None of them is the owner. One of them is the chairman (to the left), the other two must be associates on visit. Never seen them before.
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Football Thread 2011/12 |OT8| Made it to the Championship play-offs
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None of them is the owner. One of them is the chairman (to the left), the other two must be associates on visit. Never seen them before.
Broder Salsa
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They already got a great team and one that will play CL next year and compete for the title again, no reason to sell.
It'd be a pointless game by then. League will be won by that time.
The guy in the left is Khaldoon Al Mubarak. He's the chairman.
He can't sell the club and he certainly won't fear for his job as Sheikh Mansour's most trusted advisor.
Nothing to do with Man Utd getting in their heads but more key players not hitting the form they are capable of in a critical stage of the season. That coupled with Mancini slowly reverting back to his negative ways have seen City crumble.
Also despite him being sent off I'm not really in to this whole Balotelli as the villain bullshit. So predictable that every time the camera would focus on him for a few seconds we would get an ear full of shite about how evil he is.
Anyway Mancini must surely now be fearing for his job after handing the title to Europe's whipping boys.
Yeah, so annoying that City have choked. Was looking forward to that game. Now it's pretty worthless.
Vivalaraza
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Ahhh.
This is what it feels like to be City...
This is what it feels like to be City...
No money is earned, wealth is taken /SocialistRant
City got money from a sheikh, United got money from a bank. The difference is that City doesn't have to pay interest fee.
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Nvm, got it wrong, see below.
yellow submarine
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Wasn't United 8 points behind at one time in the season? Man, Ferguson is a fucking magician. So many injuries, main defender and captain in Vidic out for the season, no midfield stability until Scholes came back --- and he STILL wins the fucking title!
hahaha, I just remembered this, lol
Vivalaraza
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No, United got money from winning competitions, and having a huge stadium and fan base. They're an extremely sustainable business.
I know where your coming from but I don't buy it 100%.
I don't believe when we were steam rolling teams it was pure luck and a fluke.
Something, somewhere has gone wrong.
And I had a quid on him for first scorer with a few others, I'm spending that £16 on a new haircut, hopefully it'll be half as good as artetas beautiful quaff
Ah right, the loan was for the American owners buying it right? Forgot which one, haven't been keeping up with their dealings lately.
Vivalaraza
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Apparently, I don't know true this is, but in the run of great games City only used a few players, like 15. Maybe they fatigued quite early?
Wonderful. A+
saf deserves credit no doubt but man city deserves credit for throwing it away, a mix between the two
It's such a damn shame too. Could have turned out to be an awesome game if it was a decider. Now Fergie will just troll with his line-up instead.
I believe they feel he gets special treatment from Roberto. Kind of agree...
Vivalaraza
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I would tell you the real story but because you're making me laugh, I'll let you continue.
You'll feel really stupid when you find out how LBO's work though.
Meus Renaissance
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Anyone seen Hart's reaction to Mario's sending off? Loool. It looked like he was blaming the bench
Yep, rumours say that's what the squad thinks. Who knows though. The only one who has gone out and said negative things about it is De Jong, who did it last week. Maybe they're afraid of what Mancini will do though, if they speak bad about him.
Aye, the owners borrowed some money to buy the club, the goal being to raise it's value considerably and sell for a profit. They're accomplishing that, if they sold the club now they'd probably get near double what they paid.
Joe Hart was very pissed off with Mario then. I wish someone could GIF it, I'll see if I can find it later
You do realise the club did not benefit from that loan? And that it's more-or-less a burden?
Vivalaraza
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Yep, looked pissed.
He's right. Shouldn't have been on the pitch. When Mancini took Aguero off before Balotelli, I thought, he's put his job in Balotelli's hands there.
Should have followed his own advice, you can't trust him.
Still, YOLO!
when was the last time a team fucked it up this bad in epl?
Gareth Bale
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Jose Mourinho said:
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LOL. The debt piled onto the club by the Glazers were not used to acquire players; our money from winning shit did. Second of all, the "bank" would never have given United "money" if it wasn't for our consistent sucess on the pitch which gives a higher degree of assurance that our future cash flows would be able to cover the loan principal and interest payments. You think City would be able to get "money from a bank" in 2008 given your non-existent results on on the pitch?
EDIT: I don't understand why it is so hard for City fans to concede that their "success" has been completely bought by money.
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