Nate Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 I'm feeling more and more attached to this commercial franchise with every passing day! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 I think people are looking into that car too much in terms of the colours. It's just based on our current kit from last season. We have been told numerous times through the FRG that there is no more navy on the kit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Nate said: I'm feeling more and more attached to this commercial franchise with every passing day! I have just booked in for surgery to have my eyes permanently lasered to City Blue! Saving up to get my skin done next year!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 13 minutes ago, Shahanga said: I have just booked in for surgery to have my eyes permanently lasered to City Blue! Saving up to get my skin done next year!! Do you mean like this? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 (edited) 8 hours ago, hedaik said: I drive a Nissan XTrail, top car Did the 120 hours for my Ls in a Nissan X-Trail and it was a shit car. It felt so light and unstable on the road and you couldn't take a bend without slowing right down or the thing would nearly tip. This was a while ago so they may have gotten better, it was a 2006 model I think. Edited July 8, 2016 by Jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 9 minutes ago, Jimmy said: Did the 120 hours for my Ls in a Nissan X-Trail and it was a shit car. It felt so light and unstable on the road and you couldn't take a bend without slowing right down or the thing would nearly tip. Shhhh, you won't win any competitions now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 (edited) Melbourne City Nissan currently out for qualifying in Townsville on Fox 506. Great to hear the commentators say "it's the Melbourne City FC car in top position..." Thankfully JVS isn't driving. Would have been in the wall by now. Edited July 9, 2016 by n i k o 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakz7 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 1 hour ago, n i k o said: Melbourne City Nissan currently out for qualifying in Townsville on Fox 506. Great to hear the commentators say "it's the Melbourne City FC car in top position..." Thankfully JVS isn't driving. Would have been in the wall by now. He would've started poorly then gained some speed towards the end but then crashed. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 20 minutes ago, hakz7 said: He would've started poorly then gained some speed towards the end but then crashed. But the car looks as though it has no. 23 - that's Bruno's number. Should be a winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 33 minutes ago, hakz7 said: He would've started poorly then gained some speed towards the end but then crashed. crashed as soon as it took the lead. The lead driver would blame the pit crew 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Yeah, saw this too. Must be the club scarf for 2016-17? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffplz Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 31 minutes ago, jw1739 said: Yeah, saw this too. Must be the club scarf for 2016-17? Aye? I have that scarf around my neck right now. Got it from the corporate dinner for free but i'm not doubting its in the merch store either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 11 minutes ago, jeffplz said: Aye? I have that scarf around my neck right now. Got it from the corporate dinner for free but i'm not doubting its in the merch store either Ah, yes, I see it there. Called the "Core scarf" for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffplz Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 55 minutes ago, jw1739 said: Ah, yes, I see it there. Called the "Core scarf" for some reason. Interesting thing about the scarf is that beneaf the white and blue threadings, it's actually completely red. I think that's why they call it core. You can sort of see the red seep through in that pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 We have a pretty thick veneer of light blue that covers the core these days 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Have to give credit to CFG for the money they put into the facilities. No wonder players choose Melbourne City because of the quality of our infrastructure. Compare the production quality, building appearance and training grounds between us (Brattan's First Day) and the apparent 'bling' club Sydney (Brillante's First Day). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartOfCity Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 19 minutes ago, haz said: Have to give credit to CFG for the money they put into the facilities. No wonder players choose Melbourne City because of the quality of our infrastructure. Compare the production quality, building appearance and training grounds between us (Brattan's First Day) and the apparent 'bling' club Sydney (Brillante's First Day). Maybe could've had JVS show him around and be there when he signs, looks very business like but that is my only complaint i promise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffplz Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Hahahahah we're rich and they're not. shitcunts 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris p Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 1 hour ago, jeffplz said: Hahahahah we're rich and they're not. shitcunts I don't even think it's asking that much for clubs to have a bit more pride in themselves and look like they mean business 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffplz Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 they dont even have intro music lmfao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartOfCity Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 16 minutes ago, jeffplz said: they dont even have intro music lmfao They will for Cahill. "Eye of the Tiger" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayv36 Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 The City Brand: A fifth club team in the works? Is the Manchester City brand set to expand to a fifth club and country? Potential connections could point the next member of the franchise. Ever sense Manchester City was purchased by Sheikh Mansour there has been a constant infusion of money to develop not only the first team, but the entire City brand. The initial focus was of course on winning the Premier League and with that building a squad that was two deep in world class players. Since that time City has claimed two league titles and become a staple at the top of the game in England. Beyond that, but in Manchester, the group invested in the women’s team and built a training facility to develop future talent right in the center of the city. Looking outside of England, the City Football Group saw a great opportunity to grow the city brand through acquiring or creating club teams in other leagues around the world. They are the current majority owners in New York City FC from the MLS, Melbourne City in Australia, and Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan. These clubs not only help expand the overall reach and number of fans for Manchester City, but also help them identify talent from around the world. Being able to move player and manager talent to different clubs to develop has great long term benefits. As reported by IOL owner Jon Comitis is launching Cape Town City as a new club in the South Africa league, the PSL. For now there are only player links back to Manchester City clubs, but the owner is on record stating his interest in the partnership. With four continents already covered, a team in South Africa would make sense from both an expansion point of view, as well as identifying African talent. _________ We might get off the bottom of the food chain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 1 hour ago, rayv36 said: The City Brand: A fifth club team in the works? Is the Manchester City brand set to expand to a fifth club and country? Potential connections could point the next member of the franchise. Ever sense Manchester City was purchased by Sheikh Mansour there has been a constant infusion of money to develop not only the first team, but the entire City brand. The initial focus was of course on winning the Premier League and with that building a squad that was two deep in world class players. Since that time City has claimed two league titles and become a staple at the top of the game in England. Beyond that, but in Manchester, the group invested in the women’s team and built a training facility to develop future talent right in the center of the city. Looking outside of England, the City Football Group saw a great opportunity to grow the city brand through acquiring or creating club teams in other leagues around the world. They are the current majority owners in New York City FC from the MLS, Melbourne City in Australia, and Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan. These clubs not only help expand the overall reach and number of fans for Manchester City, but also help them identify talent from around the world. Being able to move player and manager talent to different clubs to develop has great long term benefits. As reported by IOL owner Jon Comitis is launching Cape Town City as a new club in the South Africa league, the PSL. For now there are only player links back to Manchester City clubs, but the owner is on record stating his interest in the partnership. With four continents already covered, a team in South Africa would make sense from both an expansion point of view, as well as identifying African talent. _________ We might get off the bottom of the food chain Most exciting thing about that article was players and MANAGER movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13 Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 6 hours ago, rayv36 said: The City Brand: A fifth club team in the works? Is the Manchester City brand set to expand to a fifth club and country? Potential connections could point the next member of the franchise. Ever sense Manchester City was purchased by Sheikh Mansour there has been a constant infusion of money to develop not only the first team, but the entire City brand. The initial focus was of course on winning the Premier League and with that building a squad that was two deep in world class players. Since that time City has claimed two league titles and become a staple at the top of the game in England. Beyond that, but in Manchester, the group invested in the women’s team and built a training facility to develop future talent right in the center of the city. Looking outside of England, the City Football Group saw a great opportunity to grow the city brand through acquiring or creating club teams in other leagues around the world. They are the current majority owners in New York City FC from the MLS, Melbourne City in Australia, and Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan. These clubs not only help expand the overall reach and number of fans for Manchester City, but also help them identify talent from around the world. Being able to move player and manager talent to different clubs to develop has great long term benefits. As reported by IOL owner Jon Comitis is launching Cape Town City as a new club in the South Africa league, the PSL. For now there are only player links back to Manchester City clubs, but the owner is on record stating his interest in the partnership. With four continents already covered, a team in South Africa would make sense from both an expansion point of view, as well as identifying African talent. _________ We might get off the bottom of the food chain Not sure that CFG are keen on South-Africa at the moment.. If you had mentioned China perhaps As for Yokohama F Marinos it´s still Nissan that is the majority owner and that will not change anytime soon if ever. You might say that CFG are paid to run the football side of things so that Nissan can focus on making cars I guess. That said CFG have stated that they will continue to expand when they see a nice opportunity to do so.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombegongal Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 8 hours ago, rayv36 said: The City Brand: A fifth club team in the works? Is the Manchester City brand set to expand to a fifth club and country? Potential connections could point the next member of the franchise. Ever sense Manchester City was purchased by Sheikh Mansour there has been a constant infusion of money to develop not only the first team, but the entire City brand. The initial focus was of course on winning the Premier League and with that building a squad that was two deep in world class players. Since that time City has claimed two league titles and become a staple at the top of the game in England. Beyond that, but in Manchester, the group invested in the women’s team and built a training facility to develop future talent right in the center of the city. Looking outside of England, the City Football Group saw a great opportunity to grow the city brand through acquiring or creating club teams in other leagues around the world. They are the current majority owners in New York City FC from the MLS, Melbourne City in Australia, and Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan. These clubs not only help expand the overall reach and number of fans for Manchester City, but also help them identify talent from around the world. Being able to move player and manager talent to different clubs to develop has great long term benefits. As reported by IOL owner Jon Comitis is launching Cape Town City as a new club in the South Africa league, the PSL. For now there are only player links back to Manchester City clubs, but the owner is on record stating his interest in the partnership. With four continents already covered, a team in South Africa would make sense from both an expansion point of view, as well as identifying African talent. _________ We might get off the bottom of the food chain Bottom of the 'food chain' got us more investment than the original owners put in, the best facilities in the comp for training (lol ice baths) and so far the best squads this club has had. Not to mention one of if not the best team to grace national level football in this country (vote 1 for the womens team). Now they just need to get us a decent manager and all will be well in the world. I just don't even get the reference to the 'food chain'. They clearly stated at the start investment would be on a scale that was reasonable for the league. Further to that outside of the marquee roles we are in a salary capped league so it's not even like we could pay more for players if we wanted too. If that is bottom of the food chain I'd take it because JVS aside we are the best backed club in the league. Now that we have that out of the way lets get back to the two favourite topics on this forum sacking JVS and the colours debate! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris p Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 58 minutes ago, wombegongal said: Bottom of the 'food chain' got us more investment than the original owners put in, the best facilities in the comp for training (lol ice baths) and so far the best squads this club has had. Not to mention one of if not the best team to grace national level football in this country (vote 1 for the womens team). Now they just need to get us a decent manager and all will be well in the world. I just don't even get the reference to the 'food chain'. They clearly stated at the start investment would be on a scale that was reasonable for the league. Further to that outside of the marquee roles we are in a salary capped league so it's not even like we could pay more for players if we wanted too. If that is bottom of the food chain I'd take it because JVS aside we are the best backed club in the league. Now that we have that out of the way lets get back to the two favourite topics on this forum sacking JVS and the colours debate! Yep, talk of "bottom of food chain" baffles me also 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayv36 Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 2 hours ago, wombegongal said: Bottom of the 'food chain' got us more investment than the original owners put in, the best facilities in the comp for training (lol ice baths) and so far the best squads this club has had. Not to mention one of if not the best team to grace national level football in this country (vote 1 for the womens team). Now they just need to get us a decent manager and all will be well in the world. I just don't even get the reference to the 'food chain'. They clearly stated at the start investment would be on a scale that was reasonable for the league. Further to that outside of the marquee roles we are in a salary capped league so it's not even like we could pay more for players if we wanted too. If that is bottom of the food chain I'd take it because JVS aside we are the best backed club in the league. Now that we have that out of the way lets get back to the two favourite topics on this forum sacking JVS and the colours debate! Was a tounge in cheek comment but the whole Villa debarckle sure showed where we stood in the 'food chain'. Mind you I'm all for CFG and don't really give a shit if we are bottom of a lucrative food chain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 24 minutes ago, rayv36 said: Was a tounge in cheek comment but the whole Villa debarckle sure showed where we stood in the 'food chain'. Mind you I'm all for CFG and don't really give a shit if we are bottom of a lucrative food chain. Well not really, he was NYFC's player. The difference in quality of marquees so far is a more apt comparison. Not sure that we are behindYokohama anyway, theres been nothing to suggest we are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 15 minutes ago, bt50 said: Well not really, he was NYFC's player. The difference in quality of marquees so far is a more apt comparison. Not sure that we are behindYokohama anyway, theres been nothing to suggest we are. It's not quality that is the measure, it's relative quality. On the latter measure, Mooy and Fornaroli have had at least the same impact (and probably more) in Melbourne as Villa and Lampard have had in New York. Koren was a failure, yes, but Pirlo hasn't done a great deal for NYC has he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falastur Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) On 04/08/2016 at 1:26 AM, rayv36 said: The City Brand: A fifth club team in the works? Is the Manchester City brand set to expand to a fifth club and country? Potential connections could point the next member of the franchise. Ever sense Manchester City was purchased by Sheikh Mansour there has been a constant infusion of money to develop not only the first team, but the entire City brand. The initial focus was of course on winning the Premier League and with that building a squad that was two deep in world class players. Since that time City has claimed two league titles and become a staple at the top of the game in England. Beyond that, but in Manchester, the group invested in the women’s team and built a training facility to develop future talent right in the center of the city. Looking outside of England, the City Football Group saw a great opportunity to grow the city brand through acquiring or creating club teams in other leagues around the world. They are the current majority owners in New York City FC from the MLS, Melbourne City in Australia, and Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan. These clubs not only help expand the overall reach and number of fans for Manchester City, but also help them identify talent from around the world. Being able to move player and manager talent to different clubs to develop has great long term benefits. As reported by IOL owner Jon Comitis is launching Cape Town City as a new club in the South Africa league, the PSL. For now there are only player links back to Manchester City clubs, but the owner is on record stating his interest in the partnership. With four continents already covered, a team in South Africa would make sense from both an expansion point of view, as well as identifying African talent. _________ We might get off the bottom of the food chain I said somewhere, can't remember if here or elsewhere, that I don't think CFG are interested in this opportunity. Mind you, when I first heard about this two months ago I also posted it excitedly here saying it was going to, but now with the benefit of time I don't think it's going to happen. John Comitis has set his club up and basically is trying to shop around for investment and set the rules, but CFG don't work that way - I get the feeling Cape Town City basically want a link-up but want to keep all the control themselves, which essentially offers no real material benefits to CFG. Comitis really wants CFG, so you'll see a few more stories linking the two in the same way that agents "leak" false transfer stories in order to drum up interest in players, but I don't think it will happen. It's worth mentioning that CTCFC have in the last day or two announced that they are appealing to Leicester City since CFG aren't playing ball, so it's looking clear that they're just desperate for anyone with City in the name. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if Comitis set up his club as a blue-wearing City team in the naive belief that all he had to do was flutter his eyelashes and CFG would fall into his palm, and now he's panicking because he truly didn't believe he could be turned down. Edited August 5, 2016 by Falastur 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portillo Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 Just a quick question but is there any reason why Yokohama haven't been rebranded as Yokohama city? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 7 minutes ago, Portillo said: Just a quick question but is there any reason why Yokohama haven't been rebranded as Yokohama city? CFG only own a minority stake of..... I think its 25%? It was pretty much a deal to get Nissan sponsorship across the board IMO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falastur Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 On 06/08/2016 at 1:11 AM, Portillo said: Just a quick question but is there any reason why Yokohama haven't been rebranded as Yokohama city? Yokohama is Nissan's company team. Only 20 years ago (or something) they actually competed as Nissan F.C. I get the impression that, kind of like Dylan says, part of the agreement with Nissan was that CFG would help them identify better players and managers but that the team would essentially remain Nissan's to do as they wished with. I've heard stories of CFG attempting to buy a bigger stake in the club, but frankly I'm not sure they're true since if it were going to happen there seriously shouldn't have been anything to hold it up this long. It's not as if the club has a ton of minor shareholders to be persuaded, or any of the usual hang-ups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13 Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 2 hours ago, Falastur said: Yokohama is Nissan's company team. Only 20 years ago (or something) they actually competed as Nissan F.C. I get the impression that, kind of like Dylan says, part of the agreement with Nissan was that CFG would help them identify better players and managers but that the team would essentially remain Nissan's to do as they wished with. I've heard stories of CFG attempting to buy a bigger stake in the club, but frankly I'm not sure they're true since if it were going to happen there seriously shouldn't have been anything to hold it up this long. It's not as if the club has a ton of minor shareholders to be persuaded, or any of the usual hang-ups. Nissan owns Yokohama F Marinos 80%.. CFG runs it for them and owns a minorty stake Sounds rather straightforward to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13 Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 I just liked this snippet from a New York media something... "Let's be clear-- I don't believe that any aspect of the Cahill-to-City story is meant to be some kind of overt middle finger to the Red Bull family. There's no evidence to suggest such a thing. In fact, the message City Football Group is sending to Red Bull stabs much deeper than the common sniping endemic to sporting rivalries. The message is this: This is our world. You have no choice other than to live in it. Whatever you have done or will do is utterly irrelevant to what we're building. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 15 minutes ago, M13 said: I just liked this snippet from a New York media something... "Let's be clear-- I don't believe that any aspect of the Cahill-to-City story is meant to be some kind of overt middle finger to the Red Bull family. There's no evidence to suggest such a thing. In fact, the message City Football Group is sending to Red Bull stabs much deeper than the common sniping endemic to sporting rivalries. The message is this: This is our world. You have no choice other than to live in it. Whatever you have done or will do is utterly irrelevant to what we're building. Hahahaha Ill have what they're having 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coys Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 Not sure where to put this but didn't think it was worthy of a thread. Heard some news today just wondering if there is any truth to all subgroup banners being banned come round 1 through the entire league and not just to the tards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisphantomfortress Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 7 minutes ago, coys said: Not sure where to put this but didn't think it was worthy of a thread. Heard some news today just wondering if there is any truth to all subgroup banners being banned come round 1 through the entire league and not just to the tards? Yea, nothing official official yet (and I must stress I'm not in leadership this year despite what the thing under my name says) but it's been as good as done since 3/4 the way through last season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 What are subgroup banners? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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