PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Centurions]

So if the announcement about the date of our hearing is going to be mid-June then we seem to be on the timetable suggested by @projectriver a while back:

Hearing in Autumn, judgement in early summer 2025 and probably summer 2026 to have a final verdict after any appeals by either party.

That doesn't sound like the PL case collapsing soon to me :(

Damn, I read that tweet as mid June being a conclusion to it all. Should have known better I guess. Only another 12-24 months to go then.

 

[manimanc]

Thanks him for doing his best to price out all our original fans? Or for spending a tiny fraction of his wealth to buy great players?

We buy players with our own money we generate through winning things and being the best team in the land and all the world.

Just for future reference.

 

[Asa's left peg]

People often say in what other line of business is regulated to stop investment. The more I open my eyes we realise regulation & lobbying & lawyers are used in every part of life to control competition.

It’s fucking corrupt

That's correct. In financial services and so called public services, it's there to protect standards but it fails to do so on things like water and ofcom, where the 'regulators' are part of the asylum and it is in their interest to go easy on discharging shit or allowing nutters on tv, because the regulators and the authorities, are the same. The PL shouldn't be allowed to regulate themselves. They've shown many times it doesn't work.

Edit. In football, it would mean turkeys not voting for christmas and shafting themselves. Recognise that the richer get richer - a bit like in politics! Imho.

 

[cheekybids]

That's correct. In financial services and so called public services, it's there to protect standards but it fails to do so on things like water and ofcom, where the 'regulators' are part of the asylum and it is in their interest to go easy on discharging shit or allowing nutters on tv, because the regulators and the authorities, are the same. The PL shouldn't be allowed to regulate themselves. They've shown many times it doesn't work.

& they need to keep Cunts like Parry away from any committees.

 

[bluethrunthru]

19 votes for and one club abstains - guess which club's photo is used to "illustrate" this - yep corrupt journalists

 

[Dribble]

Regulation should be nothing whatsoever to do with money. Too difficult to audit, unfair and restrictive. Should all be about the playing staff/squad allowed and how often they move.
There's only a finite amount of World Class players at any given time. The rest won't be bad either. They came at this all wrong in the first place. They are obsessed with turning away investment to save united and liverpool - an utter disgrace and gross misconduct in office.
Discouraging investment as they have, is mal-practice.
But, the horse has bolted and we're the patsy awaiting our stitch up.

When I point this out to opposition fans & ask "In which other sphere of business isn't a business owner allowed to invest his own wealth?", they soon shut up & revert to the braindead trope of "You're cheats", without being able to explain why, or provide any supporting evidence. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠⊙⁠_⁠ʖ⁠⊙⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

 

[GaudinoMotors]

People often say in what other line of business is regulated to stop investment. The more I open my eyes we realise regulation & lobbying & lawyers are used in every part of life to control competition.

It’s fucking corrupt

Not sure those are quite the same, but - please pm an example if you're so minded.
We definitely agree the last line though.

 

[Bluesince1979]

19 votes for and one club abstains - guess which club's photo is used to "illustrate" this - yep corrupt journalists

Thats a disgrace

 

[Bluesince1979]

Regulation should be nothing whatsoever to do with money. Too difficult to audit, unfair and restrictive. Should all be about the playing staff/squad allowed and how often they move.
There's only a finite amount of World Class players at any given time. The rest won't be bad either. They came at this all wrong in the first place. They are obsessed with turning away investment to save the protected monopoly positions of united and liverpool - an utter disgrace and gross misconduct in office.
Discouraging investment as they have, is mal-practice.
But, the horse has bolted and we're the patsy awaiting our stitch up.

There IS only a certain amount of world class players at any time and we dont buy em!!

You could make a team that would win many trophies out of players who we have gone for and missed out on due to money.

 

[Chappie]

There IS only a certain amount of world class players at any time and we dont buy em!!

You could make a team that would win many trophies out of players who we have gone for and missed out on due to money.

Spot on ,Fred,Maguire, Pogba,Sanchez and Ronaldo, just think what we would have won.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

There IS only a certain amount of world class players at any time and we dont buy em!!

You could make a team that would win many trophies out of players who we have gone for and missed out on due to money.

You can have a group of elite players and they don’t achieve their goals. Zidane, Figo, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Beckham, Raul, Makele didn’t win the champions league when Madrid were trying to build a super team.

 

[paulchapo]

Thats a disgrace

Never heard of her.

 

[bluemonkey71]

Kudos to Big Steve dealing with that rag twat Adam on the overlap.

 

[KS55]

People often say in what other line of business is regulated to stop investment. The more I open my eyes we realise regulation & lobbying & lawyers are used in every part of life to control competition.

It’s fucking corrupt

Many industries are awash with regulation but I can’t think of any that are prevented from investing, takeovers apart.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

There IS only a certain amount of world class players at any time and we dont buy em!!

You could make a team that would win many trophies out of players who we have gone for and missed out on due to money.

Exactly - we've never really gone for the obvious - more we've found very good players and improved them in a tactically brilliant set up (99% of the time) - that's the system that should be encouraged - look at Madrid's Galactico era and united's constant "go for the obvious hyped player" ploy - not a blueprint for success. If anything, we've behaved very reasonably and allowed others a free run on many of the shiny, sparkly baubles they want - despite our huge financial advantage - of course that restraint and discernment isn't discussed or recognised by our salivating detractors.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Kudos to Big Steve dealing with that rag twat Adam on the overlap.

Said he didn’t want Qatar at the Swamp but was doing the rounds on various channels saying that United could outspend everyone if Qatar purchased the rags 9-12 months ago. Soon changed his tune didn’t he?

 

[BobKowalski]

19 votes for and one club abstains - guess which club's photo is used to "illustrate" this - yep corrupt journalists

To be fair, if you need a picture of PL Champions then it’s going to be us - current holders and winner of five out of the last six.

Let’s face it. We are the best. Using a second rate team would be pointless :)

 

[cheekybids]

Many industries are awash with regulation but I can’t think of any that are prevented from investing, takeovers apart.

I’ve been away from the UK for a bit so I’ll use a local example.

Qatar wanted to invest by nearly doubling its flights into Australia but they were refused. It’s clear Qantas lobbied the government & Qantas hit record profits.

Once you start looking you realise it’s everywhere & lobbying is behind it all.

 

[KS55]

I’ve been away from the UK for a bit so I’ll use a local example.

Qatar wanted to invest by nearly doubling its flights into Australia but they were refused. It’s clear Qantas lobbied the government & Qantas hit record profits.

Once you start looking you realise it’s everywhere & lobbying is behind it all.

Yes but not a case of preventing investment per se. Was about environment, I believe. The lobbying point is well made.

 

[bluemanchester]

That's correct. In financial services and so called public services, it's there to protect standards but it fails to do so on things like water and ofcom, where the 'regulators' are part of the asylum and it is in their interest to go easy on discharging shit or allowing nutters on tv, because the regulators and the authorities, are the same. The PL shouldn't be allowed to regulate themselves. They've shown many times it doesn't work.

Edit. In football, it would mean turkeys not voting for christmas and shafting themselves. Recognise that the richer get richer - a bit like in politics! Imho.

You are hitting the nail on the head regards public services like water and the utility companies. At the moment there is a campaign started a couple of years ago in Windermere and surrounding lakes about the obscene amount of sewage going into Englands largest lake. Over the last couple of years there has been an explosion of green algae in Lake Windermere making it unsafe to swim in, all fish below the discharge pipes are dead or have nothing to feed on as the amount of untreated sewage kills everything they feed on, making the stream or waterway unable to sustain life. At the moment the regulator is turning a blind eye to this pollution in one of Englands crown jewels. Hopefully this campaign group can turn Windermere into something like Lake Annecy, France which was like Windermere is now 20 years ago, but is now one of the cleanest lakes in Europe. The regulator here is considered, by their lack of involvement and testing, which is their job, to be a major part of the problem and as you say "part of the asylum". I agree wholeheartedly with your comment the PL can't regulate themselves but I am wary that a government appointed regulator will be a fair and honest regulator, as my opinion is the water regulator seems to let the utility companies regulate and test their own sewage discharges. I am afraid that the regulator will let the usual culprits run the show. Sorry if the Windermere reference was a little off topic for this thread;-)