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		<title>By: Norton</title>
		<link>http://therepublikofmancunia.com/just-a-quick-thought/#comment-80972</link>
		<dc:creator>Norton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;you all sound like a spoilt child, if you win i’m taking my ball home boo hoo
well this article is now on page 2 so i’ll end it by wishing you luck for equalling liverpools record…. am i being genuine? who knows?&quot;

Ah, the nominalist&#039;s spoilt child. Though I&#039;m sure you didn&#039;t mean it that way.


&quot;and finally i was away those 3 minutes giving birth to a new man U fan…&quot;

A sperm donor, eh. Page 3? And 2 minutes longer than usual.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;you all sound like a spoilt child, if you win i’m taking my ball home boo hoo<br />
well this article is now on page 2 so i’ll end it by wishing you luck for equalling liverpools record…. am i being genuine? who knows?&#8221;</p>
<p>Ah, the nominalist&#8217;s spoilt child. Though I&#8217;m sure you didn&#8217;t mean it that way.</p>
<p>&#8220;and finally i was away those 3 minutes giving birth to a new man U fan…&#8221;</p>
<p>A sperm donor, eh. Page 3? And 2 minutes longer than usual.</p>
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		<title>By: BlueAnt</title>
		<link>http://therepublikofmancunia.com/just-a-quick-thought/#comment-80541</link>
		<dc:creator>BlueAnt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>you all sound like a spoilt child, if you win i&#039;m taking my ball home boo hoo
well this article is now on page 2 so i&#039;ll end it by wishing you luck for equalling liverpools record.... am i being genuine? who knows?

and finally i was away those 3 minutes giving birth to a new man U fan... ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you all sound like a spoilt child, if you win i&#8217;m taking my ball home boo hoo<br />
well this article is now on page 2 so i&#8217;ll end it by wishing you luck for equalling liverpools record&#8230;. am i being genuine? who knows?</p>
<p>and finally i was away those 3 minutes giving birth to a new man U fan&#8230; <img src='http://therepublikofmancunia.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Norton</title>
		<link>http://therepublikofmancunia.com/just-a-quick-thought/#comment-80473</link>
		<dc:creator>Norton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;maybe afterall you still have the “arrogant untouchable ” attitude my first post was about.&quot;

Hm. It took you 3 minutes to think that up?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;maybe afterall you still have the “arrogant untouchable ” attitude my first post was about.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hm. It took you 3 minutes to think that up?</p>
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		<title>By: Norton</title>
		<link>http://therepublikofmancunia.com/just-a-quick-thought/#comment-80472</link>
		<dc:creator>Norton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;but do not deserve it as they bought it!”,&quot;

Don&#039;t be silly. It wouldn&#039;t say that even if it should. And it wouldn&#039;t need to be said as folk would know it anyway.
United earned their spending power, City didn&#039;t. This is an important difference. It isn&#039;t bias just fact.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;but do not deserve it as they bought it!”,&#8221;</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t be silly. It wouldn&#8217;t say that even if it should. And it wouldn&#8217;t need to be said as folk would know it anyway.<br />
United earned their spending power, City didn&#8217;t. This is an important difference. It isn&#8217;t bias just fact.</p>
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		<title>By: BlueAnt</title>
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		<dc:creator>BlueAnt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>maybe afterall you still have the &quot;arrogant untouchable &quot; attitude my first post was about.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>maybe afterall you still have the &#8220;arrogant untouchable &#8221; attitude my first post was about.</p>
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		<title>By: BlueAnt</title>
		<link>http://therepublikofmancunia.com/just-a-quick-thought/#comment-80212</link>
		<dc:creator>BlueAnt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>lol so you think the book will say &quot;City have won the league over the past ten years but do not deserve it as they bought it!&quot;, &quot;whereas United won it without spending a penny&quot; I will stick to compliments if you stick to unblinkered reason.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>lol so you think the book will say &#8220;City have won the league over the past ten years but do not deserve it as they bought it!&#8221;, &#8220;whereas United won it without spending a penny&#8221; I will stick to compliments if you stick to unblinkered reason.</p>
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		<title>By: Norton</title>
		<link>http://therepublikofmancunia.com/just-a-quick-thought/#comment-80128</link>
		<dc:creator>Norton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Blue Ant:

I&#039;m afraid it does matter. There will always be a tale behind those facts in a book. And it will always be asked about.
On your &quot;at last a sensible post&quot; remark? You just stick to the compliments.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blue Ant:</p>
<p>I&#8217;m afraid it does matter. There will always be a tale behind those facts in a book. And it will always be asked about.<br />
On your &#8220;at last a sensible post&#8221; remark? You just stick to the compliments.</p>
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		<title>By: BlueAnt</title>
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		<dc:creator>BlueAnt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ Norton, finally a good sensible, well structured post, i agree with most of it, apart from the ending, to some (example comments in this article) say the size of the club is based on success. so as long as the history books say &quot;City win everything in the next ten years&quot; then it does not matter what fans say, does it? You raise some good interesting points, but about City becoming bigger in all areas, i doubt i&#039;ll live to see it, but all you can do is strive to become better and stay high as long as possible.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Norton, finally a good sensible, well structured post, i agree with most of it, apart from the ending, to some (example comments in this article) say the size of the club is based on success. so as long as the history books say &#8220;City win everything in the next ten years&#8221; then it does not matter what fans say, does it? You raise some good interesting points, but about City becoming bigger in all areas, i doubt i&#8217;ll live to see it, but all you can do is strive to become better and stay high as long as possible.</p>
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		<title>By: Norton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Norton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Blue Ant:

Of course City are a big club in English football terms. It&#039;s not about that, just the notion you and others have of becoming bigger, of overtaking United, Arsenal, and Liverpool all of whom are bigger clubs than yours and always will be. You might be able to level up to Chelsea, a club in my opinion possessing comparable past status to yours.
The spread of mass media in the late 50s and throughout the 60s - along with that era&#039;s seismic culture changes - allowed ordinary folk access to a football knowledge not seen before. 
These eras are the times when, primarily, true legendary status was awarded nationwide, European-wide and to a degree worldwide to certain clubs. This effect is unchangeable in the lifetimes of you and I, for example. It evolved from a mixture of success highlighted in this mass media, the individuality expressed by certain players along with the style of football played. There are other reasons like how this seeped elsewhere demographically.
But the bottom line is that no matter who is the richest and/or whether they can dominate for the next ten years, say, the status of the club&#039;s I name will not change. 
If any of these can be accused of losing their &quot;soul&quot; the point is, in being awarded high status (someone HAS to be the biggest as it&#039;s human nature to give rank) back then, the cocktail of reasons for it included &quot;soul&quot; at least in some sense. You&#039;ll not see this again. Because these factors were unique, it is indelible.
No-one other than City fans and their convenient adherents at this time from other clubs, will accept City becoming bigger because they will simply see any future success as bought, in toto. Outright.
You can win everything in the next ten years but your status relevant to (at least) United, Arsenal and Liverpool will not alter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blue Ant:</p>
<p>Of course City are a big club in English football terms. It&#8217;s not about that, just the notion you and others have of becoming bigger, of overtaking United, Arsenal, and Liverpool all of whom are bigger clubs than yours and always will be. You might be able to level up to Chelsea, a club in my opinion possessing comparable past status to yours.<br />
The spread of mass media in the late 50s and throughout the 60s &#8211; along with that era&#8217;s seismic culture changes &#8211; allowed ordinary folk access to a football knowledge not seen before.<br />
These eras are the times when, primarily, true legendary status was awarded nationwide, European-wide and to a degree worldwide to certain clubs. This effect is unchangeable in the lifetimes of you and I, for example. It evolved from a mixture of success highlighted in this mass media, the individuality expressed by certain players along with the style of football played. There are other reasons like how this seeped elsewhere demographically.<br />
But the bottom line is that no matter who is the richest and/or whether they can dominate for the next ten years, say, the status of the club&#8217;s I name will not change.<br />
If any of these can be accused of losing their &#8220;soul&#8221; the point is, in being awarded high status (someone HAS to be the biggest as it&#8217;s human nature to give rank) back then, the cocktail of reasons for it included &#8220;soul&#8221; at least in some sense. You&#8217;ll not see this again. Because these factors were unique, it is indelible.<br />
No-one other than City fans and their convenient adherents at this time from other clubs, will accept City becoming bigger because they will simply see any future success as bought, in toto. Outright.<br />
You can win everything in the next ten years but your status relevant to (at least) United, Arsenal and Liverpool will not alter.</p>
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		<title>By: Jish Inc.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jish Inc.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obviously city fans are retarded. Was on their blog sometime back and they were saying that they are the biggest coz they hold the highest attendance record. Can&#039;t fill up council house now! Pity</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obviously city fans are retarded. Was on their blog sometime back and they were saying that they are the biggest coz they hold the highest attendance record. Can&#8217;t fill up council house now! Pity</p>
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