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Interesting, interesting, I would say one reason not to trust him would be the independent panel finding his club guilty of 114 out of 115 charges, but what do I know

"I've heard everyone else go down every single rabbit hole, every single wormhole, every single discussion," Hart said.

"My honest opinion is I've got no reason not to trust Khaldoon. What he said is enough for me.

"I loved how he spoke. I loved the letter because that was from someone who cared about the club."

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Well that answers that question

Hart trusts Man City chair Al Mubarak over ruling: Former Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart believes club chairman Al Mubarak's claims they are innocent of breaking financial rules

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Also, TWO HOURS FORTY GOOD LORD I'm very sorry everyone

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This is bananas, I have not seen El Topo!

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Ryan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oh yeah I think there's a big difference between "why does a film about the Lone Ranger in 2013 exist" vs "why does The Lone Ranger (2013) exist"

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This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives.

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my theory (which I think I mentioned in the pod) is that they were trying to do to Frontierland at Disneyland what Pirates of the Caribbean had done Adventureland (IE, tie the generic rides on Disneyland to a marketable movie)

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John Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Oooh give this a listen, @johnrain.co.uk was kind enough to let me ramble at length about this curate's trainwreck of a film! featuring the star of Ebenezer (if such a thing exists), and the star of a true crime documentary America's Most Famous Cannibals (probably)!

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An epic episode of whimsy and fascination with @jackbern.bsky.social

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John Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · 27/09/2026

If people really like them long podcasts, then @jackbern.bsky.social and I have you really covered tomorrow.

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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

*blackadder theme* His head is bigger than a fence He breathes, and everything gets warmer His urge to trample represents A nation's nuclear war trauma Godzilla! Godzilla! The scourge of beast and man! Godzilla! Godzilla! He's flattening Japan!

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Jack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

early weeks on strictly are the best because it's when I get my favourite crowd reaction - booing Craig viciously for giving a low score and then sitting in awkward silence when Motsi gives the exact same score

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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Also, most people have stopped paying for journalism, so journalism has to do whatever it must to get people clicking on things. Again, it's just a very different world. Fifty-odd years passing will do that.

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

This remains my finest work

The classic panel from Watchmen with the caption "I am tired of Earth. These people. I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives."

But Doctor Manhattan has been replaced by a photo of Kevin McCloud from TV's Grand Designs.

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I think a lot of people can't comprehend the scale of what's happened here so feel compelled to couch it in ways that maintains the status quo

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Genuinely fascinated by how the remarkably credulous City fans that the BBC interviewed yesterday, who claimed to be shocked and disappointed by the club's actions, react to this utterly bonkers statement

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everyone knows you wait until the appeal to bring out the actual evidence that proves your innocence! that's law 101!

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LOOK AT THIS MAN, WHY ISN'T HE PRODUCING AN EGG SOMEWHERE FROM HIS PERSON

A man who is clearly Joel Dommett on Strictly

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I know intellectually that the celebrity currently dancing on Strictly is not Joel Dommett, and yet, and yet

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"you don't know the completely legitimate legal arguments we're going to use, they go to another school"

On Friday, it was announced City had been found guilty of the vast majority of the 115 charges brought against them and Al Mubarak has responded with a letter to fans on the club's website.

"Following Friday's media reporting, many of you will have spent your evening answering questions and responding to messages from friends, family and colleagues. So have I," Al Mubarak said.

"Here's what I said to my family: The Premier League process still has a long way to run, and our confidence and intent in proving the club's innocence is just as strong as when this began.

"There are so many things that I would like to be able to share with you to help you understand why we feel so confident in our position.

"But the strict confidentiality of the legal process and our determination to respect it means I cannot do that at the moment. Even this letter underwent several legal checks to make sure it complies."

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"you are a nine week old cocker spaniel puppy. here's why your human is upset you are pissing on the carpet."

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my child has not left home. I'm looking at my child right now. she's 5. stop gaslighting me

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why are so many BBC article headlines written like that Simpsons pamphlet

Your child has left home. Here's why it's time to stop checking up on them

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Yeah I think you would have to treat it like the Tour de France and say there were no winners for those years, which is stupid but that's where we are.

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Disagree with that reading of it personally - a lot of lower league Scottish football teams got a massive financial bump from playing at Ibrox or hosting Rangers in those years, and there are often "super clubs" who rip up lower leagues (Wrexham), so not sure that's a reason not to do it

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I don't think it's to do with wanting to take a successful club down. I think the scale of the financial doping and the vast benefits accrued by it means that a failure to administer "unreasonable consequences" could lead to a bigger crisis where fans and clubs lose all faith in football governance.

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I feel sympathy for the pre-2008 City fans, but it's more just all fans I feel sympathy for - it's made the past 18 years of football feel pointless and tainted. I don't get much schadenfreude here - I'm just angry that English football has been made a mockery of

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there's an element of tribalism here, but it goes beyond that - there's always been money in football and it's always been a corrupting influence but petrostates have distorted everything so much and act with complete impunity that it's just killing any joy I feel for the sport any more

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Yeah maybe you're right, but I think it's more than money - with Manchester City and PSG and Newcastle it's just such flagrant sportswashing from petrostates that, to me, it really does hollow out the club and just makes them a vessel to radiate soft power. I'm an Arsenal fan so I can't deny

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I don't think you can have your cake and eat it too though - claim a connection to the Paul Dickov years while also celebrating the Guardiola years, as the club sold its authentic soul of the former to attain the plastic success of the latter.

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I take your point and I'm fully aware that City existed long before 2008 and I'm aware of the history. To me that version of the club no longer exists, it died when they got bought by a sportswashing project, and I do feel sympathy for the fans who lost their club then. Maybe it's overly harsh but

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Respectfully that version of the club died a long time ago, they've been supporting a corrupt plastic sportswashing project for 18 years, my sympathy is very limited

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