PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

If I had to hazard a guess, and their reply hints at this, I would say it is mostly AI generated giberish that is pulled from the internet to generate hits
This might be correct. It is a sad and worrying state of affairs. BBC news should be a trusted bastion of serious journalism that tells the truth. If it simply regurgitates fake news and nonsense from the Internet then what is the point?
 
surely one of the key questions should be “how does this get approved by the duty editor?”

Duty editor?? You are going back some mate. Replaced by some fresh out of Uni know nothing wet behind the ears arse, that thinks because it has a degree in fine art or pottery, it knows the newspaper industry and given some silly new title let shite like this through ...
 
If the BBC article was intended as Q & A to the average Joe football fan why were there no links to it anywhere on the BBC sport/ football home page? It was clearly a not so subtle message to the club and fans that they can still print whatever the hell they like regarding the case with no consequences. We all know that the BBC is even more infested with Rags now than it was with paedos in the 70s and 80s.
 
This might be correct. It is a sad and worrying state of affairs. BBC news should be a trusted bastion of serious journalism that tells the truth. If it simply regurgitates fake news and nonsense from the Internet then what is the point?
It’s a million miles away from a “trusted bastion of serious journalism that tells the truth”. And not just on sport.
 
Thinking far too far ahead here, but if we were found not guilty later this year, what is the reaction of rivals and media likely to be?

Apologetic handshakes all round?
 
Thinking far too far ahead here, but if we were found not guilty later this year, what is the reaction of rivals and media likely to be?

Apologetic handshakes all round?
Not even hand shake but they’ll justify themselves for doing public service while hiding behind freedom of press bullshit
 
The BBC may be a bit crap on football at the moment due to the presence of some key personnel but if they were no longer there, the alternatives would be much worse.

Sky Sports and their ilk and even worse, Talk Sport would take over.

Be careful what you wish for. You will certainly regret it in the future!
 
If we are found guilty then we deserve what we get. I won’t stop going or burn my ST.

My main concern is will it be a fair verdict based on an objective and non-partisan review of all the information at hand. Transparency is the most important thing here as whatever the outcome it is only going to lead to accusations of us paying bungs or it being a stitch up.
I couldn't disagree more.

The rules were a sham to begin with so yes I'll be disappointed we weren't able to find away around them and we got "caught", however I just can't be angry with our owners or the people running club.

The reason being is they've been up against pure, total corruption and have had to fight tooth and nail to give us the success we've had against a rotten Cartel.

I just cannot see past the clear and organised witch hunt.
 
I couldn't disagree more.

The rules were a sham to begin with so yes I'll be disappointed we weren't able to find away around them and we got "caught", however I just can't be angry with our owners or the people running club.

The reason being is they've been up against pure, total corruption and have had to fight tooth and nail to give us the success we've had against a rotten Cartel.

I just cannot see past the clear and organised witch hunt.

Personally, I wouldn't forgive them for getting caught. Trust me, there are plenty of ways of getting around stupid rules like the PL has and our directors are smart enough to find a way to inflate revenues, for example, without any chance of getting caught out. That's one of the reasons nothing will come of these charges, imo. The alleged fraudulent activities would be just too stupid and nonsensical and our directors aren't stupid.

On the other hand, if they were overseeing a major fraud that could be uncovered by a few emails in an unprotected environment then that would be a major fuck up and THAT would be my problem.
 
Thinking far too far ahead here, but if we were found not guilty later this year, what is the reaction of rivals and media likely to be?

Apologetic handshakes all round?
Nope it's a lose lose situation, people will still say things like under the table brown envelopes etc etc we will always be guilty in the eyes of every opposing football fan and the majority of the media, cunts like Jordan etc.

We are hated and probably always will be, mostly borne out of jealousy.
 
To be clear, the emails weren't dismissed by CAS as we provided the full emails and (presumably) the full chain. They did show why reading one or two emails with no context or the replies to them and then bringing charges is the act of an idiot.

This is why I don't understand what the PL is doing. CAS was unequivocal about the emails not being enough evidence and City provided the follow ups that proved their innocence or CAS would have ruled for UEFA. So the PL reacts to this by bringing a massive fraud case against City and doesn't appear to have any more evidence than UEFA did. Mind-boggling and seems destined for massive failure unless the commission is inclined to rule against City.
 
Nope it's a lose lose situation, people will still say things like under the table brown envelopes etc etc we will always be guilty in the eyes of every opposing football fan and the majority of the media, cunts like Jordan etc.

We are hated and probably always will be, mostly borne out of jealousy.
We are hated because we are winners, long may it continue.
 
Because it's been published on the British Broadcasting Corporations website, surely people should expect some level of quality from them? Or even just basic English proficiency, let alone fact checking.
A poorly written piece does not properly convey the desired content.
 

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