PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

domalino said:
Everton appealed and then withdrew it, Forest appealed and failed.

Both took about a month from the initial verdict.

Obviously the scope of their cases was much smaller but my understanding is that deciding whether an appeal has merit or not is not necessarily related to how big the case is.

(Obviously I’m not a lawyer so anyone who knows better please correct me if I’m wrong)
Click to expand...

Everton appealed and had their points deduction cut in half the first time.
 
Eds said:
Knew a girl called loose lips once, can't believe she is the leak though.

My guess is that it's a team who wears red and who may be owned by Americans, just a guess mind you.
Click to expand...
The giveaway is that most leaks have gone via certain outlets. The Times Sports desk has very strong sources at LFC. It’s not as if these stories have been spread out… at least since Panja was axed by the New York Times.
 
Blue_Lightsaber said:
I don't think we're gonna accept anything other than total vindication.

We have trillions in the bank to fight them off.
Click to expand...
The money doesn’t and shouldn’t matter though. We’ll pay our legal team they‘ll pay theirs, there won’t be a huge difference in the costs of the two sides.The panel will then decide either,as I expect,we’ll be right and we win or we won’t.
 
There's nothing stopping the club from leaking anything they feel might be favourable to us via whatever sources. I assume they aren't as there is no obvious benefit in doing so.
 
Last edited:
Eds said:
Knew a girl called loose lips once, can't believe she is the leak though.

My guess is that it's a team who wears red and who may be owned by Americans, just a guess mind you.
Click to expand...
1726156709063.png

Lucy Lips is blue so would not be here
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
It's the Mail, so it won't be City. They will be getting it from the Premier League or another club within it.

Regardless, until it was announced on the Premier League website, this is another example of loose lips.

We will sink every fucking ship they have.
Click to expand...
Are you still confident then, Tolm? I’ve been so back and forth with it, and can’t wait for it to be over either way!!
 
domalino said:
Sort of - Ziegler was also the one who exposed Liverpools hack of City after the usual city friendly journalists got shut down by lawyers for years.
Click to expand...
Yes. I don’t have a problem with Ziegler. He’s a reporter and is entitled to report any leaks he gets. That’s his job. Apart from a couple of stories I don’t think hes been over critical of City. The City story is huge. My issue is the bad faith actors who are feeding him.
 
Eric Hitchmough said:
Are you still confident then, Tolm? I’ve been so back and forth with it, and can’t wait for it to be over either way!!
Click to expand...

More confident than I was at CAS. We are an entirely different beast these days.

This will be the bomb which blows up the Premier League, either way!
 
A fine a point deduction is the most likely if they find us guilty. Might affect us for a season. But as long as Pep stays we will bounce straight back stronger. That said having read what everyone on here has I think we will be found guilty of non cooperation at most. A wrap on the knickles and then it will be finished with at last.

Regardless I really hope we open the can of worms on the cartel and the double standards of the PL?
 
When the day of reckoning comes in about 2 months time just remember what a corrupt shitshow of a media we have . Tonight’s wankfest stirring up all the thick tribal bastards an utter disgrace. What goes around comes around………
MCFC take note the worst media culprits and sue them out of business when we win !
 
domalino said:
Everton appealed and then withdrew it, Forest appealed and failed.

Both took about a month from the initial verdict.

Obviously the scope of their cases was much smaller but my understanding is that deciding whether an appeal has merit or not is not necessarily related to how big the case is.

(Obviously I’m not a lawyer so anyone who knows better please correct me if I’m wrong)
Click to expand...

I'm not a lawyer either, but I think the situation is this:

Everton and Forest both pled guilty, Everton two times (once for each breach) and Forest once. Everton were partly successful with the appeal against the first sanction, which took two months and withdrew the appeal for the second presumably as they were relatively safe at the time. Forest lost their appeal and that took about a month. In all cases the appeal was against the sanction, the club's previously having pled guilty.

For the City case, I think the view is that it would be difficult for either party to overturn a decision on a matter of fact, but easier on a matter of judgment, like the effect of mitigating or aggravating factors on the sanctions imposed, in the event that the PL were at all successful.

Personally, as a non-lawyer, I would hope Pannick could earn his 5 grand an hour by thinking up some suitable grounds for an appeal for any unfavourable outcome and despite the drawbacks. I would be surprised if some lawyers aren't looking at all the options now already, but that is an uneducated opinion rather than a sound, legal judgment.

Anyway, if the verdict is expected April at the earliest, an appeal by either party would probably have to be launched around May time which doesn't give much scope for settling it before the end of the season, and then you have the summer holidays. Try getting all these lawyers off their expensive holidays for two weeks in July and August. So it is probably likely an appeal, if there is one, would be heard next season.

All imho, may be bollocks.
 
mexico1970 said:
I don't think they will punish us until next season, they'll punish us if we are innocent or guilty because their gobby members demand it.

I have little to no faith in any process they have imagined up, St Paul could bomb down on a fiery chariot and the BBC and media chums would still call us cheats ,the damage is done to the minds of the gen pop.
Click to expand...
St Paul was beheaded so probably not best chariot driver to choose.
 
Churchlawtonblue said:
A fine a point deduction is the most likely if they find us guilty. Might affect us for a season. But as long as Pep stays we will bounce straight back stronger. That said having read what everyone on here has I think we will be found guilty of non cooperation at most. A wrap on the knickles and then it will be finished with at last.

Regardless I really hope we open the can of worms on the cartel and the double standards of the PL?
Click to expand...
Can't see us getting away with no charges that's why they did the 115 something will stick probably non co operation.What bugs me is our reputation has been so badly tarnished.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Unread Posts

Don't have an account? Register now and see fewer ads!

SIGN UP
Back
Top