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johnny crossan wrote:good job Bendy wasn't on the bench!



It ended as you anticipated. The team that had spent £216million over the summer, whose squad was worth £569m and which is effectively the public relations arm of an energy-rich Arab state finally found a way past the club that almost dropped off the Football League radar 20 years ago, had spent 34 years painfully finding their way back to the top flight and whose squad was worth £37m.
Brighton have teetered on the brink of existence, threatened to go out of the league and out of business, sold their own ground, been homeless before building a new one.
So this was a momentous day and they deserved to enjoy it. And yet the carnival is over for Brighton. Well though they played — and they were excellent for long periods and even threatened City at times — they were undone by the familiar woes of newly-promoted sides.
They competed, they battled and they held their own. Yet ultimately, as they tired, they made but two mistakes. And the billionaires pounced.
here he is - the lovely Rob Draper

Mase wrote:

london blue 2 wrote:

nottsblue wrote:MotD

Linekar asks who Shearer and Wright fancy for the title.

Shearer: one of the Manchester clubs
Linekar: which one?
Shearer: I'm going to go with my bias. Manchester United.

WTF. The cats out of the bag, Alan Shearer. Fuck off back to Geordieland

I heard that. What a tool.

I heard that too but couldn't make out if I'd heard it correctly.

Beefymcfc wrote:

Mase wrote:

london blue 2 wrote:

nottsblue wrote:MotD

Linekar asks who Shearer and Wright fancy for the title.

Shearer: one of the Manchester clubs
Linekar: which one?
Shearer: I'm going to go with my bias. Manchester United.

WTF. The cats out of the bag, Alan Shearer. Fuck off back to Geordieland

I heard that. What a tool.

I heard that too but couldn't make out if I'd heard it correctly.

Why would Shearer be bias to the Rags? I don't get it.

Beefymcfc wrote:

Mase wrote:

london blue 2 wrote:

nottsblue wrote:MotD

Linekar asks who Shearer and Wright fancy for the title.

Shearer: one of the Manchester clubs
Linekar: which one?
Shearer: I'm going to go with my bias. Manchester United.

WTF. The cats out of the bag, Alan Shearer. Fuck off back to Geordieland

I heard that. What a tool.

I heard that too but couldn't make out if I'd heard it correctly.

Why would Shearer be bias to the Rags? I don't get it.

Beefymcfc wrote:

Mase wrote:

london blue 2 wrote:

nottsblue wrote:MotD

Linekar asks who Shearer and Wright fancy for the title.

Shearer: one of the Manchester clubs
Linekar: which one?
Shearer: I'm going to go with my bias. Manchester United.

WTF. The cats out of the bag, Alan Shearer. Fuck off back to Geordieland

I heard that. What a tool.

I heard that too but couldn't make out if I'd heard it correctly.

Why would Shearer be bias to the Rags? I don't get it.

City64 wrote:

Beefymcfc wrote:

Mase wrote:

london blue 2 wrote:

nottsblue wrote:MotD

Linekar asks who Shearer and Wright fancy for the title.

Shearer: one of the Manchester clubs
Linekar: which one?
Shearer: I'm going to go with my bias. Manchester United.

WTF. The cats out of the bag, Alan Shearer. Fuck off back to Geordieland

I heard that. What a tool.

I heard that too but couldn't make out if I'd heard it correctly.

Why would Shearer be bias to the Rags? I don't get it.

I think this stems from Trevor Sinclairs recent attack on the media he works for when he openly stated there is outright bias towards the rags and the dippers , wonder if he was told to "big up " the rags" as part of his MOTD job ??? have we seen Trev yet and will we see him ??? interesting !

johnny crossan wrote:good job Bendy wasn't on the bench!

Justified logic wrote:

johnny crossan wrote:good job Bendy wasn't on the bench!

I knew this was from the Daily Wail as soon as I saw the £54m for Walker. No idea where they got this figure from (fat fingers trying £45m when news of the transfer first came through?) but they are still persisting with the myth.

carl_feedthegoat wrote:I see the thieving slippery cunt Gerard (also Lampard,,,but was lead by the Bindipper) has raged in the tabloids that Mendy was disrespectful with his banterous tweet about the 'bullet header'.........this coming from the cutn who has disrespected all and sundry during his fuckign career.

Ill quote this chaps reply - ''I didn't notice them slamming Lingard when he posted a clip of him and his team mates singing obscene nursery rhymes about City minutes after City had officially tweeted congratulations to United on winning the Euro Johnstone's Paint Trophy'...but as its CITY and it fits in with the usual anti city AGENDA across the tabloids etc...then it suits to point it out.

Hazy2 wrote:

carl_feedthegoat wrote:I see the thieving slippery cunt Gerard (also Lampard,,,but was lead by the Bindipper) has raged in the tabloids that Mendy was disrespectful with his banterous tweet about the 'bullet header'.........this coming from the cutn who has disrespected all and sundry during his fuckign career.

Ill quote this chaps reply - ''I didn't notice them slamming Lingard when he posted a clip of him and his team mates singing obscene nursery rhymes about City minutes after City had officially tweeted congratulations to United on winning the Euro Johnstone's Paint Trophy'...but as its CITY and it fits in with the usual anti city AGENDA across the tabloids etc...then it suits to point it out.

Scousers always bitter.

#Sports News
August 13, 2017 / 7:25 AM / 6 hours ago
Rich pickings for Guardiola as City start to cash in


LONDON (Reuters) - If money decided the title, City would already be crowned champions after splashing more than 200 million pounds ($260.22 million) on reinforcements this summer.

Even though their opponents, Brighton & Hove Albion, had broken their own transfer record three times this window, the Seagulls' outlay was roughly one-tenth that of City -- forcing them to mind the gap.

What Pep Guardiola has really bought himself is options, with three debutants in the starting XI and a further 206 million pounds' worth of talent on the bench.

After a frustrating first half, which highlighted City's failures up front from last season, change was always going to come, and the breakthrough arrived within minutes of the introduction of Leroy Sane in the 68th minute.

The scorer was all too familiar, with Sergio Aguero capitalising on a delightful pass from David Silva.

Before the game Guardiola spoke cryptically about not always playing Aguero and Jesus up front but on Saturday he gave Brighton the full double blast, which paid off -- eventually.

When and how to employ the pair may define Guardiola's season.

Afterwards the manager was predictably delighted with all the riches at his disposal and promised that City will "improve the way we attack" this season.

His fullbacks will be crucial to that game plan, with former Tottenham defender Kyle Walker providing the pace out wide so obviously missing last season.

Danilo, a right-footed left back, was less impressive but he is likely to play second fiddle to Benjamin Mendy once the Frenchman recovers from the thigh strain that kept him out on Saturday.

"I was very happy with the new players. I want to say thank you to the club," Guardiola said. "We have huge players with lots of talent. Big congratulations to all the people in Manchester City -- we are a strong club."

Arguably, no manager is under greater pressure this season than the Spaniard, who after one trophyless campaign knows he must deliver something special.

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Dressed rather like an American college student in beige trousers, a black top and white pumps, he cut a relaxed figure on the touchline, knowing, perhaps, that there would be tougher tests ahead.

His biggest problem may be keeping everyone happy as he tweaks his teamsheet. With so much talent at his disposal, City's players know they have limited time to impress.

"I want to continue with what we did in the last three games of pre-season," said Guardiola. "We were stable but we have to try to improve. The most important thing was to win the first game."

The only sour note for City was a tweet from Mendy, saying: "Bullet header" in reference to Lewis Dunk's own goal. TV pundits criticised it as "disrespectful".

Perhaps Guardiola will have to find the Frenchman something more constructive to do next week.

($1 = 0.7686 pounds)

Reporting by Neil Robinson,; Editing by Neville Dalton

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Beefymcfc wrote:

Mase wrote:

london blue 2 wrote:

nottsblue wrote:MotD

Linekar asks who Shearer and Wright fancy for the title.

Shearer: one of the Manchester clubs
Linekar: which one?
Shearer: I'm going to go with my bias. Manchester United.

WTF. The cats out of the bag, Alan Shearer. Fuck off back to Geordieland

I heard that. What a tool.

I heard that too but couldn't make out if I'd heard it correctly.

Why would Shearer be bias to the Rags? I don't get it.

nottsblue wrote:So the Suppository say that if Coutinho leaves the dippers it destroys their season. Was mention made that
A - This is ludicrous, are they suggesting they are a one man team?
B - Was mention then made of what would happen if he got injured
C - Is this not very poor management and were they pulled up on this.

I hope Barca sign someone else and the dippers are left with an unhappy player

carl_feedthegoat wrote:

Justified logic wrote:

johnny crossan wrote:good job Bendy wasn't on the bench!

I knew this was from the Daily Wail as soon as I saw the £54m for Walker. No idea where they got this figure from (fat fingers trying £45m when news of the transfer first came through?) but they are still persisting with the myth.

AGENDA - has the penny dropped yet ? do you get it now ?

Mikhail Chigorin wrote:

carl_feedthegoat wrote:

Justified logic wrote:

johnny crossan wrote:good job Bendy wasn't on the bench!

I knew this was from the Daily Wail as soon as I saw the £54m for Walker. No idea where they got this figure from (fat fingers trying £45m when news of the transfer first came through?) but they are still persisting with the myth.

AGENDA - has the penny dropped yet ? do you get it now ?

Mmmmm.....so our team cost almost £600 million.

Well, all I can say to that is; good innit ??

gmercer1 wrote:

Mikhail Chigorin wrote:

carl_feedthegoat wrote:

Justified logic wrote:

johnny crossan wrote:good job Bendy wasn't on the bench!

I knew this was from the Daily Wail as soon as I saw the £54m for Walker. No idea where they got this figure from (fat fingers trying £45m when news of the transfer first came through?) but they are still persisting with the myth.

AGENDA - has the penny dropped yet ? do you get it now ?

Mmmmm.....so our team cost almost £600 million.

Well, all I can say to that is; good innit ??

Nothing mentioned in the Rags game today how much their team cost....would be interesting to see though!