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They stated the abstention was due to their lawyer stating the resolution was unlawful.
Plus the fact they would have publicly looked like twats.
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They stated the abstention was due to their lawyer stating the resolution was unlawful.
Plus the fact they would have publicly looked like twats.
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They were one of Chelsea's main sponsor 2011/12 season and still run ads. They have had a relationship during that time. Might not have been FFP then (??) But still hypocritical. At least shity abstained.
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Firstly I wouldn't call them a main sponsor at the time or now and Roman doesn't own them either although he undoubtedly has contacts with them since they bought his company Sibneft for $13bn in 2005, again due to his wealth and no FFP rules Chelsea were able to spend a lot of money and become successful enough to not need to pad their books in the FFP era. As stated MC are under investigation since it appears the owners have in essence been using their other companies to sponsor MC at higher than the market rate, this investigation has been going on for a number of years now and is hard to prove thus you are now seeing nearly every club decide to stop it happening in the first place.
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No, they are doing it because proper big money just landed in the prem, and they don't like it. Not because the new owners of Newcastle are actual evil scumbags, but because it raises the stakes. City wouldn't vote against their own revenue stream.
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Chelsea sign global deal with Champions League sponsor - SportsPro
2011/12 Champions League winners Chelsea Football Club have announced the signing of Russian energy giant Gazprom as the club's global energy partner.
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Not sure what else you would call a global sponsor then.Chelsea sign global deal with Champions League sponsor - SportsPro
2011/12 Champions League winners Chelsea Football Club have announced the signing of Russian energy giant Gazprom as the club's global energy partner.
A global energy partner, either way it still isn't the same.
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People are focusing on the hypocricy of the big teams voting against it, and as per usual ignoring the fact the all of the small teams have voted against it as well. The reason is simple. Another big money club likely brings even greater inflation in wages, making it even harder for smaller teams to compete financially, as tv money etc doesn't go up. Sooner all these franchises fuck off to a super league the better.
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The problem in wishing all these franchises would all fuck off is the value of the PL would plummet at the same time.
Oh no, so it would just be about kicking a ball around?
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Who cares?
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Fuck me what a disaster that would be
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I think they're favourites to win this season TBH.
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And at Old Trafford now, Ole gone in the morning.
Because there's not much to say about the West Ham match tbh. Kane was shite but the problems run much deeper than him (one of them was standing on the touchline pretending he knows what he's doing), we were probably better for most of the match but completely impotent in the final third. And mocking a historically humiliating defeat for United is much more fun than having to confront my own team's problems.
We play each other next week, it should be a real treat.
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To be fair, Spurs ended up with a manager, they had 5 or 6 attempts previously. The problem is at board level, same as UTD. Who else would you realistically imagine signing on? Mid-table club with a board that wants to spend nothing and refuses to sell their biggest asset.
Edit, maybe it's a fear of history repeating itself, like when they sold Bale and bought 8 salary drains.
Edit, maybe it's a fear of history repeating itself, like when they sold Bale and bought 8 salary drains.
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I feel for Ronaldo. (I can't believe I typed that). VAR is a piece of shit. His feet were well behind our last defender's but he'd started leaning / running - so the line from his shoulder was technically in front. If you freeze frame to shittery, hold up the restart, bore the shit out of everyone in the stadium that is...
On a day with a real human linesman that goal stands. And tbh, rightly so IMO.
On a day with a real human linesman that goal stands. And tbh, rightly so IMO.
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Newcastle takeover: No police action on Crystal Palace fans' banner
Police say no further action will be taken after a banner displayed by Crystal Palace fans targeted the Saudi Arabian-led takeover of Newcastle United.
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