tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858389158764090793.post3245892235836281646..comments2024-02-22T10:38:01.587+00:00Comments on The Lonesome Death of Roy Carroll: ShindlerTLDORChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00821789505647637219noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858389158764090793.post-977074915385853122009-08-29T14:06:17.232+01:002009-08-29T14:06:17.232+01:00I dont know if anybody else has read Colin's e...I dont know if anybody else has read Colin's excellent book about Mercer and Big Mal (I guess some may have been put off with the nonsense in his "lost soul" article). Anyhoo it reminded my that back in the day that we werent averse to splashing the cash to get success - Bell, Lee, Summerbee were all brought in and Marsh was signed, if you believe Colin, cos Mal wanted a crowd pleaser. It also reminded me that the attendance at the final home game before Joe and Mal took over was 8000 - fans wanted success then as much as now. The difference now is that being a City fan carries a huge responsibility - if we continue to act with the dignity, loyalty, good grace, good humour and dry wit with which we have always been associated (and dont let this dosh go to our heads) then our soul will be intact! On On!Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12646345931070553952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858389158764090793.post-21400456887370073582009-08-06T12:04:33.199+01:002009-08-06T12:04:33.199+01:00the soul of the club are us the fans. the very fac...the soul of the club are us the fans. the very fact the article is in the daily mail says it all really...heads up blues!menino azulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114066200814161193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858389158764090793.post-76294648367640968372009-08-06T08:43:00.044+01:002009-08-06T08:43:00.044+01:00Colin doesn't like the money, doesn't like...Colin doesn't like the money, doesn't like where it came from, hates what it makes the club do.<br /><br />He, as a writer of high principle, would never of course take money from a disreputable source (an anti-semitic paper, say) to write just the kind of hand-wringing disapproval that it demands of all its contributors.satishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16343174718337393073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858389158764090793.post-35378115624903669532009-08-06T08:41:22.009+01:002009-08-06T08:41:22.009+01:00I have to say when I read it there was a great dea...I have to say when I read it there was a great deal of resentment and hatred within it.<br /><br />Whether he has based that hatred towards foreigners I don't know but it certainly appears that way.<br /><br />He writes things that is what he does. This does not make him an authority on anything Manchester City and even more now as he may as well be writing for the rags judging by the level of twaddle he was spouting.<br /><br />He has not nothing to endear our club except to try and convince others that this is the general consensus.<br /><br />Frankly my dear Schindler you talk utter crap and you should stick that in your racist pipe and smoke it.<br /><br />We don't want idiots like you over at the Shrine Arab owned or not since you obvious take issue with it.<br /><br />What a complete limelight seeking money grabbing git!Blue Phoenix - Moving on up!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04784662415860719416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858389158764090793.post-46851890089217101842009-08-06T02:11:25.716+01:002009-08-06T02:11:25.716+01:00Colin Shindler is interested in one thing alone. M...Colin Shindler is interested in one thing alone. Money for shindler plc. Every thing he does is about making a nice little earner for himself. Do one shindler and tyake youe whoreship ideals elsewhere.jackbluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951778979137123898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858389158764090793.post-65686883115593187762009-08-06T00:35:53.960+01:002009-08-06T00:35:53.960+01:00There was an excellent article in of all papers th...There was an excellent article in of all papers the NY Times in which an American University professor and Man City fan Thad Williamson counters Shindler's arguments very thoughtfully and articulately (there is a link at Bitter and Blue).<br /><br />while I do not think poorly of Shindler I did find the piece incredibly over dramatic. In fact some of his inferences to ADUG were quite manipulative and bordered on shrill journalism and only served to hurt his allegations. <br /><br />still I can understand his feeling conflicted. the money at City's disposal can sometimes make me feel dirty at times but I just don't see any compelling arguments from Shindler that we have sold our soul. I may be short sighted and delusional at times but aren't most football fans and besides I was like that long before the wealth arrived. Money may indeed have corrupted the game but that only argues City at worse are a symptom and not the disease itself.pjdemershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13257292532463846582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2858389158764090793.post-55571694209283174942009-08-05T23:39:20.222+01:002009-08-05T23:39:20.222+01:00I read the article and thought, here we go, this s...I read the article and thought, here we go, this seems to me to be an entirely Jewish-Arab issue. Colin, grow up, we might play at Eastlands, god, I hate that name, but we do not live in the middle eastlands.David@sheptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08216942003827682273noreply@blogger.com