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

[slbsn]

One of the clubs that could well show loss and causation is us, given that the PL refused to allow the full contracted amount of the Etihad renewal/renegotiation and the First Abu Dhabi Bank sponsorship.

Not convinced we've suffered any loss right now on Etihad - I think the issue was later years and we may still get that approved. On the FADB it is more possible but seems unlikely we just accepted it and didn't sell the collateral to someone else. So unlikely to be a huge claim.

And then is the question of causation simply due to the rules being void for unrelated matters to the rejection. Feels difficult.

 

[ysmsa]

I'm sure there's a circus somewhere that needs an clown.

Anthony would do well as one of those dodgy travelling fairground type characters on the Dodgems.

He's got the look, tatoos and the moves :-)

 

[mac]

actionable strapline?

"Man City sent nightmare points deduction verdict as Premier League awaits 115 charges outcome"​

Manchester City are expected to learn the outcome - and any resulting punishments - of the hearing into their alleged Premier League financial rule breaches next month​

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Matthew Abbott

This **** will no doubt be on here lurking. Well Abbott you know the square root of fuck all. Now get back on your mums teat. You absolute fucking prick. Another twat that will be gone soon.

 

[TheGhost]

It's not to early for this?.Is it ? ;-))))

1,200 × 900

Fergie is still breathing

 

[johnny crossan]

This **** will no doubt be on here lurking. Well Abbott you know the square root of fuck all. Now get back on your mums teat. You absolute fucking prick. Another twat that will be gone soon.

think he's from the good ol' US of A

 

[ysmsa]

Can anyone speak slower.
The lady that does the sign language fecked off for a tea break and she's still ahead of hin.

Trying to sign his fucking name!

 

[Cobwebcat]

Presumably that a) it wasn't a complete re-write b) shareholder loans aren't retrospective

and to create a gap in time between 1 and 2 to push though the Etihad deal?

 

[Kinkybyname]

This **** will no doubt be on here lurking. Well Abbott you know the square root of fuck all. Now get back on your mums teat. You absolute fucking prick. Another twat that will be gone soon.

a rather obvious piss-poor bid to dilute the news... like Charles Hawtrey taking a swing at Mike Tyson - just laugh at the know-nowt

 

[Axel Freed]

I posted this gif when the news of our litigation first dropped on here.

I knew we’d fucking glass these fucks all over the pub the horrible, cheating cunts.

1 fucking nil.

When we score the 2nd it’s going to be apocalyptic.

Hope our fortunes don't mirror those of Iron Mike ...... he beat the overmatched opponent in the gif but never recaptured his glory years and experienced a steady decline soon thereafter

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

I’m in Scotland and very broken online. What’s going on?

 

[Dial M 4 Mercer]

Can we play the Premier League every week.

Ps hopefully not tempting fate!

 

[AshtonBlueMooner]

What a wonderful page number to hit null and void……
2012 93.20 Aguerrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
So watch it, drink it in…….

 

[pudge]

I’m in Scotland and very broken online. What’s going on?

Richard Masters has taken it up the shitter without so much as a courtesy lick

 

[johnevans]

Richard Masters my name,
And I ran the PL game,
Till loads of barristers came,
And tore up the rules again.

'Twas in the winter of 25,
The cartel was barely alive,
All the clubs were giving me hell,
It’s a time I remember oh so well.

The night they drove the cartel down,
And all the bells were ringing,
The night they drove the cartel down,
And all the people were singing,
They went: Blues going to sue your arse,
Blues going to sue your arse right off,
La,la, la, la, la.

(The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.)

That sound you can hear, Brian, is the collective rolling in their graves of members of The Band (sadly, all gone now following Garth Hudson's death last month)..

You do realise that there has now been released an assassin to track and hunt you down..?!

(Valiant attempt.. and has at least reminded me to listen again to 'The Band' and 'Big Pink'!!)

 

[Franny 1234]

Not seen the news yet, he has 22,000 whats app messages still to delete

That's alot I only had 115

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Richard Masters has taken it up the shitter without so much as a courtesy lick

No lube?

 

[slbsn]

Let’s just see how things play out here. Stefan has done a great job based on the information he is aware of. Unfortunately, he’s not aware of everything, for obvious reasons.
Whilst it feels more of a win than has previously been reported the caveats add to the confusion.
I’m looking forward to @slbsn going rinsing SJ once he can get a word in edge ways.
We’ve won the battle, but not yet the war.
That will come soon, very soon :-)

Just to be clear, whilst optically the follow on is a good win (and one explained as likely here on 14 October ), I stand by the original assessment of a slight overall win for City.

APT as a concept has not been deemed unlawful - on the contrary the PL succeeded in arguing it was necessary. APT with shareholder loans is lawful. APT as a concept is lawful. So whilst it is embarrassing for Masters, it is not clear what gains City get from being right on shareholder loans. This latest decision is a technical legal question about severance and the blue pencil test (as detailed above in my tweet in October). For the avoidance of doubt, it doesn't mean APT is finished.

 

[Kippax77]

I’m in Scotland and very broken online. What’s going on?

Me too but mines fine

 

[JPAMCR]

No lube?

Vaseline. With pepper in it.

 

[Paladin]

1. No. The PL position is that the November fixed the unlawfulness and, in effect, should be seen as a total re-write and are therefore in place. APT 2 will have to go ahead if that is their position.
2. No. I don't think he is.

If APT v2.0 only needed to change three distinct clauses, with all the other rules remaining untouched, should the new tribunal be much quicker, since the same panel will already have full understanding of the unchanged sections of the rules?