PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[cheekybids]

If we win, I couldn't give a fuck about costs!

Cherry on top, that’s all.

 

[Prophet of Doom]

Man City FFP: PL rivals 'propose alternative' punishment to 'insufficient expulsion' given 'scale of cheating'

Manchester City's Premier League rivals reportedly 'believe a points deduction would be insufficient’ if they are found guilty of breaching FFP rules.

www.football365.com

Apparently we've already been charged and just being relegated and fined would be too lenient. The "other clubs" want relegation and a points deducted applied for multiple seasons so we can't compete. This a joke of a case and calling for multi season punishment just stinks of "other clubs" not wanting us spoiling their party.

Don’t forget an enforced sale of the club which the latest extra punishment for us.

Surely all this noise has to quieten down soon - they can’t keep repeating the same tripe day after day.

 

[feelymcfeel]

This is what it's like from all angles every single day. Red dot is me.

"It took time to get the cash together" I think is my favourite rag response so far.

 

[HelloCity]

Not sure I’d describe Daniel Levy as “lanky”. He’s about 5ft 5”!

 

[give it to gordon]

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This is what it's like from all angles every single day. Red dot is me.

"It took time to get the cash together" I think is my favourite rag response so far.

Is he complaining that the Moores family didn't pump enough money in quickly enough ?

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Grobbelaar faces ruin after law lords order £1m libel costs

The former footballer Bruce Grobbelaar faces financial ruin after the law lords yesterday ordered him to pay the Sun more than £1m in legal costs for his ill-fated libel action against the newspaper.

amp.theguardian.com

Bruce “won” but got hollowed out for the costs no?

That story is so old they are referring to them as Law Lords ffs!

Different rules for costs under the Civil Procedure Rules and Arbitration Act 1996 (which I think this hearing is subject to). The issue of proportionality not being relevant to the latter, for example.

Successful litigants can be liable for some or all of the costs if their conduct merits it, especially if they’ve rejected offers to settle which are more advantageous than what they win, but that won’t be the case here if we’re successful, as our defence will be founded on protecting our reputation and no settlement would satisfy that aspiration.

 

[Groke]

I hope City say we aren’t paying a share of legal costs for effectively prosecuting ourselves

And hopefully any club that wasn’t in the league at the time the charges were brought takes a leaf out of Leicester’s book and says they weren’t a PL club at the time so they aren’t either

Fanciful, but would be amusing

If we win and the PL clubs have to foot the bill, hopefully, the rest of the league will turn on the cartel when they realise they now have to pay for the cartel's campaign - a campaign that is purely in the cartel's self interest as they look to eliminate a commercial rival; they don't give a fuck about anyone else or "fair play".

 

[Rory Bluelow]

365 really, they are the most anti City media outlet out there. They are a disgrace.

They are the worst of bad bunch. Almost as deranged as RAWK. FFS.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Man City FFP: PL rivals 'propose alternative' punishment to 'insufficient expulsion' given 'scale of cheating'

Manchester City's Premier League rivals reportedly 'believe a points deduction would be insufficient’ if they are found guilty of breaching FFP rules.

www.football365.com

Apparently we've already been charged and just being relegated and fined would be too lenient. The "other clubs" want relegation and a points deducted applied for multiple seasons so we can't compete. This a joke of a case and calling for multi season punishment just stinks of "other clubs" not wanting us spoiling their party.

That article is just made up click bait.

 

[Nellies left peg]

I think there’s a good chance that we’ll be awarded costs, or a decent proportion at least, if we win. The idea that we’re going to start suing all of our detractors is fanciful at best though, as you say.

I would imagine if as stated it is a truly independent panel and not filled with rags and dippers, if we are found not guilty they might award costs and possibly damages to our reputation

 

[TonyM]

Might be a silly question but honestly if we are found innocent can the PL get the death sentence?

 

[Nellies left peg]

amazed we havent got a vote on how many weeks months years we think this hearing will run ;)

No doubt the outcome will be announced days before a vital game to try and put us out of our stride as in the past

 

[Blu3m00n91]

I’m not a fan of the idea that we go on the attack and try and sue clubs/people, claim damages etc. Just keep winning trophies and be top of the pile. That’s the best way to piss everyone off.

 

[feelymcfeel]

I’m not a fan of the idea that we go on the attack and try and sue clubs/people, claim damages etc. Just keep winning trophies and be top of the pile. That’s the best way to piss everyone off.

There are two or three clubs that I personally would want to run into the ground, but in general I agree.

 

[Nellies left peg]

Wanky is more apt.

Spursy , ie useless and highly unlikely to win anything

 

[marco]

Don’t forget an enforced sale of the club which the latest extra punishment for us.

Surely all this noise has to quieten down soon - they can’t keep repeating the same tripe day after day.

let them carry on, not a very fair hearing is it when the PL are about to throw the book at someone, if you get my drift

 

[Cobwebcat]

Remember when Stefan first appeared on talksport, he did pretty much read out the CAS verdict and align it to this case but all Jim White wanted to know was what punishment we get, they then put the headline out 'city financial expert says city will be relegated'.
When you notice all the media reports they all start with the allegations then lead onto possible punishment, not one report I have seen has gone into any sort of detail about the bit in the middle, the actual case itself.
I believe they are intelligent people and choose to ignore the CAS verdict and focus on clicks instead.

In the main I think that is true but occasionally you can also tell that they’re just lazy and misinformed.

 

[citizen_maine]

No doubt the outcome will be announced days before a vital game to try and put us out of our stride as in the past

because it worked so well the last time they did that

 

[Centurions]

For the PL, I'd say it shows there will be a lot of City witnesses the PL will want to cross examine - the senior juniors will need to work on cross examination plans aimed at extracting the answers the PL wants to undermine the credibility of witnesses ie make them look unreliable. In terms of KCs, it is likely because there are so many different areas of law - regulatory, civil fraud, accounting issues etc. For example Philip Marshall KC for City is a civil fraud specialist.

If that's what the senior juniors are doing, what exactly is the job of the junior seniors? Just to sit around and drink cappuccinos with croissants?

 

[hammocity]

I’m not a fan of the idea that we go on the attack and try and sue clubs/people, claim damages etc. Just keep winning trophies and be top of the pile. That’s the best way to piss everyone off.

I think exposing the fraudulent activities of the Rags, Dippers and Chav's is very important, they're the key players trying to destroy our club. I want them to face charges and explain in forensic detail how they've managed to circumvent PSR and FFP rules when they've clearly failed to operate within the limits.