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My ability to take the Ballon d'Or seriously vanished when Henry was continuously overlooked for it, but Raya missing out to Simon this year only underlines again how farcical the whole thing can be.

Deeney: "Bayern have not been the same, what about the Bundesliga? They've been terrible." Bayern's four home results so far this season before playing Arsenal. Bundesliga: Stuttgart: 5-1 Union Berlin: 7-0 Leipzig: 6-1 UCL Bodo/Glimt: 5-0 Played 4, won 4, scored 23, conceded 2. Honestly, this is the analysis people who pay money for subscriptions get? There is no other team than Arsenal that could go away to Bayern, play really well, have a great game and come away with a deserved 2-2 draw and still get criticised. Just complete and utter waffle of the highest order.

I wasn't quite sure how I was going to feel watching a City game for the first time since the guilty verdict. But watching that yesterday - the smug smiles to the camera, the away fans waving cash around, the banners, chants. It's just all a hollow sham. The whole Premier League season is. It can still be saved, just. But in truth we all know it's probably going to continue to drag for a few months at least before we get anything close to clarity. So we'll see those scenes again and again this season because they are a great team with great players who are going to keep winning. It's just going to make such a mockery of this season. Every goal, every celebration, every glance at the league table, you just ask yourself the same questions. What does it mean? What's the point of this all? What's the point of spending our money to watch? Of course we will still do it and come kick-off of most games. (when City aren't playing in them), we'll probably forget about it and get caught up in what we're watching. But then the full-time whistle will go and it will start all over again. So many seasons/moments have been lost for millions of fans around the world already because of what they've done and this season is going to be no different. Such a shame.

Millions of football fans of other clubs have been denied special moments while this has been going on. Trophy wins, celebrations, European trips, memories with loved ones. The essence of what being a football fan is all about, robbed by systematic cheating. Players denied medals, managers denied legacies. How many people have lost jobs because of it?? It's tough to even find a punishment big enough that this all deserves.

Talk of one relegation, a £100m fine, European bans. It’s just nowhere near enough. This is the biggest scandal the Premier League has ever seen. We’ve all spent 15 odd years watching and spending money on a sham every week. Honestly, not one single trophy they’ve won should be allowed to stand.