Absolutely nothing happens in this world in a vacuum. People who know people will ask how's the investigation going and it will be passed on. I have no trouble believing that generalities (not specifics perhaps) get passed on.
They will because they want us desperately to go away. Opposition supporters are not interested if we are innocent or guilty because they have already made their minds up, helped by almost all the mainstream media's dailly jibes about how we have cheated our way to our success. Because they can't beat City on the pitch they have resorted to wanting us to be punished whether we have broken their made up rules or not, which by the way didn't exist until the Sheik rocked up and pissed on there collective parades. This is all they have now.They will attribute it to that regardless.
Even if we are found guilty, but not punished as severely as they'd like to see.
Craig Bellamy said he has never met a person as classy and who smells as good as our Chairman. He has it all.Fucking hell he is one smooth mother fucker isnt he Kaldhoon!
A few points... wouldn't it need to be 20?Credit where it is due. He's getting better at this part-time comedian job he has been trying out, inbetween his sackings.
The PL’s brief will report back to them, which is normal. If the PL then leak, the tribunal‘s independence is not compromised, but the integrity of the PL is.
Assuming this is him being egged on in that interview by Howson and Ferdinand. Two people you can really count on for their integrity....Credit where it is due. He's getting better at this part-time comedian job he has been trying out, inbetween his sackings.
I have the feeling that he might be on the way out, when the dust settles on all these investigations.A red hot poker inserted into Masters’ fundament would be wonderful.
Ha, ha. Having said that I wouldn't being a pound or two behind him.:-)TBF a big chunk of United‘s Billion pound debt is Luke Shaw’s McDonalds bill
Integrity and Premier League in the same sentence?The PL’s brief will report back to them, which is normal. If the PL then leak, the tribunal‘s independence is not compromised, but the integrity of the PL is.
I think its really telling that none of the mainstream media (or anyone else) reported or passed comment on the Parliamentary committee stating at the end of the enquiry, that Masters and Parry didn't know what they were doing and were dragging their feet over change. All their mates in the press just closed ranks, as we have experienced.The integrity of the PL was compromised when the rags and dippers were allowed to select Masters as their poodle.
Exactly - it's like we have to salivate on Khaldoon's vehement denial for a whole 12 months - and a "that's good enough for you" treatment of the fans - yet we're that one's that have to take this relentless diatribe about our guilt every fcking day and turn up and cheer and shout and that's it. That's why rare snippets of resistance from people like Jay and Stefan are so needed - the club is giving us nothing - nobody expects the legal ins and outs, understandably, above all our pay grades - but a bit of "we totally refute the premise of that article" would go a long way.
The media have definitely set out to paint City as guilty from the outset... they've dictated the narrative to oppositiom fans.They will because they want us desperately to go away. Opposition supporters are not interested if we are innocent or guilty because they have already made their minds up, helped by almost all the mainstream media's dailly jibes about how we have cheated our way to our success. Because they can't beat City on the pitch they have resorted to wanting us to be punished whether we have broken their made up rules or not, which by the way didn't exist until the Sheik rocked up and pissed on there collective parades. This is all they have now.
Yep - some say just ignore it (trying to be helpful) - but that's OK if you can remove yourself from it - living and working in Manchester it gets to you after a while, plus elsewhere else I imagine, with the biased, snidey, media reporting.This is the crux, I think it's also feeding into a lot of us just turning up on match days and going with the flow, I've felt indifferent all season which I've never felt before, genuinely not enjoying it because there's all this going on behind the scenes, can't talk footy with colleagues now as it just ends up ridiculous name calling etc.
Totally bored with the lot of it, the club need to start showing some passion to get us fans up for the fight again.
They already have done, barely anything on the rags actually failing FFP.The media have definitely set out to paint City as guilty from the outset... they've dictated the narrative to oppositiom fans.
If it had been any of the Red cartel in the frame they would have actively set out to downplay the charges, they would have gone to great lengths to exhonerate them.
They would of. When ushited failed FFP the press activity worked to play their failure down by saying that it was a minor failing only. Contrast that we the scrutiny City has been put under.The media have definitely set out to paint City as guilty from the outset... they've dictated the narrative to oppositiom fans.
If it had been any of the Red cartel in the frame they would have actively set out to downplay the charges, they would have gone to great lengths to exhonerate them.
Has the independent commission been picked yet ? I get confused lol
It was a great scoop by Ian Cheeseman and like a true pro (a dying breed) he will never reveal his source.Not true. City staff were told on the Friday afternoon before the Monday announcement that we'd won on all the main charges. One City fan who helps run a supporters club branch got hold of the info as he had a relative who worked at the club and blabbed to all and sundry down the pub on the Saturday night. I got a WhatsApp off a mate on the Sunday evening confirming this. It also explains how Ian Cheeseman might've got hold of it. He doesn't need to hear it directly from a contact within the club because he's got plenty of mates outside the club who have contacts within.
That was very telling because for a Commons Committee to tell the two bosses of the EFL and the PL to their faces: “You don’t know what you’re doing” is a story in anybody’s books. The media silence just confirms that a significant section of the press are being dishonest with their reporting of City.I think its really telling that none of the mainstream media (or anyone else) reported or passed comment on the Parliamentary committee stating at the end of the enquiry, that Masters and Parry didn't know what they were doing and were dragging their feet over change. All their mates in the press just closed ranks, as we have experienced.