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And later Bruno gets away with no var check and no Sky comments after running his studs down the spurs player’s Achilles.

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 3h

Man Utd’s Bruno with a clear red card challenge there but no VAR, no comment, move along. Unbelievable bollocks from Sky. Spurs tho? Wretched.

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My happiest memories of parenthood include the time I shared with my kids reading and telling bedtime stories, doing all the voices, improvising bits here and there for fun and generally enjoying quality time with them.

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A great read. In the midst of the hysteria, makes you stop and think.

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Michael Martin @tfmick1892.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This week’s musings as the shadow of Man City’s misdemeanours hang over football and what the rules say about our national game - #NUFC tf1892.substack.com/p/thru-black...

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THRU BLACK & WHITE EYES - No Winners - 5/Oct/26

The Man City case, their guilt, the rules and what it all says about Premier League football rumbles on.

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I think this team will be adored forever #nufc

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Do not Trust Reform They will stop all our Benefits" via Mark Holyer

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

At that point the PL is a complete basket case

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yes. And the implications of a scenario like this actually playing out are ruinous for the league’s credibility.

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The point is that the longer they keep things going the more the PL panics about the cost and the league disruption etc and eventually offers them a cosy deal

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jonathancaisley.bsky.social @jonathancaisley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

City will use the possibility of a lengthy appeal process (I have heard from several reputable people including the KC mentioned in an earlier post that High Court is an option) to negotiate a favorable settlement. However, I can imagine that if criminal charges arose, it would change everything.

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The PL cannot carry on with all of this indefinitely - we can all see the damage being done to the league right now. Compromise on the cards I’d say.

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’m starting to think the PL will cave in. City don’t have to worry about legal costs or the wider issue of rendering the league season a complete farce. Once the current process + appeals finally ends, what is to stop City just taking the PL to court if they are not content with the outcome? #nufc

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I mean in this rule book context I mean

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The atmosphere around the club is toxic now. The idea of a couple of more seasons being played with 90 minutes of ‘cheat cheat’ aimed at the team on the pitch is hard to imagine. And god help us if they win anything! A total mess.

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Respecting cultural differences is surely only a marginal consideration, though?

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ok but surely to god they are competent enough to recognise these cultural differences themselves and adapt accordingly to comply with rules in the UK? Like, one assumes, PIF have had to.

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

After this length of time and the tone of the latest documents it is unthinkable surely that there is any game changing loophole that can realistically be exploited by City?

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Nah, they didn’t bend rules to close the gap, in the name of levelling the playing field or something. They wanted to dominate the league and were happy to fuck us all off with that super league shite

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s not a slight on Walker, just saying he could not have done what he did under FFP. I’m not trying to defend City, who appear to have cheated not just to compete but to dominate the division. Owners will flounce away in a cloud of denial and the die hard fans will carry the can

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Jack Walker would have had to cheat too if he hadn’t pre-dated the FFP rules. There’s a bigger picture here about the sustainability of a league in which the great majority of clubs are effectively prevented from competing. #nufc

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Or maybe a decent regulator

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I agree - City was always a vanity project and it has ended in humiliation. Nonetheless, proper regulation without favour or protection for the big 6 should be able to create a much healthier environment. #nufc

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’ve never been interested in #nufc becoming a doped up plaything of the super rich: where’s the sporting achievement in that? But why is a more level financial playing field not possible? Competition is the lifeblood of sport along with jeopardy and change in the pecking order over time.

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Notice the narrative coming through now is about fit and proper owners and ‘nation states’: we can all guess where that’s leading #nufc

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is just one excellent reason why City’s apparent aim of prolonging the agony for as long as possible, isn’t practical.

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If I were doing comms and PR for City, knowing they don’t wish to confess, I’d be lining up as many high profile allies as I could to go on the attack about the impossibility of competing with the cartel clubs. There is a rare opportunity here to get that conversation going in the national media

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A great read. I was reflecting this morning about how my opinion of City has spanned both extremes in recent months: I suspect the sanctions will seem relatively light (diplomatic pressure on the PL etc) but things can never be the same again for that club as compo claims come in and sponsors exit.

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Are you Harry fucking Potter or what?!

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Amanda @amandavetnurse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Adorable 🥰

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Genuine sponsors will want out fast

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

From what I can see, it won’t be the punishment that fucks up City it will be the absolute clusterfuck of clubs and individuals coming after them for compo. £50m a pop for every time a club missed out on a CL place, etc. Will Pep come after them for reputational damage?

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

V impressive. But shows how he downed tools in the league last season. Tbf, they all did tho.

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Few England players sloppy as hell tonight

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Blatant dive there for that penalty

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

For me the problem with any punishment is that it seems unlikely it will do anything to diminish the behemoth City have become based on over a decade of apparently outrageous financial doping. Neither do I see the EPL stripping titles cos that’s bad for the PL brand.

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

PL won’t like the optics of stripping league titles: three of them! Horrible for their brand

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

That would be absurd though. They’d bite your arm off for that! All those titles for £100m and one season written off. Equates to a Small risk of relegation for one season and the price of one or two players.

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is cheating on an unheard of scale and over a prolonged period. Some sort of brief banishment to Championship and and a few million fine just doesn’t begin to cut it. They were a middling club before the financial doping began and now they are a giant. That isn’t right.

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Clocktoys @clocktoys.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Dan Ballard done his hamstring?

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