PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[eastmanc]

That’s exactly how I see this playing out.

Proper kangaroo court.

 

[DMA's]

After listening to that Twitter spaces it’s quite apparent that one of city or the premier league are going to have some serious damage done to them.

My biggest fear is that a whistle blower has come forward hence the premier league being so bullish with all these charges. If we are found guilty of the breaches then I honestly don’t see a way the current owners can continue running the club, it would surely lead to a criminal investigation and possible arrests for some directors at the club. The allegations are that serious. Madness.

 

[A57 the snake]

We will fight in the courts
We fight on the playing fields
We will fight the media
And even if for a moment which I don’t believe
Subjugated and are starved of the truth we all are all part of Manchester City and it’s empire we shall never never never give up
We shall never surrender.

 

[Chopper2115]

Pep obviously was in the know or itk as people on here love to say!:))

The club knew it was coming but were shocked that it came so sudden.

 

[levets]

Well spotted!

Gone up… 115 now

 

[Kid A]

Implicating others won't make the allegations against us go away.
I think City need to focus on those allegations and not demean ourselves with whataboutery.

I’m sure that will be the clubs primary focus, but getting info out that will damage/discomfort the PL and the shit stirring clubs makes perfect sense to me. Making neutral fans (rightly) question the objectivity and competence of the PL will help to balance the scales.

We don’t need to do it directly, but there are ways and means.

 

[TueartsCossackSpray]

I really couldn’t give a flying fcuk even if we have cheated. Everything has been set up to prevent us from becoming more successful so we have had to sail pretty close to the wind to get where we are so I’m more than comfy with everything. in fact I hope we get off with whatever we can get away with to beat the corrupt bastards at their own game.

 

[Blu3m00n91]

If it was one or two allegations I wouldn’t lose sleep. It’s the fact that the premier league are saying that for 9 fucking years we’ve been providing false accounts etc it’s just mental. Faith in the club but this is going to linger on and on don’t see any positives.

 

[ysmsa]

Just had my youngest boy on the phone going mad about this, first time hes used the **** word when talking to me.
When i didnt pull him up on it he used it about 20 times, problem is, i agree with him .
Fuck it, not sure i will be able to put the **** genie back in the bottle after that phone call, im a terrible Father ha

Fair play, unless he is 6!

 

[LongsightM13]

Surely and contrary to what Stefan said there IS middle ground which is we will be found guilty of some of the lesser charges and not guilty of submitting false accounts. This is what happened st CAS and I suspect will also happen this time.

Stefan is but one voice among many and much as I respect him, he appears a bit gloomy and depressed atm
The ultimate outcome of all this will be, imo, us taking another reluctant ‘pinch’ and maybe a fine/one transfer window ban for the trumped up non-co-operation bullshit

 

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

I hate the way it's "The Premier League" who have made these allegations. Why can't the people who are allegating put their name to it? Brian Smith from the Premier league or Bob whatever. At least then we would know who it is we are up against.

 

[radcliffe1309]

We will fight in the courts
We fight on the playing fields
We will fight the media
And even if for a moment which I don’t believe
Subjugated and are starved of the truth we all are all part of Manchester City and it’s empire we shall never never never give up
We shall never surrender.

Thank you Bernard Manning 1975

 

[slbsn]

Deep dive here if you can handle the truth. Or my guess on it. A lot of people including Fernandinho himself listened in!

 

[baggy]

Fuck it, Id be more than happy if we just bring the whole fucking lot down this time and go full scorched earth once and for all. The PL and all these clubs petitioning should be careful what they wish for...

 

[Chi-town blues]

Proper kangaroo court.

Why do we need to go to Australia for this case?

 

[LongsightM13]

If it was one or two allegations I wouldn’t lose sleep. It’s the fact that the premier league are saying that for 9 fucking years we’ve been providing false accounts etc it’s just mental. Faith in the club but this is going to linger on and on don’t see any positives.

The posive is we prove 99 charges are absolute bolocks
But the one technicality will still mean we are guilty ti the likes of Delaney and Harris

 

[Ric]

Im sure I'm being pretty dumb here but one contract is with City and the other with Al Jizera. So why would City need to declare to the EPL that Mancini was also paid by them? There is nothing my non lawyerly brain reads in the 2009/10 handbook about says any related party or football group stuff needs to be declared although I did read some stuff around that in later contracts. Anyhoo maybe getting stuck in the weeds here as I haven't read the rules in other years.

I don’t think the Mancini stuff is really the smoking gun that some are claiming tbh.

 

[manimanc]

If it was one or two allegations I wouldn’t lose sleep. It’s the fact that the premier league are saying that for 9 fucking years we’ve been providing false accounts etc it’s just mental. Faith in the club but this is going to linger on and on don’t see any positives.

Why have they waited 9 years to suddenly come out with this?

Anything to do with the two red mardarse clubs being up for sale and it's the yanks last throw of the dice to try and bring us down?

It is very odd that it's just blown up like it has, very weird.

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

It's never dull following City. As my late father used to say "what a team"!

 

[chesterbells]

Have you noticed that Lipton doesn’t name the teams?

It’s always the same with these old Skool hacks. Decades of lieing, bullshitting, making stories and headlines up.

They’ll always create click-bait headlines, but they won’t ever reveal the source, player, team or club.

I’m surprised he’s still holding down a job tbh. A relic from the Hold The Back Page days with Woolnough & the gang iirc. I genuinely thought Lipton was quite elderly by now. Maybe he’s just had a hard life!