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« on: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 16:23:37 » |
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Many congratulations on your purchase of the FA Cup.
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Nick Bamosomi
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« Reply #1 on: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 16:25:20 » |
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Many congratulations on your purchase of the FA Cup.
Before I read your post properly and just saw the many congratulations bit, I was going to say something similar. It's amazing what you can buy these days with enough money. How many millions was it? |
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« Reply #2 on: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 16:30:25 » |
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champions league next year and the fa cup in the bag. toy money to the owner so money well spent
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« Reply #3 on: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 16:32:14 » |
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They deserved it on the day and had to put out the best team in England. Do we need to get cynical about everything? It's modern football, it costs money to win things.
If it wasn't for money then Stoke City wouldn't have got to the Premier League and have been able to build a squad capable of an F.A. Cup final.
If a billionaire wants to throw money at Swindon Town then they'd be most welcome.
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« Reply #4 on: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 16:33:00 » |
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There's only one thing that annoyed me about the final. Guess what it is!
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« Reply #5 on: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 16:33:21 » |
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What Costanza said.
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« Reply #6 on: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 16:33:29 » |
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There's only one thing that annoyed me about the final. Guess what it is!
Fola Onibuje didn't play? |
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« Reply #7 on: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 16:37:09 » |
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Unimportant warm up before Doctor Who and the Eurovision Song Contest.
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« Reply #8 on: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 16:37:43 » |
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Give the City fans a break,they've had a lot to put up with in the last 35yrs.I've always found
their fans a decent lot,especially when we played them in what is now the Championship in the
late 80's.
When they went down as low as L1 they embraced it and had a positive attitude to enjoy it,unlike
the likes of Leeds,Nottingham Forest and a few others.
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« Reply #9 on: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 16:41:51 » |
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Fola Onibuje didn't play?
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Ardiles
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« Reply #10 on: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 16:42:19 » |
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If a billionaire wants to throw money at Swindon Town then they'd be most welcome.
That's the thing...if that happened, I think I'd have to up & leave. I know I'm in a minority but, for me, it all becomes pointless if you can skew the competition by chucking money at a side. Grey area, I know. It's a question of degrees, but it's the extreme cases that offend me. Man City should not have won this year's Cup, and Wigan and Fulham should not be in the Prem. I know it's cynical, but I'm not trying to be for the sake of it. |
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« Reply #11 on: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 16:43:55 » |
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every league club throws money at players.all to differing levels,but they all do it nonetheless
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« Reply #12 on: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 16:44:30 » |
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The irony is that Man Utd won the League Championship on the same day, to outfo their blue neighbours. The last time City won the league championship, a few days later United became the first English team to win the European Cup. No wonder City fans hate them so much  |
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« Reply #13 on: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 16:46:37 » |
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That's the thing...if that happened, I think I'd have to up & leave. I know I'm in a minority but, for me, it all becomes pointless if you can skew the competition by chucking money at a side.
Grey area, I know, but it's a question of degrees and the extreme cases offend me. Man City should not have won this year's Cup, and Wigan and Fulham should not be in the Prem. I know it's cynical, but I'm not trying to be for the sake of it.
I like many aspects of being a supporter a small club. I'd love to see us win something one day though... and I do include the Johnstone's Paint Trophy in this Manchester City are a big football club with lots of fans... their achievement doesn't look as ridiculous as when say Wigan and Fulham stormed up the divisions. |
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« Reply #14 on: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 16:47:48 » |
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Apart from one anomaly, for the last 15 years the FA cup has been won by teams who spend a lot of money. It's hardly a revelation.
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