PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

searsleftpeg said:
After trying to convince my few mates about the injustice of FFP ect .I've given up, and now just looking forward to the meltdown, of epic proportions ,when City are exonerated. It will make 93.20, 14 cm (or whatever it was that upset the Dippers) and the Arse meltdowns look like their best day of their lives.
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My 14cms have upset a few ladies along the way tbf.
 
pudge said:
Just wish he hadn't given the soundbite of "There's no way this doesn't end without relegation."
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Unfortunate but unavoidable really. They’d have got a soundbite out of anything he said.
To be credible, he had to address the consequences of City losing (however remote the possibility) at the panel (and subsequent appeal) which would definitely result in a relegation. Whatever words he used they’d have him.
 
Centurions said:
That's what I thought, strange that a Blue should be repeating that as true.
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It was a comment to demonstrate his objectivity- if we were guilty of these fraud accusations then we would likely be relegated but he stressed to a huge extent, how serious the accusations are & how many organisations it radiates out to - and he stated that the club have repeatedly said we are not guilty - & as such the IC would find it impossible to prove without huge legal repercussions from all parties.
But that’s not selected for the news sound bites of course.
 
Centurions said:
That's what I thought, strange that a Blue should be repeating that as true.
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What's strange? It was unfortunate phrasing just as I said, not "if true then..."

And I say it because we all know what folk will take from it as a soundbite, that's all.
 
eyalluvitt said:
I remember the one year United fans absolutely hated Blackburn Rovers more than any other club because they had a sugar daddy who bankrolled them to the title. despite them winning it spending less than United. Its competition they cannot handle, even young rags have this divine right to win everything despite the fact football landscape has shifted
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Many people laugh when you say it's that simple, One bad report ordered by the scum can do so much damage
Reporters are on the payroll and they have to toe the line and dare they cross it,

I am still hurt about the target press attack on our club by Skysports Sunday Supplement When they took apart Mancini and then Yaya's wages plus the damage our new owners are doing to football
 
Rory Bluelow said:
Unfortunate but unavoidable really. They’d have got a soundbite out of anything he said.
To be credible, he had to address the consequences of City losing (however remote the possibility) at the panel (and subsequent appeal) which would definitely result in a relegation. Whatever words he used they’d have him.
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Exactly. It was an objective view of what would happen if we were guilty coupled with the view that it is unlikely to be true
 
pudge said:
What's strange? It was unfortunate phrasing just as I said, not "if true then..."

And I say it because we all know what folk will take from it as a soundbite, that's all.
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I think @Centurions was indicating that it would be strange if Stefan had simply stated that he thought we will be relegated - (which, of course, he didn’t. He was adamant that the club had not acted fraudulently but IF they had - such actions would result in relegation)
 
Bez said:
Football fans are partizan and tribal. They don't really care how the authorities get City out of the way, but they are hoping we will become ickle City again very soon. The media are rife with red cartel supporters and they will continue to report clickbait headlines until this circus is over. Then they'll move on to the next ad revenue generating story. It's all bullshit. Come on City!
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Yep you can understand opposing fans total bias!
 
pudge said:
Just wish he hadn't given the soundbite of "There's no way this doesn't end without relegation."
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Why?

A, that is not what he said. He said, IF it turns out that all these people have colluded to decieve..

And B, Let's say it has the effect you think it would, which is everyone jumps onto that as some expectation, of the outcome if found guilty. Then surely any outcome Other than relegation down the line says that were not in fact guilty, if that's the publicly perceived threshold.
 
After trying to convince my few mates about the injustice of FFP ect .I've given up, and now just looking forward to the meltdown, of epic proportions ,when City are exonerated. It will make 93.20, 14 cm (or whatever it was that upset the Dippers) and the Arse meltdowns look like their best day of their lives.
Stoned Rose said:
My 14cms have upset a few ladies along the way tbf.
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So has mine ,sadly but not in a good way.I blame age and the cold weather.
 
projectriver said:
Thanks all for the comments. I feel it is not credible (especially as I have said it before), to dance around what happens if everything is proven. It is the key part of why I don't believe they will ultimately prove the allegations. And nobody can be in doubt as to the seriousness now post Everton if we are found to have breached these rules on a wholesale basis for a decade. I know it is not a good soundbite and yes this is a little naive but it is difficult to tread that line.
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Thanks mate, now please get straight into a Jordan disinfected bath, every second counts.
 
moomba said:
if we're found guilty we're well and truly in the shit.

There's no point denying that.
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That's a big IF !!
IMHO if we are found innocent then the shit storm will be even greater.
The European Super League franchise will raise its head once more as the Americans take total control.
Professional football as we know it will be finished.
CTID
 
nellyonthewing said:
Missed it but he is quoted as sports headline in Daily Fail saying he predicts relegation is the minimum we'll be punished with.
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To be fair to the Mail, they put his comment saying City would get off in the 9th paragraph - that's early for them.

The classic Mail article is one biased side for at least 12 paragraphs, usually repeating the point so readers get bored. Then, when they know most people have stopped reading, they put in the "actually all the above was bollocks" paragraph. They get to say they wrote a balanced article, whilst knowing most people get the one sided rubbish.
 
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