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

You could sort of understand if City were winning the league by 15-20 points every season, but we have provided the football world and the PL itself with more frequent and exciting title races and final days than had previously ever been seen in English football history.

The PL should be loving us coming along in the manner we have.

City have been absolutely fantastic for the PL brand but they’ve sided with the Redshirts and are fucking it up themselves.

If we would have fucked off after the Aguero moment and added the odd cup but came a valiant runner up to a redshirt we would have been loved. We would also have had to endure the " That proves money doesn't buy success." And " Pep has learned his style doesn't work in the premier league" snide digs as well.
 
It so funny watching the Premier League and all the red cartel fans basically trying to say city are ruining football and cheating while at the same time trying to say the won a case that they have clearly lost.

This is a pre curser for the 115 case.
They will win a few non co-operation points and act like we have been found guilty of the whole lot.
They will proclaim us to be cheats, while completely missing the point we will get zero punishment other than the non co-operation fine.

1) They have to 'prove' we are guilty, much like the fair market value assessment. They cant just think we are in the same way they think our etihad deal is inflated with zero evidence.

2) The precedence has been set now with Leicester and now this, with the the premier league rules being found to be 'unlawful'. Dont think this wont hang over the other case. The panel will feel more comfortable finding us innocent now its been proven the premier league do not operate within their own rules.

This will now embolden the club moving forwards to take a more hard line approach.
About time!!!
 
Agree wholeheartedly with the first part but City were never (and couldn't for that matter) issue any comments whatsoever beforehand. You can't complain that UEFA for instance can't keep their mouths shut and then go making statements randomly. They've always held counsel until they deem the time is right. It's called class.
Yes, you're right but it just kind of annoys me still that we were all fighting their corner & it would have been nice to have had some vocal support rom the club now and again. But you're right, they weren't able to do that for obvious reasons
 
It's ridiculous that some don't see this as a simple City win which it surely is?
As a City fan, I’m delighted that we’ve won the aspects of the case we seem to have wanted to win. It gives us the opportunity to attempt to get our higher sponsorships through.

The rules still in place will likely prevent Newcastle from declaring monster sponsorships too, so that’s a pretty significant win too.


On the other hand, we simply don’t know how much City were bothered about the 23? points we didn’t win on. If we decide that we only put them in to muddy the waters, then those people will deem it a huge win.

The PL are probably delighted that most of their rulings were declared sound, at least in principle, and so they can suggest that they won most things and so are happy too.

Ultimately, I think City will benefit more from the judgment, but I can see how in litigation terms that both sides are happy with most of the outcome.


What I don’t get is other teams’ fans trying to suggest the outcome is best for them. For the most part it isn’t!
 
I hope the arena tell him he's not welcome, find somewhere else.
I hope that when they lead him through the backstage door they direct into our ground instead where a few blues are waiting, let's see how funny he thinks he is then
 
The word you seem to have erased from your memory is ‘all’, from the sentence ‘… it is unlikely that City prove that these rules are all unlawful’.

… and so it came to pass.
Our general counsel Simon Cliff today stated that in the clubs opinion all of the APT rules are void and have been since 2021.
So it matters not a fuck if it's one two or twenty if the clubs position is correct.
 
Anyhow, looks like this is fizzling out for now. Been a good 24 hours, enjoyed it.

I don’t think so.

However Cliff warns that it is "remarkable that the Premier League is now seeking to involve the member clubs in a process to amend the APT rules at a time when it does not even know the status of those rules".

He added: "We will be writing separately about this to the Premier League but in the meantime, given the findings in the award, this is the time for careful reflection and consideration by all clubs, and not for a knee-jerk reaction.

"Such an unwise course would be likely to lead to further legal proceedings with further legal costs. It is critical for member clubs to feel that they can have trust in their regulator."

Cliff's letter will also increase speculation that City may take further legal action to claim compensation for any losses they argue they have suffered as a result of the rules.

 
As a City fan, I’m delighted that we’ve won the aspects of the case we seem to have wanted to win. It gives us the opportunity to attempt to get our higher sponsorships through.

The rules still in place will likely prevent Newcastle from declaring monster sponsorships too, so that’s a pretty significant win too.


On the other hand, we simply don’t know how much City were bothered about the 23? points we didn’t win on. If we decide that we only put them in to muddy the waters, then those people will deem it a huge win.

The PL are probably delighted that most of their rulings were declared sound, at least in principle, and so they can suggest that they won most things and so are happy too.

Ultimately, I think City will benefit more from the judgment, but I can see how in litigation terms that both sides are happy with most of the outcome.


What I don’t get is other teams’ fans trying to suggest the outcome is best for them. For the most part it isn’t!
I don't see how the PL will be delighted to find out their rules were illegal, they need a rewrite and they may have to pay compensation ?
 
As a City fan, I’m delighted that we’ve won the aspects of the case we seem to have wanted to win. It gives us the opportunity to attempt to get our higher sponsorships through.

The rules still in place will likely prevent Newcastle from declaring monster sponsorships too, so that’s a pretty significant win too.


On the other hand, we simply don’t know how much City were bothered about the 23? points we didn’t win on. If we decide that we only put them in to muddy the waters, then those people will deem it a huge win.

The PL are probably delighted that most of their rulings were declared sound, at least in principle, and so they can suggest that they won most things and so are happy too.

Ultimately, I think City will benefit more from the judgment, but I can see how in litigation terms that both sides are happy with most of the outcome.


What I don’t get is other teams’ fans trying to suggest the outcome is best for them. For the most part it isn’t!

Plain ignorant/stupid, jealousy, tribal bias , awaiting mental assessment and treatment.
 

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