Thoughtful stuff James “grey” is difficult to communicate when people want black or white.

I'm a city fan and I'm confused about something. Why does everyone feel like Manchester City owe everyone something. The club owes neutral fans nothing. I've never cared once about another team winning something. West Ham winning is nice. But after 15 seconds I couldn't care less. I also don't care that all these established historical clubs don't like that another club is taking a piece of their pie. This is what every fan of every club would dream of. 115 allegations will change absolutely nothing for me.

30 years following this team and this means the world.

Dimarco, the boyhood inter fan really played his heart out. The player of the game in my opinion.

It's only people who are perpetually online who vehemently hate City. I live in a small North Eastern Town (support Sunderland) and every single person I know in real life (Newcastle & Sunderland fans - my Town is 50/50 each way & then the odd Liverpool glory hunter from the 80s) love watching City and were happy for them last night. and for the "Sportswashing" lot, the way I see it is I would far rather "Oil/Blood money" be spent on enriching the lives and the local area of an English Club than be idly sitting in the bank account of someone insanely wealthy. Just look at the complex that they have built at City, when it was formerly barron land that looked like a blight on Manchester, now it's bustling with footballing excellence and more importantly creating jobs and giving people a living. I wholeheartedly hope that Newcastle's owners do such things for them too.

City fan - 50 years and counting. Thanks as always James for your considered words. On a day such as this, I look back on flying in ( Mancunian living in the US) to watch a match in the third tier v Wycombe Wanderers, and we lost! I fully accept that there is no way we could have had this success without our owners from Abu Dhabi. I dearly wish we were not owned by this group. I wish there was a local Manchester lad owning the team that made his fortune with a fruit and veg stall outside the ground.... BUT, we do not live in a fairytale world. City, with their financial clout have actually been very restrained in their transfer dealings. In the dreaded net spend charts - over the last 5 years - they are around 15th in the Premier League. It is hard to take the moralizing from the big 3 in particular. I am aware that this is whataboutism, but fans of these clubs do not care at all about human rights, oil etc, they care about winning, and that they are not winning. We shall see how it plays out with the 115 charges. If City cheated, then we have to face the consequences. If we get thrown out of the league, I will be the first to buy a ticket to our game v Oldham in the National League :-) CTID. Thanks as always for your content James, have a great summer.

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18:12 This has been Man United for 20 years, but they’re the ‘History’ club, so thats fine I guess…

Grew up with my Grandad talking about City winning the league in 1968. We were the best side in England, and I couldn’t even dream of that with the reds dominating (8/10 Prem titles). Relegation, mid table, relegation, was three years for us and the season later, in the third division, we saw Man United do a parade for winning the treble. So when people say, “Well you didn’t earn this”, especially if they’re an “Elite” club fan, I can only role my eyes. “You haven’t had any troughs” some have said. I’m sorry what? We have the record for the least goals scored at home in a Prem season. We have been lower than all these clubs, we have watched true issues and turmoil. Man United fans would fall to their knees at a 8th place finish. We as fans have truly earned this. These moments will live with me forever, and I’ll be able to share my story of when we were the best. There’s always a falloff, so I’m gonna enjoy it whilst we have it. And to the idea of fans only joining due to success. I’m not one, but I have no issue with it personally. That’s how Man United became so big, that’s why Real Madrid have fans all over the world. Chelsea don’t have fans from the US because all of them have family born and raised in west London. That’s sport… it’s just about sticking with the club when it inevitably drops. So if you as a rival fan say “Well if feels like nothing to me”, that’s fine, because it’s not about you. But don’t dare try and lecture me about what it’s worth to us. Manchester is Blue.

As a City fan I was buzzing, everyone else believed we would win it but City fans didn’t… I like your analysis, neutrals felt it was inevitable and are going to try and cloud over the victory but let’s be honest the club is very well run and is loved!

Great closing monologue on the complexities of this City victory and the different perspectives. Neutrals detest it, but those diehards deserve the European night. It’s what we all dream of…

I'm no city fan, but is it tainted? isn't it so that most of the time, the successful teams are the ones who've spent the most money and have been able to buy the best players? the only thing that's different is that city didn't get their money from shirt sales etc, its from a state lifting them up into that position. people are acting like in the past football was this totally even playing field, pardon the pun. but it wasn't was it? the teams that could afford the best players, won, most of the time.

You asked for thoughts, here's mine. Sick and tired of hearing the word "organic" find me a club that is organic in 2023. Find me a club at the top of the game who has a team full of academy graduates, no billionaire owners and is winning things. Yet it's City that get labelled with it and their achievements diminished. Talk about charges all you want, let your apologies be as loud as the disrespect when it's all said and done.

when your the best team in the world everyone hates you, but our names written in history now and we've ruined uniteds legacy so im buzzin

Goldbridge saying City bought the UCL. So bitter. And factually incorrect - in the table of net transfer spend in the Prem over the last 5 years, City are down in 10th position - £225m net spend (compared with revenues in of around £2.5bn over the same period btw). Man United are 2nd in that table, with a net transfer spend of £540m, and the only reason they're not the biggest net spenders is because, this season alone, Chelsea have splashed out £600+m. So City have far from "bought" the UCL, credit should be given for how well the club is being run, which includes a comparative efficiency in the transfer market over the other top clubs. Just look at all the big-money duffers Man U & Chelsea have signed recently, it's almost unbelieveable. Meanwhile, City are picking up Haaland for £53m (buyout clause), Alvarez for £15m & Akanji for £15m. In addition, both Chelsea & Man U have a higher annual wage bill, and lower annual revenue, than Man City

Newcastle fan so had no preference about the result. I was much more bothered about this final than previous ones personally, providing nice stories for players like Stones and Grealish. Also hopefully avoids the lazy narrative that Pep failed at city because of previous CL campaigns.

That full time whistle was the biggest sigh of relief I’ve ever taken

Shame inter didn't score, the game was nice to watch from tactical point of view. I'd be so interested to see adjustments for extra time

It is organic. The owners invest money and grow the club, that growth generates more growth. If you put in talented people to manage that growth then the result is what you see with Man City. The word you should have used is ‘romantic’.

Inter were tremendous and gave City a more difficult game than I can remember for a long time. But they couldn't score. Brighton on the Cup semis against United and Newcastle in the Carabao final, you can play better than the opposition but you must put the ball in the net, at least more than the other team. Haaland, in part, made the goal.because he was occupying the two CBs and so no-one was watching Rodri. I think your take on how the final success is viewed is very fair but I think it also illustrates how most fans are taking the 115 allegations as already proved. UEFA, though, lost.

when did fans have to justify why they follow a club? 30/40% of Utd, Madrid and Barca's fan base is because of Ronaldo and Messi - no one ever called them plastic. Vini himself said he became a madrista on 2014, is he plastic?

Neutral fans saying “I felt emotionless when they won” like I couldn’t give a f*ck. We’re the champions of Europe and this city team is the undisputed best team in history. I’m going to celebrate

Were we nervous ? Yes. Did Inter play better ? YES. Were Man City lucky ? HELL YEAH ! Did man city get it done ? Yes we did. At the end of the day - you dont play finals - you win them. Im so proud of this team. We have been on the end of so much unfortune , sterling missing 1yard out, sterling goal chalked off vs spurs , llorente handball goal , how rodrygo taught us a lesson of playing to final minutes. All that was necessary and was the build up to this moment in time . How we won builds character to believe and execute when called upon , rodri took responsibility and thats why Manchester City have only now arrived at the big boy table . Thats clear

Basically, people are ok with old money winning but not new money, even though it’s all money still. I get that a neutral isn’t excited by this, but I wasn’t excited by Real Madrid winning again last year either

When it comes to talking about Man City I think the first issue to check off is no matter what we say or what has been alleged, Man City fans should and will feel incredibly proud of their achievements and it’s not up to us to dictate their emotions. When it comes to the actual merit of the clubs achievements I don’t think there’s a discussion to be had, it’s obvious how they’ve achieved this success and regardless of the decision in courts about being guilty or not it is a soured achievement. It is rather sad how everything they do achieve is followed by counterpoints of financial doping and sports washing, but that is repercussions of not only their actions but the inability to stop it by the same organisations that let them do it in the first place. It does leave a bitter taste in your mouth and that for me is incredibly sad.

The amount of salt online is astounding! The 115 charges and they only won because of money are such a petty thing to bring up. Chelsea spent $600M got nowhere, Man United spent $1 billion to get top 4 and a few domestic cups. Well done Man City!! It's also not complex, how are other clubs supposed to compete without money in modern football? These fans of traditional top clubs are just mad that their clubs aren't so dominant anymore.

Please could you cry more, James. Nothing makes me happier.

Money was always the way teams won leagues and trophies. Buying the best players paying bigger wages. If you can't appreciate the fact they won the treble then thats your loss. As a fan of football rather than of a specific team I can appreciate what they have done.

Bizarre end to the video to say the least

THANKS FOR WATCHING THIS SEASON! 👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊 Probably a topic that will annoy people on both sides of the fence, but I had to discuss it.

We careless about what people think. Every thing was won on the pitch.United spent more and won only a carabao. Money can’t buy class

I think you summed up the city complex pretty well. I never asked to be a city fan, I was made to be by my dad 😂. I was just incredibly lucky to be born in 2003, and witness the club's meteoric growth whilst I was growing up. I obviously never knew the behind the scenes controversy of a nation state takeover, I just loved my club because it was my club. It was my dad's club. It was my Grandads club. And that's the thing for true city fans, it's like a family. We understand why people don't like us. If it was up to me, we shouldn't have allowed nation states to become major players in our sport. But that doesn't matter to us as city fans because we understand the soul of the club. We understand that despite the investment and all the money, the club's core still remains, and so we're going to celebrate our triumph with our team.

Imagine telling someone a year or so ago Pep would win the CL and the treble with Akanji and Ake at CB and John Stones in midfield

Man City won this final the exact same way Real Madrid won it last year. More clinical with less chances and defending a 1-0 lead by the skin of their teeth. Anyone who praised Real Madrid but criticized City has exposed their biased agenda.

So proud of this club. Heart broken for Kevin. It was supposed to be his big night. Nobody deserved it more than him on this team.

Cheers for all the content this year Jimbo. The best out there by a mile. Enjoy your break!

So city get battered when they don't win the CL but now they finally done it instead of giving credit this doomsday end of the world feeling is being portrayed, you can't be a neutral when your happy when the team loses and this upset when they win.

City were a shadow of their full potential... but Inter only came alive when they went down with just 20mins left. A little too conservative from both teams. Both nervous

Love the content James can’t wait for next year❤

i’ve been through it all with city, i’m only 21 so i wasn’t alive when we were in league one but i love the club. really pains me that there’s so much shade thrown out way. i get it with success it’s bound to happen but last night was the happiest moment of my life and no one will ruin that for me

14:43 as a foreigner I don't consider man city the bad guys or to be precise not anymore. In the early stages, man city was just spending money, buying stars ( what PSG is doing now) and I didn't like them. But recently their spending was smarter and more efficient. They got themselves Guardiola and the way he played is beautiful. In addition they incorporated some young players from the academy and it changed my point of view of them. In the opposite PSG, at first I really like them because, despite buying Zlatan Ibrahimovic who was a big star, the other players were not stars very good players, very talented but did not prove anything yet. They also had some academy players but they changed their philosophy in 2017 and now I don't like. To be honest I hate them I don't want them to win any UCL final I was glad they lost in 2020 and ironically it's one of their academy player coman that scored against them... I really like man utd, I didn't even know there was another club in Manchester but after Ferguson departure ... It's not the same anymore. Man utd are saying money won, money got them their first CL but in these last 5 years man utd spend more than man city ... We are talking about a league where the relagated ones have more money than most cl teams in group stages. People were worrying about the super League but it already exists it's called the premier league

Yeah, Inter basically gave the blueprint for playing City but not may teams can press the way inter pressed for basically the whole game. I was so sure things would become easier for City in the second half but Inter did not relent in their pressing. Also, I think people are exaggerating how poor City were.

What people like james fail to understand is that the only reason clubs like psg and man city exist is because the model set up was not as fair as they want to believe. clubs like man utd, ac milan etc etc had a headstart and even before the "money clubs" it was only clubs like that winning essentially all the time. why? because they could sign the best young talents, they could pay the transfer fees (rio ferdinand was a transfer record), they could offer the highest salaries, but people like james are willfully blind to that fact. go look at every league and their history. Should all the spanish clubs be mad cause only barca and real were successful? or should italian fans be mad that 4 clubs dominated their history? in the 80s ac milan attracted the best dutch talent of the time (gullit, van basten and rijkaard) cause they could pay the highest transfer fees and highest salaries plus they were a historically succesful club with name recognition. if parma said we have this project come join us, would that trio have done it? this is just one example of that. celtic and rangers are historic clubs in scotland without the huge financial backing yet they are the only ones successful. you supposedly smart people convineintly ignore that. people like james will never try to question that because it doesnt fit their agenda. The system is the reason clubs like city and psg exist. instead of being angry at them for trying to be succesful be mad at the system for being so rigged that you need multi billioneres to even compete. and i know people like james will point to clubs like brighton. leicester, athletico etc who have been successful despite the fact, but clubs like that are outliers of every era. blackburn in the 90s villa in the 80s, frankfurt in the 50s etc etc.clubs like that got raided for their talent even before city and psg because the legacy clubs always had more money to offer. THIS ISNT A MODERN DAY ISSUE. So James and people like James, stop putting these asterisks beside clubs like city and being ignorant clowns to the real issue.BE BETTER. this agenda you folks push is embarrassing.

Becoming increasingly obvious the James just doesn’t like City isn’t it. Big shame as a city fan because I enjoy the content he puts out too

As a city fan myself I love our owners. I know other city fans who liked it when we were shit and it was just our little club. For me I'm proud of the owners. They care dearly about the club, they are extremely knowledgeable and proud of the history of our club and have done endless amounts of good for the local area and Manchester in general. What I do despise and struggle understanding. Is when you see people praising the likes of arsenal, Chelsea, united of old doing football the right way. Why? Because there owners were white? I just struggle to see why here in England fans of other traditional top clubs hate on our ownership as if they are allowed to hold the moral high ground. I've seen the same soughts of fans happy to see Newcastle back in Europe. It will be Interesting to see how long the honeymoon period lasts with them. for me I see it as hypocrital. At the end of the day if the owner loves the club, runs well, respects the fans and the previous history and players of the club. There is no difference between a local lad who made is wage from selling fruit to a middle Eastern rich guy

We can talk tactics, statistics and stuff all day, though at the end of the day the conclusion is simple. Inter played very good, (or maybe better said: worked extremely hard) City played bang average (by their standards) but still won within 90 minutes. If that doesnt make City deserved Champions in your eyes than nothing will. The way i see it: Attacking football won against defensive football, and i think that should be viewed as a big positive for all football fans

Love the vids as always James - I'm not sure I can get behind the idea of winning trophies because you a have a financial boost is 'not organic'. I remember watching football back in the 90s when there were arguably 5-6 teams that dominated European football - Man United, AC Milan, Juventus, Bayern, Real Madrid, Barcelona. There was almost a decade where no other team could compete against them in their respective domestic leagues and it was always just them in the UCL finals. We can argue how 'organic' these teams were even then as I think they still had quite a lot of financial boosts compared to other teams around them. Having said that, I always stated that the beauty of football is that it is cyclical - I can't see why anyone ever could shame Man City for their current success given that no one shamed the abovementioned 6 teams when they were winning trophies in the morning and in the evening in the 90s. In another 10 years, there will be another 'Man City' which people will probably have a go at and say it isn't 'organic', but truth of the matter is, football has been that way for over 30 years now....

I think Pep didn't over think too drastically this time round, I think Pep of the past may have been tempted to play Bernardo as a 8 and then play Foden or Mahrez on the left instead of what he did in keeping Stones, and as a result they didn't get caught out as much because of Stone's surperb positioning and knowing when to sit a little deeper or push a little higher, and equally Bernardo's work rate backwards.

Congrats on the 250k, deserved.

made it to 250k too just as the season ends! congrats🎉

not every foreigner picks a team based off who plays the best football. I started supporting Liverpool in 2015, due to the atmosphere, the connection the fans had with the club, and Steven gerrards long shot compilations on KZfaq.

Was in Istanbul on Saturday for the game (back in Bodrum now), best night of my life and no one could say any different

18:17 I feel called out because I do exactly the opposite. “Oh, grandpa supported this team? I like them now.”

I don't blame neutrals and rivals feeling empty. At the end of the day it's for their fans.

I don’t really understand the gate keeping, the only way you could’ve seen and enjoyed city in that position is if you were born before like 97, lots of fans were born after the 2002 promotion, makes no sense, if it’s your closest city or your family club, then it’s yours

Listen all I know is I cried when that final whistle blew. All those loses were worth it now

Congrats on 250k James - just as the season ends! 🙌🏻

Congratulations on 250k, Jim x

That frame breaking like that is the perfect representation of "I CANT DO THIS ANYMORE!"

It’s hurts that everyone see us as the bad guys I’m 23 and I didn’t quite see us in league 2 but I’ve always followed city because my mum was a big city fan and I spent years and years wearing city shirts and being horrendously bullied through my life for being a city fan when all my friends supported United and they made my life hell. I never asked to be a city fan but I’m proud of my roots and coming from the birth place of the club itself and I would of loved supporting city whatever league we are in because city is my home and I’m sure others feel the same about their team. To feel like your not the only one when you go to the game and share the pain and excitement with other supports around you is special. So special and I think that’s the point people miss at times and it’s always about who can get one over the rivals n it’s become a very toxic place but unfortunately that is reality. I love football and it has shaped me in to the person that I am now and no matter what I will always be city till I die.

I think ultimately, with all the money in football, it's amazing what they achieve regardless. they get everything right. pep an absolute visionary. not paying the biggest transfer fees. not paying the biggest wages. they get everything right. I think, for me, and for anyone else, who's not down with the gulf state thing, and the huge huge commercial thing in general, going down the leagues might be the thing... just not wrexham LOL

18:30 summed up perfectly - a friend's son stopped supporting Liverpool this year because we were shit & started supporting Man United instead (couple of weeks later the 7-0 happened and he was crying) It's not about the clubs, it's about glory.

you did call that rodri goal tho! go on jimbo

Most painful day in my entire life being a united fan, they fully deserved the achievement of the treble, thank god Southampton stopped them from doing the quad

What does "Organic" mean? Are other clubs paying their players peanuts and coupons? Also, I really love this rewriting of history in regards to SAF, as if he didn't break the transfer record at the time to assemble that team, nor constantly intimidate referees to get his team a preferable treatment. One last thing, it is really interesting how this conversation is never had when the owners are Americans like Boehly and his shenanigans, only when they are middle easterners.

As a City fan, I’m proud of the lads as they def suffered throughout the game to eventually get the win. Inter, to their credit basically nullified the City attack and City to their credit, basically did the same to Inter which made the game a bit if a stalemate for large portions of it. That said, in finals, games are decided by the tiniest of margins and the difference here was Lakaku making a terrible go at goal or Ederson making a fabulous save. But it basically all came down to that. So happy City we’re able to grind out the win 🦈💙🦈💙🦈💙

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How are neutrals meant to feel about their rivals winning stuff? Like, how did we feel when RM won their CLs? I didn't feel much, is that unusual?

Fans of the likes of utd chelsea arsenal and even liverpool cant talk about buying a title because: Since Liverpool won ucl, they have spent more Since utd last won the league with saf, they spent 200m more Since chelsea last won the league they spent 300m more Since arsenal last finished above city, city have spent only 20m more All of these were a team who was in a similar/better state than city and have spent more since then None of these teams have won the treble since then

I don’t think it matters if I started supporting Man City 4/5 years ago ..that should not matter

I’m glad you have the sad face thumbnail. It’s good to be upfront with your bias

Im old enough to remember United paying for their titles and Chelsea and Madrid braking the transfer market, so when city do it or psg does it now it's sports washing and somewhat illegal, bullshit!! Its Salt 🧂 and it's coming from a Bayern Munich fan who got ripped apart by this team, so from the bottom of my heart congratulations city you have earned this and for city fans enjoy it , the rivals are just jealous

The best thing about this is that City have 9 league titles and Arsenal have 13 I legitimately think City have a claim to become a bigger team than Arsenal now or atleast in the next 3 years.

"This feels like a sign" While holding what looks similar to a sign

I love how Chelsea are never regarded with this much hate about their infinite wealth and how they won two UCLs

Question. Why would you have emotions for a team you don't support?

Echoing the words of c.17 philosopher Mary Astell (she had no illusions): 'Men admire excellence, but love those they despise. So much for ‘romance’.'

You've been the best content creator this season and it's great to see someone outside the top clubs smashing it. Unfortunately people of a certain generation feel emotionless because this is one of the final nails in the coffin of the game they grew up with and the greatest irony is that city fans have become everything their club used to despise.

Inter disrupted Man City’s attack… but they did fuck all with the ball

I called it that inter were going to win and they could have. I still don't know how people haven't understood yey that there are just some tactic that cancels another and they way inter play in general was always going to make it very difficult for city and expose them at the back with inter's 2 strikers and the wingbacks pushing forward

You can be happy about the individual players, you can be happy about the genius manager, you can be mad about the front office. There is no need to generalize your feelings like a robot twitter.

You need to check out the Mayfeild Depot and dressing room city footage.

James.. people picking teams because of perfomance and their favourite players isn't a thing of 2023. It's a thing of all time. That's why the traditionally big clubs have the most fans

I’ve been going to matches since I was a kid, so nearly 25 years now. I remember watching the likes of United and Liverpool win everything there is to win (and arsenal who won a few trophies back then). We all knew it’s because they had all the money in the world for that era. Uniteds winning streak was because of money in the late 80s which has been going on for nearly 40 years now. So I can understand why other fans are now throwing mud at city as a club because I’ve been there myself and felt the same the way I did against United / Chelsea / arsenal / Liverpool etc. But at the end of day, we all want our owners to be throwing silly money at our clubs, and I think there is a jealousy and bitterness against us because we were a nothing club when we got taken over. Yes we’ve won a lot of trophies in the past (including a European trophy which people seem to dismiss). Forget the ALLEGED breaches, everyone other than United Chelsea and Liverpool all know what a shambles FFP is in the first place. It’ll always be there to stop teams competing, which in itself is killing the sport. We essentially won the lottery and I can admit that, but someone who’s just landed back from Istanbul with my dad, I can safely say that I do not really care what people say about us 😂

I mean look at it this way. In term of being a really good owners, City's owner have been one of THE BEST owner in the Premier League. He helped lift us from a mid table team to a force to be reckoned with. Helped introduce structure to our club, invest good money, take good care of the players, take good care of the managers and take good care of the community around Manchester. Most Premier League clubs hates their owners, especially the Big 6. Your Kroenke, FSG, Glazers. That alone tell you how differently run this club is to your usual English club. City on the other hand, genuinely love Sheikh Mansour.

Pains me to say it, but Pep has now cemented his GOAT status.

Scott Carson has 2 Champions League winners medals, and is therefore a far better player than Harry Kane.

People just hate we're on a run of success and they're not. The same people who take digs that we have no fans are also ones that say we're plastic. Cant have it both ways. I couldnt give a toss about whether other people care. I dont give a toss about other clubs when they win. When Chelsea had their success, I was just like "okay, so they're the team to beat" ALL CLUBS SPEND MONEY. ALL THE BEST TEAMS SPEND THE MOST MONEY. WE JUST DO IT BETTER THAN THE REST. FFP is nonsense. Imagine telling a fighter that they're allowed more steroids than someone else. Either set a standardised cost-cap or get rid, stop fucking around with arbitrary ways to keep your precious clubs on top. Hope Newcastle do the same and piss off more people. CTID. 💙

City fan from the 1960’s here. A few points not covered though. 115 charges not breaches - nothing whatsoever proven but a strategy of long term degradation through comments like yours. The smarter neutral fans can see the games being played but you’ve not picked it up at all even for balance. Not enough analysis on why the PL pushed ahead after four years of nothing, why the charges were deliberately configured for maximum brand damage and why are the PL afraid to convene their “panel”. If you are going go all sanctimonious and serious on the charges you’d have an obligation to be thorough and balanced. City not State Owned, Mansour owns 73% as a private investment and has made a huge profit from the best run club side in Europe. His private car collection exceeds the value of his total investment in City for Christs sake, it is no more a state project than when the Saudi’s moved in to British horse racing. Football was reconfigured in the early nineties for the benefit of a few clubs. City have smashed the model to pieces and the establishment are kicking and screaming about it. They’ve tried three times to take City down but their failures have been spectacular and these 115 charges will flop. They are simply too extreme and the PL at the behest of Levy and the red shirted clubs have hugely overplayed their hand. The pL is a cartel and not survive these charges. Probably a good thing. Liverpool and United want a Super League to operate like the Harlem Globetrotters. Like Soccer Aid without the charity…no thanks, I’ll take sporting excellence.

People need to remember that city were in the 3rd tier of English football 22 years ago, we are a working class football team that has had to fight for everything. We had to watch utd win everything over the years but we never gave up and now we are the champions of Europe. MCFC

It may sound ridiculous but i honestly think that man city's colours are one of the things thay count against them. The pale blue is so emotionless, cold and clinical, its one of the reasons i find them so painfully boring (not thay city fans care). Its one of the reasons their stadium seems so dull even if they actually do have good fans, it doesnt inspire passion. I genuinely think there would be less apathy towards them if they played in a different colour.

XG being higher than ur opponent doesn’t necessarily mean you were better In fact it is an indication of your failure to covert your chances and score goals Plus inter XG included that header that was an offside that wasn’t given since officials were quite bad @ this game Which nobody brought up much or discussed despite the refs were way below par 4 a CL final If that offside header was a goal and didn’t hit the crossbar, VAR would hv def disallowed it

Finally! WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!

I would just like to say please don't go changing anything too much, you are far ahead of the game in many ways and produce the best content on this platform with a wonderful medley of analysis, humour and knowledge. Thank you for all your hard work.

Just nipping to shop, anyone want owt?

I’m confused is it the fact that they are state-sponsored? Or it’s an issue with the ethics of the country? Because there are owners who are richer than the countries and some who have got there with much less ethical means. Also for example Ireland has had a recent windfall and there is talk of making a investment group similar to PIF and is considering buying a football club as a investment would this cause the same issues? If it’s the ethics is this issue then are their problems with clubs owned by Chinese businesses? that have benefited from Xi Jinping being in power such as Wolves and West Brom? Or Americana businessmen who have been proven made money from supporting two sides of a war or illegally made money from information from the pandemic. Show me the ethical money in football and ill show u a lier (not a man city fan just find it interesting that the issue originally was they were outspending everyone in every metric and giving other clubs stupid amounts of money for crap but as soon as they stopped buying other clubs ready-made stars for vast swaths of cash suddenly people weren't happy where the money was coming from. its dirty money until it's in your clubs bank account).

Jim's office collapsing around him like it's the House of Usher. Literary reference for you, there. Raising the brow and the tone albeit not the spirits. Idk.

A lot of the British media underestimated inter and that’s because of their lack of respect for other countries and lack of knowledge. It’s an Italian team…. this should not surprise anyone and I saw this coming yet somehow many pundits didn’t… as in I thought this would be a very tight game and city would be nervous and Walker was never going to start against a team who don’t have crazy pacey winger

So according to you the only clubs that can win major trophies are clubs like MU, Liverpool, Arsenal? Take Brighton, they will never win the Prem or Champions League because they don't have enough money. But City broke that mold and now all you have pissy fits. Get real man!

Even this seems salty somehow.