cloud your judgement.

Richard on Sun, 17th Jul 2011 9:45 pm


What about the £128 million Arse are getting from Barrats? Revenue earned from within 2 miles of the ground doesn’t violate FFP rules. What’s the difference or is it one rule for City and another rule for the established rich?

Shuggie on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 7:06 am


The real hypocrisy is that its only a few years since Arsene Wenger was commenting openly and publicly about wanting to sign our (not for sale) best player shaun wright-phillips. Where were the basic rules then Mr Wenger?

Shuggie on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 7:12 am


Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says Shaun Wright-Phillips is one of the players he has set his sights on as a potential transfer target.
Wenger will get a look at the winger at close quarters when his side play Manchester City on Saturday.

“He is getting higher every year. He is a guy we have an eye on and we follow his progress. He will be a major threat to us,” he told the Evening Standard.

“He has a tremendous work rate and tremendous penetrating power.”

Wright-Phillips’ stepfather Ian Wright is one of Arsenal’s most famous past players.

And the Highbury boss added: “With the combination of the two, and his improvement technically every year, he will be a very good player.

Man City v Arsenal

“He is a Wright – and the Wrights have a big love affair with Arsenal.

“At the moment I do not want to say we are buying him but he is one of the interesting players on the right flank in England. Could he be at Arsenal one day? It is not impossible but I don’t know yet.

“We have Jermaine Pennant, we have Fredrik Ljungberg – we have plenty of players there. But he is an interesting player. He is a winner and I like his attitude.”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot…ty/3687228.stm

simian on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 7:26 am


Dear ‘tevez hates man blues’ (pfft), Hughes was never one of our own. Or ‘his own kind’.

*slpas forehead*

It's Grim Oop North on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 7:31 am


Normally love your posts Brian, but this one seemed rushed whilst in a rage

Seeing as there’s a load of hate coming City’s way, I’m going to escalate by wishing our foes suffer painful paper cuts, or that they stumble and graze their knees whilst wearing shorts on gravel.

Take that classless Gooners.

It's Grim Oop North on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 7:36 am


Good news Gooners!

The ten year sponsorship deal shows clearly the Sheikh is committed to City for at least the ten year contract, and what with the billions he’s putting into the stadium and area around, for decades beyond that. Obviously this investment will pay dividends when the oil runs dry, so I’d say he’s here to stay, so no need to worry about him abandoning his “toy”.

Phew, glad that’s settled for your sakes.

It's Grim Oop North on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 7:42 am


Now that our club is owned by a Royal family, I suppose that makes us much more classy and dignified than Arsenal, who are owned by a Russian nouveau riche oil billionnaire, a bit like the “Chavs” at Chelsea.

In fact, exactly the same as the Chavs.

Is that the sound of turning tables I hear in the distance?

Welcome to Manchester Samir (By Royal Appointment).

daff bass dud on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 7:48 am


Well fuck me Brian you certainly know how to rattle some cages. I have to say reading through the responses has had me howling with laughter.

Let me say straight off, I`m a City supporter. I`ll say next that for me Wenger is one of the best coaches of all time for producing excellence. That said, I think he has seriously lost his way over recent seasons. He seems to have this blinkered pursuit of the perfect team which has seen him only buy and produce “dancers”.

Their balance is beautiful, their tekkers is spot on, but there is no nuts to em. When was the last time Arsenal produced a rip roaring, give it everything, body on the line for the cause player in any position? This is where it`s all fallen down, and this is why his players are unsettled.

They know they need power because they`ve come up against it and struggle their arses off almost every time, and Wenger is too stubborn to address it. Like I say, I have huge respect for the guy, and to be honest if he wants to give an honest opinion on any subject that`s his right.

Personally I don`t give a fuck whether we sign Nasri or not. I think City have every chance of winning the prem this season with or without him, although I recognise he`s a great player when he`s interested and would add to our squad.

Over the next 2 seasons City will have arguably the finest football team on the planet, and money will certainly not be the main draw of playing for us as it was at the start of this journey we`re on. We City supporters sat for years watching the world turn without us, knowing we were fucked just like Newcastle,Fulham,Villa etc, but then we won the lottery.

Personally, I`m glad the top 4 cartel has been done right up the arse, and I hope for more of the same from other clubs to give their long sufferers what we now enjoy. Everyone should quit their bitching and get on with. The standards will continue to improve, and the bar for success will continue to rise.

All the best to every club for the coming season, and I look forward to City topping the pile come May. CTID daff bass dud.

Brian Roban on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 7:51 am


Was I supposed rushed un anger. I am sick to the back teeth of Wenger and his total disrespect while crying out foul against him and Arsenal.

It's Grim Oop North on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 9:50 am


Even more good news!

This is fresh off the Cyber press at the Manchester Evening News –

“Manchester City were today unveiling plans for a world-beating training complex and ‘mini stadium’ on land opposite their Etihad Stadium.

The centre has been planned for two years and is understood to be unprecedented in scale.

The facilities, to be built on land owned by the football club in Openshaw West, will include 16 pitches for first team and academy players and a 7,000-capacity youth team stadium which will also be opened up for community use, we have learned.

It will massively boost City’s ability to nurture local talent with significant focus on developing young, home-grown players who can go on to become first team stars.

Plans are also believed to include accommodation and classrooms to house and educate academy and elite players, from ages eight to 18, as well as dedicated pitches, accommodation, a gym and injury rehab centre for City’s first team who will train on the same site.

Part of the cutting-edge campus will also be open to the public. It will sit at the heart of an area being transformed into a ‘world capital of sport’ by a partnership between the Blues, Manchester council and New East Manchester.

The club is also expected to confirm the donation of five-and-a-half acres of land on the site to the east Manchester community and the creation of a ‘significant’ number of jobs for local workers.

The launch of a public consultation on the plans today puts flesh on the bones of the expansion that the Blues hinted at when they signed their record-breaking sponsorship deal with Etihad 10 days ago.

The agreement, worth several hundred million pounds, saw their Eastlands ground renamed the Etihad Stadium and the surrounding SportCity area – including the 80 acres set to house the new training facilities – dubbed the Etihad campus.

Blues officials are understood to have visited 30 elite sports venues across the world to create a blueprint for their new complex, which is expected to rival or better AC Milan’s Milanello, widely considered to be the best in the world.

It would also meet Premier League top standards for club academies.

The club, which has outgrown its current facilities, is presently based across three sites – the Etihad Stadium, Carrington and Platt Lane – but the new plans will centralise that.

Blues bosses have already been given permission to clean up the 80 acres of contaminated former industrial land where they are hoping to win approval for the training ground.

A framework for the area published earlier this year showed plans for a possible footbridge linking the site to the stadium.

City have forked out millions on high price tag players since their Abu Dhabi owners took over in 2008.

The club is hoping to use more sustainable investment in home-grown talent to secure long-term success.

The Blues academy has already produced 30 players who have made first team debuts since its inception in 1998.

These plans will allow expansion of both that and their City in the Community programme.

Several exhibition open days will be held by the club from Wednesday and the club has sent leaflets to hundreds of local residents outlining the plans.”

Surely this can only be good for our National team, as well as establishing City as the place to send your children for the best footballing education in this country, if not the world?

bluemooncolin on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 11:00 am


at the top of this page,relating to the first comment made. To write something like that just shows the I.Q. of some of these scum bags. no matter what club you support comments like that are totally out of order. at the end of the day it is a game of football for all to enjoy, a lot of good people lost there lives regardless of the what team it was. Things like this should not be allowed to be published and football does’nt need these half wits

Jem on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 11:46 am


Dave on Sunday saying City are a small club, eh, what the fuck you on about, City were pulling in bigger attendances in Div 3 then 80% of prem teams. And how to you become world big, sign top players, win things. Well thats the plan so up yours.

tim on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 1:05 pm


you dont own your stadium, so how can you sponsor it for 400 million+, its with etihad airways ,owned by sheikhs family, the buisness has not shown a profit in 7 years or so, and now its suddenly got money to waste on city, from where ?.
now lets translate for city fans and uefa, the sheikh is giving money over to his family, (etihad) and then etihad pump it into man city, if uefa cant see through this, then there is going to be an uproar from other clubs, man city hasnt been in the champions league before, so theyre hardly going to be missed, when uefa do not give them the uefa licence, that only they can issue, without it, no champions league.
manchester city are not a REAL BIG CLUB, no matter what their fans believe, you have to achieve it, not buy it.

City Ian WA on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 1:19 pm


400m over 10 years apparently is dodgy, although it is a business and therefore makes business. decisions. Tevez is going to be sold for 40m plus, but apparntly that is fine. How does UEFA work out its fair play? Players can be sold for a tenth of a 10 year plan to bring prosperity to a city and provide air links all ove rthe world. Seems to me like that the establisjed clubs can’t stand the fact that another club is more appealling and is capble of doing a business deal.

UEFA’s Fair play is like having micket mouse overseeing wall street on the basis of how popular will very move me.

Jason Shelley on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 1:27 pm


now before you all start again most of the money from the sponsorship isnt even going to man city. A lot is being used to build on the shit hole site next to the stadium, putting academy and first team building, a university, state or the art health and recoup centre and also its going on shirt sponsorship as well so you cant really complain its against ffp when its not actually going straight into the club. Just making my point

pete on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 1:44 pm


Tim, is that what’s happening? And you’ve actually been told this or are you, like everyone else, media included, speculating and jumping to conclusions?

Manchester City Council agreed to this sponsorship and they will be getting a cut of the money from it. And there’s a very good reason why City don’t own the stadium. If you’re going to comment, make sure the facts are there first

Fred Air on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 2:09 pm


Since when could an owner not choose to invest money into his business in whatever way he or she saw fit? Others have done the same throughout the history of football. Some benefactors had the money and those that didn’t borrowed it. Some borrowed too much. I’m sure that arsenil’s russian mafia boss could choose to make the team more competitive if he so chose. But he’d rather wait for the joint venture with Barratt to produce some more profits to pocket instead. Poor you.

It's Grim Oop North on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 2:33 pm


Tim Nice But Dim,

what happens is –

Sheikh Mansour buys MCFC.

He then tells Etihad airways, who his family also owns, that he is going to make MCFC the biggest club in the World.

Etihad airways believe him, because they know he has more money than even the Queen of England.

Etihad airways think, I’ll get in there, because it will be very profitable for us, and take our brand into every house in the world that owns a TV or a radio, no-brainer.

Etihad work out a sponsorship deal with MCFC and partners, which is transparent and involves consultation with Fifa all along the way, to ensure it complies with the new regulations, so you don’t have to worry about that.

Sheikh Mansour has spent nearly half a billion pounds to build a team which will compete for the Champions League, and will improve it every year to make sure, so I guess we should all believe he’s quite serious now, don’t you?

There are loads of businesses queing up to get a slice of the new City action, everything the Sheikh and the City board does reeks of class and ingenuity – absolutely all the facilities are either world class now, or soon to be that way, from top to bottom of the club – go t the City website, or Manchester Evening News, or the Guardian, or Independent if you don’t believe me or your own eyes.

Sadly for the current fans, there will be a load of glory-hunting plastics jumping ship from the old big clubs, such as ManU, Arsenal and Liverpool, but who cares, you won’t miss them will you? We’ll take the shirt monies and the tourist dollar if we must in our new club shops all over the world – this will be a large stream of income welcomed by the business.

The Sheikh will soon be rolling round in oodles of cash from the City “project”, please don’t be concerned about City balancing the books.

In fact, in a couple of years time, the books will balance like a Motherfucker.

Eoin Fitz on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 2:43 pm


First of all Wenger is more annoyed about Xavis comments because nearly every week a Barcelona player say’s something to the press about Cesc and I can see Wengers point it is disrespectful no manager would be pleased about this happening to one of their key players.
Secondly there is good reason to call the Ethiad sponsorship into questioning as it’s clearly a means to try and side step the fact that Man City broke the rules by spending more than they make when the fair play spending rules state you can only spend 70% of your turnover and it’s not just Wenger other managers are saying the same because let’s face it it’s true.
A reason why you can’t blame Wenger is Etihad is owned by the Abu Dhabi government, and the team’s owner, Sheikh Mansour, is a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family so there you go.

It's Grim Oop North on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 3:23 pm


Eoin,

how do you explain the fact that Fifa have been consulted all along the way with the Etihad sponsorship deal, and have no problem with it?

Clearly, there is nothing within the sponsorship deal to break the FFP rules, therefore City are neither sidestepping, nor breaking any regulations.

Neither you nor Arsene Wenger, nor any other football manager, is party to the sponsorship details, but Fifa are, and they are taking NO action, zilch, nada, nothing.

History will tell whether the Etihad deal is fair value, considering the huge growth in MCFC’s business last season compared to previous years, any business analyst worth their salt would advise you that the “project” is well on track to be delivered in the timescales set out by the financially astute investment group concerned.

Sheikh Mansour owns large chunks of Barclays bank, care to wager whether City will do well in the Premier League this season? Sponsored by Barclays.

So there you go.

It's Grim Oop North on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 3:31 pm


As if by Magic –

City sign up another business partnership, just reported on Sports Pro website –

“Manchester City Football Club has signed a new agreement with sports video game company EA Sports.
The deal was announced at EA Sports’ campus in British Columbia as part of City’s summer tour activity in Canada and, according to the club, ‘is unprecedented in both its scale and scope within the computer game industry.’

As part of the agreement, dedicated MCFC virtual content will be distributed through the club and EA Sports’ digital channels, including Man City match simulations prior to the fixtures and unique visuals of the City stars in action.

EA Sports will also be investing in dedicated experiential gaming areas, in around the Etihad Stadium, to further enhance City Square and the family zone within the concourse.

Manchester City to build 7,000-seat youth team stadium

“We are delighted to be entering into a dynamic new partnership with Manchester City,” said Nick Harford, Football Business Lead, EA Sports. “Through this agreement, EA Sports will invest in the creation of bespoke content and experiences that bring Manchester City fans across the globe closer to the team they love.”

Ian Cafferky, chief brand and commercial officer for Manchester City Football Club added: “EA Sports’ reputation is unparalleled, both within the video game industry and around the world. The fact that a company of EA Sports’ calibre has joined our stable of valued partners, shows a clear indication of the Club’s growth and appeal to a global audience.” ”

Some of the business partner that I know of also include Disney, Jaguar, and now EA sports – other fans please feel free to add others to the list.

Like I said earlier, companies are queing up to get on the City bandwagon, because they know the Sheikh is a very serious businessman, with concrete plans.

We’re going to piss these fair play regulations at this rate.

tim on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 3:39 pm


yes there it is, you said it, its all a game, its fantasy football, with cheats included, your club is so scared to play by the rules, sad.

Ben on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 3:58 pm


Ok guys…..Ill say this again, arsenal are our feeder club now with wenger as our chief scout.

On the sponsorship deal not being ‘fair market price’ WELL:

R u telling me that these guys at FIFA have all the power to say ‘nope thats an inflated figure’? I work in finance and in and around all types of market’s. An asset is worth only what someone is willing to pay for it….

Along the same logic (if i was to side with u bitter gooners) I want someone to investigate 35mill for Andy Carroll or 20 mill for Henderson. Even 16 mill for Phil Jones. But they wont investigate this?

The other thing is that as we know the sheiks are some of the best business minds in the world and so as many of my fellow blues on here have said, they would not be walking into this, investing hundreds of millions only to find out that they are going ot get kicked out of the one competition that everyone wants.

Now here comes the clever part on how they have used the rules to their advantage gooners, read and weep….

These FFP rules are going to benefit city more than anyone else according to the plans afoot. This is because the way in which this deal is structured this is a ‘never been done before’ deal as no other club has included not only the stadium naming rights and the shirt sponsor but also all the campus business’ along with basketball, velodromes, casino’s, car racing tracks etc etc….

So how can u determine ‘fair market price’ on a deal thats never been done before? Thats right gooners u cant..

To go onto explain how its going to benefit us more than anyone else is the fact that creating new revenue via new business’ does not feature on the P&Lin the accounts, however, their revenue does. So as long as the sheik’s are willing to constantly build new business and get them linked to city then we can increase our revenue to what ever we want it to be. And I think on evidence the sheiks have shown their willingness to invest havent they?

Weeping yet gooners? I hope so.

Blue moon rising, the sky blue juggernaut is too fast and powerful to stop now so just sit back and enjoy the domination.

Heck we might even give u a new job in one of our many new business’ so be grateful if anything!

CTID

pete on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 4:29 pm


Wow, did a bomb just go off or was that the sound of all gooners arguments being blown out of the water?

tim on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 4:48 pm


you will be stopped, all the real top clubs will put so much pressure on uefa, especially the german clubs, who by the way, run their league brilliantly, low tickets, brilliant stadiums, huge crowds, no sugardaddys buying success, and they will say how can these new wannabes man city, flout the rules, while we play by them, these real big clubs have more clout, than you, please get real.

pete on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 5:00 pm


Tim, my 6 year old can put up a better argument than that.

You will be stopped? Oh no, please don’t stop us Timmy.

I think if you need to stop believing everything you read in you favoured newspaper, the daily crap.

tim on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 5:04 pm


man city owners are so rich, we all know that, (not you fans though, as you think you are) now dont you think that bayern munich, real madrid, ac milan, juventus etc, , real big clubs, are going to let this happen, dont be silly, they are going to do everything to stop you, and uefa will listen to them, they know you can buy anyone, and spend billions of pounds, whereas even they cant, so they will get rules put in place, otherwise they arent doing their job, so you will use your high paid lawyers, to try to get things your way, and they will club together, and use drastic tactics together, to stop you, and they have the real power, not the oil sheikhs, your club will not be accepted in european club elite, because they dont like the way you got there, with a very rich owner, who can outspend even them.

tim on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 5:11 pm


theres no question of will they stop you, its, they have to stop you.

Ben on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 5:17 pm


Tim…..Either you got scared of reading something that long or you didnt understand what I wrote.

Either way grow up, all the answers are there within.

Some people win the lottery and go and buy a massive house n a ferrari. Thats just what happened to City. Now I can understand ur jealousy but there’s no need to get all touchy about it.

WE ARE FUCKING LOADED.

UnitedRoad on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 5:29 pm


Brian Roban doesn’t use spell check or can’t write a Blog without mentioning United. I.E – “With all our flaws” Stretch your mind back to Ewood Park last season you fucking Pikey Cunt. Belive me, if I ever met you I wouldn’t think twice of cracking your skull open you jippo!!

tim on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 6:07 pm


im not jealous, i along with many others know you are cheating, and its not right, do you really believe man city, can dictate to uefa and real big clubs, just because you are using the wealth of royalty, you really needed a lot of help, you couldnt get there with just your club income, the premier league are to blame for all this, in the end its just down to them letting anyone buy our clubs, no matter who they are, or how they got their wealth, as long as they possibly, got a nice handout from them, they didnt care, fit and proper test, what a joke.

Pete on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 6:30 pm


Well Brian, it looks like you’ve made headlines here. Just checked out Sky Sports and the back pages of tomorrow’s papers and the headlines read:

BRIAN ROBAN, MAN CITY BLOG EDITOR DOES NOT USE A SPELL CHECKER.

Forget Rebekah Brooks and Rupert Murdoch, this is BIG news mate. Oh yeah and while I’m on it, Sky want to cover your big fight with United ‘tough guy who sits behind a computer making stupid, idle and pathetic threats who would cower at the thought of a real fight’ Road.

Who are the real fans eh?

Pete on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 6:33 pm


Tim, since you know so much, why haven’t you given your vital information to UEFA? Do you have personal access to all the hidden files at MCFC? You know, the ones marked in the filing cabinet as ‘must not be shown to UEFA?’ or ‘dodgy dealings from MCFC?’

Ben on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 6:34 pm


United road ….. Keyboard warrior! hahahah What a fucking wet!

As for u Tim, I think u need to stop now mate, ur obvious bitterness is making us blues feel all warm inside.

Do u at least accept that ur club is officially now our feeder club with wenger as city’s chief club scout?

WE ARE FUCKING LOADED and no one can stop us! hahaha

It's Grim Oop North on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 7:17 pm


Tim,

having read your posts I must now concede you are, in fact, correct.

I was mistaken to use all those examples and business facts, so I put my hands up and admit City are naughty.

Using your own money to improve your business at the start of an ambitious tilt at Glory and Silverware is corrupt, cheating, and generally not to be repeated.

Thank you for showing me the error of City’s ways, and when we lift the Champions League trophy aloft in years to come, I will raise a toast to you sir, knowing you were the one who warned us of the hollowness of our impending world domination.

We surely won’t take any pleasure in winning the Premier League, season on season, and all those trips to Wembley will frankly suck.

I wish we were morally rich, and trophyless, like the Gunners,

Life’s a Bitch ain’t it?

Brian on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 8:25 pm


Untied road,
What a tosser you are !!! Such a hard man behind a fake name and a computer screen. Good man just shows what Untied fans are !!!

Ben on Mon, 18th Jul 2011 8:56 pm


Ill toast with u ‘its grim oop north’ and we can both reminisce about Tim here who will be laughing his head off at us lifting trophy after trophy, as he is the one who knows the truth.

Shame on you Sheikh Mansour for bringing in trophies in sacrifice for our morals.

Toast to Tim….

HeavyRiffs on Tue, 19th Jul 2011 12:07 am


It’s a great day to be a blue and the day before that and the day before that and the day before that…

Brian on Tue, 19th Jul 2011 12:10 am


Ok so the piece was rushed but what can ya do ? Have a job to be doing also.
Anyway that’s my view on Arsenal and Wenger so I’m glad I’ve upset so many gooners and a handful of the Manure fans.
United comments I deleted because they were, well the usual bollox you would except from people with fake names (who know who you are, closet City fan)
Anyway sorry for the bad gammer and spelling but will I fix it ? NO !!
Why ? because I don’t really care to.
As I said I’ve done my job upsetting a shed load of Arse lovers and had a damn good laugh at some of the disturbed comments I got to delete.

I stand by what I have said about Arsenal and Wenger.

HeavyRiffs on Tue, 19th Jul 2011 12:39 am


City are now a successful club and have a great business model to generate future income, driven by the soundest minds in business. We have a trophy, we have CL football, we have a mouthwatering squad and our best days are in front of us. I think the gooners are only getting so heated under their collective collars, as their best days are obviously behind them.

UnitedRoad on Tue, 19th Jul 2011 4:58 pm


Such a fucking hard man you are ya Irish cunt sat in your office typing a Blog slagging United and their fans off. Put your money where your mouth is, reveal who you are and see who the big man is then eh? Go on Pikey, post a photo of yourself on here and see how much of a loud mouth you are then?! Can’t wait until you cunts come to OT, fucking riot!!! Revenge after Ewood….

Brian Roban on Tue, 19th Jul 2011 7:58 pm


Yeah we got the one from your other fake name and e-mail address. Shows you up for what ya are. Banned from football you should be. Calling me pikey and an Irish cunt haha, how many Irish fill the seats at old Trafford ? Best owners you had were Irish till you lot drove them out over a race horse ! Look at the owners you have now.
I take it a man of you high intellect can work out that emails can be traced so if you haven’t been banned from Old Trafford already these emails of threats and inciting football violence soon will have you banned !

Brian Roban on Tue, 19th Jul 2011 8:09 pm


Flattered that you think with my bad spelling and grammer that they would give me a job in an office, go grow up you know how serious they take the even threat of trouble at football these days and here you are telling people what your going to do. Brains to burn you.

Ben on Wed, 20th Jul 2011 12:43 am


United road….What a hard bastard

pete on Wed, 20th Jul 2011 11:16 am


Hi Brian

When people post on blog sites, they have to register their email address, but they also record IP addresses.

Give this guy’s IP and email address to the police. I work for an ISP so I know it won’t take them long to track this arsehole down. He’s clearly intent on inciting trouble at the derby, which should be enough incentive for the police to intervene.

Also, if he’s sending posts from work, his employer won’t be happy about it and will probably lose his job too.

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