PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[dennis1976]

People far more intelligent than me have consistently asserted on this Forum that without a smoking gun, or some damning evidence that none of us knew existed, than City will be exonerated of all the major charges.

However I've never seen that viewpoint articulated in the mainstream media so I remain convinced that a "Not Guilty" verdict will be greeted with disappointment, dismay, mass hysteria and a sense that we exploit

you know that will happen but it will be yesterdays chip paper and eventually the trolls will have to move on.

 

[Ballosteve]

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I'd love Pep to lay into the **** verbally obviously, but he won't sadly

I'd love him to jump over the interviewing table and knock fuck out of the gobshite

 

[TheGhost]

The bit that I am really curious about is our "Irrifutable evidence".

Given that the case is set aside to last for 10-12 weeks what would happen if we present this evidence at the start of the process and the investigators agree that we are right. If this suddenly wiped 50% of the charges away then surely the whole process time is drastically reduced.

Will be interesting how this works out.

I’m still optimistically hoping for us to be fully cleared the week before the Derby at home. It could be chaotic.

 

[bluemoon32]

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said the club is "ready to accept" whatever sentence is handed out in their upcoming hearing.

An independent panel will rule on 115 charges, including allegations that City broke the Premier League's financial rules.

Guardiola added that the Premier League champions were "innocent until proven guilty".

 

[cheekybids]

Before the bodies were cold Roan suggested the the young woman who died on the helicopter was more of the owners bit on the side rather than a PA/employee. True or not there was no need.

He wouldn’t have made the same assumption if they were American but he probably doesn’t realise it.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Pep, our wonderful manager, has just told them: Innocent until proven guilty.

Something the British press seems to have forgotten about. As far as they are concerned we are guilty. Well just wait you lot. Just wait!!! ;-)

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I believe they will already have all the moves in place, staying in a league with us and the Geordies isn't something that they would contemplate, I genuinely believe that we will be found not guilty and we will have to duck because those toys are going to come flying out of the pram.

The also rans in the league will follow suit because the chairmen of those clubs are only interested in the money coming in.

They each don't have the £250m fine they would have to pay to leave.

And even if they did try, it would only evidence to the rest of the country they had been the puppeteers of this entire City farce.

 

[GortonBlue62]

Was that their actual age or mental age?

Their IQ

 

[dadnlad]

implied they are all lawyers not journalists went over Stones head

 

[Resurrection Joe...]

Pep, our wonderful manager, has just told them: Innocent until proven guilty.

Something the British press seems to have forgotten about. As far as they are concerned we are guilty. Well just wait you lot. Just wait!!! ;-)

 

[john blue]

Yeah haven't got it got the usually options

Cant believe how bad sky sports has become,most of the new presentors are absolute shite, going down the nick every week.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Wasn't the argument that in some of the earlier allegations the earlier PL rule book didn't make out the bad faith element and that following the Leicester decision that the rules (E3) had to be interpreted as stated and as such we complied with the E3 requirement as worded?

The "good faith" rule has always been there. And remember the allegations were referred February last year well before the recent Leicester verdict.

Not sure the "literal reading of the rules argument" applies to this case, but it may I suppose. Who knows? Not me, that's for sure :)

 

[Keeper!]

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I'd love Pep to lay into the **** verbally obviously, but he won't sadly

Let's wait for the verdict, and I think we will see it.

 

[Eccles Blue]

You know this press conference today...... well weren't they supposed to be talking about a football match tomorrow? You know, the one v Brentford?
I've not seen any mention of football as yet on this BBC website!!!

 

[Inter Me Nan]

Congratulations to the poster yesterday who correctly predicted Stones first question would be about the trial.

 

[Kippax77]

Congratulations to the poster yesterday who correctly predicted Stones first question would be about the trial.

Really?
I need to sit down

 

[Eccles Blue]

You know this press conference today...... well weren't they supposed to be talking about a football match tomorrow? You know, the one v Brentford?
I've not seen any mention of football as yet on this BBC website!!!

Whoops they must have been reading my comments!!! *rofl*now they mention football.

 

[halfcenturyup]

May be totally wrong but wouldn't there be a route to CAS through the FA as the governing body in UK?

Iirc, the FA's disciplinary process ends with tribunals like the PL's. No CAS, I think.

Don't think there is channel to the FA from the PL disciplinary process anyway .....

 

[oakiecokie]

Congratulations to the poster yesterday who correctly predicted Stones first question would be about the trial.

And what was Peps response IMN ? Hopefully it was "Fuck off Stones back to your hard up and skint neighbours from out of our town".

 

[oakiecokie]

Whoops they must have been reading my comments!!! *rofl*now they mention football.

MODS can we ban her ? ;) ;)