CFA opening

[Socrates]

Driving home tonight, I switched over to the radio to find out how Southampton were doing against the Scum. I made the grave mistake of listening to Talkspite where there was a rabid, voluminous harangue by the vile woman beater Collymore.

It sounded something like a Josef Goebbels rant, insofar as it was, purportedly for the good of football, slagging off "the big clubs" (although only City and Chelsea were actually mentioned by name) for running showpiece Academies and "hoovering up" footballing talent from far and wide, just to discard young players when they were found to be not good enough.

In the gospel according to Saint Stan, "big clubs" should be "honest" and dismantle their Academies as they never, ever produce first team players and, instead, they should just buy players in from the "smaller" clubs who did run "successful" Academies. Collymore also berated and denigrated the benefits which City's new complex was giving to the local economy and to residents in that area.

A Chelsea fan came on the air at one point and proceeded to clinically dissect his 'arguments' and all that 'Motor Mouth' could do in response was to screech even louder until the guy was eventually cut off.

All in all, it was pretty much tub-thumpingly stomach churning fare in a tone which wouldn't have been out of place at a Nurenburg rally, prior to 1939. However, in the relatively short time I was listening, it didn't get the response from listeners that 'Stan the gob' must have been hoping for, as very few people rang in to even 'discuss' the topic with him and although Collymore and his sidekick were calling for City fans to come on air with them, none did (at least not whilst I was listening).

At the end of the day, it exemplified even further, the media agenda which is directed against City and just showed how more and more 'afraid' (for want of a better word) they all must be feeling. On that basis, it was both amusing and farcical, especially as the day is coming when our talented youngsters will start playing and making a name for themselves in the first team.

At that stage, humble pie will be the order of the day for the media and I hope it chokes them one and all.

Why on earth is someone of your intellect listening to talkshite? Serious mirror gazing and head wobbling required Mr Chagorin!

[Beefymcfc]

Driving home tonight, I switched over to the radio to find out how Southampton were doing against the Scum. I made the grave mistake of listening to Talkspite where there was a rabid, voluminous harangue by the vile woman beater Collymore.

It sounded something like a Josef Goebbels rant, insofar as it was, purportedly for the good of football, slagging off "the big clubs" (although only City and Chelsea were actually mentioned by name) for running showpiece Academies and "hoovering up" footballing talent from far and wide, just to discard young players when they were found to be not good enough.

In the gospel according to Saint Stan, "big clubs" should be "honest" and dismantle their Academies as they never, ever produce first team players and, instead, they should just buy players in from the "smaller" clubs who did run "successful" Academies. Collymore also berated and denigrated the benefits which City's new complex was giving to the local economy and to residents in that area.

A Chelsea fan came on the air at one point and proceeded to clinically dissect his 'arguments' and all that 'Motor Mouth' could do in response was to screech even louder until the guy was eventually cut off.

All in all, it was pretty much tub-thumpingly stomach churning fare in a tone which wouldn't have been out of place at a Nurenburg rally, prior to 1939. However, in the relatively short time I was listening, it didn't get the response from listeners that 'Stan the gob' must have been hoping for, as very few people rang in to even 'discuss' the topic with him and although Collymore and his sidekick were calling for City fans to come on air with them, none did (at least not whilst I was listening).

At the end of the day, it exemplified even further, the media agenda which is directed against City and just showed how more and more 'afraid' (for want of a better word) they all must be feeling. On that basis, it was both amusing and farcical, especially as the day is coming when our talented youngsters will start playing and making a name for themselves in the first team.

At that stage, humble pie will be the order of the day for the media and I hope it chokes them one and all.

Why on earth is someone of your intellect listening to talkshite? Serious mirror gazing and head wobbling required Mr Chagorin!

Sometimes, to understand ones enemies, you've got to get down with the natives.

[Socrates]

Driving home tonight, I switched over to the radio to find out how Southampton were doing against the Scum. I made the grave mistake of listening to Talkspite where there was a rabid, voluminous harangue by the vile woman beater Collymore.

It sounded something like a Josef Goebbels rant, insofar as it was, purportedly for the good of football, slagging off "the big clubs" (although only City and Chelsea were actually mentioned by name) for running showpiece Academies and "hoovering up" footballing talent from far and wide, just to discard young players when they were found to be not good enough.

In the gospel according to Saint Stan, "big clubs" should be "honest" and dismantle their Academies as they never, ever produce first team players and, instead, they should just buy players in from the "smaller" clubs who did run "successful" Academies. Collymore also berated and denigrated the benefits which City's new complex was giving to the local economy and to residents in that area.

A Chelsea fan came on the air at one point and proceeded to clinically dissect his 'arguments' and all that 'Motor Mouth' could do in response was to screech even louder until the guy was eventually cut off.

All in all, it was pretty much tub-thumpingly stomach churning fare in a tone which wouldn't have been out of place at a Nurenburg rally, prior to 1939. However, in the relatively short time I was listening, it didn't get the response from listeners that 'Stan the gob' must have been hoping for, as very few people rang in to even 'discuss' the topic with him and although Collymore and his sidekick were calling for City fans to come on air with them, none did (at least not whilst I was listening).

At the end of the day, it exemplified even further, the media agenda which is directed against City and just showed how more and more 'afraid' (for want of a better word) they all must be feeling. On that basis, it was both amusing and farcical, especially as the day is coming when our talented youngsters will start playing and making a name for themselves in the first team.

At that stage, humble pie will be the order of the day for the media and I hope it chokes them one and all.

Why on earth is someone of your intellect listening to talkshite? Serious mirror gazing and head wobbling required Mr Chagorin!

Sometimes, to understand ones enemies, you've got to get down with the natives.

We need to worry about enemies in board rooms and conference rooms not in the gutter.

[lets all have a disco]

our owners invest
theirs divest
http://www.theguardian.com/football/201 ... CMP=twt_gu

None of that money is going to the club :-)

They make a fucking load of cash do the rags it would take a long time of no success for them to be skint.

[Mikhail Chigorin]

Driving home tonight, I switched over to the radio to find out how Southampton were doing against the Scum. I made the grave mistake of listening to Talkspite where there was a rabid, voluminous harangue by the vile woman beater Collymore.

It sounded something like a Josef Goebbels rant, insofar as it was, purportedly for the good of football, slagging off "the big clubs" (although only City and Chelsea were actually mentioned by name) for running showpiece Academies and "hoovering up" footballing talent from far and wide, just to discard young players when they were found to be not good enough.

In the gospel according to Saint Stan, "big clubs" should be "honest" and dismantle their Academies as they never, ever produce first team players and, instead, they should just buy players in from the "smaller" clubs who did run "successful" Academies. Collymore also berated and denigrated the benefits which City's new complex was giving to the local economy and to residents in that area.

A Chelsea fan came on the air at one point and proceeded to clinically dissect his 'arguments' and all that 'Motor Mouth' could do in response was to screech even louder until the guy was eventually cut off.

All in all, it was pretty much tub-thumpingly stomach churning fare in a tone which wouldn't have been out of place at a Nurenburg rally, prior to 1939. However, in the relatively short time I was listening, it didn't get the response from listeners that 'Stan the gob' must have been hoping for, as very few people rang in to even 'discuss' the topic with him and although Collymore and his sidekick were calling for City fans to come on air with them, none did (at least not whilst I was listening).

At the end of the day, it exemplified even further, the media agenda which is directed against City and just showed how more and more 'afraid' (for want of a better word) they all must be feeling. On that basis, it was both amusing and farcical, especially as the day is coming when our talented youngsters will start playing and making a name for themselves in the first team.

At that stage, humble pie will be the order of the day for the media and I hope it chokes them one and all.

Why on earth is someone of your intellect listening to talkshite? Serious mirror gazing and head wobbling required Mr Chagorin!

I stand duly chastised and corrected, Socs old chum.

Thank you for pointing out the error of my ways although, in mitigation, all I switched on for was to find out the latest score from Southampton.

[Socrates]

Driving home tonight, I switched over to the radio to find out how Southampton were doing against the Scum. I made the grave mistake of listening to Talkspite where there was a rabid, voluminous harangue by the vile woman beater Collymore.

It sounded something like a Josef Goebbels rant, insofar as it was, purportedly for the good of football, slagging off "the big clubs" (although only City and Chelsea were actually mentioned by name) for running showpiece Academies and "hoovering up" footballing talent from far and wide, just to discard young players when they were found to be not good enough.

In the gospel according to Saint Stan, "big clubs" should be "honest" and dismantle their Academies as they never, ever produce first team players and, instead, they should just buy players in from the "smaller" clubs who did run "successful" Academies. Collymore also berated and denigrated the benefits which City's new complex was giving to the local economy and to residents in that area.

A Chelsea fan came on the air at one point and proceeded to clinically dissect his 'arguments' and all that 'Motor Mouth' could do in response was to screech even louder until the guy was eventually cut off.

All in all, it was pretty much tub-thumpingly stomach churning fare in a tone which wouldn't have been out of place at a Nurenburg rally, prior to 1939. However, in the relatively short time I was listening, it didn't get the response from listeners that 'Stan the gob' must have been hoping for, as very few people rang in to even 'discuss' the topic with him and although Collymore and his sidekick were calling for City fans to come on air with them, none did (at least not whilst I was listening).

At the end of the day, it exemplified even further, the media agenda which is directed against City and just showed how more and more 'afraid' (for want of a better word) they all must be feeling. On that basis, it was both amusing and farcical, especially as the day is coming when our talented youngsters will start playing and making a name for themselves in the first team.

At that stage, humble pie will be the order of the day for the media and I hope it chokes them one and all.

Why on earth is someone of your intellect listening to talkshite? Serious mirror gazing and head wobbling required Mr Chagorin!

I stand duly chastised and corrected, Socs old chum.

Thank you for pointing out the error of my ways although, in mitigation, all I switched on for was to find out the latest score from Southampton.

You cared that much about a third place play-off? :p

[Mikhail Chigorin]

I was just hoping for the Scum to get absolutely thrashed.

Unfortunately, the plot didn't evolve the way it should have.

[blues2win]

Brilliant article by Oliver Holt of the Mirror on the CFA. Required reading.

[Socrates]

Brilliant article by Oliver Holt of the Mirror on the CFA. Required reading.

very good article I have to admit, thanks for the heads up, here's the link...

oliver holt

[nottsblue]

Brilliant article by Oliver Holt of the Mirror on the CFA. Required reading.

very good article I have to admit, thanks for the heads up, here's the link...

oliver holt

Credit where its due. In another thread I called the Mirror as one of the worst papers for bias against City, but this is the opposite. Maybe, just maybe, the tide is slowly turning

[Wonderwall]

Brilliant article by Oliver Holt of the Mirror on the CFA. Required reading.

very good article I have to admit, thanks for the heads up, here's the link...

oliver holt

Credit where its due. In another thread I called the Mirror as one of the worst papers for bias against City, but this is the opposite. Maybe, just maybe, the tide is slowly turning

yet we can always rely on Jose "The academy and youth promoting God" Mourinho to point us in the right direction. Maybe we should just bring the bulldozers in now and move back to carrington, then employ the envious one to point us in the right direction. Honestly Maureen!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... ccess.html

[john@staustell]

Brilliant article by Oliver Holt of the Mirror on the CFA. Required reading.

very good article I have to admit, thanks for the heads up, here's the link...

oliver holt

Credit where its due. In another thread I called the Mirror as one of the worst papers for bias against City, but this is the opposite. Maybe, just maybe, the tide is slowly turning

Oliver Holt had a big 'Road to Damascus' moment ref City a couple of years ago - as did Henry Winter slightly earlier.

[Socrates]

Brilliant article by Oliver Holt of the Mirror on the CFA. Required reading.

very good article I have to admit, thanks for the heads up, here's the link...

oliver holt

Credit where its due. In another thread I called the Mirror as one of the worst papers for bias against City, but this is the opposite. Maybe, just maybe, the tide is slowly turning

Oliver Holt had a big 'Road to Damascus' moment ref City a couple of years ago - as did Henry Winter slightly earlier.

Aha. I still can't stand the mealy mouthed fucker. Good article or not!

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

Brilliant article by Oliver Holt of the Mirror on the CFA. Required reading.

very good article I have to admit, thanks for the heads up, here's the link...

oliver holt

He's a Stockport County fan. Sniff, sniff.

[Mikhail Chigorin]

I like Kompany's comment when he said "They don't build facilities like this for us to fail".

That speaks volumes for the future.

[Ted Hughes]

Brilliant article by Oliver Holt of the Mirror on the CFA. Required reading.

very good article I have to admit, thanks for the heads up, here's the link...

oliver holt

He's a Stockport County fan. Sniff, sniff.

He was very much a hater at the start of 'the project' but is much more open minded these days.

[blues2win]

Holt is just off to the Mail on Sunday to replace Patrick Barclay.

[Mikhail Chigorin]

Holt is just off to the Mail on Sunday to replace Patrick Barclay.

No doubt, when he gets there, he'll revert to type.

[Wonderwall]

Holt is just off to the Mail on Sunday to replace Patrick Barclay.

No doubt, when he gets there, he'll revert to type.

He will be sacked if he doesnt, its in the T's &C's to be anti Manchester City

[Ted Hughes]

Holt is just off to the Mail on Sunday to replace Patrick Barclay.

No doubt, when he gets there, he'll revert to type.

He will be sacked if he doesnt, its in the T's &C's to be anti Manchester City

Tbf the piece by Lee Clayton on Vieira is spot on. I think it depends who they support on the whole. West Ham fans etc, are usually fair, rags scousers plus most of arse & Chelsea rarely report anything without a snide comment or an angle.

Holt is a rag lover but I think he's seen the light regarding City to some extent. Barclay is an agenda merchant, biased Mourinho/Ferguson licking wanker.