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Spirit of 37 - display v Newcastle


chriswallace85 said:
Who says we don't really care about it?

I find human rights abuses to be abhorrent and I think sports washing is an absolute disgrace. State ownership of football clubs should not be allowed. I hate PSG as well, though that was true before the Qataris got involved.

I used to admire City as a club, purely for their fanbase sticking with them as they went through the divisions whilst their neighbours were dominating. I've no time for them nowadays with all the success they continue to buy.

We never did the Poznan to celebrate City winning the league. We did it purely to take the piss out of United. I actually thought it was a classless thing to do at the time and I didn't partake myself. I wanted Man United to win the league that day. It's also worth noting we did the Poznan at Wembley against City when Borini scored. Or weren't you there? Again, purely taking the piss. Nothing more. We may have done it in the league that season when we beat them but I can't remember.


Was I oblivious to the concept of Sportswashing before their takeover? Possibly. The term hadn't even been coined when City's takeover went through. That doesn't mean I approved of where City's money or PSG's money was coming from and how they were spending it. I never approved of where Chelsea's money was coming from either. I thought it was bad for football. It is bad for football. These people aren't interested in football. They're diversifying. They're moving into highly influential industries.

The takeover highlighted a lot of things and put it under the microscope for us. So no, it's no hypocrisy at all.
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Another way of putting that more succinctly would be that it really started bothering you when NUFC got taken over.
 
woodlebert said:
Hope the little toe rag is a UK taxpayer and gift aided it
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According to people on here owners donating to displays is "mag behaviour"
Roker Mackem said:
Imagine thinking people are bothered about evil stuff only at certain times 😥
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Well show me all the thousands of posts on here before 2021 and I will be proven wrong wont I? Take all the time you need to find them.....
 
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