The aim has always been to smear us. It started with behind closed doors conversations involving our commercial rivals and the PL hierarchy. Masters knew the City witchunt would go nowhere but bowed to pressure and now he can't pull out without losing his job. Ironically Masters and his EFL counterpart Rick Parry are due for another grilling tomorrow in the Select Committee (on a different matter). But Masters knows he is finished whatever happens.Hence why the PL or UEFA won't use the word "fraud". To do so would trigger a criminal investigation & take the whole process out of their hands.
The PL know what they're accusing us off isn't fraud in UK Law, so if this farce was treated criminally, it wouldn't even get past the CPS & would be over.
Breaching the rules of a private members club, & breaking UK Law are two totally different things. It's total self serving bollocks by UEFA & the PL, at the behest of the G14/Sky four plus Spuds.
Exactly. The reputational damage is more than enough. If certain charges are deemed time-barred & we're found guilty of non-compliance, it's job done.The aim has always been to smear us. It started with behind closed doors conversations involving our commercial rivals and the PL hierarchy. Masters knew the City witchunt would go nowhere but bowed to pressure and now he can't pull out without losing his job. Ironically Masters and his EFL counterpart Rick Parry are due for another grilling tomorrow in the Select Committee (on a different matter). But Masters knows he is finished whatever happens.
Ah right, I see what you mean now. Well it's entirely possible (if not probable) for European competition. But whilst they control the domestic game, I don't see them leaving.They're not included. The top clubs will either join a superleague or start a new version of the premier league.
Not bothered in the least. The opinions of Jimmy_LFC_JFT97 and BillyYNWA matter little to me. If we are not found to have broken any rules then that's really all that matters.Exactly. The reputational damage is more than enough. If certain charges are deemed time-barred & we're found guilty of non-compliance, it's job done.
Our reputation will have been besmirched, with our opposition claiming we got away with the bulk of the breaches on statute of limitations technicalities.
Bastards!
Yes. We pleaded with them. We warned them. We knew FFP was bad for football. We did not want it. They didn't listen. The club's voted it in and their fans offered no resistance. Now it benefits us. Now they are crying. Well I say "fuck em". You're not getting any sympathy from me. I hope FFP screws every club that voted for it.Love FFP. Benefits City more than anyone else.
Clubs who tried to put us in a straightjacket, didn't legislate for Pep making City the huge force we are, nor tying their own hands behind their backs.
I look forward tomorrow when Masters and Parry go in front of Ministers to explain why they haven't reached a financial arrangement with the Football League.
Popcorn TV.
It's a false equivalence.Not the point I am making. I am not defending the extremist elements in places like Saudi just pointing out the hypocrisy of the western media. For example the UK and US have now started bombing Houthi rebels in the Yemen. When the Saudi and UAE forces did this there was an outcry over here with the usual suspects blaming it all on Sheikh Mansour.
I see an awful LOT of opposition fans, football fans in general, harping on about how the PL is fixed, full of cheats, corrupt etc...
The PL really are shooting themselves in the foot.
Or even better- teams are failing and being put at risk for point deductions while Man United breach and suffer only a $250K fine.Feels like ffp is unravelling but only because the clubs that voted for it are now being screwed by it.
The more clubs that fail ffp while the red tops avoid it the more the anger towards ffp and red tops will grow
Different governing bodyOr even better- teams are failing and being put at risk for point deductions while Man United breach and suffer only a $250K fine.
I’m hopeful that clubs are waking up to understand their interests have never been aligned with the redtops.
Different governing body
Especially those that pushed for this in the first place..a nice bit of karma ..Yes. We pleaded with them. We warned them. We knew FFP was bad for football. We did not want it. They didn't listen. The club's voted it in and their fans offered no resistance. Now it benefits us. Now they are crying. Well I say "fuck em". You're not getting any sympathy from me. I hope FFP screws every club that voted for it.
Pretty impossible with the introduction of the regulator and the new rulesThey're not included. The top clubs will either join a superleague or start a new version of the premier league.
i do think the penny is starting to drop with some opposition fans. I met Geordies before and after the game on Saturday in the pub and on the train and they were all great. They have seen the FFP farce in all its true colours. They all appeared to have a deep hatred of Arsenal (because of diving and time-wasting); United (because they lead the cartel); and Liverpool (because the scouse fanbase causes trouble everytime they play Newcastle apparently).Exactly. The reputational damage is more than enough. If certain charges are deemed time-barred & we're found guilty of non-compliance, it's job done.
Our reputation will have been besmirched, with our opposition claiming we got away with the bulk of the breaches on statute of limitations technicalities.
Bastards!
It also entirely misunderstands what the super league proposal was. There ain't no English club walking away from the PL money to take a punt on a new start-up.Pretty impossible with the introduction of the regulator and the new rules
Newcastle and Villa must be looking at the mess they were signed up to in order to defend the status quo, the good it would do their clubs in the long term if their rich owners were able to invest as you would invest in any other business, and wonder what the hell is going on.i do think the penny is starting to drop with some opposition fans. I met Geordies before and after the game on Saturday in the pub and on the train and they were all great. They have seen the FFP farce in all its true colours. They all appeared to have a deep hatred of Arsenal (because of diving and time-wasting); United (because they lead the cartel); and Liverpool (because the scouse fanbase causes trouble everytime they play Newcastle apparently).