PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[not my fault!]

Is the grass being the wrong length still a charge or was that one of the errors?

It wasn’t a charge, someone said it and it stuck! We have not been charged with having long grass.

 

[neel]

 

[Blueknows]

This just sums them up. If they make mistakes like that in the inquiry we will eat them alive.

That's 6 rules times 9 years thats half the charges out the window already lol

 

[SilverFox2]

I know we all find it funny but I wonder why he felt the need to mention slippy? That more than anything else he said will get the media up in arms. They fucking love that fanny wipe.

Seems to me he was sarcastically saying ne agreed with the media at the time who suggested that incident was responsible for our PL title ignoring all our seasons hard work.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

I found that bit interesting where - just after he said twice that he ‘will never forget what the nine have done, never forget what the nine have done’ (get the fuck out of Burnley for fuck’s sake Vinny!) - Pep said when he was at Bayern he was listening to what they were saying and it was built from day one… I interpreted that to mean that Bayern were also trying to build the same case against City as the nine.

 

[jaiguruKun]

No time barring - how far back can you go?

Seriously is it 1992 when the prem league formed? Pep made a point about a precedent being set so that’s a lot of dirt that could well be brought up. Corruption from match fixing, bribery, lobbying, collusion etc etc don’t tell me it’s not been happening.

I’m really intrigued what could come up. If the lid comes off could this be like a “me too” moment with scandals & jail sentences.

Who knows, maybe even knighthoods could be stripped.

On what basis are the media saying there is no time barring? Given that the charges have to be decided based on English law which has a limitation period of 6 years I find that difficult to understand. Is it simply wishful thinking?

 

[cheekybids]

On what basis are the media saying there is no time barring? Given that the charges have to be decided based on English law which has a limitation period of 6 years I find that difficult to understand. Is it simply wishful thinking?

Theyve gone back to 2009.

 

[KS55]

I did Not say the premier league will disappear, just the interested parties agenda. That is the point of an independent regulator.

Sorry, I read the words “replacing the PL” as replacing the PL in its entirety.

 

[terraloon]

On what basis are the media saying there is no time barring? Given that the charges have to be decided based on English law which has a limitation period of 6 years I find that difficult to understand. Is it simply wishful thinking?

It is because the 6 year clock I believe starts ticking from when the issue was discovered not when they were alleged to have occurred

 

[Sk@mcfc]

Beautiful morning blues boiled copious amounts of piss already now let’s get behind the boys and stuff another set of bitters this afternoon

 

[Bald fraud]

No time barring - how far back can you go?

Seriously is it 1992 when the prem league formed? Pep made a point about a precedent being set so that’s a lot of dirt that could well be brought up. Corruption from match fixing, bribery, lobbying, collusion etc etc don’t tell me it’s not been happening.

I’m really intrigued what could come up. If the lid comes off could this be like a “me too” moment with scandals & jail sentences.

Who knows, maybe even knighthoods could be stripped.

I agree. We know some serious stuff in my opinion you could just tell in peps presser!

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

On what basis are the media saying there is no time barring? Given that the charges have to be decided based on English law which has a limitation period of 6 years I find that difficult to understand. Is it simply wishful thinking?

I'm assuming they are hoping to fuck us over according to the pl rule book rather than the actual law?

 

[Tarzan41]

It is because the 6 year clock I believe starts ticking from when the issue was discovered not when they were alleged to have occurred

Only if they can prove dishonest concealment

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Former footballer from Ireland calling it out as well https://www.buzz.ie/sport/soccer/premier-league-clubs-dissing-manchester-29193391

He thinks Abu Dhabi is in Qatar, and he also thinks that Liverpool only splashed the cash after their first European Cup win when they actually started splashing the cash in the Second Division in the late 1950s.

Not a bad article other than that though.

 

[terraloon]

By naming the naughty nine we must have some real shit on them or surely that's a case for libel.

People are over thinking this too much.

It is a matter of fact that 9PL clubs wrote to CAS. The letter was a request that should City apply to CAS to stay the two year ban handed down by UEFA then the request was such application be rejected.
As history now tells us City didn’t make any such request nor in the end did they need to

 

[not my fault!]

I do wonder if the PL were supposed to keep all this quiet until an internal review had been done, I question the validity of any future outcome now the entire world and his dog have hung us already. There’s zero chance of an unbiased and just review.

Maybe City will go this route to have it all thrown out, and show a rule where the PL have not followed correct procedure. I’m not convinced the PL’s aim here is to get a conviction as such but more to just tarnish us to a point that any result in our favour it null & void.
With quotes from “other clubs“ it proves that discussions are ongoing in the background and as such far from neutral, talks between the other 19 and between them and the FA/PL directly. None of this should of been in the public domain and I can see the fact it is being a huge problem for the PL’s case and cartel objective.

The more crap the media publish the more it harms us in the public opinion polls, but it also hurts the PL case in my opinion as it shows leaks are still active and gives justification to not just handing over our defence/evidence.

 

[Bellamy's Caddy]

I found that bit interesting where - just after he said twice that he ‘will never forget what the nine have done, never forget what the nine have done’ (get the fuck out of Burnley for fuck’s sake Vinny!) - Pep said when he was at Bayern he was listening to what they were saying and it was built from day one… I interpreted that to mean that they were also trying to build the same case against City as the nine.

Yeah, it was interesting hearing Pep say that. Pep (and Vinny) also said that other club's need to be careful. A point on that I have considered is that other club's have been fined for breaking FFP in the past, Leicester, Liverpool etc. Those charges weren't as significant as the ones City face, but just because its City going through it at the moment, who knows what the future holds for other clubs, especially if there are no time limitations.

 

[terraloon]

Only if they can prove dishonest concealment

Indeed but isnt a major part of this the claim that City didn’t readily offer up requested info?

I really am trying to keep my posts limited to process not making a judgment one way or the other.

 

[blueinsa]

pmsl

Journo's live in a fantasy fucking land where making shit up is ok.

Not one single club has said that too him, not fucking one.

 

[terraloon]

pmsl

Journo's live in a fantasy fucking land where making shit up is ok.

Not one single club has said that too him, not fucking one.

There is a rumour that one London club has been far more active in this than others and that yes they have almost certainly been both briefing certain journalists and also been a major player when it comes to lobbying the PL