City launch legal action against the Premier League | Club & PL reach settlement | Proceedings dropped (p1147)

[Rammy Blue]

The bottom line on this for me is the PL need to sit down and agree new rules but on much fairer terms. If they maintain the stated objective of the rules and ensure some form of FMV is applied to sponsorships and now financing packages then the burden and standard of proof that any deal is outside FMV becomes much harder to do , it has to be very obviously above FMV - and if they call a deal out may be much easier to challenge with the potential of huge legal costs and compensation. The financial packages much easier to give a value at FMV would think. Just think the PL will tread more carefully in future. An obvious advantage from going down the commercial sponsorship route rather than shareholder loans for us being we get to spend it on the squad and wages even within the new rules around squad costs. We are in a stronger position today than we were pre judgement. In effect we may not have beaten the school bully to a pulp but we have bloodied his nose.

That post didn’t age well! ;-)

 

[BerkshireBlue]

Let's sue them again

 

[Blue Calx]

Continuing my Telegraph theme today the third article today is a doom laden piece by Oliver Brown that Abu Dhabi is about to unleash a torrent of spending to essentially blow away any traditional rivals for good. Ourselves and Newcastle are about to become a Gulf duopoly.

It manages to be far worse than the pile of shite Sam Wallace produced earlier.

I read what Wallace wrote today.The bloke is a ****.

 

[BeerIsTheBest]

Multiple posters on here in recent times have bemoaned our passive stance against the haters,
Well, battle lines drawn, tanks primed and off we go.
Hopefully the start of a full offensive from a position of strength.
Given the previous public silence from us, personally believe we would not rock the boat further after yesterday unless we were confident on the 115.
Bring it on

 

[bennyboy]

Didn’t realise @bridgeno1 was so small.

Taller than i expected.

 

[Rory Bluelow]

Already, I have rival fans clinging onto announcements that City only won two of 27 parts of the case. The desperation and myopia is very real. Expect this to be the pattern that follows.

It’s just the 115 syndrome. “Surely Citeh must be guilty of one of them” Fucking morons.

 

[Keeper!]

Difference is, when we write letters, we do it ourselves, like big boys.

 

[Keeper!]

Master's is aving it

 

[Claytop]

 

[Keeper!]

Let's sue them again

No, lets just watch this version of the PL crash and burn

 

[Rammy Blue]

Wow, the fact that he's citing our legal bod by name and not the usual 'source close to the club' suggests this is accurate and we are not fucking about.
Also, the PL 'emergency meeting' looks like a rushed attempt to re-jig the rules to make them legal which city at least is not prepared to accept.

Course it’s accurate, he’s been shown the email.

 

[Blue warrior]

Do these rival fans not understand the PL put rules in place that was unlawful yet still they want us diluted to abyss jeleous cunts!

 

[Ste68]

That post didn’t age well! ;-)

Called it after round 1 , did not realise we had launched into round 2 !!

 

[Rammy Blue]

Called it after round 1 , did not realise we had launched into round 2 !!

I knew from the length of your post you wouldn’t have seen the subsequent post from Ric before pressing send.

 

[Keeper!]

Do these rival fans not understand the PL put rules in place that was unlawful yet still they want us diluted to abyss jeleous cunts!

The smart ones do know, football fans are bitter and jealous at the best of times to be fair, it's horrible to see a team so successful.

They will do anything to stop success, sadly a horrible trait of human nature.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Mansour will be paying it. It is not included in the expenditure to meet PSR in the same way the construction of the new stand and hotel isn't, revenue streams from them are though ;)

Paid by CFG.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

City have taken the gloves off.

 

[davyhulme blue]

Jaysus this Draper fellow is some knucklehead.

He’s a proper fckn drip

 

[Really_here]

Looking forward to how the voting goes when the 'revised rules' are put to the vote. As they say not many turkeys would vote in favour of Christmas 8-)

 

[Keeper!]