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although the arsenal game is going to be moved i think to a later date because of the semi-final with pompey,so no doubt they'll squeeze it in between chelsea and man utd,midweek,lol



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yes we have to beat everyone else as in sunderland,bolton and burnley

and whatever we get against the arse,chelsea,utd and city will depend on where we finish

of cousre everyone else will have to keep on winning and i think we'll beat one of the big 3,but i would wouldn't i,



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just read this on the BBC News site:http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8592378.stm

 

Government may offer fans chance to buy stake in clubs

Fans could get an increased chance to influence the running of their club

Supporters could be given the chance to buy a stake in their club under radical proposals expected to be put forward by Labour in their election manifesto.

The party wants fans to have a bigger say in how clubs are run amid current concerns about debt in football.

That could include fans being offered a chance to buy a 25% stake in a club.

BBC sports editor David Bond said: "There's a feeling that football isn't quite working and that fans are getting a bit of a tough deal."

Government lawyers are trying to work out how to make the proposals work within the existing structure of the game.

The initiative comes amid increasing concern about the degree of debt at some Premier League clubs; foreign ownership of teams; and the perceived low levels of commitment from shareholders with little affinity with the clubs.

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The government is also said to be looking at an overhaul of the governance of football.

The Conservatives dismissed the proposals as a "gimmick" ahead of the general election, which is expected to be on 6 May.

Shadow sports minister Hugh Robertson said there were easier ways of increasing supporter influence in clubs such as by insisting on all clubs having at least one director to represent supporters.

"After 13 years of inactivity by the government on this issue this has all the hallmarks of a pre-election gimmick," said Robertson.

"There are massive, massive implications for company law and insolvency law."

Robertson said changing the rules on governance to increase supporter influence at clubs would be quicker and easier to implement.

Liberal Democrat shadow culture, media and sport secretary, Don Foster said:

"Supporter ownership is a nice idea but will be nothing more than a pipe dream for most fans.

"We urgently need a radical overhaul of the FA to better represent supporters and act in the interests of the game.

"Ministers need to promise to look at other issues of desperate importance to fans, like ticket prices, safe standing and facilities for disabled supporters."


thoughts?

 

 



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@scifiboy

My thoughts are... yeah right... show me how this works then?

Who is going to stump up the compensation for Roman and the Arab chappie that have forked out billions on their clubs?

"Hey roman you know that club that was worth fuck all when you took it over... well can you give 25% of it away for buttons to this set of busy body fans please?"

Can they just stop deflecting and deal the with the fucking economy please!

yeah, I really dont see how the government would even do this, or get the FA to do it

its a nice idea though, but I think "Pipe Dream" is all its ever gonna be.




This is an awful game (man city- wigan)



 

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3:0

Spurs really need to get something in their games against the top 3 Liverpool and ManCity are really pushing for it!



rooney already,

i'm listening to it,should make it exciting,the germans are going to have to score now

was it a good goal



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great start for united, stupid bayern defending and giving away the free kick was stupid.

i am watching the game life from streaming site, if anyone wants it, just pm me



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great start, but the rest of the half was poor, were giving Bayern way too much time and space to get forward



Bayern better at the moment... Ah sh... Altintop...



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