Unfortunately, the blinkered financial view is one held by many observers influenced by an often biased and ill informed media which, due to the unquestioned allegiances of "journalists" to City's rivals tend to spin a web of regurgitated part truths.
Historically, owners of clubs have ensured that they have "bought" trophies and titles by injecting their own money into those clubs. All of a sudden, because it seems that one particular club has far more money than the others and they might struggle to compete it becomes an issue. As a result the cloak of deceit that is FFP is devised. Those clubs are representative of a cartel which used to be called the G14. Those clubs have, in the past practiced what they now purport to be abhorrent and it is hypocritical to say the least.
The English portion of those clubs could easily have spent the money that City have over the last few years and indeed some have spent more. The fact that those clubs haven't spent it as wisely as City says more about their own business model than it does about City's.
It is unfair to compare the two benches on show yesterday without comparing similar benches in years gone by. There will always be the haves and have nots in this world. Should there not be then the underdog, much loved by the British psyche, wouldn't exist.
A club spending their own money to buy success is nothing new, a club spending their own money so successfully certainly is.
The Watford fans were excellent yesterday, they displayed the kind of loyalty that was a way of life to City fans during their years in the wilderness.
Well done Watford.
Last edited by scratched; 19/05/19 08:35 PM.
