Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
Your desperation to defend City at all costs is making you look stupid here. You look at the number of times Leeds are shown live on Sky season in, season out and it proves that chris is right - they provide viewing figures, and paying customers, that we simply cannot. It's the same with Villa, when Newcastle are in the Football League and I think the same is probably true of a team like Forest. All four of the teams I've mentioned have won European club trophies which give them a degree of recognition, and an addition to their fanbase from other countries, which we, and many others, just cannot match.