I would imagine that not declaring it would be a charge on its own, there were rules in place before FFP. I must admit I didn’t know it happened before Mancini joined us, they certainly like to plan their managerial appointments in advance.The Mancini consultancy deal with the club in Abu Dhabi happened four years before FFP rules came in for the PL and before he joined City.
I think you’ll find it’s bellinumYea I know but what about bellingham? -:)
I keep going back to the club statement- irrefutable evidence.You’d like to think so, but we’re dealing with a set of cnuts, who set a ‘fuck you’ tone to proceedings by briefing Ziegler and Co that we were facing 115 charges rather than 5, and who in turn are in thrall to another set of cnuts. And when there’s cnuts about, expect cnutiness
The premier league are doing nothing and the media coverage is non existent.Fuckin joke isn't it.
Well it failed on the scouse front , and I’ll bet the delay with United is the rumoured HMRC discrepancy, either that , or scruffy Jim is having a whip-round in the crown and cushion in Failsworth.I honestly think it was an attempt to boost the perceived value of the two red scums for any potential sales.
And we’ve not lost since.I can guess what's happened over the last few years. The cartel clubs were hanging their hats on us getting a ban from UEFA, at which point the PL would also presumably have charged us. The PL claimed to be investigating in 2018 but probably did fuck all of any note. Once the UEFA case was chucked out by CAS, Plan B went into operation, which involved the PL starting to dig around.
They could only go on the stuff that Der Spiegel published but the Etihad stuff was probably off the table. All they really had was the time-barred stuff, Mancini's contract and Fordham, which UEFA knew about a few years earlier but having spoken to us weren't seemingly too bothered about.
So they've got some bits and pieces, but they're pretty weak and I suspect the PL legal advisors have told them this. But Masters has a problem, as the cartel clubs are on his back. For a while it looks like Arsenal are going to win the league and it looks less obvious than bringing charges when we're ahead. So after we lose to Spurs, urged on by Levy on behalf of the cartel clubs, they insist on sticking the boot in. Masters, like Ceferin before him, really doesn't want to do this but he's under pressure. So his way out is to agree to bring charges he knows have little or no hope of success.
If you stop and think about this, this was never intended to run the full course and get points deducted or us thrown out of the league, the ramifications are so complicated and self destructive towards the PL
I suspect it was an attempt to tarnish and diminish the clubs achievements', just a huge smear against the club pushed by the usal and I guess unusual suspects
It would genuinely surprise me if we do not have serious questions that could be asked of other clubs.I would hope/imagine that Khaldoon has spoken to the PL and told them if they persist with this nonsense then we have 19 other files we would like to let them have a look at - now would the PL really want to risk opening Pandoras Box ?
But surely EB, if we have “Irrefutable” evidence, it wouldn’t matter if baconface was chairing the proceedings ?
Like I’ve said before - whatever we have done we are not the only ones and it beggars belief anybody in football would think otherwise. I am astonished it’s got this far unless like other posters have said it’s just a smear campaign meant to distract and detract from just how bloody good we are.It would genuinely surprise me if we do not have serious questions that could be asked of other clubs.
I’ll side with the club mate that’s all I’m sayingNot saying we’re guilty but if we had irrefutable evidence that would close the case we would already have done so.
Lawyers posture and it’s PR.
We may well have evidence but so will PL, irrefutable is just our way of phasing ours.
It think it could well simply be the accounts. Here our the City accounts signed of by BDO, the sponsors accounts showing the payment out and our bank statement showing money in.
That is irrefutable proof unless PL can show something official to counter act it (which I don’t think they can, bar rumour, the fact we refuse to give them anything and the odd email).
No independent court in the land would side with PL and I would expect anyone who has raised to KC will have to give credence to official documentation over what PL has.
A massive humble pie hopefully.........and a lot of salt for all the circling vultures.Panel still not together.
This period is all about what is left on the table.
I think the PL are in a bind. They’ve got nowt substantive and we’re blocking any more fishing trips leaving them nowhere to go. If they had strong evidence or a “smoking gun”, they’d have had us by now. As the clamour to move this forward gets louder from all sides, their position gets more desperate.Not saying we’re guilty but if we had irrefutable evidence that would close the case we would already have done so.
Lawyers posture and it’s PR.
We may well have evidence but it will be open to interpretation, irrefutable is just our way of phasing it.
It could well simply be the accounts. Here our the City accounts signed of by BDO, the sponsors accounts showing the payment out and our bank statement showing money in.
That is irrefutable proof unless PL can show something else (which I don’t think they can, bar rumour, the fact we refuse to give them anything and the odd email).
No independent court in the land would side with PL and I would expect anyone to raise to KC, will have to give credence to official documentation.
Ah go do do one
Push your asterisk up your arse
Ah go do do one
PL charges are a farce
You’ve nothing left, coz we’re right
Red Top mafia go to hell
Double standards, dodgy refs
VAR and corrupt cartel.
Sounds like beyond a reasonable doubt to me.I keep going back to the club statement- irrefutable evidence.
I think the PL are in a bind. They’ve got nowt substantive and we’re blocking any more fishing trips leaving them nowhere to go. If they had strong evidence or a “smoking gun”, they’d have had us by now. As the clamour to move this forward gets louder from all sides, their position gets more desperate.
Provided we‘re reading this right - and TH has shared great insights into how the club see it - all the signs are looking good, but we’re obviously not home and dry yet.