That's quite correct. The overall rule didn't change but the method of calculation changed, to our disadvantage, when it was too late to do anything to rescue the situation.I suppose this is ancient history now, but it sets the scene for what happened later, and I always liked history. So bear with me ....
I read your excellent blog on the 2014 disagreement over pre-FFP contracts, but am I right that the wording of the mitigation rule didn't change, what did change was the spreadsheet in the toolkit for the second year? As far as I could see the wording was reasonably clear in support of the amended toolkit.
So, although we were screwed by the 2012/13 toolkit change, maybe the club was hoping to "get away" with the 2011/12 toolkit until it was changed, by which time it was too late?
All a bit messy and, with all the other issues, you can see why both parties settled.
You pull someone that way now and you'll get accused of messing their head and emotional state up
Yep, sometimes a strongly worded letter just isn’t enough to let someone know that it’s time to stop acting the ****..That would be my plan.
There you go, available in various colours on Amazon (although not Sky Blue sadly):-
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Godwin's Law!This sick freak was deranged before his missus past.
He is one of several heads of the snake who have been undermining our club since day one.
They are so deeply embedded in their hatred and delusion that they've lost all reality and objectivity.
If you look beyond their shit, there is often a common background denominator.
These lying,casual racists have much in common with manics like Chemical Ali, Putin and an infamous Austrian.
Thank your lucky stars it wasn’t a dick pic.Since Nick Harris seemingly has no qualms about posting private messages, here’s an unsolicited text message that he sent me in the early hours a while ago. It’s not normal behaviour for a journalist. I genuinely think he needs help.
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Inject that last paragaph into my veins.All the mood music from within the club indicates the charges are being systematically destroyed year by year. The confidence levels are even higher now than on "charges day" back in February 2023. This begs the question, how the hell is the IC/PL going to extricate itself from this omnishambles. I suspect they will go down the route of "NOT PROVEN" for the substantive charges, i.e., a compromise based on the verdict used in Scottish criminal law. They will no doubt throw in a non-cooperation verdict, probably with another ridiculously high fine, to appease the City haters and afford the PL a wee bit of credibility. This is all my own guesswork, but I can see a situation where the PL will claim a complete lack of jurisdiction over City's sponsors, Etihad, Etisalat, and Aabar, making it impossible to prove the contracts were in any sense illegitimate. I think the same will apply to the Al Jazira/Mancini contract. All independent experts suggest the image rights charges are completely dead in the water, as anything that was dubious would be investigated by HMRC, who clearly are not the slightest bit interested.
So what would the legal advice be to City and the sponsors given a "Not Proven" outcome. The sponsors would have to demonstrate that the IC/PL ruling would cause material damage to their businesses. I doubt they could prove this, so they would probably take no further action. That just leaves the club's response. I'm guessing again, but I think a settlement whereby the PL stated publicly and unequivocally that all historical investigations into City's accounts from 2008 to the present day have been terminated in perpetuity. Of course, the downside would be that this outcome would allow the professional City haters to continue to scrape a subsistence living as click bait life forms, i.e., continuing to spread the inevitable slurs and tropes. Hopefully City's response would involve a newly uplifted long term partnership with Etihad Airways, Let's hope it's a whopper and a world beater, as befitting for the best team in the world.
One thing we have all learned since 2008 is the following: when Khaldoon Mubarak says something is going to happen, we can be pretty sure it will, and that includes his "plenty to say" promise in last year's end-of-season review. Let's just say the chances of Richard Masters being the CEO of the Premier League after this case are virtually zero. He could perhaps form a comedy duo; the "Masters and Harris" podcast would be a sensation with at least 20 subscribers.
Thank your lucky stars it wasn’t a dick pic.
Who doesn’t? Tuesday was better than pornhubHe probably thinks about us whilst masturbating.
All the mood music from within the club indicates the charges are being systematically destroyed year by year. The confidence levels are even higher now than on "charges day" back in February 2023. This begs the question, how the hell is the IC/PL going to extricate itself from this omnishambles. I suspect they will go down the route of "NOT PROVEN" for the substantive charges, i.e., a compromise based on the verdict used in Scottish criminal law. They will no doubt throw in a non-cooperation verdict, probably with another ridiculously high fine, to appease the City haters and afford the PL a wee bit of credibility. This is all my own guesswork, but I can see a situation where the PL will claim a complete lack of jurisdiction over City's sponsors, Etihad, Etisalat, and Aabar, making it impossible to prove the contracts were in any sense illegitimate. I think the same will apply to the Al Jazira/Mancini contract. All independent experts suggest the image rights charges are completely dead in the water, as anything that was dubious would be investigated by HMRC, who clearly are not the slightest bit interested.
So what would the legal advice be to City and the sponsors given a "Not Proven" outcome. The sponsors would have to demonstrate that the IC/PL ruling would cause material damage to their businesses. I doubt they could prove this, so they would probably take no further action. That just leaves the club's response. I'm guessing again, but I think a settlement whereby the PL stated publicly and unequivocally that all historical investigations into City's accounts from 2008 to the present day have been terminated in perpetuity. Of course, the downside would be that this outcome would allow the professional City haters to continue to scrape a subsistence living as click bait life forms, i.e., continuing to spread the inevitable slurs and tropes. Hopefully City's response would involve a newly uplifted long term partnership with Etihad Airways, Let's hope it's a whopper and a world beater, as befitting for the best team in the world.
One thing we have all learned since 2008 is the following: when Khaldoon Mubarak says something is going to happen, we can be pretty sure it will, and that includes his "plenty to say" promise in last year's end-of-season review. Let's just say the chances of Richard Masters being the CEO of the Premier League after this case are virtually zero. He could perhaps form a comedy duo; the "Masters and Harris" podcast would be a sensation with at least 20 subscribers.
Not going to happen.I think the pl need to put a stop to this quickly. The pl know they have nothing on City.
Its getting out of hand, can you imagine what its going to be like in 2 years time ?
Why on earth would you be texting him?Since Nick Harris seemingly has no qualms about posting private messages, here’s an unsolicited text message that he sent me in the early hours a while ago. It’s not normal behaviour for a journalist. I genuinely think he needs help.
Its like the adage about playing chess with a pigeon.He came out of that podcast thinking he’d won, hence his initially measured tweets.
Then once the reviews came in, he realised to his horror that the prevailing opinion was that he had been eviscerated and humiliated
And so, instead of reflection, critical thinking and self analysis of his own performance and how it was impacted by his biases, he instead decided to lash out with childish and defamatory ad hominem attacks.
A hilariously predictable response from a mentally unhinged man baby.
The only surprise is that anyone is surprised
The fable of the scorpion and the frog comes to mind here
I wasn't.Why on earth would you be texting him?
Oh just seen your reply to someone else. Similar to Stefan, he starts off being civil and then just goes off the reservation.I wasn't.
Dripping eh?...Not going to happen.
Liverpool and United fans do have the smoking gun which they plan to present to the IC. They will ensure we are stripped of all titles won within and outside the periods covered in the charges.