“City are a real asset for the game and I am delighted to be working with them for a better future for the European game."
- UEFA chief Aleksander Ceferin
"Football need to control owners who want to make money out of clubs. City owners wanted to improve the team."
FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development Arsene Wenger
So there you have it. We are trying to 'control' the wrong ones here. City are good for football in the
eyes of UEFA and FIFA.
All that matters when it comes to an owner is how much money they will put into the club for transfers. If they are committing genocide, human rights atrocities, executing people for being gay, killing thousands of slaves - that has nothing to do with
Been a few weeks now - has any of the momentum opposing the ESL carried over into dealing with the Qatar World Cup?
No.
And why is that?
Because the media didn't tell it's puppets to give a shit about it.
Football definitely won though. Definitely.
We didn't just do the bidding of the UEFA and the Media to keep the status quo which rakes in billions for them both.
We definitely aren't just puppets sitting waiting for Sky to tell us what to be outraged about.
That is why not a single shit was given about the new UCL.
And now that outraged is being focused on American owners in the Premier League. They are THE great evil.
Who are the shining examples of 'good' ownership though? A Russian Oligarch who only bought Chelsea to give Putin a foothold in the UK and human rights abusing Abu Dhabi.
We really need to stop focusing on the 'trouble' or 'damage' of a protest.
It often has nothing to do with the protest - it is just dickheads tagging along trying to satisfy their own urges to break shit or hurt something. But even when that doesn't happen - and we saw this
with BLM, instigators blend in from groups with opposing ideals and start the shit then walk away. Sometimes the police will infiltrate groups and start shit themselves as a means of justifying their response to it.
And the media will always focus on that trouble because that
is perfect for their 24 hour news that is designed to turn everything into a 9/11 event to keep you on their channel. They ain't doing that sitting down and calmly debating the merits of a protest. No, they want that shit to be as visceral as possible as it is good for their
Only AWB has a perfect snapshot of what is behind McTominay when the pass is played. And us, the viewer. Players unconsciously pass this information with the ball. By not passing in front of Scott, is AWB telling him someone is
moving to shut down that space and ambush him? That he isn't safe to turn into that space?
Making this comparison with Busquets and AWB is unfair of course. It's just a poor pass from a player who struggles to have any impact in the buildup for United for these very reasons.
Thiago created 0 big chances from open play for Bayern last season.
If you think Liverpool's data analysis and scouting teams sat down and picked him out as a player that would 'solve creativity' then you have zero understanding of football.
Thiago is a controller. He helps teams impose the will on the opponent by winning the battle in midfield - keeping the ball away from the opponent, forcing the opponent to surrender the ball if they get it.
He is also a ball progressor. His numbers stand out in terms of moving his team up the pitch and getting the ball into the final 3rd where your more creative players and finishers take over.
To help anybody struggling with the Thiago conundrum. This is what you need for a functioning midfield. Which of these functions do you think Thiago excelled in at Bayern? Which of the 3 players is he most similar to?