City & FFP | 2020/21 Accounts released | Revenues of £569.8m, £2.4m profit (p 2395)

[Prestwich_Blue]

The reaction on RAWK is typically predictable - the clueless and desperate twats

If RAWK all gathered together in one room, they'd drown in foam snd saliva.

 

[citizen_maine]

Noticeable that this has already sunk to the bottom of the football pages on most newspapers.

Bluemoon will continue to fume though

 

[Claytop]

Bluemoon will continue to fume though

It's what we do best!

 

[Metalartin]

Noticeable that this has already sunk to the bottom of the football pages on most newspapers.

I said this would happen with everything else going on this weekend but some guy eating beans on toast said that was outrageous.

 

[The Colonel]

No evidence…

Exactly. Not "on balance", not "some reasonable doubt", no "however", only "no evidence".
It just never got reported this way, so the mud still stuck. And then there's the likes of Simon Jordan who in his pompous, ignorant ramblings pretends to talk with authority that we were still guilty!

 

[Manchester_lalala]

If RAWK all gathered together in one room, they'd drown in foam snd saliva.

Have you noticed someone on Twitter has called themselves Prestwich_Poo? Got to admit, I did laugh when I saw the name. You must have rattled him/her somewhere down the line.

 

[blue oli]

If RAWK all gathered together in one room, they'd drown in foam snd saliva.

I think you will find that they would suffocate first with all those candles burning the oxygen.

 

[Centurions]

Exactly. Not "on balance", not "some reasonable doubt", no "however", only "no evidence".
It just never got reported this way, so the mud still stuck. And then there's the likes of Simon Jordan who in his pompous, ignorant ramblings pretends to talk with authority that we were still guilty!

TBF, there's only 'no evidence' because they couldn't find any.

And yes, that was a joke...

 

[vmsuhail]

The bad news is that those emails do certainly suggest that City were cooking the books and "attributing" Mansour funds to other Abu-Dhabi-related sponsorship deals. To be honest, I don't see how anyone can think we didn't do that. Your mileage just varies on how okay you are with that sort of thing going on behind the scenes.

The good news is that FFP was a bad idea anyway, and I don't think any of the above is remotely provable. Any good lawyer could surely argue that the wording instead meant "attribute" in the sense that we have to make it clear that we're attributing the funds to the right places so it doesn't look dodgy. It was a long time ago and based on an implication. A heavy implication, but an implication nonetheless. I'm fairly sure little will become of it overall.

O dear ! Please keep up.

 

[HelloCity]

The bad news is that those emails do certainly suggest that City were cooking the books and "attributing" Mansour funds to other Abu-Dhabi-related sponsorship deals. To be honest, I don't see how anyone can think we didn't do that. Your mileage just varies on how okay you are with that sort of thing going on behind the scenes.

You missed the entire CAS verdict and report I take it?

 

[halfcenturyup]

TBF, there's only 'no evidence' because they couldn't find any.

And yes, that was a joke...

That's right. It doesn't mean it wasn't there. It all sounds fishy to me. I am sure everyone does it and don't forget we broke the rules once before. Jibber, jibber.

 

[Silva2021]

This just feels like no news, I think it’s just been done to death now and it has just moved on.

Seemed like a desperate move and all we’re waiting for is Premier League to say nothing to answer to.

Any chance this has already been done, not sure us or them benefit that much bringing it publicly (although if I was City and we had been cleared I would announce it)

 

[SilvaisSkyBlue]

The bad news is that those emails do certainly suggest that City were cooking the books and "attributing" Mansour funds to other Abu-Dhabi-related sponsorship deals. To be honest, I don't see how anyone can think we didn't do that. Your mileage just varies on how okay you are with that sort of thing going on behind the scenes.

The good news is that FFP was a bad idea anyway, and I don't think any of the above is remotely provable. Any good lawyer could surely argue that the wording instead meant "attribute" in the sense that we have to make it clear that we're attributing the funds to the right places so it doesn't look dodgy. It was a long time ago and based on an implication. A heavy implication, but an implication nonetheless. I'm fairly sure little will become of it overall.

Yay, the biggest cockwomble of the matchday threads (which takes some doing) has now diversified to be the biggest cockwomble of the whole site.

If you are a City fan, you are one boring predictable utter knobhead…

Whilst your original post at the top of this one was indeed utter bollocks, I was mistaken on part of my reply.

The first paragraph in my reply was incorrect I inadvertently mixed your user name up with an utter bell end from the matchday thread who posts, the only similarity being is his user name begins with a P, not sure how I did that!

My genuine apology for my posts referring to you being that particular matchday poster and any other posts where I referred to you as such. I only realised when reading the media thread on the way home and someone referred to one of his posts in there.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

It's quite simple. Combined, there are lots more supporters of the rags, dippers, arsenal, spurs, chelsea., bayern, real and barca than there are of us. If our domestic success and potential for yet further sustained growth within the club scares the shit out of those supporters, journalists from the WhatsApp group can use their platform to riddle them with creative language to paint a picture which they all want to see. It's disingenuous bullshit of course, but it gets lapped up and the likes of Harris can wank himself into oblivion over "clicks" or "views". Frankly, the substance is posted missing though, and he can have many more sleepless nights knowing that he/they are a bunch of no mark journalists who need to stoop to these sort of levels just to earn a living.

Feels like another City goal just went in =)

 

[WillT]

"slbsn" on twitter has done a great job of breaking it down. Of course in the interest of journalistic objectivity Harris has ignored this and not engaged in any way.

 

[Citizen Green]

Given the nature of what’s at stake here I do not see how the PL have the ability to essentially charge one of of its key shareholders with providing fraudulent accounts over a 10 year period, misleading auditors, UEFA & the PL itself.

They would need to prove these allegations based upon 7+ year old emails that sit outside the statute of limitation their regs are governed by in accordance with English law, whilst also overcoming the actual contractual financial transactions between the parties that saw CAS clear City in 2020, proving what is said in the emails is what then transpired. It’s a neigh on impossible hurdle for them to over come & even if they did, it would then open the directors involved at City to criminal action, it’s just not realistic.

The PL are between a rock & a hard place because they are clearly being pushed by our detractors to act based upon these emails, but as we know emails alone aren’t enough to bring any meaningful punishment, especially by an arbitration panel. I suspect this will be settled outside of arbitration between both parties with City paying some form of fine and an agreement for both to move on.

Of course I could be totally wrong & we could be relegated to League 2, but I just don’t see it.

 

[I'm Blue]

Not the emails again.
Oh well I was getting bored anyway ; )

 

[KS55]

"slbsn" on twitter has done a great job of breaking it down. Of course in the interest of journalistic objectivity Harris has ignored this and not engaged in any way.

He pointed out on here several obvious flaws in the purported emails, such as the sign off being different from the account holder. It will be interesting to see if any media mention these flaws and suggest that all is not quite what Speigel claims. I won't hold my breath.

 

[The Pandorica Opened]

Whilst your original post at the top of this one was indeed utter bollocks, I was mistaken on part of my reply.

The first paragraph in my reply was incorrect I inadvertently mixed your user name up with an utter bell end from the matchday thread who posts, the only similarity being is his user name begins with a P, not sure how I did that!

My genuine apology for my posts referring to you being that particular matchday poster and any other posts where I referred to you as such. I only realised when reading the media thread on the way home and someone referred to one of his posts in there.

Ha, don't worry about it - I was genuinely impressed that you had managed to remember my fairly bland matchday posts from about a month ago, as I had pretty much forgotten what I had said myself.

 

[Centurions]

... It’s a neigh on impossible hurdle for them to over come ...

I see what you did there, and on today of all days ;)