PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

blue b4 the moon said:
They'll still be a fucking mess thankfully, they brought Ragnick in to show them the way and fucked him off, scruffy Jim seems to be cut from the same tree as UMS and for all his Chelsea season ticket has less knowledge of football than the average poster on here....it's all about money, if Omar's pointers are cheap as chips he'll go with them, otherwise agent Omar will be out the door.
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You only have to look at how theyve handled the womans team to know they still lag behind massively
 
mancboy said:
You only have to look at how theyve handled the womans team to know they still lag behind massively
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That's a really strange one, they spent quite a bit of money (for the woman's game) and had lots of media PR for it.

Then just as they became competitive in the English game have thrown it all away, it's almost like they're skint.
 
toffee balls said:
Dropped his guard there.
He is a little too vocal and comes across as sincere but a touch needy.
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It's weird. He comes across as a British Boehly. He has a basic understanding of football from being British, which Boehly doesn't have, but he has the same fondness for opening his mouth before knowing what he is talking about. Boehly has been relatively quiet for a year or so, thank God. Ratcliffe should do the same, get on with what he has to do and only open his mouth when he has achieved something in football and knows what he is talking about.
 
KS55 said:
Maybe, but I don’t see any incompetence there, once the dead wood has gone. Murtough and his buddies and the current coaching team are all due to go and Ten Bob can’t last long.
Don’t underestimate big Jim, he has always wanted to buy the rags and he is rich through being smart. Oh, and the guy from Ineos is a dab hand with PEDS.
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Good points, but beng smart in building up a chemicals group is very different from building a football club back up. It seems he has started using his ruthless management techniques at United. Not sure that will work in a people business, especially where the players and management team are millionaires already and, basically, have all the power.

Then again, if he closes down Old Trafford due to employee disputes and moves the club abroad, who am I to complain?
 
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halfcenturyup said:
It's weird. He comes across as a British Boehly. He has a basic understanding of football from being British, which Boehly doesn't have, but he has the same fondness for opening his mouth before knowing what he is talking about. Boehly has been relatively quiet for a year or so, thank God. Ratcliffe should do the same, get on with what he has to do and only open his mouth when he has achieved something in football and knows what he is talking about.
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talking bollocks is in their DNA.... its the utd way
 
mancboy said:
With the best will in the world hiring smart employees will only get u so far, if the leadership team is muddled incompitence will trickle down and he is a little too vocal and its not a good look.
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So true, I used to work in the betting industry and whilst none of the Management of the big bookmakers I dealt with with were perfect there was one company that stood out for its arrogance and that was Ladbrokes. It stemmed from the Head Office in Harrow and as you say "trickled" or filtered down through the Management chain, arrogant, difficult, disingenuous, self important are not too strong to describe them.

Btw, I'm not referring shop staff, just the Management structure who I dealt with including a Senior member who "accepted" the "gift" of a free TV every year from around 2000 when a decent newly arrived LCD was around £5-6k.
 
KS55 said:
Not dim, but ignorant of football details. He makes up for it by recruiting the best management team available, ie ex City. That is smart.(More’s the pity)
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Completely agree.
He will make all the top peaple accountable and simply replace those who do not perform.
Currently having a good look round and allocating responsibilities. He will get a few buzzwords wrong but he will make sure those who are responsible do their Jobs.
 
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KS55 said:
Not dim, but ignorant of football details. He makes up for it by recruiting the best management team available, ie ex City. That is smart.(More’s the pity)
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I would still say he seems dim not saying he actually is but he is British even non football fans who are British know the right names for club competitions and you certainly can know them after a few minutes practice before and interview. He is supposed to be a sports and football fan not just an owner first thing I would do as an owner is know the basics of football. Before moving on to actually running the club. Plus it’s the way he speaks ur lack clarity confidence and eloquence.
 
KS55 said:
Yep. Not sure why the City execs played down that one. After all, they promoted him to COO when Soriano went to spent more time with CFG. In a well run co, everyone is a cog in a smooth machine.
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Sorry @KS55 but what would be the benefit of playing it up ?

He'd already agreed to move for a promotion , no doubt after we tried to keep him, so nothing really to be gained imo.

You have to assume that we would rather have continued with him otherwise, but no doubt he has/will be replaced in a suitable candidate. I am sure we are well aware of talent out there.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
Sam Lee has essentially become a full-time troll. He thinks this sort of stuff is just banter but all it does is undermine his credibility (what's left of it).
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I noticed he doesn’t actually get mentioned that much anymore. Feels like he’s pretty irrelevant these days. He only got an initial following because he had ITK info for a time when he was at goal. If there’s a big City story, he usually doesn’t even get to cover it.

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Colin Bells Boots said:
Sorry @KS55 but what would be the benefit of playing it up ?

He'd already agreed to move for a promotion , no doubt after we tried to keep him, so nothing really to be gained imo.

You have to assume that we would rather have continued with him otherwise, but no doubt he has/will be replaced in a suitable candidate. I am sure we are well aware of talent out there.
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You’ve lost me! Surely saying nothing would be better than saying “well he wasn’t important at all”.
 
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