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Reply | Man City - "Tryanny of the majority"
at 12:27 6 Jun 2024
Personally, I am flabbergasted by Manchester City’s claim to be suffering under the “tyranny of the majority” (misusing John Stuart Mill’s memorable line). Having just won the latest of four consecutive Premier League titles, if they can’t see the irony in that assertion, then they occupy a different planet to me. And if the poor lambs see four Premier League titles as some form of persecution, I’d like a little dash of that persecution for QPR, please. I’m hoping that a clear-minded judge will summarily laugh them out of court. What City want, of course, is to make sure they win the next four Premier League titles and the next four after that and….
Clearly, City’s greedy owners and their myopic supporters want even more money and even more dominance. Whilst this may suit Abu Dhabi’s underlying objective of sports-washing their autocratic and cruel regime, it does nothing for the competitiveness of the Premier League. FFP, for all its faults and under which QPR have rightly suffered, does tend to ensure that we generally have a competitive Premier League rather than the monopolies, or oligopolies, that dominate most of the other European leagues.
Unlike some on this forum, I cannot even remotely share the glee that Manchester City winning the title at least deprives some other hated clubs from doing so. Despite being a QPR supporter since 1967, I have none of the tribalism that would condition me to hate the likes of Man United, Leeds, Chelsea etc. Instead, I wanted Arsenal to beat Man City in the season just gone. I want teams like Leicester to be able to pull off the surprise win of 2015/16. And I have delighted in the success of underdogs like Brighton and Brentford. I dream that QPR might have that same success one day, although I rather confusingly maintain that the Championship increasingly seems to be the home of real football nowadays rather than the Hollywood drama that is the Premier League. To stymie all those upstarts, Manchester City now merely want to cement their position at the top of the pile. Money talks.
If City’s protestations were not so serious, they would be laughable. I’m tempted to think this is just a smoke screen, or rather a negotiating tactic, to help them to deal with the 115 alleged breaches that have been hanging over them (for far too long, thanks to their own disingenuous and delaying tactics). Like playground bullies, they have employed the nuclear option of a hugely expensive legal action to defend the indefensible.
The Premier League is itself a club of clubs. It has rules decided by a democratic majority. If Manchester City don’t like the rules, they should leave. Or be thrown out. |
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Reply | Bournemouth Reflection
at 19:32 7 Jan 2024
I got mad just before the third goal because it seemed to me that, again and again, Begovic would deliberately wait until Bournemouth had got their press lined up, in position and ready to go... and only then would he pass the ball to Dunne (poor chap). There were plenty of opportunities for quick goal kicks and, almost without exception, he wasn't interested.
And whilst he is capable of making at least one very good save in every game, he is just as capable of making a silly mistake. If ever you've played with a goalkeeper who isn't reliable at corners, you know how the uncertainty seeps into all the defenders around him. Conversely, when you've got someone you have confidence in, you can get on with your own job. |
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