??% Villa - how bad are Citeh for football?

[olaftab]

What's even more disgusting is that the poor sod's who built Yas island were treated as virtual slaves, made to work in dangerous conditions, paid a pittance and then discarded. The wealth is retained for the uber-rich. It is an utter violation of humanity.

Any Man Shitty fan who tells me I'm just jealous can take their despicable owners and shove them up a camel's arse.

 Exactly my thougths. Thanks for  succinct summimg up.  They could  of course use their wealth to improve the life of their fellow human beings in Yemen, Sudan and Ethiopia etc but  to  filthy rich Arabs those people  are sub-human. I hate these Emirates and other  small very rich  states where the boundry was drawn around oil wells..and by whom... I am afraid   Great Britain.

[cdbearsfan]

What are the the chances of an Islamic fundamentalist revolution to overthrow the sheikhs in the UAE and fuck Man City up?

[hilts_coolerking]

If there is an Islamic fundamentalist revolution in the Middle East / Gulf region, Man City's future will be the least of our worries.

[Apyadg]

 Exactly my thougths. Thanks for  succinct summimg up.  They could  of course use their wealth to improve the life of their fellow human beings in Yemen, Sudan and Ethiopia etc but  to  filthy rich Arabs those people  are sub-human.

Because there are no homeless people in the west that could be helped by the billionaires over here? More to the point, why should the rich arabs have to help people there just because they're local, what does proximity have to do with it? The rich people over here are equally capable of helping people in Yemen/Sudan/Ethiopia. It's a bit harsh criticising the rich arabs, when the rich westerners are usually no better.

[Lizz]

Whilst multi tasking in the kitchen earlier tonight and half listening to the radio, there was a discussion about charitable donations to Pakistan apropos the floods. A comparison was made between what the British public have donated and Man Citeh paid for James Milner. I can't remember the exact details, but something about it felt very wrong to me. I know money talks, and how much money there is at some football clubs, but the way Man Citeh's splashing the cash leaves a sour taste. Their owners have made me think something I never thought I would - Chelsea to win the league rather than them.

Sour grapes? Possibly. Maybe if we'd have done the same, I'd have probably been like some horrible Harry Enfield 'considerably richer than you' type character.

[The Man With A Stick]

After watching Sheikh Mansour look bored shitless every few minutes on his first visit to Eastlands this evening, it just  highlights how the "project" is about Abu Dhabi making a statement more than anything else.

Oh well, good luck to him.

[TopDeck113]

I was surprised to hear that it was the first time he'd attended a match.

Sums it up: we're stripped of our better players because a mega-rich Arab wants a PL club as a bauble - and doesn't appear to be particularly interested in sitting through the 90 minutes to cast his eyes over his investment.

[Lizz]

I was surprised to hear that it was the first time he'd attended a match.

Sums it up: we're stripped of our better players because a mega-rich Arab wants a PL club as a bauble - and doesn't appear to be particularly interested in sitting through the 90 minutes to cast his eyes over his investment.

It's akin to  'celebrities' adopting a child as an accessory then palming them off to an army of nannies.

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[Muscle-Dolphin]

Citeh's ridiculous spending spree is wrong for football.  Relative parity is important for sports leagues.  I just read somewhere that UEFA is bringing in a new fiscal criterion that could disqualify teams like Citeh from the Championship and Europa since their ratio of expenditure to profit is so out of whack.

[damon loves JT]

I was surprised to hear that it was the first time he'd attended a match.

Sheikh Mansour al Gregnash

[Muscle-Dolphin]

I heard on a broadcast that some teams like Citeh might be disqualified from UEFA participation (Champions Leage and Europa League) in the future because of their fiscal imbalance between expenditures and profit.  Has anyone else heard of this criterion or was the announcer just "blowing it out of his *ss"?  If this is true and the ratio is reasonable,  UEFA could help save the EPL from total imbalance (which is the way that it is trending).  Any details on this situation would be greatly appreciated.  At any rate, the EPL needs some type of salary control (even if it is a luxury tax).

[JUAN PABLO]

I was surprised to hear that it was the first time he'd attended a match.

Sheikh Mansour al Gregnash

nor as Torres for a long time

[wozwebs]

This photo makes me sick

[villajk]

This photo makes me sick

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