Are City done (for now)?

[StevieM]

The north has the likes of The Undertones and SLF. Quality bands.

Teenage Kicks & Alternative Ulster are two of my favourite songs.

 

[cloggypop]

Yeah Fergal went a bit shit on his own. That Petrol Emotion were great without him though and The Undertones are still great fun live now.

 

[Oncy]

The South have the Pogues though.

 

[cloggypop]

Teenage Kicks & Alternative Ulster are two of my favourite songs.

I saw SLF a couple of months ago. Undertones are playing here again in May I think.

 

[StevieM]

The South have the Pogues though.

... and Daniel O'Donnell.....

 

[cloggypop]

Pogues are a mighty fine band but most of them are from London really.

 

[cloggypop]

Not sure where the Cranberries are from but they are wank.

Even their Zombie song.

 

[StevieM]

Pogues are a mighty fine band but most of them are from London really.

So they're really like... You know.... an ugly Mumford & Sons...

 

[StevieM]

Not sure where the Cranberries are from but they are wank.

Even their Zombie song.

South...

 

[StevieM]

Van Morrison...


North

 

[Oncy]

Darby O'gill

South

 

[tony]

But even if they get away with anything so crude, as I referenced above, one of the *existing* sanctions, as per Fatty Marcotti, is a $50m net spend limit for the next two years. That's totally regardless of any bogus income - they could be making £500m profit a year but that limit still remains.

Personally I don't think they'll get away with any of that sponsorship bollocks. But I don't have to be right about that for them to still have big problems as long as that limit stuff is true. And Marcotti is pretty sound, he knows his stuff. So probably it is true.

As cloggy says above they will probably sell Dzeko to some obscure Abu Dhabi club for a world record fee!

 

[StevieM]

Darby O'gill

South

I have no fucking idea who that is.

I'm taking the "blissfully unaware" option here

 

[ILD]

Stevie's favourite band on the planet is U2.
U2 are from the south. Everything you say in the North vs South debate is now invalid Stevie. Soz.

 

[StevieM]

As cloggy says above they will probably sell Dzeko to some obscure Abu Dhabi club for a world record fee!

Except.... he can choose not to go, run down his contract on good wadge..... and sign for whomever he chooses for a "big payday" at the end.

No "good" player at a decent age has ever gone to a shite league - despite the money.

It's a fantasy.

 

[ILD]

Not sure where the Cranberries are from but they are wank.

Even their Zombie song.

They are from Limerick I think.

 

[tony]

Except.... he can choose not to go, run down his contract on good wadge..... and sign for whomever he chooses for a "big payday" at the end.

No "good" player at a decent age has ever gone to a shite league - despite the money.

It's a fantasy.

Who said the cunt was any good !!!!

 

[Dirty Sanchez]

This won't look like so much fun if they target Henderson & Sterling.

Which they will - safe in the knowledge that they can offer silly wages if their contracts run down or out.

Mr Rodgers will start looking sexier to then too.

Agree.
I think all this means that they will be at least turning the heads of Sterling, Ibe, Henderson with big wage offers.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Van Morrison...


North

He's Irish (British, whatever)?

Fuck me I never knew that.

 

[Athens]

He's Irish (British, whatever)?

Fuck me I never knew that.

The grumpiest man in music is from glorious east, east, east Belfast.

 

[ILD]

He's Irish (British, whatever)?

Fuck me I never knew that.

Van The Man had some voice in fairness.

I'd say he was an awful prick though.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Never met him.

Incredible voice & songwriter though.

 

[cloggypop]

The grumpiest man in music is from glorious east, east, east Belfast.

Mark E Smith is from Salford.

 

[Athens]

Mark E Smith is from Salford.

He can't be grumpier than Van "I'm Grumpy" Morrison.

 

[FoxForceFive]

He can't be grumpier than Van "I'm Grumpy" Morrison.

If he wasn't grumpy his voice wouldn't have sounded like that.

 

[Athens]

If he wasn't grumpy his voice wouldn't have sounded like that.

I'm not doubting that he's grumpy, just perhaps not as grumpy as Van.

 

[Athens]

 

[cloggypop]

He can't be grumpier than Van "I'm Grumpy" Morrison.

It's a tough one. They have to be the top two.

http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/3331055

 

[Oncy]

The grumpiest man in music is from glorious east, east, east Belfast.

Cypress avenue the beautiful song from Astral Weeks is the name of his home ave in Belfast, not far from the Newtonards road and also long time home of Ian Paisley and ME.

 

[peterhague]

How would that be enforcible?
Is he saying they get banned from Europe if they break that?
Fair play if true but I dont know how you could make that stick if they can prove income.

Well I suppose that would just be a further breach so the sanctions would ramp up. Who knows at what point they'd actually start getting banned from Europe, though.

Personally I think this assumption that City will be able to sidestep the FFP rules goes against all the evidence, not to mention reason. They and PSG have already received significant sanctions, just for a first offence. Other clubs have gone to the effort of becoming profitable. From the start, it's been made absolutely clear that any attempts to artificially inflate revenue won't be tolerated. So much for the evidence. Then there's the logic: why would Uefa go this far only to stop now? It doesn't make any sense to me.

That doesn't mean I think the likes of City will be made to stick absolutely to the rules, or that they'll suffer terrible consequences. They'll just be reined in a fair bit and be made to show willing, and for them, with the state of their squad, that'd be a real problem.