PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

You'd think that if there were any tangible proof & seeing as Barrada was the money man when this had supposedly happened then there would be leaks & snide digs in the media from the rag so called journalists.
 
Gazza said:
If we do have irrefutable evidence why haven't the PL given up yet?
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could also be- the case has progressed so far the legal bills may be into six figures, the PL may have something minor on us that may warrant a fine or indeed a transfer ban also i'd imagine we would have to then pay costs saving the PL a lot of money
 
Bloominmarvellous said:
I tend to agree with this, the PL seem to think they have a case otherwise they could have just reviewed evidence and said no case to answer. I don't necessarily think the PL is right but I struggle to understand why they would go over the stuff CAS has already cleared, seems like insanity to do so with all the costs involved.
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As has been said previously - the process is the punishment. The relentless media attacks on our club have been carefully orchestrated by the PL. they know we have done nothing wrong but this whole exercise was designed to tarnish our club and its achievements. When we are cleared it will be presented as a technicality and our guilt assumed by the masses. Job done.
 
Gazza said:
If we do have irrefutable evidence why haven't the PL given up yet?
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I think they believe we are still hiding stuff which is why there is also a non cooperation charge for the stuff we are supposedly hiding!
If on disclosure and evidence there is nothing being hidden then the non cooperation must surely fall away.
 
Bloominmarvellous said:
I tend to agree with this, the PL seem to think they have a case otherwise they could have just reviewed evidence and said no case to answer. I don't necessarily think the PL is right but I struggle to understand why they would go over the stuff CAS has already cleared, seems like insanity to do so with all the costs involved.
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It would be insanity to pursue for that reason - of finding us guilty.
So probably not that.
So we should consider if there might be other reasons to do it, perhaps driven by other interested and influential parties - such as the constant drip drip dirty marketing propaganda that such a drawn out process produces, especially if backed by a willing media (even if that willingness is just to continuously jump on the sensationalist gravy train to get more engagement).
 
Plays By Sense Of Smell said:
It would be insanity to pursue for that reason - of finding us guilty.
So probably not that.
So we should consider if there might be other reasons to do it, perhaps driven by other interested and influential parties - such as the constant drip drip dirty marketing propaganda that such a drawn out process produces, especially if backed by a willing media (even if that willingness is just to continuously jump on the sensationalist gravy train to get more engagement).
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Just relentless reputational damage - the simple reason for these charges, the fact they are baseless is irrelevant.
 
Hoghead said:
I think they believe we are still hiding stuff which is why there is also a non cooperation charge for the stuff we are supposedly hiding!
If on disclosure and evidence there is nothing being hidden then the non cooperation must surely fall away.
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Why would that be the case seeing as the years they are looking at if I remember rightly are 2009 to 2018
 
Gazza said:
If we do have irrefutable evidence why haven't the PL given up yet?
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It’s obvious really - the whole thing is about trashing our reputation and achievements. They dreamed that Pep may even walk away and we’d crumble.
They can’t give up at this point and will get a few more months of inflicting harm on us.
Not a single word has yet been uttered in the panel but everybody knows we’re bang to rights. The black propaganda has been so effective that your average punter thinks we’re guilty as fuck - even though they haven’t a clue why !
The strings are being pulled by our commercial rivals who persuaded Masters to go with the allegations after years of dithering. That’s why he got the job in the first place…and just look at the fucking mess he’s made of it.
 
Plays By Sense Of Smell said:
It would be insanity to pursue for that reason - of finding us guilty.
So probably not that.
So we should consider if there might be other reasons to do it, perhaps driven by other interested and influential parties - such as the constant drip drip dirty marketing propaganda that such a drawn out process produces, especially if backed by a willing media (even if that willingness is just to continuously jump on the sensationalist gravy train to get more engagement).
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That’s closer. It’s possible that the PL see this as the best way to get the redshirts off their backs.
 
Bloominmarvellous said:
I tend to agree with this, the PL seem to think they have a case otherwise they could have just reviewed evidence and said no case to answer. I don't necessarily think the PL is right but I struggle to understand why they would go over the stuff CAS has already cleared, seems like insanity to do so with all the costs involved.
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Well UEFA went to CAS with fuck all...oh actually they had an email spliced from 3 emails.

I doubt Masters has anything.
 
marco said:
could also be- the case has progressed so far the legal bills may be into six figures, the PL may have something minor on us that may warrant a fine or indeed a transfer ban also i'd imagine we would have to then pay costs saving the PL a lot of money
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So, they've basically got a 5 of diamonds, a 3 of spades and a 2 of hearts in a game of 3 card brag and they're still bidding against 3 threes?
 
blue b4 the moon said:
Well UEFA went to CAS with fuck all...oh actually they had an email spliced from 3 emails.

I doubt Masters has anything.
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I guess this depends if there was compliance with the court order. Regardless city will know everything the PL has as they would have supplied it to the PL or would have received it as part of any pack for the accusation/hearing.
 
Bloominmarvellous said:
I tend to agree with this, the PL seem to think they have a case otherwise they could have just reviewed evidence and said no case to answer. I don't necessarily think the PL is right but I struggle to understand why they would go over the stuff CAS has already cleared, seems like insanity to do so with all the costs involved.
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Once the PL referred the allegations to the IP, I am not sure what else they could do apart from seeing the process through especially if one believes, as I do, that the club has said no to a settlement. It would be professional suicide to drop the case now. Much better to get a verdict and spin it. These guys are akin to politicians anyway. They would be able to point to a success on non-cooperation if they get one, for example, and spin it as the club "playing the game" on the other allegations.

I have explained before why I think they referred the allegations, why it wasn't particularly clever and why they maybe didn't have much choice but I think, once that was done, the die was cast.
 
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