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Reminds me of this exchange from “The Newsroom”
Etihad Airways has called on the world’s “most feared law firm”, Quinn Emanuel, in its potential legal action against the Premier League. The US law firm has been named “most feared” by BTI Consulting five years in a row.
[via @TheLawyerCSmith]
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I don’t want him to do this. FIFA’s corruption is so deeply entrenched and intertwined with power, Arsene would either be broken by it or be tainted by it.
Arsene Wenger urged to stand against Gianni Infantino in FIFA elections
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Except Deloitte weren’t Man City’s auditors during any of that period. It was always BDO.
They can’t stop lying and inventing stuff. It’s sad.
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Aside from the calf clearly being drawn to the milk, not the statue, with Nandi being a bull and all, I believe this is can be called “udder” nonsense!
This beautiful moment shows a calf lovingly touching the sacred Nandi statue at a temple. A heartwarming and spiritual sight filled with faith and devotion. 🙏🐄❤️
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We have taken down our paywall for 48 hours - for you to enjoy some of our reporting about Manchester City.
First up - The men behind Manchester City: The dark side
By Nick McGeehan
josimarfootball.com/2018/08/…
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They best period only came in twenty year period under Roman who was found guilty of cheating during that period now look at them to be fair they were a good big club before Roman but One that fought to be in top 4 and only one league title before Roman came
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I don’t know much about Martin Samuels — but this is the worst drivel I’ve ever read.
1. FFP was created and implemented by UEFA. Mainly driven by Germany, France, Belgium and other continental Europe, and on the club side, Bayern and Real.
It takes 5 minutes of fact checking by anyone to find out that Arsenal, Liverpool and United had nothing to do with implementing the FFP rules in football. It is not in touch with reality in any way, shape or form.
It’s just dishonest or delusional — I don’t know what is worse — to claim anything else. To see it come from reporters at big newspapers is just remarkable.
What is most absurd is that reality is the complete opposite. The owners of Arsenal, Liverpool and United would tomorrow jump on a proposal to implement a strict salary cap in the PL where all clubs could spend exactly the same. Nobody even talk about this because it doesn’t suit their agenda.
2. Samuel also drives the thesis that City should not get punished because Man City, Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham agreed to join the Super League. A project that was stopped by fans of Liverpool and United taking things into their own hands.
The Super League was a betrayal of the very soul of football.
But the least of the concerns with a Super League was that it breached rules. Any club can leave the Premier League whenever it wants. When you say goodbye to the Premier League — you say goodbye to football the way every fan on the planet wants to see it played. But there is no law that you have to compete in it.
3. Facts are that Martin Samuels and his pals — that “care so much about English football” — were more than happy to look the other way when Malcom Glazers set up a ridiculous scheme to plunder England’s greatest football club. Why? Because everyone realized that it in the long run would cripple United’s ability to compete on the pitch.
4. An indisputable fact is that the Premier League supposedly run by this “Red Cartel” — always — have had the most fair distribution of wealth of all top leagues in Europe. And it is not even close.
67% of the PL’s revenue is divided equally between all PL clubs. If the highest income in a league is divided with the lowest, you get an income quota. The lower number, the more equal the wealth is divided. In the PL it is 1.6. In Serie A it’s 2.9. In Ligue 1 it’s 3.3. In Bundesliga it’s 3.8. In La Liga it’s 3.8 (and for a long time, up until 2015, it was 12-15).
Good guys may have won in case against Man City but losing everything in resulting reputational dumpster fire means there is very little to celebrate thetimes.com/sport/football/…
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Except you literally didn’t join half way. You were literally formed 6 years before Arsenal. So what stopped you from building hotels like the others brick by brick over decades?
Imagine a game of Monopoly…
You join halfway through with wads of cash. The other players already have hotels everywhere.
Then they create a new rule: you can only spend what your existing properties generate.
That’s Financial Fair Play.
#mcfc #cfc #avfc #nufc @henrywinter
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Ram Vaidyanathan retweeted
🚨 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 nytimes.com/athletic/7049721…
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Allan Donald to Sachin Tendulkar, 1st test of India’s tour of SA in 1996, at Pretoria.
GUESS THE BATSMAN & BOWLER!
No names, no clues… just your cricket knowledge.
Look closely at the clip and tell me:
👉 Who is the batsman?
👉 Who is the bowler?
Let’s see who can get BOTH right!
Drop your answer before checking the comments.
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Utter nonsense. Arteta inherited an absolute mess in terms of personnel and culture. Even then, those of us who watched every game could see the tactical shifts and the behind-the-scenes improvements in culture
Those criticising Carrick tonight need to remember how truly awful Arteta was in his first few seasons . Still don't think he's anything special , but Arsenal's recruitment has been very kind to him
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Should be an option to revoke blue tick status for this kind of nonsense
The level of Cricket in 1980s was worse than today's gully Cricket so that's why I generally consider today's cricketers are 100 times superior than that time of players, look at this man it's worse than gully cricket
People considers Viv Richards is a legend, he is good player in 1980s but if he plays today's level Cricket then he will be only gully level player
Even worse players of this generation like Babar Azam is better than legend of that generation ViV Richards
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Football fan discovers the idea of a squad competing on multiple fronts at an elite level.
Rice, Lewis-Skelly and Ødegaard are the CM unit Arteta wants as first choice.
Bruno was an unused sub today.
Increased wages might soften his stance but we know from past experience that Bruno is always eager to play EVERY game.
Interesting to see how it plays out.
#NUFC #AFC
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