Strong words.

Can't see BT sport being welcome at the KC.

It's gonna be wierd watching hull city in a European competition next season . Good luck to them in the final

Brilliantly encapsulates the feelings of the majority of City fans, the vast majority of other teams' fans, the FA, astounded onlookers and the national sporting media. Everyone, in fact, other than our own local media, the sycophants Humberside, shamefully led by Carpet Burns, and the Wail, with it's cowering Allam-champion Fewings.

Sorry, Mild Rover, I cannot agree with your sentiments on this. Mike Calvin of BT Sports should not have to be the spokesperson for every right-minded person not frightened out of their own opinion by Allam's threats. The leading spokespeople protecting our city's soccer heritage should be our local journalists. They have a duty to represent the people who read and listen to their respective media outlets. They should have no obligation to a bigoted bully who mistakes his own financial feathering for philanthropy, thereby believing it gives him carte blanche to destroy culture and acquire the city's legacy. When this is met with opposition he believes he has the right to force the issue anyway, by threats, smoke and mirrors, undemocratic ballots, sheer pig-headedness and embarrassing one-sided spats with the City council.

No, MR, what will happen afterwards should be the least of our local media representatives' considerations. They should he leading the way now, reflecting the mood and sentiments of the whole of the rest of us, both locally and nationally. Their time is now. Instead they cower and hold on to shirt tails, terrified of a camel's spit in the eye.

It is a sad day when the freedom of the press, local or otherwise, is compromised by the spectre of thinly disguised intimidation. If this is the case, and our local 'independent' journalists are compromised into protecting the whims of one manipulative individual rather than the interests of the rightuous majority by not reporting FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY and without being strong-armed, then we all may as well pack up and go home. Allam doesn't pay their wages, the Mail and the BBC do - there's no need to be afraid of not being able to put food on the table ffs. Lets not over-dramatize.

Today Mark Calvin has done Burns and co's job for them. They should hang their heads in shame - they're not fit for purpose as independent journalists. My opinion, of course.

Not my favourite newspaper but a good article in the national Daily Mail dismantling Allam's global ambitions: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... igers.html

Not my favourite newspaper but a good article in the national Daily Mail dismantling Allam's global ambitions: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... igers.html

Bear in mind Europa League games are on a Thursday night and the following Premiership fixtures on a Sunday afternoon.

Could be convenient that our last few home games are on a Friday night.

Might not be in Europe if Allam doesnt get his cheque book out

What's his cheque book got to do with it?

Due to UEFA financial fair play rules, the club needs £25mill pumping into to balance the books enough to allow entry into Europe.

To put it in perspective, Man City need about £300mill. But the stadium sponsor deal will be up again soon, that pulls them £500mill from Ethiad

Not true, certainly not for the 2014/15 season anyway.

The only threat to City's European ambitions would be Arsenal failing to get a top 4 finish yet still winning the FA Cup.

Everton beating Arsenal last week probably scuppered City's European ambitions imo. Although it's feasible that City could win the final. Arsenal have been awful for weeks now.

Really?

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Wouldn't City still qualify if Arsenal finish 5th and won the FA Cup? Top 4 get into the Champions League, 5th gets Europa League along with League Cup and FA Cup winners. If Arsenal qualify via their league finish isn't it the cup runners up that get that competitions Euro entry?

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As I understand it to get into Europe, City must either win the FA Cup or if they lose, hope Arsenal finish 4th.

If Arsenal win the Cup but finish 5th or lower, the last Europa League place goes to the team finishing 8th in the Premier League.

That basically says that as city would have been playing in Europe for 4 months before Mr Allam had to cough up £25m, the only penalty they might impose would be the withholding of prizemoney.

Did you even read that link? Because it blows your argument out of the water.