Really? UEFA have no problem with that? That's working around FFP...
Manchester City 17/18 discussion | "If you're here for the Champions clap your hands" (#6505)
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
Why are you surprised that Man City have methods to work around FFP
There's always someone late to the party
Giorno, the year is 2018 & Trump's president of the United States.For the general management of “City Football Group” then the senior management team will be paid by the group and then a portion of their cost is apportioned out to each club within the group. That’s very normal in business, anybody who works for a big organisation will get head office allocations, it’s exactly the same. Regardless that will only be a small percentage of the City “staff”.
Obviously a City team who knew they were through but it was interesting seeing the goals Basel scored tonight. Play through the press by making adventurous passes, risky touches and runs and you leave their defense exposed to a 3 on 3 on a consistent basis. Obviously takes luck and players willing to take a risk but they aren't as good in possession or out of possession as 'that' Barca side. They can be got at undoubtedly. It even took 2 mistakes for Lukaku to serve goals on a plate against us. Great side but, like with Bayern, there's no Messi, Iniesta and Xavi there.
Don't see us as being cohesive enough to take the game to them at this moment but it'll be very interesting to see them against some of the top sides in the Champions League.
Don't see us as being cohesive enough to take the game to them at this moment but it'll be very interesting to see them against some of the top sides in the Champions League.
I wouldn't read into it too much as tonight there was Yaya in the holding roll which means the press can't be done properly and Foden looked nervous, but in general I agree. The way to beat us, is to take the game to us. And go for it with numbers, the amount of times our fullbacks get caught up the pitch when teams do that is shocking, also if the fullbacks are forced back and unable to push into MF, it means KDB and Silva have to drop deeper making us a little LVG like.
Was Foden a bit rubbish then?
They are a very good team but I'll say it again, they're are greater than the sum of their parts. Which a way, makes their achievements more impressive.
But frustrates me even more cause I know the gap in the table imo, exceeds the difference in talents between both squads.
I think we have the quality but not sure we have the confidence to play beyond their press.
Mourinho won't risk it.
But frustrates me even more cause I know the gap in the table imo, exceeds the difference in talents between both squads.
I think we have the quality but not sure we have the confidence to play beyond their press.
Mourinho won't risk it.
How did Foden look (apart from nervous)?
Not rubbish but looked a little overawed. Did ok, kind of a 5/10 performance, interestingly yet again when Diaz came on he looked better than Phil. Brought some real spark and looks much more confident at this level. I think Brahim is closer to the first XI than Foden.
Sky gave him a 6 in the ratings and I'd say that's maybe a little generous. They gave the entire team too high a rating. Looked better than Yaya who was really poor I thought and Laporte who looked like he just wasn't arsed. Sane aside I thought the entire team was pretty poor. Truth be told though I probably spent more time watching Spurs and flicking over and back.
Totally agree, which is why i put a bit of a disclaimer in my post! I feel you are a great side but as you said teams need to show the confidence to get at you. Easier said then done of course and needs a degree of luck too. I, as a football fan, would love to see you guys play the likes of Madrid or Barca next just to see how far Pep has really brought you (obviously with respect to your performance in the League this year).
Honestly, I think we'd need the stars to align to beat either. Could see Messi tearing Delph or Zinchenhko apart and Barca are strong defensively now. Madrid I think may be closer but I think they have the know-how, experience and just a higher calibre of player. Bayern too. Liverpool give me nightmares too because they play exactly how a team should to beat us (though we'd be marginal faves).
Zinchenko is not a left back. He's been unimpressive in every match I've seen him in. Yaya Toure is not gunning for his spot back and Laporte was poor. Jesus doesn't look completely ready.
There was a lot passing from City. In fact they passed way too much (over 1000 passes) but didn't manage to create more than Basel who only had the ball 29% of the time. They pretty much looked like City last season.
There was a lot passing from City. In fact they passed way too much (over 1000 passes) but didn't manage to create more than Basel who only had the ball 29% of the time. They pretty much looked like City last season.
can't really read too much in to dead rubbers, tie was a forgone conclusion.
Be interesting to see how they get on in the next round
Be interesting to see how they get on in the next round
City basically play like an LVG team with their second string. Doesn't really matter in teh grand scheme because theyll have the title wrapped up and so can play their strongest team in the upcoming CL games.
It's incorrect
Never watched it but City were already through no point analysing the result or performance.
Made peace with them winning the league but hopefully they go out of form a bit.
Would be awful if they sealed it against us (or even worse, a guard of honour). Stamford Bridge 2006 was bad enough.
Would be awful if they sealed it against us (or even worse, a guard of honour). Stamford Bridge 2006 was bad enough.
Them winning it against us would be far worse than doing a guard of honour. A Guard of Honour is at least a sign of respect to a better team over the last 10 months. I might vomit if they beat us and then did a big fecking celebration afterwards.
They play like an LVG team with their first string too with better quality, more intelligent wide players and striker.
I just remember the guard of honour Arsenal did for us, and it seemed painful for them.
Both are horrible options. So hopefully neither happens.
Foden was ok, was involved in the build up to the first goal, looked to get in the right spaces but often dwelt on the ball instead of releasing it a bit quicker although he wasn't helped by those around him being a bit static, thing I was most impressed by him was if he misplaced a forward pass he would still try it again, didn't just revert to the safe ball even when some of his forward passes were not coming off and he was losing possesion, wrt yaya for me it's such a shame to see him plodding round the field like he is, he's just turned into an absolute carthorse, can't run with any pace and his passing was pretty awful.
Brahim looked good when he came on, can really see him getting a run of games once the league is won, great touch and doesn't appear phased by anything.
Brahim looked good when he came on, can really see him getting a run of games once the league is won, great touch and doesn't appear phased by anything.
Guardiola’s Man City completed 978 passes against FC Basel ; the most recorded by a side in a Champions League match since 2003-04 [StatsZone Opta]
Pep “We just passed for passing sake. When that happens, that’s not football. You have to pass the ball to attack, and not pass to just pass. I want every move to be smart—every pass accurate–that’s how we make the difference from the rest of the teams''
Pep “We just passed for passing sake. When that happens, that’s not football. You have to pass the ball to attack, and not pass to just pass. I want every move to be smart—every pass accurate–that’s how we make the difference from the rest of the teams''
I thnik the team lacked personality yesteray. Manchester City did not have any leaders on the pitch and it showed.
Yaya Toure should be moved on.
Yaya Toure
He gets the ball
he burst forward at breakpatience pace for 3 meters
he passes the ball
Yaya Toure
(he just never got the opportunity to repeat that 3 meter movement all the way to the opposing goal)
Er... Yeah?... Take that largely agreeable, mostly objective City fan!
That sure showed you!.... Kinda... I think?
There is. Even as a United fan it'd be remiss of me to ignore it, and the basic racism behind it,
No one gives a shit what Harry Kane spends his money on, but a young black man buying anything luxury (or anything cheap, when he could buy luxury) is an endless source of fascination to the kind of people still annoyed about John Nettles leaving Midsommer Murders.
You may be right, however he seems to get singled out far more that other black players.
I have even heard a suggestion that certain elements of the media target him because he left Liverpool, and panderjng to Liverpool fans plays into the narrative following the vetoing of a certain publication by their fans. Seems a bit far fetched but who knows how newspaper editor's minds work.
The press do love to build up a young English player only to knock him down.
At this point them just covering Sterling makes people talk so they will keep doing it.
A lot of the Sterling thing is down to old white teeth absolutely turning him into public enemy no.1 for wanting to leave "great", "historical" etc.. for "oil money". As opposed to the real narrative that a talented young player wanted to leave a top 4 battling team for one who are far more likely to win things and it's just snowballed. It got ridiculous, you had Southampton fans booing him for leaving Liverpool for City, while half there team were leaving them to go to Liverpool.
Feck all will print how after being absolutely slated, having his confidence destroyed and being booed at every ground in the country, the lad has picked himself up, worked hard and benched Bernardo Silva.
Feck all will print how after being absolutely slated, having his confidence destroyed and being booed at every ground in the country, the lad has picked himself up, worked hard and benched Bernardo Silva.
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Very interesting
I don't understand. City Football Group is the holding company of Man City, Melbourne City, New York City, Yokohama something, Atlético Torque and FC Girona. Why would that implicate anything on Man City?
I haven’t implied anything, it’s just interesting.
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I’d love to see a full breakdown of costs, revenue and P&L of the other clubs within the holding company, because they should all add up to the numbers that the City group is posting.
I didn't say you did. The way the first tweet was phrased seemed to suggest that there is though. Only thing I take away from these tweets is that the City wage bill increased by £70m from 2016 to 2017. Or what is interesting in your opinion?
This is an old financial statement I believe from June. Also if you look at the period it is for 13 months not 12 because City decided to change their accounting year. So it is not really a rise of 70 million to the wage bill.
What is interesting about you're posting?
He left Liverpool due to them being not willing/able to match his pay demands. He has also moved from a big club to a small club. This will all mark him down as a Snake/Mercenary to opposition fans & rightly so.
He may win trophies at City but these gain little credence from opposition players & fans as they have all been bought with your owners money. If he had stayed at Liverpool & won 1 PL it would have had more prestige than winning multiple PL's at City.
It depends on your definition of big club. One hadn't won the league in 20 odd years, one had 2 titles in 3 years. You can coat it any way you like, Sterling moved for trophies.
And then the bitterness creeps in. Cry me a river and learn your own history with tycoon owners, but all those trophies count right?
Economically, it looks like money laundering - or is very similar to clients who I’ve dealt with who siphon their money across countries to toe the line of financial rules. I’m not suggesting that’s what they’re doing, but it piqued my interest, which is why I said it’d be good to see the breakdown across all their football divisions, because it should add up.
I think they umbrella them under City Football group though, for that reason.
Not sure I can link the tweet to your comment to be fair. Just because cost % and revenue % don’t align? That’s exactly what you’d expect to see because one club is better equipped to create revenue from its costs (the financial strength of the PL and global reach of City far exceeds the others in the group). £63m in Wages to run various holdings in another couple of clubs seems reasonable, and it’s normal you wouldn’t see the revenue return on that investment given who those clubs are. Would be interested to hear more though if you’ve got other knowledge.
Gosh, that's about as bitter and "unwise" as I have seen on this forum. You discount the racism angle, you discount the sky 4 angle, you discount the Sun pandering to Liverpool fans and you say it is because he went from a, "big club", who have not wont the title in the lads memory to a "small club"who have.
You believe people should vilify the lad for making a sensible decision, "& rightly so", I am truly abhorred by your attitude and it it represents everything that is wrong in society today.