PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

Alan Harper's Tash said:
lol, ok. So much anger; so little point.
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Apart from the anger I think he made some very good points.

Burnham did not raise this with the powers that be just as an Everton fan, he used his authoritative position as the mayor of Manchester to try and influence. Once he did that he absolutely opened himself up to questioning as to why he has never been interested in the very similar injustices taking place against a club in the city he is mayor.
 
Moss Side's Finest said:
Apart from the anger I think he made some very good points.

Burnham did not raise this with the powers that be just as an Everton fan, he used his authoritative position as the mayor of Manchester to try and influence. Once he did that he absolutely opened himself up to questioning as to why he has never been interested in the very similar injustices taking place against a club in the city he is mayor.
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He’s commented on a concluded process.

He can’t comment on ours as he doesn’t have the information to comment on.
 
Paladin said:
Fair comment, but the commission did state that it ignored the PL's sanction guidelines. Everton also said what they thought would be a fair sanction. This was ignored too.
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So the PL a wanted a 12 game sanction, presumably Everton wanted a a small fine and the commission went with a 10 game sanction. The idea that the commission is wholly independent is stretching it and few if any are convinced. Burnham’s much criticised note has opened up the whole can of worms about when the guidelines for dealing with Everyon’s case were introduced. The commission clearly state 10th August and the PL deny this - someone is lying! Whatever way you look at this the credibility of the PL and its processes are seriously in doubt and any KC worth their weight should seriously question whether they get involved in the pantomime - be it Christmas or not.
 
nmc said:
Agreed but it’s no different to the Tory Conference in Manchester everyone from Cigarettes Companies to Arms Dealers promoting their products…. Haven’t heard the BBC complain!
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It is different though, the tory party conference isn't specifically and only about reducing harm form cigarettes and arms?
 
cheekybids said:
No one had a go at him when he stayed out of football is corrupt for the last 5 years. It just seems incredible that as soon as his club is hit he used his platform of “quite a big cheese in Manchester” to influence proceedings.

As soon as he was pulled up, he said he’ll comment after the decision but he said fuck all after the CAS verdict, so I call bullshit.

It’s my opinion that if we’d had people outside of our club willing to challenge the narrative we wouldn’t be in this mess. I suspect Burnham thinks 1 of 2 things, speaking out about Everton will help Everton or help his political career.

So fuck him.
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It wouldn't require much to blow away City's preposterous charges, the body of evidence required to prove this nonsense simply isn't there, if it was, after all this time, we'd be talking punishment not independent wotsits.

But no one with any clout will call it out, so the Premier League continues to flounce about bollock naked coz no one is willing to laugh at its tiny dick.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
He’s commented on a concluded process.

He can’t comment on ours as he doesn’t have the information to comment on.
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What did he say after CAS? Everton have appealed so the process is ongoing. Burnham is calculated like all politicians. He won’t back City unless he thinks there are votes for him. And that will be never because virtually the whole media and a huge number of gullible football fans are against City not to mention the fan bases of LFC and MUFC. He is spineless.
 
The perfect fumble said:
It's a case of...

"If you want to get there I wouldn't start from here"

If you sup at the table of universal human rights, this is what you throw up.

Best to view it as the "progressive" version of the white man's burden and move on.

white man's burden :
: a duty formerly asserted by white people to manage the affairs of nonwhite people whom they believed to be less developed.

Of course the same people who peddle this nonsense believe in multiculturalism, but multiculturalism by its very nature is a celebration of difference, it's the polar opposite of universal human rights.

I'm more of a "when in Rome" sort of bloke, and so is Sheikh Mansour and so are the vast majority of folk.
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Agreed. "When in Rome, all roads lead to you", as Mansour is finding out .....
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
What did he say after CAS? Everton have appealed so the process is ongoing. Burnham is calculated like all politicians. He won’t back City unless he thinks there are votes for him. And that will be never because virtually the whole media and a huge number of gullible football fans are against City not to mention the fan bases of LFC and MUFC. He is spineless.
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What did you want him to say after CAS? We won.
 
The perfect fumble said:
It wouldn't require much to blow away City's preposterous charges, the body of evidence required to prove this nonsense simply isn't there, if it was, after all this time, we'd be talking punishment not independent wotsits.

But no one with any clout will call it out, so the Premier League continues to flounce about bollock naked coz no one is willing to laugh at its tiny dick.
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I gave that a like, but not for the image it threw up \0/
 
nmc said:
But the focal point of the conference was to ban smoking for younger people… was it not?
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Was it fook!
It was of many, many points. Top of my head- raise the national living wage (as well as many other points raised by Hunt), ban the use of mobile phones in schools.
The main discussion was around Sunak's 5 priorities, none of which are banning smoking for young people!
So no, the focal point of the conference was not banning smoking for young people!
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Maybe so, but demanding anyone connected to Manchester in anyway quoting an opinion seems a bit weird to me.
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The last thing we need is more opinion. I saw a clip of twosips being interviewed for Talksport the other day and he just gave it a dismissive "I don't care" we know what we saw and it wasn't the players fault etc. Largely got torn to pieces for it. The interviewer, some rag supporting lass who I didn't recognise even asked "city facing over 115 charges" because she was so thick! She's heard "over 100" and clearly got confused.

I did think twosips could have done a better job and actually said something along the lines of Everton having nothing to do with us, CAS ruling in our favour, our fine being for non-cooperation which was a result of UEFA leaking confidential information to the press, and the time-barred elements being items we were willing to defend rather than something we got away with.

But I also don't blame him for dismissing it and just concentrating on the football - which is what we all should be doing!
 
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