PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

Kippax77 said:
The one thing that struck me after watching it last night was how much positivity you have created on here with your appearance on the show.
A lone voice, talking sense about the situation was so refreshing for most of us on here after days, weeks, months and years of gutter press bile and hatred being fired at the club.
I slept like a log last night pal.
Thanks for that
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Just goes to show the absolute power of the media / press.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
The problem with speculation about potential punishment is that there is nothing in the PL Handbook about the scale or severity of sanctions. UEFA published a clear tariff of penalties for failing FFP, dependent on the seriousness of the breach and whether it was a first or repeat offenc, so we can safely talk about the scale of any punishment in that situation. Everton may try to use that as part of their appeal.

But the PL doesn't, so in my opinion it's unhelpful to speculate, using words like 'relegation'. And, being pedantic, the PL can't relegate us, as they don't control the lower leagues. As with Bury and the EFL, they could potentially expel us and we'd have to apply to the EFL.

I know it's easy to be wise when you're not the one in front of the camera or microphone but I think my answer to the "What will happen if they're found guilty" question would have been something like "We just don't know. It will totally depend on whether we're found to have breached any of the specified rules in any of the specified years. There are no indicators as to potential sanctions in the PL's rules but, at the very, very worst, there's the possibility we could be expelled from the PL. But that would involve quite an egregious breach of those rules and I don't see that scenario as a likely outcome. Even in (in my view) the unlikely event that we are found to have committed a minor breach, the punishment should be proportionate".
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And Talkshites headline would be City face expulsion
 
I'm Blue said:
“No one cares about City” : )
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That’s a very good point.

It’s smashed the TS record for video/audio re-watches iirc.

Surely the tipping point of coverage has been reached, and any media organisation that doesn’t go ‘I think we need to change our target metrics’ is just going to be onto an ever dwindling audience if they continue the negative/no reporting bias.
 
JASR said:
That’s a very good point.

It’s smashed the TS record for video/audio re-watches iirc.

Surely the tipping point of coverage has been reached, and any media organisation that doesn’t go ‘I think we need to change our target metrics’ is just going to be onto an ever dwindling audience if they continue the negative/no reporting bias.
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How many people would have clicked on the video had it not had the negative headline, I expect it would be a lot less
 
Bez said:
Working on the assumption that City will be cleared and that the charges brought against City by the PL were based on suppositions rather than facts I wonder how many City fans will have suffered from mental health issues e.g. anxiety/depression, caused by the 115 charges. If the facts suggest that this was purely a witch hunt and an attempt to derail City, perhaps the PL will have a legal fight of a different nature from City's fans in the form of a class action.
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I've thought about this quite a bit. The utter disregard for the mental health of some supporters caused by a relentless public display of slander and hatred in the media towards an entity that they genuinely love and have so much emotion invested in. It's like having a family member being slagged in the media all day every day with no actual event having been settled or proven. It's preposterous that they can get away with this unceasing policy of slander and IMO it's not a stretch to say that it's causing personal damage to some and that those doing this should be held accountable...
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
I'm going to listen to it shortly. Stefan is more than savvy enough to provide the context to his remarks but I also know from personal experience that the media will twist anything you say, regardless of how much context you've given, if they can make a sensational headline out of it.

I thoughtvI was being clever when, talking to Peter Spencer, I sued the phrase "I refuse to confirm or deny...". The next day's headline was "Supporter spokesperson refuses to deny...".

Stefan and me are both firmly of the opinion that there is little mileage in these charges. So I know where he stands.
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Anyone that appeared on talk sport yesterday would have been asked the same question. What’s the worst that could happen to City? The answer was always going to be the headline.

I feel supremely confident given knowledgeable posters such as yourself and Stefan that we will be just fine.
 
HOLD THE PRESSES FOR SOME INCREDIBLE BREAKING NEWS!

Nick Harris is launching a new blog via Substack and for the sum of $70 per annum you can have unfettered access to his financial genius and sparkling wit.

Forget this Stefan Borson chancer, who clearly talks a load of shit. Get the truth from the horse's mouth. Or should that be horse's arse?
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
HOLD THE PRESSES FOR SOME INCREDIBLE BREAKING NEWS!

Nick Harris is launching a new blog via Substack and for the sum of $70 per annum you can have unfettered access to his financial genius and sparkling wit.

Forget this Stefan Borson chancer, who clearly talks a load of shit. Get the truth from the horse's mouth. Or should that be horse's arse?
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Should email back for this $70 per Annum do I get total unbiased information?
 
deano ou812 said:
What I can’t get is what actual sway or influence would a club that to my mind is basically just slightly above mid table usually fighting for places outside of champions league but more europa or conference positions what power do they have it’s baffling..
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Spurs - or rather Levy in particular - have ideas above their station and like to think they’re part of the cartel. Don’t get me wrong - I see them as a big club with decent sized support, but their standing in the game should align with recent success on the pitch. One League Cup since the turn of the millennium is a piss-poor return for a club that claims to be so big. The way they act off the pitch is not the behaviour of a so-called big club either. Constantly putting in low-ball offers for players and paying shit wages yet charging fans a fortune for season tickets.
 
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