Final Weekend Fixtures - What Will Be, Will Be - Sunday 13th May 2012 3pm

Funny how Hazard is suddenly a mercenary **** for wanting to join a bigger club, with more chance of winning trophies and getting a lot more money. If you were offered a much superior job to the one you've currently got would you turn it down?

I won't dwell on this anymore because people obviously get angry when I say it, but some (not all) of the criticisms against City seem based on extreme bitterness, prejudice and snobbery. It's like when a binman wins the lottery and starts splashing the cash and the respectable, establishment classes turn their noses up at this "conspicuous consumption" and irritating that these "nouveau riche" don't know there place.

Another city apology, how many is that now? Since Sunday I mean?

That's a stupid comparison because in life there is no sense of competition and what is fair. And life is inherently unfair.
In sport the ideal should be a level playing field. May the best man/team win.
If it's just about may the club with the most money win then what's the point? Where's the sense of achievement?

Football used to be a sport, you know.

It isn't City's fault that the game is like this. They're not the first to do it. Neither were Chelsea actually although they took it to a new level and City have gone even further.

I'm not jealous of City because I don't recognise what they've done as an achievement and I wouldn't want Arsenal to buy trophies so overtly.

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

Another city apology, how many is that now? Since Sunday I mean?

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How many anti-City posts have you made? You're so consumed by Citeh hate that you can't even accept that Barton deserved to get sent off. I probably wouldn't have made so many posts if the posts critical of City didn't degenerate into petty bigotry and class prejudice (in general, not specifically talking about your posts)

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Originally Posted by Joker

How many anti-City posts have you made? You're so consumed by Citeh hate that you can't even accept that Barton deserved to get sent off. I probably wouldn't have made so many posts if the posts critical of City didn't degenerate into petty bigotry and class prejudice (in general, not specifically talking about your posts)

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Ever stopped to wonder if YOU are causing it all with you neverending anti-Arsenal and pro-city avalanche of shit?

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

Ever stopped to wonder if YOU are causing it all with you neverending anti-Arsenal and pro-city avalanche of shit?

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Here we go again, I've never made one anti-Arsenal or pro-City post. I criticise the board and the manager, which is not the same as the club.

And I don't make pro-City comments, I just point out when people go OTT in their hate towards them.

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Originally Posted by Joker

Funny how Hazard is suddenly a mercenary **** for wanting to join a bigger club, with more chance of winning trophies and getting a lot more money. If you were offered a much superior job to the one you've currently got would you turn it down?

I won't dwell on this anymore because people obviously get angry when I say it, but some (not all) of the criticisms against City seem based on extreme bitterness, prejudice and snobbery. It's like when a binman wins the lottery and starts splashing the cash and the respectable, establishment classes turn their noses up at this "conspicuous consumption" and irritating that these "nouveau riche" don't know there place.

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Not really. People hate Citeh, like they hated Chelsea before them, for taking the soul out of the game they love. Don't get me wrong, there have lways been the haves and the have nots, and we were fortunate to be amongst the haves back in the day. But even in the early 00's our success was as much down to the way in which our manager innovated/played the game, and SAF has been the same - generally getting more out of his teams than the sum of their parts.

With Citeh - there is little of this. Little imagination; little innovation; little adventure. Just cold, hard, mercenary cash. Why will Citeh dominate the league over the coming years? Because they have an incredible group of players developing and coming through? Because the have a Guardiola-type manager playing a brand of football rarely seen before? Because of their mental togetherness and endeavour? No. Because they can buy 2 of the best players on the planet for each position.

Citeh have subverted the romance of football. They weren't the first to do so and they are the product of the times. But they are the most high profile culprit, and that is why they are despised by many fans.

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Originally Posted by Joker

Here we go again, I've never made one anti-Arsenal or pro-City post. I criticise the board and the manager, which is not the same as the club.

And I don't make pro-City comments, I just point out when people go OTT in their hate towards them.

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Didn't realise it was your job to defend city on an Arsenal forum. Nice one!

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Originally Posted by Ice Berg Kamping

Not really. People hate Citeh, like they hated Chelsea before them, for taking the soul out of the game they love. Don't get me wrong, there have lways been the haves and the have nots, and we were fortunate to be amongst the haves back in the day. But even in the early 00's our success was as much down to the way in which our manager innovated/played the game, and SAF has been the same - generally getting more out of his teams than the sum of their parts.

With Citeh - there is little of this. Little imagination; little innovation; little adventure. Just cold, hard, mercenary cash. Why will Citeh dominate the league over the coming years? Because they have an incredible group of players developing and coming through? Because the have a Guardiola-type manager playing a brand of football rarely seen before? Because of their mental togetherness and endeavour? No. Because they can buy 2 of the best players on the planet for each position.

Citeh have subverted the romance of football. They weren't the first to do so and they are the product of the times. But they are the most high profile culprit, and that is why they are despised by many fans.

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La la la can't hear you... Wenger out... Come on you blues... Disgusting the way citeh are treated on here you know...

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Originally Posted by Joker

Funny how Hazard is suddenly a mercenary **** for wanting to join a bigger club, with more chance of winning trophies and getting a lot more money. If you were offered a much superior job to the one you've currently got would you turn it down?

I won't dwell on this anymore because people obviously get angry when I say it, but some (not all) of the criticisms against City seem based on extreme bitterness, prejudice and snobbery. It's like when a binman wins the lottery and starts splashing the cash and the respectable, establishment classes turn their noses up at this "conspicuous consumption" and irritating that these "nouveau riche" don't know there place.

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You mean the same Hazard who said it was his dream to go to spurs and Chelsea. Had he not said that then fine. But he did.

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It's like when a binman wins the lottery and starts splashing the cash and the respectable, establishment classes turn their noses up at this "conspicuous consumption" and irritating that these "nouveau riche" don't know there place.

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That has nout to do with City being given loads of money to go an spend on players and winning the league. If a bin man wins the lottery then he got lucky and everyone knows it simple. He did not work hard to win it. Yes people will be jealous etc. But people will also now its not the same as those who worked hard to get their Billions and thats who people will tend to respect more.

And i guess it depends on the Binman's behaviour once he turns rich if he is snobish or not now.