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They are even bigger mugs than I thought if that's the case! And to think it wasn't about money.
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200k a week surly not that places him up there with Suarez ? you REALLY couldn't make this up.  Errrr,did you? 
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A win for absolutely everyone involved really.
Man City get a good young english player with potential. Sterling gets a shitload of money. Aidy gets a nice fat fee. QPR gets a nice cheque in the mail. And we get rid of a disruptive influence who didn't want to play for us and get a nice chunk of cash for our trouble. Oh and the tabloids and other media have something to talk about for the next month...
Some things are written in the stars...
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I wish the lad well.
The real travesty is that he's gone to a club that shows ambition and a promise of trophies and left a club that provides neither.
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Cheers Raffa lad.
Now can we please go all out for Higuain or Lacazette (I'm not buying the non CL BS) and the money isn't wasted on the next reputed Messi.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
George Washington
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I wish the lad well.
The real travesty is that he's gone to a club that shows ambition and a promise of trophies and left a club that provides neither.
He's gone to a club that can afford to drop £49m on an average player and possibly pay him £200k a week! The trophies that that money can buy is just a small bonus. I'm sure if we were as rich as them, we'd show that 'ambition' that you speak of.
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I wish the lad well.
The real travesty is that he's gone to a club that shows ambition and a promise of trophies and left a club that provides neither.
He's gone to a club that can afford to drop £49m on an average player and possibly pay him £200k a week! The trophies that that money can buy is just a small bonus. I'm sure if we were as rich as them, we'd show that 'ambition' that you speak of. Don’t think so welkij, They are following a definite policy that eschew,s paying high wages and transfer fees, it’s what their project is built upon. Their only ambition is to make money, and if win’s happen they’ll see it as icing on their cake, but they don’t need to win anything to achieve their moneyball goal, and the sale of Sterling is evidence of that, as was Suarez. Note the increase in their asset values if you doubt any of this.
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I wish the lad well.
The real travesty is that he's gone to a club that shows ambition and a promise of trophies and left a club that provides neither.
He's gone to a club that can afford to drop £49m on an average player and possibly pay him £200k a week! The trophies that that money can buy is just a small bonus. I'm sure if we were as rich as them, we'd show that 'ambition' that you speak of. Don’t think so welkij, They are following a definite policy that eschew,s paying high wages and transfer fees, it’s what their project is built upon. Their only ambition is to make money, and if win’s happen they’ll see it as icing on their cake, but they don’t need to win anything to achieve their moneyball goal, and the sale of Sterling is evidence of that, as was Suarez. Note the increase in their asset values if you doubt any of this. They're following that policy as they aren't as rich as City. And that's my point. When you're that rich you can do what the hell you want like signing an average player with potential for £49m and ignore FFP rule etc. I'm sure FSG have the ambition to win as much as City want to but not the funds. Plus, money from sales has generally gone back into purchases. I imagine had we not sold Suarez last summer we wouldn't have spent over £100m. I also imagine that Sterling's fee will fund purchases this year along with what ever else they would've given over. I have no problem with this as long as the money is re-invested well which, as it turns out, it hasn't yet.
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That may well be true Wilks but when you have a policy such as ours where ever penny more or less wants accounting for, you have to make sure the people are in place to damn well deliver. That has simply not been the case up to now with only arguably 2 or 3 signings from 24 or more being recognised as having worked. We have also wasted more than City on players at that are just as mediocre if not worse.
Everything at present is in the last chance saloon and all we can do is resort to hope that this time round it's not the usual screw-up.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
George Washington
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I agree top4. I'm not defending them but it's just how it is. When you are shitteing money like City nothing matters.
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