Katie Ryan retweeted
Such disingenuous bullshit.
They committed major crime after major crime to make their cheating happen. Even sought to defraud the Commission.
That alone is enough to be far worse than Armstrong.
But you think villains like those would stop at that? You’re a moron or a liar.
Comparing Manchester City to Lance Armstrong is absolutely miles off it. 🤣
He PHYSICALLY doped and gave him an unfair advantage that no amount of training or equipment could match. It wasn’t a case as simple as him having a better bike or equipment to gain a slight advantage.
City did not dope or use PEDs. The advantage came from (compared to some clubs but not others) more investment and also just far better investment in the squad, infrastructure, coaching etc. essentially building a better ‘bike’ in the process and then using it more effectively than other teams on the whole.
Katie Ryan retweeted
The cunt bought himself a defender but cant be arsed to buy us one
Katie Ryan retweeted
**THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE SALOON**
Our club have acted from day one as though the new stadium is already a done deal.
Surveys built around theoretical scenarios, diluting the voices of the very people who fill Old Trafford and have devoted their lives to this club.
There is a rot, a decay, a sense of hopelessness all due to the Glazers and Ratcliffe. They have sucked the life and dignity out of our club.
**Make no mistake. We are at a crossroads**
Act now or wave goodbye to the Manchester United you once knew.
Over the coming weeks, we will lay out clear plans. Plans that demand **ACTION**
And those actions will be down to **YOU, the fanbase.**
Not The 1958. Not another supporters' group. Not somebody else.
**YOU**
You might not like us. You might think we should smash the place up or somehow empty a 75,000 seat stadium.
We don't care what you think of us. It's all irrelevant.
This is bigger than The 1958. Bigger than egos, personalities and petty differences.
**Get behind the action or STFU when the club tramples all over you.**
Stop waiting for somebody else to fight your battles.
Because if we sit back and everything we've warned about becomes reality, don't start complaining that nobody did anything.
**You were warned. You had a choice.**
The plans will be crystal clear. The actions will be crystal clear.
The question is whether enough Reds give a shit to follow through.
**More to follow. Get your notifications on.**
The 1958 🇾🇪
Katie Ryan retweeted
🚨 Ian Holloway blasts Manchester City: “Absolute disgrace, they’ve ruined the game.”
🗣️ “You (Manchester City) are a disgrace! You have tarred it so badly.
I (Blackpool) lost because we weren’t quite good enough. We weren’t quite good enough because the other team was allowed to cheat. And if you didn’t know they were cheating, I’m sorry, you’ve turned a blind eye to that.
For me, it’s all too late now. I would absolutely take everything away from every single one of them and make them start again right now.
It’s a disgrace, and they’re still not owning up to it. What type of people do they actually want to be?
And as for Pep, did he know it was happening? No, I don’t think so. I don’t think he knew that.
It’s the people at the very, very top who are trying to cheat this game, and I would throw them out.
Why have they still got the company? Why do they still own it? Why are they still allowed to do that?
Get lost. How dare you ruin what is part of our country’s DNA? Honesty.
Every one of us, mining villages, God knows what. Why it all started, who knows, but it’s all about a team and believing that you can fairly be better than someone else.
And they’re going to ruin it right at the top of the game.
Absolute disgrace.”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
👑 "We're the jewel in the crown!"
👀 "We're by far the biggest club in the country!"
This #MCFC fan loses it at Rory Jennings & Ade Oladipo and defends the club amid being found guilty of financial breaches
Katie Ryan retweeted
who ordered the Sham & Pineapple
The Premier League has confirmed that Manchester City have been found guilty of all charges related to breaches of Premier League financial rules between 2009-10 and 2017-18.
An independent Commission found that during that time period, the club arranged "sham contracts" with a number of its commercial partners, as well as "relying on sham agreements to artificially inflate the club's revenues and reduce its costs".
The statement also said that City were guilty of the majority of charges in relation to its failure to co-operate, but an exact figure was not given.
Katie Ryan retweeted
Key figures in here are independent commission saying:
🔺£830.69m of income wrongly recorded as commerical income when commission says it should have been treated as ADUG equity contributions
🔺Expenses understated by £8.866m, £7.4m and £0.5m
🔺"The Fordham arrangement" led to another £24.5m of "pretend" operating income
🔺£49.414m of operating expenses wrongly excluded
➡️So revenues inflated & costs reduced by more than £900m #mcfc
Independent commission's findings laid out here in redacted verdict resources.premierleague.puls…
Katie Ryan retweeted
"Do you apologise to football fans? The Premier League says 'sham' contracts, is this a 'sham' club?"
@RobHarris questions Man City chief executive Ferran Soriano after the club was found guilty of all charges related to Premier League's financial rules
trib.al/YimvoPJ
Katie Ryan retweeted
It’s not ok. And we’ve been banging on about it for 2 decades whilst everyone just laughed.
But it’s not cheating. It’s not fraud. And it’s not cooking the books, fake sponsors etc. Are you understanding it a bit better now?
Katie Ryan retweeted
A historic decision for English football, and one that comes to crown the work I carried out through Football Leaks. Today, we all know that, through structural manipulation and financial manoeuvring, Manchester City did not merely circumvent the rules, they turned them into a mere formality, challenging any attempt to preserve the integrity of the competition. That meticulously orchestrated fraud will finally be subject to punishment, and the impact will not merely be turbulent, but truly devastating for the Cityzens.
Ironically, I cannot help but remember Pep Guardiola's words at his first press conference as City manager: "Fasten your seat belts".
Katie Ryan retweeted
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/7049721…
Katie Ryan retweeted
Today has laid bare just how divided our fanbase really is, and it needs calling out. We spend far too much energy turning on each other instead of directing that anger and frustration where it actually belongs: at the club's ownership and the people running the business.
Infighting is exactly what the board wants: divide and conquer. Look at other clubs; their supporters unite when it matters. The only real solidarity we’ve shown recently was coming together to issue a statement on the restrictions/sanctions saga.
Keep sight of what actually matters:
• Holding a failing ownership to account
• Pushing back against the club targeting its own fans
• Fighting unfair ticket pricing
None of that is the fault of fellow supporters, supporter groups such as TRA & The 1958, MUST, the FF, or FAB. The blame lies squarely with the club. Everyone will have an opinion, but there's no point in dividing our own fanbase over it.
We have to focus on the real targets, not the noise.
Katie Ryan retweeted
I've interviewed maybe 9-1,000 footballers. So many say their debut is the highlight of their career. Even CL winners.
JJ could've made his tonight, likely off the bench.
Such poor advice to tell him not to train with the first team and rule himself out. Such a shame.
Katie Ryan retweeted
Jay Bothroyd absolutely spot on here.
The standard of refereeing in this country is an absolute disgrace, from the bottom of the pyramid to the top.
Something needs to change!
Katie Ryan retweeted
#MUFC argue one thing about their controversial anti-ticket touting crackdown & fans take a very different view of the process.
But what is clear is the growing disconnect between the club & its regular, match going support who feel increasingly pushed out and unwanted.
Big read on a relationship that feels at breaking point
⬇️
telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
Katie Ryan retweeted
This should be a permanent fixture until that dusty old scruff is gone. One of the biggest games of the season tomorrow, the Manchester derby, and I don’t know anyone who’s arsed. The fire’s gone out.
On Sunday there will be no flag display on The Stretford End. In its place, a single banner will hang above the players’ tunnel with a clear message to the owners, directors and decision-making staff at Manchester United:
“THE WAY YOU TREAT US IS A DISGRACE”
This isn’t a ‘TRA’ message, it’s a message on behalf of every genuine fan group, match-going supporter, supporters’ club and fan representative who has either contacted us directly or been negatively impacted by the recent behaviour of The Club. It’s an honest, heartfelt cry for recognition from the maligned, vilified, and misrepresented beating heart of our football club – the generational match-going supporters.
Neither is this solely a ‘Manchester United’ problem, this is a league-wide crisis that should be addressed at every club, regardless of rivalries and history. Without drastic changes, there will be no rivalries in the future vision for football shared by the decision makers.
Whilst we still advocate for a change in ownership, we believe that there should be a realistic roadmap for any protest if it is to act as a catalyst for change.
Match-going supporters should be prioritised over all others within the Club’s Fan Engagement model and all aspects of the Fans’ Forum process should be reviewed & improved to ensure that its fit for purpose. Dedicated fan representation that engages openly and regularly with the match-going supporters and proactively fights to ensure that they are treated as a priority by The Club is essential. Unless our generational match-going support is given a real voice that is actually listened to, the little that remains of our fan culture will soon be gone forever.
TRA aren’t a protest group, we’re an ‘atmosphere’ group but we’ve never shied away from making our position clear when we believe not doing so would be to the detriment of the interests of match-going supporters. We hope that you’ll understand and support our decision and that those of you who are asking for meaningful change and are able to help will stand up and be counted when called upon in the near future.
Until then, we’ll continue to fully back and support the players and manager throughout, starting with the derby on Sunday.
MUFC
Katie Ryan retweeted
This is the second instance in the last few days where I've seen a possible breach of terms issued, only for the supporter to have attended the game and been able to provide proof that they were there.
The question now has to be: what are the club actually doing to identify these supporters? We already know how substandard the club's analysis can be.
Where is the evidence behind these accusations? There doesn't appear to be any provided.
You have to start wondering why. To me, this is beginning to look like there is a hidden agenda, and I believe the driver behind that is financial. Obviously, that's my own theory, but if you look back through my posts over the last few years, I've been saying for some time that this was coming.
The club also recently hired additional resource into the sanctions team. It's almost as if they expect that team to become considerably busier.
Katie Ryan retweeted
On Sunday there will be no flag display on The Stretford End. In its place, a single banner will hang above the players’ tunnel with a clear message to the owners, directors and decision-making staff at Manchester United:
“THE WAY YOU TREAT US IS A DISGRACE”
This isn’t a ‘TRA’ message, it’s a message on behalf of every genuine fan group, match-going supporter, supporters’ club and fan representative who has either contacted us directly or been negatively impacted by the recent behaviour of The Club. It’s an honest, heartfelt cry for recognition from the maligned, vilified, and misrepresented beating heart of our football club – the generational match-going supporters.
Neither is this solely a ‘Manchester United’ problem, this is a league-wide crisis that should be addressed at every club, regardless of rivalries and history. Without drastic changes, there will be no rivalries in the future vision for football shared by the decision makers.
Whilst we still advocate for a change in ownership, we believe that there should be a realistic roadmap for any protest if it is to act as a catalyst for change.
Match-going supporters should be prioritised over all others within the Club’s Fan Engagement model and all aspects of the Fans’ Forum process should be reviewed & improved to ensure that its fit for purpose. Dedicated fan representation that engages openly and regularly with the match-going supporters and proactively fights to ensure that they are treated as a priority by The Club is essential. Unless our generational match-going support is given a real voice that is actually listened to, the little that remains of our fan culture will soon be gone forever.
TRA aren’t a protest group, we’re an ‘atmosphere’ group but we’ve never shied away from making our position clear when we believe not doing so would be to the detriment of the interests of match-going supporters. We hope that you’ll understand and support our decision and that those of you who are asking for meaningful change and are able to help will stand up and be counted when called upon in the near future.
Until then, we’ll continue to fully back and support the players and manager throughout, starting with the derby on Sunday.
MUFC