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05 Oct 2026 22:56:55
Viktor seems to know where the net is for his country - just not as much for us! Styles make fights, maybe our style just doesn't suit his game. Who knows COYG.

06 Oct 2026 09:53:58
Hi Kent, I think our style has a lot to do with it plus his touch isn't good and the time he needs on the ball just isn't available at Premier League level.

I heard a Hull player saying that the biggest difference he'd found in the Premier League compared to the Championship is how little time you have in the final third of the pitch and I think this could be a big part of Viktors struggles too.

06 Oct 2026 19:54:50
Think you are probably right 62. The EPL is shockingly fast, TV doesn't do it any justice. The space in the final third is minimal. I believe there's an element of tactics plus when he comes on he has then team supporting him. Many things not helping but ultimately his shortcomings are getting exposed & we will need an upgrade.

However, he's still a decent player & more than capable of finding the back of the net - sure he will go on a bit of a run if he starts and we get the ball forward a bit quicker. To be fair - Eze has been poor too.

06 Oct 2026 22:02:10
Hi SY mate. Viktor looks less of a fit this season than he did last season, for me at least.
I think we'd have all loved him to have been the goal machine for us that he was for Porto but that's looking less and less likely to happen unfortunately.


As we all know Football is played more in the head than with the feet and Viktor doesn't appear to have the quick thinking football brain to compensate for his very heavy touch.

06 Oct 2026 23:08:08
Hi all, hope everyone's well,
I've got to say the Vik bashing is a hard read, yes we all wanted him to bang in 30+ goals last season but it was his first season with our team and he DID end up our top goalscorer, we didn't sign a dud, he was Europe's top goalscorer when we signed him (I think) . The problem is we don't give him enough service, he makes runs in behind (which we've all been craving for from our striker for a while now) the pass is ignored, crosses into the box, ignored n decide to go sideways.

Maybe he doesn't fit I think you can't sign Europe's top gs n not give him the service needed. The boy scores for fun.

04 Oct 2026 09:12:50
When is the next investigation as their numbers only grew after the investigation period.
Commercial revenue:

• 2008/09: £18.0 million
• 2009/10: £46.7 million
• 2010/11: £57.8 million
• 2011/12: £112.1 million

Deloitte rankings:

• 2016/17: £218.0 million
• 2017/18: £232.3 million
• 2018/19: £227.0 million
• 2021/22: £309.4 million
• 2023/24: £344.7 million
• 2024/25: £340.4 million.

03 Oct 2026 13:27:25
So none of the people are aware of issues of financial irregularities at city they are the innocent ones:

"Al Jazira reportedly paid Mancini for four days of consultancy work per year, with both clubs owned by Sheikh Mansour"

How many players / managers had similar deals??

Sickening what City have done to the British game I love. Same goes to Chelsea.

If you punish Forest, Leicester ' Everton swiftly - deal with these cheats!

Investigate the years after also as those players were the bedrock for years afterwards.

Did their advertising / sponsorship money dip after this period or did it continue as Pep was lauded.

03 Oct 2026 15:40:15
Both C£ty and Chelski have cheated and will always have an asterisk by their achievements in my head. Both on financial steroids. Chelsea's £10 mill for cheating was laughable - admitted it but still cheated! Both clubs cheated lots of fans of great days out and celebrations. Just wrong COYG
#proudwedoittherightway
#evenprouderweareCHAMPIONSandbeatC£tywithPepandtheycheatedtoo.

03 Oct 2026 17:59:10
"Keep hearing ex-team-mates saying they want trophies taking off them [City] but don't want their medals, " Scholes posted on his Instagram story on Saturday.

He added: "F*** that, I'm a greedy b******. I want my medal."

If my So. played for Liverpool & came 2nd with 90 odd points & not have a EPL medal. I'd want it restated! City stole the moment but shouldn't steal the medals. Screw City & Chelsea.

03 Oct 2026 20:03:55
In the words of Rod Stewart, sort of

" in these days of changing ways with football corrupt in so many ways a story comes to mind of a friend of mine "
Georgie boy took a bung i guess; 400, 000 and not a penny less, Arsenal had to sack poor Georgie boy.

" The Arsenal fans complained George was just a scape goat because everyone else was taking a bung up, but the neutrals cried justice must be done, Georgie had to spend a year out of the game "

" The moneys increased over the years in the passing years but I believe George got to keep all his souvenirs "

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03 Oct 2026 21:03:27
Are you seriously comparing the two or saying Arsenal players kept their medals? Where's the comparison?? GG got punished full stop. On top of that went to Spurs. Is that not bad enough?

03 Oct 2026 21:28:54
🤣🤣 71 in the words of Dizzee Rascal ' Bonkers' COYG.

03 Oct 2026 21:53:23
Hi Monmouthshire in the words of Bob Marley song Whom The Cap Fit

" man to man is so unjust people you just don't know who to trust, your best friend could be your worst enemy and your worst enemy could be your best friend " " but if your night should turn to day, a lot of people would runway "

" Whom the cap fit let them wear it ".

03 Oct 2026 23:07:17
My childhood didn't mean much, only raisin' green up
Raisin' my fingers to critics, raisin' my head to the sky
Big, I did it, multi before I die
No lie, just know I chose my own fate
I drove by the fork in the road and went straight

Or

I could have been in prison or the back of a Royce / I never made a choice to take a cut from a wrap / I had to make a choice to take a cut from a track."

What's your point?

The GG comment was no comparison. What about the dads, brothers, sons that came second to cheats & didn't get a medal? Stick up for them mate, I'm surprised as you normally have a more righteous opinion & supporting the underdog?

04 Oct 2026 08:20:30
John mate, the George Graham bung scandal doesn't come close. Yes he took a bung, was made to pay it back and sacked, he then went on to be employed at 2 other Prem clubs. The 2 players involved Lydersen played just under 20 games over 3 seasons and had no effect on any trophies that Arsenal won during his time at Arsenal.

Jensen scored 1 goal during his time at Arsenal and George Graham had already won 2 league titles and a. league cup before he signed them players.
Too compare that with what City have done it to be honest is shocking. Any Gooner who thinks this is on par with George Graham, s needs to give his head a wobble.
Sorry folks I, m done.

04 Oct 2026 09:14:31
Hi Bill mate,
In truth I was just having a bit an ironic fun, of course i know the George bung wasn't on the same level as City's corruption but I was just sick of reading the same old thing over and over and over again so I thought i'd mix things up a bit.

I am genuinely sorry I have upset you Bill that wasn't my intention but at least the conversation has finally switched back to Arsenal away from Man City, so if nothing else at least that was achieved for a few hours.

04 Oct 2026 13:22:25
Sorry for the repetition 62 & I just posted again about City. Sorry but it is the biggest thing to hit football for a minute.

04 Oct 2026 19:51:24
I for one 89 knew you were joshing! GG was an individual paid his price did the time end of. City and Chelski was systematic and damn the consequences. I do feel for the fans denied celebrations in particular the Liverpool fans under Klopp, United in Aguero moment and for that matter us coming second to them twice.

I just hope all other fans now have an asterisk against any of their trophies -the worst punishment is to make their trophies irrelevant amongst fans and never acknowledge them. COYG.

04 Oct 2026 21:29:04
Hi Northumberland mate, i am happy to let it all play out as it will and whatever the powers that be decide to do they will do. For City fans everything about their best days is now and will be forever be tarnished in both their own eyes as well as everyone else's eyes.

In my opinion nothing can change the past as the moment has gone so awarding other teams titles would be merely a symbolic gesture and mean very little if anything at all, but once again if that's what the FA decides to do and if it makes fans of other clubs happy to receive them then why not.

For me the sooner its all done and dusted the better because much like Brexit its been going on so long now i'm past caring what happens I just want it over and done with ASAP so everyone can move forward and get on with the only things that really matter, the present and the future. As for Chelsea, unless something new comes up i think rightly or wrongly that's already been dealt with.

05 Oct 2026 12:44:51
Agree 101 although disagree on Chelsea. £10mill is loose change and no deterrent. Still cheated. I commented on this ages ago and got hit with Henry Norris's transgressions over 110 years ago :) COYG.

05 Oct 2026 15:45:02
Hi Lanarkshire, we don't always agree with the decisions the authorities make but we stuck with them whether we like it or not.

Personally I think the FA should warn all clubs that moving forward that anyone who breaks the financial rules accidentally or deliberately will receive an absolute minimum of a 30pts deduction that very same season and the following season also. If you have hard and fast rules and penalties that everyone knows and understands from the start there is little left to discuss or argue about.

02 Oct 2026 08:58:47
Quantum went off last night early on in the game. Lets hope it isn't serious.

02 Oct 2026 16:25:05
3 weeks out apparently.

02 Oct 2026 20:22:18
Pointless international friendlies "we made a league so there not friendlies now" yet the next comp is 2 years away, it does my nut in . we're in a major competitions right now n we have to deal with important players getting injured for pointless international games.

That goes for every club not just The Arsenal. They just come back from a World Cup. give em a break.

02 Oct 2026 21:00:31
You are absolutely spot on Jegs mate.

02 Oct 2026 21:51:45
Players need a summer break in between world cups and euros and internationals during the season should be restricted to qualifying games for those two tournaments only

Absence makes the heart grow fonder and the honor of winning an international cap is deminshed when they are handed out like confetti. Less is definitely sometimes more, make representing your country special again by limiting the caps handed out and make watching your country play special again by making it a rare occasion rather than like missing a bus, knowing another one will come along before you know it.

02 Oct 2026 22:34:49
Hey Bill, hope you're well mate.

Same for you 62, I must say that was very well put n completely agree .getting an international cap nowadays just doesn't seem like a privilege to players anymore, To many needless games. Almost trying to make it another league like premiership, la liga, seria A etc etc. less is more when it comes to international contest, you can't earn that privilege over 3 weeks of football.

Like I said well said mate.

03 Oct 2026 08:39:04
I am all good Jegs mate thank you.
Absolutely John mate👍
Take care both of you.

29 Sep 2026 17:25:27
Just reading the FA statement on the City debacle and it intimates that the books were fiddled by 900million!
I have no words. (well apart from those written above lol)

29 Sep 2026 17:57:05
Hello Sally, my son in law sent it to me earlier and it's unf -gbelievable.
The arrogance is of the scale.
Hope everything and everyone is good for you Sally.

29 Sep 2026 18:03:15
All good thanks Bill, hope the same with you and yours 😊.

29 Sep 2026 19:12:46
Yet we will wait another 8 years for justice.

29 Sep 2026 20:30:08
Will ex captains of clubs be formerly presented with the trophies city are stripped of, and will ex managers and players be invited to ride on open topped buses in retrospective victory parades.

Lots to ponder on 🤔🤔🤔🤔.

29 Sep 2026 21:13:17
Sorry that should been formally presented with not formerly presented with, although 🤔.

29 Sep 2026 21:25:06
I liked what Rooney said and that's how it should be, giving the title to team who finished second doesn't feel right. I think trophies should be taken from the club but put a void in the winner's name for that season, players can keep their medals as they worked their socks off on the field and assumption is that they didn't know what was happening above them.


Reading through various articles today, relegation is not off the table, will get very interesting by Christmas!

29 Sep 2026 21:57:31
That all sounds very sensible to me Highbury mate.
I believe the offences span over a 10 year period so perhaps the punishment should span the same period. Maybe a 20 point deduction at the start of each season for the next 10 years regardless of whatever league city may find themselves in during each of those 10 seasons.


The reality no one can go back and stop the past from taking place so any retrospective punishment is purely symbolic or vengeful, and only punishment that affects the future would serve any meaningful purpose.

29 Sep 2026 23:40:56
Question - if an Olympic gold medal winner fails a drug test. What happens??

Medal removed
Silver gets Gold medal

Why is football different? Seriously - those teams were cheated a medal and their moment. Footballers live for medals - why cheat them if their moment & medal

Relegate City and strip them of their history they don't deserve - it's not the players fault BUT players were there who shouldn't have been there & did some get paid by "other" companies?

Why should football be different to athletics.

30 Sep 2026 00:11:02
Relegate then - future sorted

Strip titles - make the teams that missed out whole

It's not vengeful it's levelling the field and giving those who were cheated their medal

62 - surely you see that?

30 Sep 2026 00:33:14
You also have 2018 to currrnt day as I'm sure more years will be the same .

30 Sep 2026 01:02:52
More than a relegation, I want imprisonment for fraud.

30 Sep 2026 10:34:48
SY mate, I think there's a difference between olympics and this case. At Olympics, the he individuals enhance their performance and gain advantage over other athletes, here the players aren't guilty of anything. Yes, the club cheated and enhanced their chances of winning by buying players they shouldn't have been able to so the club should be punished.


In all this, I am baffled as to how it went unnoticed over so many years when we have all sorts of internal and external auditors and governing bodies.

30 Sep 2026 11:29:22
But without the money, some wouldn't be there & the team would have been weaker. Why not look at the players who did nothing wrong & wrongly came 2nd. What if in the 4 by 4 one person tests positive?? They all return the medals. The club won while on financial steroids. Why aren't we more fussed about law abiding clubs.

30 Sep 2026 14:02:57
It's very murky and depends on individual perspective and that's what will also play in what punishment is given out. We can only wait and watch.

30 Sep 2026 18:29:56
The prime minister seems to think it would be a shame if city's owners were to sell up. Imagine being rich enough that money laundering and fraud won't even get you a slap on the wrist.

30 Sep 2026 19:46:30
Its not at all uncommon for very rich and very powerful people and organisations to think of themselves as being untouchable SW.

Celebrities, business people, politicians, political parties, football clubs, football players and members of the Royal family have all made headlines in very recent years for their atrocious behaviour which they didn't believe would ever be exposed. If we going to expose and bring to justice all people guilty of abuse of power and privilege, then tto borrow from the Jaws movie
" we're going to need bigger prisons, and lots of them ".

30 Sep 2026 19:43:08
It's Labour for you.

28 Sep 2026 11:29:58
Dirty Bernardo tried to do Ode yesterday.
Make that 116 charges.

28 Sep 2026 15:12:44
Absolutely no need for that. I've always thought he's a horrible, snide person.

28 Sep 2026 19:14:58
Many times he got away with multiple fouls including ( I think Tross) a blatant run and shoulder barge at head height a couple of seasons ago. I for one won't miss him. Rat COYG.