PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[citymad]

Yep, no longer at the KitKat Stadium. It’s the LNER one now!

Apparently they didn't "break" even.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Premier League statement

www.premierleague.com

Official premierleague statement saying alleged breaches, nothing about being charged

Spot on. The "115 charges" narrative is just a total distortion. It is essentially a fake narrative designed to damage our club. The Pl is not the CPS and this is not a criminal case. They have accused us of allegedly breaching their rules and that is as far as it goes. The PL statement includes the phrase "alleged breaches." The media coverage has been pure poison.

 

[Stoned Rose]

How many divisions do we need to be relegated before we can play York away again ?

You still wouldn’t have been there ;)

 

[spinney]

Rembember both parties wanted to keep all the details private but that was overturned by a judge. It would be great if we were able to publish all our irrefutable evidence at the end of this witchunt but i suspect this will not happen because any settlement is likely to include some sort of non disclosure agreement.
It will be devastating for whoever loses this case and will result in senior heads rolling on the losing side. The damage caused to the PL would be entertaining but it may not be in our long-term interests to destroy the PL. We may continue the softly approach as we have done with UEFA. If we win it would be the biggest victory in our club's history in my view.

100% destroy them

 

[argyle]

It's many City fans mind set these days, everything is a stitch up from the cup draws we don't get to the ones United do get. Referring decisions, order of premier league fixtures, commentary bias, media coverage bias, the list is literally endless.
The funny thing is that fans of opposing teams agree it's just that they think it's a stich up in our favour!

Pretty presumptious and silly to think because some fear a stich up, like as happened with the UEFA panel, that we'd think conspiracy theories about unconnected issues.

 

[MCC]

I'll add Matt Slater to the list of people who fully understand the actuality of the charges City are facing.

I thought that whilst listening to it. However, he's taken his time and changed his tune after his initial silliness. He's clearly listened to Stefan!

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Just repeating what has been said in the media , masters says a date has been set but didnt say when so the media are running with it being news to come

Agreed. Masters repeatedly stressed yesterday that a date had been set for the panel. He wouldn't identify a date. He wouldn't have said that if major developments were happening next week...unless he was out of the loop. And if he is out of the loop then all bets are off for his future at the PL.

 

[argyle]

my assumption is they are accusing us of fraud have not handed over the evidence to the police therefore we are not guilty of most charges apart from possibly none cooperation

I agree. If evidence existed of fraud by the City execs then it wouldn't be left to the league to investigate and a poxy PL panel to judge, it would be the HRMC, the Serious Fraud Office, the National Crime Agency and then the Crown Court.

I also doubt the league would sit on this evidence without passing it to the authorities.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Agreed. Masters repeatedly stressed yesterday that a date had been set for the panel. He wouldn't identify a date. He wouldn't have said that if major developments were happening next week...unless he was out of the loop. And if he is out of the loop then all bets are off for his future at the PL.

When you look at Masters, how he conducts and presents himself, how he responds to questions, his demeanour and command of the room - the whole thing makes more sense.

He’s hopelessly out of his depth and this is brought into even sharper relief when you objectively assess the quality (relative and absolute) of senior management at City.

 

[Rory Bluelow]

I'll add Matt Slater to the list of people who fully understand the actuality of the charges City are facing.

Very full and fair treatment of City by this panel. What a pleasant surprise. More journalists need to say these things…some of the utter shite written in the Mail & DT about us by so-called sports journalists is beyond belief to be honest.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

When you look at Masters, how he conducts and presents himself, how he responds to questions, his demeanour and command of the room - the whole thing makes more sense.

He’s hopelessly out of his depth and this is brought into even sharper relief when you objectively assess the quality (relative and absolute) of senior management at City.

He's the Paula Vennells of football

 

[Dannyblue52]

Prestwich_Blue said:
Our charges are nothing to do with the PL's Profit & Sustainability Rules. They are to do with wider PL Rules about reporting true and fair accounts and acting in good faith.
And even quite a few Blue Mooners don`t understand this Colin.

How can the Premier league charge someone for not acting in good faith when they cannot act in good faith either. Ffs

Does acting in good faith include sending a letter demanding our exclusion from European competition until an appeal is heard? If not then why arent the club's who signed it not charged for breaking that premier league rule!

 

[Rory Bluelow]

The PL / Masters in full scale retreat unsurprisingly. The Law of Unintended Consequences and all that....

What a fucking mess the PL has made of this!

 

[Scaley]

I'll add Matt Slater to the list of people who fully understand the actuality of the charges City are facing.

Believe it or not that was more or less my explanation to some Scousers at work today, all I got back was “brown envelopes” but they couldn’t explain why these same envelopes didn’t stop the PL taking the action they have. The mask has really slipped with some of the Scousers I know both blue and red.

 

[Blue_eyes]

It’s funny on RAWK. They’re praising Harris and his continued obsession to see us ruined. Hes like some god-like hero to them, infact if the worst happened I envisage a statue outside murderfield.

Someone on there has also predicted a 40 point deduction, and then, through sheer paranoia, says it won’t be dished out until a season is deemed where we wouldn’t win the PL anyway, so it looks like we’ve been punished but everyone saves face.

What a fucking weird bunch of people they are on there.

Lol

Lets be honest, hes stayed awake all night thinking that one up.

However.............they dont care about us.

 

[I'm Blue]

I believe City are 100% innocent.

But I cant help but think City cant be cleared. The hatred towards City built up by our press/media makes it impossible for City to be cleared.

The pl is a multi billion pound business the damage to it would be enormous if they clear their most successful club. They say City are cheats, fraudsters. Surely a City win would mean lots of the top people at the pl would have to resign.

I can't see another of verdicts than guilt by this kangaroo court. The fall out should City be cleared from or press/media will be horrendous.

Like I say I believe City are 100% innocent but dont see with all the hatred built up from our press/media makes it impossible for the pl to find City innocent.

Pretty much my take on it all.
I have zero trust in the corrupt PL and certain members.
I hope if they do have to pin something on us, it’s the non cooperation charge.
I’d feel much more confident if it truly was an independent panel.

 

[g180aj]

I can understand why some people fear a stitch-up, but it's going to be a long 18 months or so if you start heading down that rabbit hole. That way madness lies. Until we see anything to suggest the contrary, I'm going to assume that the panel will be independent and that we will get a fair hearing. Otherwise, what's the point in any of this? Personally, I think there is far too much at stake, on numerous levels, for the panel just to hand out some arbitrary punishment to us in order to appease certain parties. The fallout from a guilty verdict will be huge, so they'd need cogent evidence that holds up to extensive scrutiny.

Also a frivolous punishment would leave them wide open to any appeal etc

 

[halfcenturyup]

Rembember both parties wanted to keep all the details private but that was overturned by a judge. It would be great if we were able to publish all our irrefutable evidence at the end of this witchunt but i suspect this will not happen because any settlement is likely to include some sort of non disclosure agreement.
It will be devastating for whoever loses this case and will result in senior heads rolling on the losing side. The damage caused to the PL would be entertaining but it may not be in our long-term interests to destroy the PL. We may continue the softly approach as we have done with UEFA. If we win it would be the biggest victory in our club's history in my view.

I imagine the club would want the findings published, with redactions like at CAS.

 

[BlueMonkey79]

It’s funny on RAWK. They’re praising Harris and his continued obsession to see us ruined. Hes like some god-like hero to them, infact if the worst happened I envisage a statue outside murderfield.

Someone on there has also predicted a 40 point deduction, and then, through sheer paranoia, says it won’t be dished out until a season is deemed where we wouldn’t win the PL anyway, so it looks like we’ve been punished but everyone saves face.

What a fucking weird bunch of people they are on there.

He sounds like the double negative is a positive dickhead off there.

Most bizarre thing I've ever seen on a fan forum. He managed to twist City winning and Liverpool losing on the same gameday weekend was a positive thing for Liverpool. Lol

What a strange bunch they are!

 

[lazerblue]

Hope it holds as many as the old stadium. From the sounds of it, that one was huge.

Was chaos that day

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