West Ham Utd 0-5 Manchester City (10/08/19)

[Johnny Byrne's Boots]

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Wilshere somehow managed to not injure himself.

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The commentator (no idea who) on the stream I was watching said he went off because of an injury.

[Johnny Byrne's Boots]

Well there's a massive surprise, said absolutely nobody.

Manchester City have avoided a transfer ban after admitting breaching Fifa rules on signing youth players.

The Premier League champions have been fined 370,000 Swiss Francs (£315,000).

Fifa said City breached article 19 of its regulations: "International transfers of players are only permitted if the player is over the age of 18."

City say the breaches, which all occurred before December 2016, were as a result of "misinterpretation of the regulations in question."

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[Cuenca 'ammer]

according to the beeb, same breach of rules as Chelsea but they got a 2 window transfer ban,

wasn't City's first first time either.

[Up the Junction]

Interestingly perhaps, this has been our busiest match thread (by number of posts) since the 2-1 defeat at Chelsea on the opening day of the 2016/17 season three years ago, which weighed in at 75 pages.

Chelsea thread: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=164995

Match threads archive: viewforum.php?f=19

[Marky]

Interestingly perhaps, this has been our busiest match thread (by number of posts) since the 2-1 defeat at Chelsea on the opening day of the 2016/17 season three years ago, which weighed in at 75 pages.

Chelsea thread: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=164995

Match threads archive: viewforum.php?f=19

I thought it seemed a big one.

Probably due to size of tonking and being at home

[Georgee Paris]

I think plenty had been announcing this as the best squad / team ever and expectations were high... the rest is history.

[ironilunga]

Interestingly perhaps, this has been our busiest match thread (by number of posts) since the 2-1 defeat at Chelsea on the opening day of the 2016/17

Bad news sells.

[Up the Junction]

Probably due to size of tonking and being at home

The busiest threads always follow a bad defeat.

[Marklinc]

In the main the posts in the opposition view weren't to smug or self congratulating, some even going as far as to highlight one or two of our players. Considering how much money (£1.3Bn) Sheik Mansour has pumped into that club it should come as no surprise that they have the manager they have as well as the pick of the players, and the past five matches against them have an aggregate of 22 - 1. I take comfort from the fact we wont be the only team they demolish this season, and hopefully we can put it behind us and play some of the football we know we're capable of.
It's all very well being a City fan and lauding it over everyone else, but the knowledge of how many of their academy have made it into the first team (Phil Foden perhaps ) should tell them that money, lots and lots of it have got that team to where they are now.

[BondsoBob]

I think plenty had been announcing this as the best squad / team ever and expectations were high... the rest is history.

My thoughts exactly Georgee.

[Up the Junction]

In the main the posts in the opposition view weren't to smug or self congratulating, some even going as far as to highlight one or two of our players.

There were some choice ones that didn't make the cut, Mark!

[frankiemac]

according to the beeb, same breach of rules as Chelsea but they got a 2 window transfer ban,

wasn't City's first first time either.

i heard the fine was leniant as man city held their hands up, co-operated and also, the issue was regarding 2 players they had signed...with chelsea it was over 20 players...