City launch legal action against the Premier League | Club & PL reach settlement | Proceedings dropped (p1147)

[burning blue soul]

The press are feeding the morons with their daily dose of barmy stories and in return the press get clicks and engagement and ultimately lots of money for their gutter journalism. It all reminds me of a story I saw on the front cover of the Daily Sport years ago where it was reported that someone had seen a cow pat that looked like Elvis. Now that's a proper story.

I remember the day after Blair got voted in in the late 90s.
Big moment as the Tories were kicked out in a landslide win for labour.
I went into the newsagents and looked at all the sensationalist headlines on the dailys.
As I scanned my eye then landed on the daily sport. Their headline read "Monkey to Host Match of the Day" :D
Always stuck with me that. I can't remember any of the other headlines apart from that one.
That's where we are with all the red top dailys now, a race to the bottom sludge. Even the broadsheets have a dabble once in awhile these days.
At no point in '97 did I think that daily sport headline was ahead of the journalistic curve, but here we are.

 

[Bluearmy]

Just listened to Mat Lawton's propaganda on talksport! Talking about we don't want 2 billion a year sponsors or airlines giving over market value sponsors and if Man City win they'll be no fair market value sponsors! Sorry he is talking absolutely shite! If we win it will go back to before 2021 where deals were looked at for fair value!

Showed his agenda there alright didnt he

 

[halfcenturyup]

I get the voting system for the prem league is fine but only for certain ammendments.
If an American owned club put forward a motion that all American owned clubs started the league with plus 20 points and it got voted through would this be implemented into the rules ?
No I don't think so. And I think that's part of our argument a ruling on APT which looks like it means Newcastle and others selling there best players shouldn't be decided by other clubs who want to see Newcastle fail off the pitch

And that is why the PL desperately needs a CEO with balls, to say no, we aren't voting on that. Don't like it? Get 14 votes and sack me.

Masters isn't man enough to do it.

 

[eastmanc]

I'm astonished by how much rival fans have been whipped into a frenzy over this one. Just had a look at Sam's Lee article and fans are wanking themselves silly that we won't exist by Christmas. It's a challenge to a sub-clause that didn't exist in February using emergent interpretations of competition law. "Tyranny of the majority" is a standard phrase in law/politics to suggest that just because something is democratic doesn't make it just or legal. Anyone would think we've gone to the houses of commons and demanded the election cease to happen.

I'm not astonished at all. It's what they do.

 

[Rory Bluelow]

And that is why the PL desperately needs a CEO with balls, to say no, we aren't voting on that. Don't like it? Get 14 votes and sack me.

Masters isn't man enough to do it.

Masters is just a placeman. He’s not a proper CEO in any sense of the word.

 

[jrb]

Villa are supporting us as they as do Newcastle have the money to challenge for the league without these stupid new rules. I think Villas owner is the third richest owner in the league.

Weren’t the billionaire American, Crystal Palace owners complain about not being a

 

[jrb]

 

[cheekybids]

Don't ban them but give them the very least required in food, drink and facilities make sure that things go wrong, broadband connection is turned off and on, make it as uncomfortable as possible when they complain say well we have had to cutback due to the need PL financial rules. Move the media verification to the top end of the North Carpark well away from their normal parking so they have to walk as far as possible. Make sure they can see our special guests enjoying the best hospitality possible

Fucking hell the cunts get soaked & food poisoning at the Swamp & still fall in line.

 

[burning blue soul]

No one has any ambition anymore. Sky have made it out that the prem league is the promise land so finishing mid table to 17th is a great result for most teams.
Arsenal use to celebrate top 4 like it was a trophy.

They didn't celebrate it this year, did they ;)

 

[M18CTID]

You have to laugh at the spin the media are putting on this. Apparently now it’s our fault the PL won’t agree a deal with the EFL.

Maybe this is why VAR is so bad, why Everton and Forrest failed PSR, why Russia invaded Ukraine.

It's seriously mental that they're spinning it like that. In any case, weren't City - along with United interestingly enough - one of the clubs who were in favour of the EFL deal but other clubs blocked it?

 

[Pelegrinni]

It seems like this outrage from certain journalists are calculated to influence the outcome of the proceedings.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Yep. He doesn't need this shit, as none of us do.
Unfortunately, that will be a major victory for the PL and the media.

:)

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Yeah it's mental, I don't often browse them anymore but looked on Reddit and it's chaos, calls for the club to be liquidated, brand new club established, get the owners to sell etc.

I always find it funny how corrupt the PL is to people until it's City arguing with them

Yep. A practically EVERY ‘journalist’ comments on how the PL must have an independent regulator (wonder which team supported that) and how it is a shitshow of amateurism most weeks of the year. Gets into a disagreement with City and it’s suddenly a bastion of probity. Hypocritical doesn’t even begin to describe it.

 

[Bluearmy]

It's seriously mental that they're spinning it like that. In any case, weren't City - along with United interestingly enough - one of the clubs who were in favour of the EFL deal but other clubs blocked it?

Yes, but dont let facts get in the way of their agenda

 

[ArniArason]

As much as everyone is saying the voting system is fine, if you're one of the clubs that is consistently shat on by votes being put forward that you disagree on, it could become very unfair and tiresome real quick. Especially if the others are colluding on both the topics to be voted on and the way they will collectively vote. Shit, if there are chief whips in the Commons, God only knows the pressure that is put on voters to comply in the shady corridors of the Premier League .

 

[mancboy]

Yep. He doesn't need this shit, as none of us do.
Unfortunately, that will be a major victory for the PL and the media.

I think you forget his reaction when the charges were introduced, he categorically said i will not be moving from this seat now more than ever

 

[halfcenturyup]

I was previously of the opinion this latest legal challenge had absolutely no link to the 115 case.

However, the highlighted part of your post could probably used as mitigation against the non-cooperation charges. You could not wish to have a better example of how the Premier League is unable to uphold confidentiality rules during a legal process.

This presents an obvious risk to any club if there is a high likelihood confidential data/information it shares with the PL is at risk of being leaked / used for nefarious purposes.

It's also a problem for the PL with its FMV processes. If the PL can't keep a confidential legal process quiet, why should anyone trust them with confidential commercial information?

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

What makes me really laugh is the media saying we're ruining the Premier League?

Excuse me?

These same twats in the press having a pile on with the 115, having us guilty before any trial or hearing, printing absolute bollocks and relegation and points deducted, whipping rival fans up into a frenzy.

Not ONE journalist has said we might be innocent, every single one of them has us guilty as charged and NOW there are accusing us of ruining the league.

The cheeky fuckin bastards, the lot of them need to banned from the Etihad next season, every single one of the shithouse's.

Apart from Lawton not one of these media parasites has even seen what City have said to support their case against the PL.They are literally in a frenzy of hate. What is driving this behaviour. It really does look like sectarian hatred of our owner. The mainstream media has absolutely no sense of impartiality. It is a sort of pack mentality. It says a lot about the state of this country.

 

[mancboy]

Apart from Lawton not one of these media parasites has even seen what City have said to support their case against the PL.They are literally in a frenzy of hate. What is driving this behaviour. It really does look like sectarian hatred of our owner. The mainstream media has absolutely no sense of impartiality. It is a sort of pack mentality. It says a lot about the state of this country.

remember when they blocked the takeover off the telegraph because they thought there was a threat that the news would become impartial, hahahaaha

 

[waspish]

I thought he was very balanced and presented his points excellently. Also good thoughtful and respectful input from Murphy.

I do wish he had made the point that the ‘anchoring’ proposal in conjunction with the ‘operating costs as a % of overall turnover’ would prevent trillionaire owners from ridiculous levels of investment.
And also on the matter of running costs- the decision to undertake the assessment on sponsorship deals (with the need for someone to assess the sponsorship business case) and (I think) the clubs requirement to provide details of competitive bids from others who failed to get the gig is a big costly exercise.

If this comes in for the 2025/26 season it would mean it doesn't matter if we did have a billions a year sponsor! Most clubs probably won't be able to spend more than say 250m a year on players!