PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

Bournemouth Blue said:
The daily Fail has already told the public we are guilty, most people who don’t follow football but read the Fail will consequently assume we are guilty, that is why the cunts get so many readers, they never wait for the results, and then they will launch another campaign to challenge the results if we are found innocent, thus increasing their click bait for another two years or more.
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They would have to be very careful re libel. They can criticise the proceedings and question the evidence but they can’t claim guilt.
 
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Blue_eyes said:
Ah, getting home from school in the 70s, branded, blue peter, the wacky races,(proper)scooby doo etc etc and the magic roundabout to finish off the kids programmes before news at six/look north west.

Branded is exactly what they have done to our club, really hope we push back when found innocent.
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Don't forget Sir Prancellot and Captain Pugwash:-)
 
Silva&Silva said:
Even if we are proved innocent we'll always be guilty in most people's eyes.
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I think that was the whole point of all of this, right from the very start with UEFA then massively expanded and drawn out by the PL.

If they could ping us guilty with any of the charges, that was just a bonus to them but not particularly important because the ‘court of public opinion’ is where they’ve found us guilty of everything and is where we will always be guilty, even if proven 115 times innocent by the panel.

It’s all been about defaming the name of Manchester City Football Club and the country of the United Arab Emirates.
 
abu13 said:
Whenever I get drawn into a debate with an opposition fan about our charges I start by asking one simple question.

If we are cleared of the charges, would you accept our innocence and agree we were operating within the rules?

If not then what's the point in a conversation.
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I had the same chat with a Liverpool fan who said we will still be guilty but get away to which I said “so in theory Liverpool fans are guilty for hillsbrough because I don’t accept it was the police etc . “
 
M23 Citizen said:
I think that was the whole point of all of this, right from the very start with UEFA then massively expanded and drawn out by the PL.

If they could ping us guilty with any of the charges, that was just a bonus to them but not particularly important because the ‘court of public opinion’ is where they’ve found us guilty of everything and is where we will always be guilty, even if proven 115 times innocent by the panel.

It’s all been about defaming the name of Manchester City Football Club and the country of the United Arab Emirates.
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As long City this time DON'T settle for a fine because of non-corresponding on time when it was clearly Uefa who was moving the goalpost and rules.

That settlement was wrong by City and it was a guilty plea in the eyes of everybody else
 
jrb said:
Juve are still going strong. There relegation punishment hasn’t finished Juve off.

They had been in third place, 10 points off the top spot, before the penalty was applied on Friday. The controversy comes less than 20 years after they were embroiled in a match-fixing saga that saw them heavily fined, stripped of titles and relegated from Italian football's top tier in 2006
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Juve has never been tried for matchfixing.
 
mcfcphil said:
I have heard people more knowledgeable than me say that an appeal is likely either way - but I just can’t see it if the ruling is in City’s favour.

In that scenario Masters is finished and will resign immediately.

You then have someone else coming in with a perfect opportunity to draw a line under the whole situation.

I just don’t see any scenario where the new chief executive will allow the stain of the most badly-judged litigation in the history of sport to bleed over into his/her reign.

They will want to make their mark and claim a new era for the premier league - that can’t done with the financial and reputational shadow of an appeal hanging over it.
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That depends on who interviews him/her for the job. If it’s anything like Masters, United and Liverpool seemed to have the biggest say.
 
mcfcphil said:
I have heard people more knowledgeable than me say that an appeal is likely either way - but I just can’t see it if the ruling is in City’s favour.

In that scenario Masters is finished and will resign immediately.

You then have someone else coming in with a perfect opportunity to draw a line under the whole situation.

I just don’t see any scenario where the new chief executive will allow the stain of the most badly-judged litigation in the history of sport to bleed over into his/her reign.

They will want to make their mark and claim a new era for the premier league - that can’t done with the financial and reputational shadow of an appeal hanging over it.
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If we win Masters should be sued for defamation and whatever city can hit him with.
The maggot has gone after us relentlessly.
Damaged our clubs reputation to a point it may never recover and been the red tops very own attack dog.

Resignation is far too good for this bottom feeder.

For some inexplicable reason I just read some comments on the DM article about the cases conclusion.
The opposition fans will always call us cheats regardless, as much as I don’t care about these morons I care what this means for our clubs reputation.
If we’re innocent our club needs to go after masters with the vigour and relentlessness he went after us with.
I want him bankrupt, I want his grandkids grandkids in poverty as a result of this corrupt prick.
 
Here we go again. The hearing has concluded. The rumour mill is rife gleefully stoked by the media. I sincerely hope that we sue EVERY single media outlet for defamation when we are acquitted. And then start spreading malicious gossip about the cartel's involvement in this saga.
 
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