Wow, this is like waking up in the morning and finding out you sent an inappropriate drunk text to your boss.
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You work for @PeachesEnRegalia?
Poor you.
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Oh fuck off. Thereâs definitely worse than me out there. Probably.
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Thatâs probably true, one could be working for one of REDACTED or REDACTEDâŚ
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Haha @ REDACTED
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Got there in the end guys.
Also might be in a season when it helps us which aligns them alongside Palace and Wolves though the former have buggered us over at times.
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Just watching this match this evening - hard to pin down why City are struggling. Bournemouth is holding possession better than most teams do against City, but you donât really associate Rodri with being key to their recovery press. Where he does seem to be missed is that while City still have about 60% possession (1st half, anyway), the circulation is a little more ragged. City are holding it but not managing to build much in the way of threat or pressure while they do.
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How much of that id Is likely to be down to a gradual decline in the standard of player brought into the squad in recent years, and how much of it is because the work is being pushed onto fewer players to deliver because of players like Haaland playing a limited role in build up play. Or could it be that time has finally caught up with Pep and he just cant get the response from the players he once did?
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Yep think itâs all of the above. That and the growing realisation that everyone knows they are cheating scum and âthis means lessâ is their new official mantra.
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I think itâs a natural decline, itâs very hard mentally to keep the motivation going for years in row for top trophies for a whole team and structure.
Money canât buy everything.
No, just eight Premier League titles, three FA Cups, six League Cups, one Champions League, one UEFA Super Cup, one Club World Cup, the refs and a fawning media.
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Another reminder that weâbe beaten Bournemouth. Arsenal and City havenât.
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But apparently not a full stadium.
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and 130 charges 
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Man City 115 charges requests revealed as Liverpool brace for verdict
Story by Isaac Johnson
Government chiefs have requested information on Manchester Cityâs financial battle with the Premier League, as has the British Embassy in Dubai, a new report says. It is claimed that these requests were made prior to the start of the ongoing hearing, which began in September.
The commission is not expected to return its verdict until 2025, with Liverpool and other clubs kept in the dark about the details of the legal hearing in the meantime. Man City deny all allegations of wrongdoing, which tally at more than 100.
The Premier League has inferred it cannot share information on the hearing, which concludes this month, given it involves private shareholders. In the year before the hearing began, former Foreign Secretary James Cleverly asked for âan update on the UAE/Manchester City issueâ.
Partially-redacted emails obtained by The Times from a Freedom of Information request to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) show that this request was made in September 2023. They also reveal that the British Embassy in Dubai asked for the latest guidance around the case in May of this year.
This is said to have been made in light of âa report that a settlement in the City case could avoid wider political issuesâ, the Times claims. Man City are owned by Sheikh Mansour, who is the vice-president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
In the emails, the FCDO makes clear that the hearing is completely independent and has no governmental influence. They further indicate that the charges might have been discussed by Government officials during a visit to the UAE in the days after the allegations were first levelled in February 2023.
And two weeks before Cleverly made his request, Treasury secretary James Bowler held a meeting with Matthew Hurn, chief financial official of Mubadala, Abu Dhabiâs sovereign wealth fund. Part of memo refers to âKhaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, who is Chairman of Manchester City FC, is CEO and Managing Directorâ.
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You can see it all now - The Premier league will get stepped on blocking any reasonable punishment. And just like UEFA before them, anger of the fans will be misplaced at the PL failing to do their job while commercial interests gleefully ignore the reality of the situation and move forward pretending City have been vindicated.
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If this happens iâd love to see the rest of the teams refuse to play. If genuinely found innocent then thatâs fine but if itâs shown that outside influences have changed the outcome then what is the point of playing? The bit in bold about a settlement being reached is what bothers me most, thereâs no way City will accept anything like the punishment they should get and will pay their way through that and accept a big fine and points reduction. That in no way reflects the punishment they should get (ie lowest division possible or kicked altogether if found guilty).
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Man City are struggling at the moment. They have got the youngsters playing at the back and that is never easy.
Cry me a river, weâve had Nath Philips and Rhys William for half a season.
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They have the best academy in the world. They purposefully keep a small senior squad because of the riches of that academy. They have players on their bench who have premier league experience as a result of successful loans last year. Then today they are over an hour into a game getting absolutely humped during a period when they are crying about injuries and do you know how many of their world class prospects got into the game to earn some CL experience and allow his senior players a rest to let them fight another day?
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