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If Baz refuses to play against Israel, how about asking him to play for them and Peretz to play for RI? I think many people would agree.

Baz is still bitter we replaced him with an Israeli.

I'm not going to fall for the "I've got a carrot to finish your snowman" line again this winter. 🙂

Indeed. Hopefully Azaz and Manning told him to fuck off.

That UEFA would allow such a divisive situation in the first place is a disgrace. Can only respect Baz for his standpoint. Would be massively surprised if it was Azaz turning on him, an educated man. Equally feel for Peretz and the Israeli players, they are not politicians.

What a tit.

More dribbling ...

Apparently getting abuse from inside the house too

Yep fair play to Bazunu and excellent statement from him. Given Ireland will refuse to shake hands with the Israeli’s I disagree that it’s not relevant to the club. Hopefully Peretz will see the bigger picture and suck it up and hopefully neither Azaz or Manning are the ones speculated to be in dispute with Bazunu.

How many of there players will want to play in league two, already rumours of players contacting agent's

And even if they do relegate them to League 2, all this does is compound the problem. City are big enough and easily rich enough to keep a very good squad and quickly work their way back through the leagues. So essentially demotion to the lower league negatively impacts every other team because essentially one of the available promotion places has already gone. They'd probably go straight back to the Premiere League within 4 seasons to the detriment of all the other EFL teams.

I run a business, disguising payments is effectively fraudulent corporation tax returns

Skates were only deducted 10 points I believe.

VAFC: A hard-fought win against Le Puy—but what a relief! Valenciennes had to wait until the very end of the match to finally get the better of Le Puy this Saturday. This victory—their second of the season—was crucial to keep them out of the relegation zone. Snatch-ed in the dying moments by 19-year-old Dayann Linyon—who had come on to replace the evening's other Valenciennes goalscorer, Junior Ndiaye—this win doesn't magically wipe away all of VAFC's troubles (without it, they would have found themselves in the relegation zone), but it does a world of good. The victory doesn't erase everything, starting with the questions fans are asking after this start to the season. While they didn't hold back their support, the banners unfurled at the end of the first half spoke volumes about their wariness: "SR [Sport Republic]: three years of sporting failure. What’s the problem?" and its variation: "Players, coaches—everyone does better after leaving VAFC. What’s the problem?" A stern talking-to from the president The victory doesn't erase everything, but it does validate a week of work that began with a stern dressing-down from CEO Yoann Godin—who came to give the squad a piece of his mind on Monday—and continued with a trip to Lewarde to immerse the team in the values of the North. Valenciennes didn’t get everything right on Saturday night, but they deserve credit for taking the lead—opening the scoring from a set-piece after a slow start. It came from a Thibault Maréchal free-kick that Derrick Abu headed into the path of Junior Ndiaye—who was in the starting lineup despite having just returned from Japan, where he had spent the previous week with the UAE U23 squad. The team had to compensate for the absences of Charles Abi (international duty) and Gaëtan Courtet (back issue)—losses that were particularly troublesome for VA, coming on top of the absences of Bryan Passi and Zaïd Amir (also on international duty), Abdelwahed Wahib (suspended), Kylian Kouakou and Samir Belloumou (injured), and Noam Blé (rehab). Despite their best efforts, VA were pegged back before the break, having dropped too deep defensively. However, they deserve great credit for refusing to give up, ultimately securing a long-awaited victory. It is only the beginning, though; Jean Louchet is quick to temper expectations: "It’s still too early to make any bold claims." VALENCIENNES – LE PUY: 2-1 (1-1). Stade du Hainaut. Attendance: 4,362. Referee: Mr. Desroches. Goals: Ndiaye (24'), Linyon (88') for Valenciennes; Gauthier (44') for Le Puy. Bookings: Maréchal (58'), Rouaï (84'), Zogba (90'+2) for Valenciennes; Xhemo (81') for Le Puy. Valenciennes: Louchet; Abu, Goprou, Zogba, Rocchia (Méïté, 73'); Marcel (Boiteau, 73'), Maréchal (Tounkara, 90'+1), Rouaï (capt.); Diomandé (Linyon, 83'), Ndiaye (Nyemb, 90'+1), Ekra. Coach: Pierre Blois. Le Puy: Carvalho; Gomes, Dembélé (Ghalem, 51'), Seidou; Xhemo (capt.); Kouassi, Gauthier (Baret, 61'), Mroivili (Ducourtioux, 85'), Zahibo; Faty (Emmanuel, 61'), Nsingi (Mazaudier, 85'). Coach: Stéphane Dief.

Yep played well. Gave Spain a good game. Just knew Kane would not score the penalty. Shame really.

I support Southampton but would hate to live in the City. Maybe not a SH as you call it but not far off. From what is revealed on this forum not many contributors live anywhere near Southampton either. When the dust has settled on the whole ManC affair, we will remember the very high standards of football that they achieved when literally money was no object and they had the pick of the world's best talent.

If the PL do kick them out, the EFL will have a big problem. They cant just parachute MCFC into the Championship, or League 1. It would be League 2 at best, and then only at expense of one of the teams promoted from below. Would it need a vote of all EFL clubs to accept them in?

I read today and obviously don’t know if it’s true but when Mancini was manager contract was he was paid €1m as Man City manager and €4m for 4 days a year consultancy to other clubs in the Man City group of clubs. Enabled them to keep below wages rules

Luton, Sheff Weds spring to mind. Skates ?

Fuck me, that’s what I posted.

Huge respect for him. Takes guts to stand up for your beliefs to your professional detriment.

Without cheating Saints have been deducted 14 points in total in our history. Can you name the 5 teams who have been deducted more. this does not include Swindon who were relegated two divisions but did not face a point deduction

I wonder if they could be looking at criminal charges? Fraud and tampering with evidence seems certain? HMRC etc. will surely be interested in the falsely reported transfers and wages. I imagine their taxes are all wrong? So you have a lot of layers here: 1) sporting sanctions 2) Other clubs will sue them 3) Potential criminal charges for all involved? Mind-boggling the more you think about it. Why on earth did they let it drag on?

How much did they spend in this summer's transfer window? £450m? Why would you spend a lot of money from some kid from Morocco? It almost smells of money laundering. Seems like Pep left just in time. Meanwhile, one kid with an iphone.......