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Originally Posted by Gypsum Fantastic
didn't he come on last night?
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Originally Posted by dunk
Plays quite regularly in the supporting act role. Decent goal return this year too. Throb has been a bit harsh there.
Truth is, that the whole youth system they've put in place is a massive red (blue) herring, it's purely an FFP dodging tool. A huge increase in turnover from running it without spending any of their actual income. They aren't arsed if they ever get any actual players through. Sure they'll try and steal every young lad (or girl) with any potential and turn it into a farm, selling them on to further inflate turnover etc. and if one or 2 come through, all the better. They can also avoid the homegrown quota issues they experienced a couple of years ago by having plenty of stock to draw from. They would much rather spend their time buying the next big thing or the finished article and flexing their financial muscles wherever possible, and if it weren't for those gosh darn inconvenient FFP rules and player quota rules, they would be doing exactly that at levels never before seen.
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maybe. he is brilliant at what he does but is what he does anywhere near enough in guardiola's system? that's what i really meant tbh.
you've nailed it on the much heralded youth set-up as well. it's purely a cynical operation designed to #@&%! block rival clubs and circumnavigate the financial and quota rules.
people get hypnotised by the shiny baubles they've added to the area, but without all that would they even have got use of the council house? that stadium is supposed to have a lasting legacy for the area ffs, so kissing city's arses for actually paying for it (to an extent) in kind is ridiculous. it's the £#%&!ing least they should do.