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Graham Winstanley

@grahamwinstanley.bsky.social
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Mild. Boring. Dad. Tweeting into the abyss. No hobbies.

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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My son says Man City* should be relegated to France.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@Paddypower are you going to refund all my Man City* to lose bets since 2009?
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If I owned a tattoo parlour I'd offer City fans a free asterisk on any existing tattoo.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
To City*'s credit there's no way I could cheat for a decade. I'd get bored of it after about 3 years.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Have PSG ever been done for FFP breaches? Do they even have FFP in France?
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Man City will be desperate for us to lose against Spurs. It's the only story that could possible take the media spotlight away from them. Fingers crossed Joshua Zirkzee finally turns up and scores a hatrick.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@priceoffootball.bsky.social Man Utd's shares trade at $20.81 on the NYSE. If Utd issued a load of new shares and let the players buy them for $1, would this show up in SCR calculations? And could this be a way to circumvent SCR?
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In the grand scheme of things, City's owners pumped a £billion into football unlike another set of owners who siphoned off billions. The Glazers and Co were big proponents of FFP, and there's a chance City fans might lose their club because of it. My moral compass doesn't know which way to point.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The media have been fine with City's cheating for the past 15 years. Why are they suddenly so outraged today?
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I always feel sorry for Man Utd managers who have to field questions from the media about the actions of the owners. Will my empathy stretch for Enzo Maresca? I've got a feeling it won't. 😂
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Stanley Tucci is lined up to play Omar Berrada in the ITV dramatisation of the Man City scandal. Working title: Sham!
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If it sounds too good to be true then it probably isn't true. Deep down City fans have known for the last decade that this day was coming.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As a neutral in this Man City cheating thing I advise the PL do 2 things: 1) Remove the long lasting revenue advantage City have gained over teams like Leeds/Villa/Forest/Newcastle by issuing a punishment that lasts 5 or so years. e.g. 30 point deduction each season and spending cap until 2035.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've decided to sue Man City. I'm not sure what I'll sue them for but everybody else it suing them and I want in on the payday.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Clubs should be allowed to sign players during the international break just to lift the boredom.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Double in and double out must favour the better players.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That Man City outcome couldn't have at a worse time for them. A 3 week international break with nothing else to fill the media void. Let's hope Sir Jim Racist can keep his big mouth shut for the next fortnight.
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Picturing Erling Haaland being sold at police auction like a drug lord's speedboat.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm surprised thst with all their money City haven't been able to buy off enough members of this panel. Personally, I prefer to use blackmail over bribery as not everybody can be bought but everyone has a secret.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Null and void those City titles. No winners in those seasons. Sorry Ole but I'm not having the scousers get ahead of us.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Man City should be held on remand until the outcome of their appeal to their appeal is announced.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
City should be deducted 35 pts per season for the next 10 seasons. Or perhaps their Squad cost ratio should be set to 35% for the next decade?
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Before the City game I agreed that I'd buy more son a pack of football cards if Utd won. Same for Brighton and same for Fulham. My son has just asked if we can switch the deal so that he gets a pack everytime we lose. It's heartbreaking to see a 7 year old lose faith in the team.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The main reason for qualifying for the Champions League is to earn Champions League money and not to participate in the Champions League. The system is broken.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The women are five goals up. The game's reached that point where they all start goal hanging and the goals dry up.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Jim Ratcliffe will be fuming when he sees the women's team are 4-0 up already.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sheffield Utd women are even worse than our men's team. That third goal was a truly shit goal for any team to concede.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
He may have been retired for 29 years but Eric's got my vote for Utd player of the season.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
1) Who let that fly in the house? 2) It's autumn, why is that fly still alive? 3) Where do flies go in winter?
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@Tesco I ordered 2 salmon fillets. I don't want to get anyone sacked but do you really think that a packet of Salmon and Trout Cat Treats is an acceptable substitution?
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bloody Nora, this international break is really dragging. Feels like an eternity since we last played a match. I can't wait 3 more weeks for my next dose of disappointment!
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When asked about the women's team Jim Ratcliffe responded with "we're here to talk about carbon capture". But within a couple of minutes he was giving migrants and benefit claimants a metaphorical kicking. In some regards this guy is worse than the Glazers.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
There's a wave of thinking that Utd's low running stats is down to fitness and a few sessions of shuttle runs at Carrington over the next 3 weeks will fix this. My guess is that this thinking is wrong and that the players are plenty fit.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Michael Carrick is better at his job than you are at your job!
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I use a car park with numbered bays when going to football matches and pick a bay matching the shirt number of the player I think will score first. If I'm right, it's a takeaway for dinner to celebrate my foresight. If I'm wrong, it's beans on toast. I eat a lot of beans.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I think Gary Neville's analysis of the midfield standing still rather than engaging the Fulham player with the ball was wrong. It wasn't laziness, fitness or an attitude issue, the players clearly didn't engage because they didn't want to leave massive spaces infront of the centre backs.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm watching this 70 up programme. The posh kids have grown up posh and are loaded. The working class kids are still working class.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Go on, now go and win it.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Win, lose or draw this game I reckon the club will try to nip this in the bud during the international break.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I agree with the principle of trusting the players to find solutions, but the trouble is these players have proven they can't be trusted to find solutions.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Stick Lacey, Mount and Baleba on and hope they add some energy and attitude. Nothing to lose.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Before the season started I said Carrick should put Lacey in the starting XI. I've seen nothing in these first 5 games to change my mind. We've got too many passive characters, we need someone who will try to seize the moment.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Games like these are where Kobbie needs to challenge himself - these are the games he needs to grab by the scruff of the neck. He's the best player on the pitch, and we need him to show it. We need him to be an extrovert instead of an introvert.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This team is crying out for a player like Jadon Sancho. (A player who can pass and dribble in tight spaces, not one who turns up late for work and gets the hump easily)
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Feels lile Fulham are going to score soon, and there is nothing I can do to stop them. ☹️
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If Mbeumo had a right foot he'd be dangerous.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is one of those games where I'd move Bruno to right back or defensive midfield and put somebody who can dribble in the number 10 position. He's not getting any space to pass in to.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
That blue kit is a proper kit. Those players can have no excuses if they lose this one.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My mood today is very much Adrienne shouting at Rocky to win.
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Graham Winstanley @grahamwinstanley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'm still angry.
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