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blues2win wrote:Good stuff Vicky. It would have been mad to sue. Although Beasley's disgusting attack was based on a falsehood, that Mancini was in the stands during the Sunderland game, his lawyers could have deposed Cooke under oath to answer whether we had been in contact with Mancini and Hiddink before then. On the facts we could only win but the damages might have been derisory. I hope Beasley apologises properly. Nor do I support banning journalists; leave that to Whiskey Nose.

I'm afraid there's a huge amount of hypocritical jealousy of our position. Hypocritical because the said journalists would be delighted if the clubs they support had our ability to invest. Doubly hypocritical for Chelsea fans who were quite happy when Abramovitch was splashing the cash, less happy now he's turned off the tap. There's also a lot of little englander unpleasantness about foreign coaches, as Mancini has rightly observed. Frankly I'm sick of Saint Harry( a good manager to be fair) being given a free pass on Tottenham's huge expenditure till the end of last season. The stuff about Hughes is part of the same narrow minded rubbish.

City are determined to become part of the European elite, not just a club that makes the top four in a good year. No club can do that without investing huge sums of money, some of which will be wasted as we rush to beat the Unfair Play rules. Martin Samuel makes the point that the anti City brigade and for that matter Platini are really arguing for a European Closed Shop.

What's 'fair' about that?

Blue in the face wrote:I was more pissed about his comments that he hopes we implode, and his basic anti City rant. He hates City and because he's in a position to state his shit publically he should be made to give his reasons publically. Theres no need that I can think of for a Chelsea supporter to hate us in the manner he does.

City Raider wrote:I'd also emailed the guy not expecting a response, not sure it tallys with Vicky's reply but here it is anyway....

I've deliberately taken a few days to cool off after your offensive rant at Man City on Sunday morning. I still feel a little angry but want to try and take the emotion out of my email - something you patently, as a supposedly unbiased reporter, failed to do. Please, if you get chance, look back and look at the pure vitriol in your body language and actual language, I think you would be embarrassed. There is nothing wrong with passion, but you were out of order.

The most annoying thing though was your arguments were based on myth and not fact but don't let the truth get in the way of a good story eh? Mancini was not in the stand the day Hughes was sacked, you know that, so why spout the nonsense? He was in Italy and was actually interviewed on the day by Sky Italia.

It's right up there with Hughes didn't know Robinho was signing and Robinho thought he was signing for Man Utd, as an example of the abject journalism we've had to suffer.

Jealousy rears its head in many ways, we didn't ask for the money and it has changed everything. I guess people just have to sit and watch what's happening and feeled wronged and powerless to do anything about it, so stuff gets invented or the slightest error we make is turned into a national scandal - eg the De Jong tackle. You'd have thought he murdered the lad. Did Newcastle send a strongly worded statement to the FA for Barton's punch or Williamson's headbutt? People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

And on that note, the irony of all ironies on Sunday morning was you procrastinating about my club being morally bankrupt in the same week your club so disgracefully sacked Ray Wilkins. Do you also remember the way Ranieiri was dealt with, and others?

Chelsea have subsequently won things and that appears to make this behaviour ok. You're allowed to be morally bankrupt as long as you're successfully morally bankrupt.

We are only following the model you copied from Man United. Spend wrecklessly at the beginning, then promote from within as time passes. We just haven't had enough time to be judged on it yet.

A lot of blues are boycotting your paper, I don't want to follow that route and would just sk you to be a little more reasoned in your arguments.

Reply...

Like me...you're way behind the times!
I apologised to Mancini, City and the fans yesterday.
Not because I was forced to or even asked to but because I wanted to - and you can check that with City!! (Vicky Kloss)
The truth is that on the day of Hughes' departure I saw a news bulletin from a respected and reputable news organisation saying Mancini was there in the stands and guess what? I believed it.
And guess what? I thought it was disgraceful and it has coloured my view of City ever since, as you clearly witnessed on the show!
Trouble is the news report was wrong and I didn't find that out until a City fan pointed it out to me on Tuesday. I checked it out and found he was right.
I couldn't believe I went so long not realising this information was NOT true but surely you don't think I'd get that worked up about something I knew to be false!! (As you say check out the body language!)
Anyway first thing Wednesday morning I sent my written apology to everyone at City.
I repeat it was my own personal choice to do so and I was not under any duress whatsoever.
Call it a point of principle if you like.
I believe if I want the clubs to act with class and dignity then so should I and I think I have done so.
I hope you do too.
And I genuinely hope people find out that I have admitted I got it wrong.
I know what it's like to go on feeling aggrieved about something unnecessarily!!!
And I don't want to still be getting e-mails like yours in a year's time!!!!!

Cheers

Rob

johnny crossan wrote:No apology just another attack
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johnny crossan wrote:The "silly sheikh" theme is Suppository favourite too.

dazby wrote:How did we fare today?

carl_feedthegoat wrote:Anyone got todays clips?? I really enjoy listening to the shite this lot come up with.
If anyone has the clips can they post them please. cheers

DoomMerchant wrote:

dazby wrote:How did we fare today?

551 - 4, and then the rain.

cheers