PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Saddleworth2]

The Guardian is generally an excellent paper they just hate City , always have. The place is rag infested, better not reading their sports section.

I wrote to them about their bias. Not rude in any way just pointing out that they pride themselves at good old fashioned journalism and they let themselves down big time with their coverage of City as well as alienating a growing fan base.
Still waiting for a response funnily enough.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I remember reading The Secret Barrister and he lamented the lack of knowledge of most juries and stated that if he were ever falsely accused of something he’d much rather have a case tried by a judge rather than a jury as so often they’re either disinterested or prejudiced from the off, but that’s the full extent of my knowledge.

Depends on the jury. Being charged with assault in front of a Stoke jury is far less likely to end in conviction that being charged with burglary in front of a Warwick jury!

 

[eastmanc]

I wrote to them about their bias. Not rude in any way just pointing out that they pride themselves at good old fashioned journalism and they let themselves down big time with their coverage of City as well as alienating a growing fan base.
Still waiting for a response funnily enough.

Don't hold your breath.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Interesting conclusion mate. Does anyone else feel the same?

I'm waiting for a few of these 'soft signals' from the other side before I start counting any chickens...

 

[johnny crossan]

The Guardian is generally an excellent paper they just hate City , always have. The place is rag infested, better not reading their sports section.

Not so, just since the advent of our Middle Eastern owners.

 

[Micky Blue]

If you want a good laugh read the comments on this article.

Man City FFP: Sources reveal Man City punishment will not be 'more serious than a fine'

The punishment Man City will face if they are found guilty of any of their FFP charges 'will not be more serious than a fine', according to reports.

www.football365.com

I honestly don’t know how some of these people manage to survive.

 

[Rammy Blue]

Just listened to the dick that is Ian Ladyman, and I paraphrase. " If City win this case, there are no rules." What the fuck does that mean? Does he mean that we should be found guilty regardless of the evidence because that is what it sounds like to me.

Sounds to me like Ian Ladyman is an utter ****.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I'm waiting for a few of these 'soft signals' from the other side before I start counting any chickens...

That started this week with no actions against any club for last season.

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

Outside the University of Manchester Library there is a space called the quadrangle. It's a garden at the centre of the original university buildings where light illuminates 4 towered walls. It has a sense of history. Not far from these walls lie Rutherford's laboratory. Off the quadrangle lies a pathway that leads to the library, a more modern building. That pathway is paved with stone, at its end stone gives way to tiles, and embossed on a single tile is a metallic engraving of the number 115. I have no idea why it is there, or what it means. I walk on it every day and smile. Some say that Manchester City is God's own club and at times I do wonder.

Wow that sounds like the start of a Dan Brown Robert Langdon thriller.

 

[journolud]

Just listened to the dick that is Ian Ladyman, and I paraphrase. " If City win this case, there are no rules." What the fuck does that mean? Does he mean that we should be found guilty regardless of the evidence because that is what it sounds like to me.

Or in other words if City are found not to have broken the rules there are no rules

 

[eyalluvitt]

Or in other words if City are found not to have broken the rules there are no rules

“Why malicious prosecutions are acceptable when it’s clubs we don’t like”

 

[eastmanc]

Or in other words if City are found not to have broken the rules there are no rules

You could interpret that way but I don't think he meant that way.

 

[eastmanc]

Not so, just since the advent of our Middle Eastern owners.

They were the same before the take over.

 

[Norbiton]

Not so, just since the advent of our Middle Eastern owners.

They hated our Far Eastern owner as well

 

[johnny crossan]

They were the same before the take over.

Conn, Hattenstone even Schindler back in the day are long time blues, they've turned sour and imported haters Liew & Wilson etc have turned the whole place septic.

 

[johnny crossan]

They hated our Far Eastern owner as well

Thaksin had very few cheerleaders in the print media - if any.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Sounds to me like Ian Ladyman is an utter ****.

You can easily drop the first four words there….

 

[johnny crossan]

Just listened to the dick that is Ian Ladyman, and I paraphrase. " If City win this case, there are no rules." What the fuck does that mean? Does he mean that we should be found guilty regardless of the evidence because that is what it sounds like to me.

does he mean that the PL rulebook is simply smashed to pieces?

 

[BigJoe#1]

That started this week with no actions against any club for last season.

hmmmmm.... you can bet your bottom dollar that if the scum weren't up to their necks in financial shit penalties, fines and relegations would be incoming at a pace. No doubt about it!!!

 

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

Magic Hat seems to think all the Jan tfrs and the Haaland and Pep deals are all just Abu Dhabi PR. Contradicting himself with almost every other post.

He also ignores the investment of Silver Lake - and how a serious investor like Silver Lake would allow the club to burn through hundreds of millions simply for PR when a verdict is due in a few weeks.

Really hope the club take some action against him if only to flush him out into the open to realise his identity.

Quite amazed it hasn’t come out already ( I’m pretty sure it’s not Harris )

i've enjoyed the narrative that it might be Harris but likewise I very much doubt it.
IIRC @slbsn thinks not as well and he, of course, was involved in several exchanges with him.
Also, the hat was on an Arsenal podcast and, whilst he didn't show his face on the you tube clip, unless he was using voice changing software it wasn't Harris.