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Smudge

@1smudger.bsky.social
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Bit left wing but mostly play through the middle

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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
You've decided it doesn't, so not really much point is there but I'll try to explain my view. It matters because in this crime, there are victims and it is worth knowing who those victims are. Until today, I think many felt the fans were.
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It matters. People's character matters. It's part of a problem in football where blind tribal loyalty matters more than the game.
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
No, but we've seen salah, mane, mac, szobo all look off it after international breaks. We could speculate about the reasons forever I suspect.
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Or could just be a post international break performance. Seen plenty of those from better players than him
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Where's he fucking pulled that from?
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I didn't really clock that. My kids killed my concentration on the game today. Small sample size for Barcola and that was a mental occasion.
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I don't get to hear a lot of what the pundits/presenters say because I have 3 kids. Life is better without it. The football is still there though. Put it on mute if it helps. Don't let the fuckers take any more from us than they already have.
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
No explanation for Wirtz right now. He was getting the ball in all the right places but just executed poorly every time. Barcola has plenty of time to settle yet
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I thought koumas was unlucky that one of donnarumma's spills didn't drop to him because he was there every time
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Don't think we should ever assume Isak is fit and will be a long time before Hugo is at his best
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I suppose if they were more spread it wouldn't look so bad
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We look threadbare already
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Whatever happens on the pitch today, I hope the crowd never let's City forget one thing. They know what they are.
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nah, they've had their chance and they chose greed. (We may or may not be taking this overly seriously)
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
They all knew they were getting salaries above market rate for a club that couldn't sell out Wembley. They knew. Latterly, they all knew they'd been charged and chose to ignore it
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The wife and I have decided that as City should be disbanded, their squad should be carved up in the form of a draft. Bottom of the league (haven't decided on the point in time) gets first pick and so on.
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Keen to see Barcola through the middle to be honest. Force them to hold a deeper line, create space for Wirtz. It's an option I'd like to know that we have sooner rather than later
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Definitely read 'reared' the wrong way and took it to a new level
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hopefully see that aggression on Sunday. Cheating bastards robbed us of so much.
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That threshold and the way it works is insane
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The managers and players were all complicit. They shouldn't be let off the hook in any way. As for Guardiola, I think you can recognise that he's a great coach but had all the advantages. Like an F1 driver in the best car
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One thing nobody has mentioned, is that players/managers/agents must have been complicit. Knowing they were getting paid way above market rates. Knowing about these 'double contracts' if that's true. Signing even though they'd been charged 115 times.
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
City at Anfield on the 11th is going to be some atmosphere
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think that's very possible. The owners can also be forced into a sale, but there will be a very damaged asset to set. We may see almost a reforming of the club like Wimbledon. 'AFC Man City'
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This also happened over a number of years and the punishment should reflect that. The second layer is the refusal to cooperate and obstruction. That says you don't want to abide by the same rules as everyone else. That's a more administrative issue. That's where expulsion becomes a conversation.
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
To deal with City's cheating, you have to break down the charges as separate issues. The financial distortion has a direct sporting effect and led to them having players they shouldn't have had. That needs a sporting remedy I.e. removal of titles and points deductions.
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know it's serious when you put Sky Sports News on and Kaveh is leaning in
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If it's a breach of Premier League rules, would it affect the FA Cup? Another layer of complexity
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
All the clubs that were robbed should hold a parade, on the same day, in Manchester
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That's why I said ban them. Make them mid-table and meaningless.
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Rather than relegation, I would like to see the punishment reflect the duration of the charges. I think it was 7 years, so deduct them 20 points a season for 7 seasons and ban them from Europe. Make them a nothing club. A relegation can be resolved too quickly
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
He was great in second half of last season. Everyone seems to have forgotten that too
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Itsu?
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
100%. Objective 1 was surely becoming hard to beat. Seems like we've achieved that at least
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Lots of what we did last season didnt help him but there were no excuses for Sunday afternoon, just piss poor. He's got a lot to do to get to the level he needs to be at
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sort of defender that wakes up on a morning and clears loose balls out of his kitchen. Love him
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Why dont they just move it all to summer!? Nations league, qualifying, whatever. Just do it in summer. Far less disruptive and the quality of football would be better as more focused.
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Haha, that occurred to me too. I'd be spinning a full web of lies. Little side hustle that pays for everything. Place abroad. Maybe even a second family.
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'd be exaggerating everything
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And Ekitike
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Why? He's not wrong
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We've been awful, particularly those two but the rest of my feed seems to be blaming Oliver and Carragher
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
More technically gifted than Hendo just not a patch on his mentality
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I think it's from someone misspeaking on the podcast
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We had a similar experience first time around when my wife had pretty extreme mastitis. Even then, nobody suggested formula. My wife felt under so much pressure she was trying to put herself through extreme pain to make it work. Just use formula. All 3 of mine are fine and dads can help more.
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Lad is a fucking giant. What is he doing!?
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'd stick with the first list. Send Mac to a spa. His biggest issue is fatigue for me
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Also, your average tax payer/voter doesn't consider the value gain of a property over time that is untaxed as income. They only see that they earned their wages and were taxed then, why should they be taxed again?
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Same as everything, they think it will only kill the poor people
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Smudge @1smudger.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Foden's is a nailed on red, no problem with that. Not booking fernandes in the same incident is mental.
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