blues-clues wrote:I wish Nedum Onuoha had more exposure on the BBC. One of the most intelligent, collected and respectful contributors out there. A genuine and caring perspective. I hope he gets to play a role in the club in the future.

sidSmith wrote:From some Newcastle fan page. There is some logical thinking out there, obviously biased, but makes those point about Ashley and the FFP bollox:
Man City are charged with putting too much money into their club, attracting some of the best players in the world and helping turn the Premier League into the biggest and most entertaining league in the world.
Think about how ridiculous that sounds.
A club investing heavily, improving its squad, competing at the highest level and making the league more attractive to broadcasters and fans is now something that needs to be punished.
But where was the Premier League when Mike Ashley spent years asset-stripping Newcastle United?
Where was the outrage when Newcastle were being dismantled, investment was being cut and the club was gradually reduced to an empty shell?
Where was the Premier League declaring Ashley an unsuitable owner or stepping in to protect the club and its supporters?
Nowhere.
Newcastle suffered for years and nobody seemed to care because we weren’t challenging the established order.
That’s why I struggle with the argument that this is purely about protecting the integrity of football.
If the system was genuinely about protecting clubs, supporters and competitive fairness, Newcastle’s treatment under Ashley should have mattered just as much.
Instead, it feels like the biggest problem only becomes a problem when the established clubs are threatened.
City challenged the status quo. Newcastle are now trying to do the same.
And when the same few clubs have dominated English football for decades, it’s fair to ask whether the real issue is financial rules—or who benefits from them.
Football should be about competition, not protecting the positions of the clubs who have already made it to the top.
#NUFC
nottsblue wrote:sidSmith wrote:From some Newcastle fan page. There is some logical thinking out there, obviously biased, but makes those point about Ashley and the FFP bollox:
Man City are charged with putting too much money into their club, attracting some of the best players in the world and helping turn the Premier League into the biggest and most entertaining league in the world.
Think about how ridiculous that sounds.
A club investing heavily, improving its squad, competing at the highest level and making the league more attractive to broadcasters and fans is now something that needs to be punished.
But where was the Premier League when Mike Ashley spent years asset-stripping Newcastle United?
Where was the outrage when Newcastle were being dismantled, investment was being cut and the club was gradually reduced to an empty shell?
Where was the Premier League declaring Ashley an unsuitable owner or stepping in to protect the club and its supporters?
Nowhere.
Newcastle suffered for years and nobody seemed to care because we weren’t challenging the established order.
That’s why I struggle with the argument that this is purely about protecting the integrity of football.
If the system was genuinely about protecting clubs, supporters and competitive fairness, Newcastle’s treatment under Ashley should have mattered just as much.
Instead, it feels like the biggest problem only becomes a problem when the established clubs are threatened.
City challenged the status quo. Newcastle are now trying to do the same.
And when the same few clubs have dominated English football for decades, it’s fair to ask whether the real issue is financial rules—or who benefits from them.
Football should be about competition, not protecting the positions of the clubs who have already made it to the top.
#NUFC
Spot on
Just shows there are fans of other clubs out there who see this for what it really is
Just a shame there are so few of them as the media’s indoctrination process is in full swing


nottsblue wrote:https://youtube.com/shorts/y_IYCTVQ0oc?is=cXHcrMY5BNB51qgt
Jordan sees FFP for the sham it is
Known, predictably, shows himself to be the idiot we know he is
TrueBlue4610 wrote:nottsblue wrote:https://youtube.com/shorts/y_IYCTVQ0oc?is=cXHcrMY5BNB51qgt
Jordan sees FFP for the sham it is
Known, predictably, shows himself to be the idiot we know he is
He's changed his tune -suddenly. Wonder if he's received a letter...

CBEM wrote:TrueBlue4610 wrote:nottsblue wrote:https://youtube.com/shorts/y_IYCTVQ0oc?is=cXHcrMY5BNB51qgt
Jordan sees FFP for the sham it is
Known, predictably, shows himself to be the idiot we know he is
He's changed his tune -suddenly. Wonder if he's received a letter...
He is driving clicks it's his job, we will never hear his real opinion. My feeling is that he can't stand the cartel but he'll profess to have different views next week just so people will phone up frothing and in a rage.
Redna wrote:Sanctions out friday. Sources* say.
This is a shit storm with no turning back.
* Source= random Rag and murderer.

carl_feedthegoat wrote:Redna wrote:Sanctions out friday. Sources* say.
This is a shit storm with no turning back.
* Source= random Rag and murderer.
That's BS mate.
Sanctions are a separate hearing and only after the appeal has been decided.
carl_feedthegoat wrote:Redna wrote:Sanctions out friday. Sources* say.
This is a shit storm with no turning back.
* Source= random Rag and murderer.
That's BS mate.
Sanctions are a separate hearing and only after the appeal has been decided.
Redna wrote:carl_feedthegoat wrote:Redna wrote:Sanctions out friday. Sources* say.
This is a shit storm with no turning back.
* Source= random Rag and murderer.
That's BS mate.
Sanctions are a separate hearing and only after the appeal has been decided.
I know. Don't understand what I'm doing on X. It's just depressing.
CTID!


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