PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Kinkybyname]

I’ve always thought it would be at the end of the season.

deffo would have been if we'd won the title

 

[flb]

Can’t imagine there are many wanting to talk to that wrinkly old ballbag.

He kissed Sue Barker years ago apparently.
Stiff Pilchard

 

[cibaman]

Exactly. He’s made a point that he wants on record how & why the rules are voted for.

Could it be that he wanted it minuted in anticipation of a future battle over legal costs? That he wanted to make clear that City regard the bringing of the charges as malicious and would make that argument when claiming all of their costs?

 

[Father Paul]

Last September it was mentioned that the verdict could come at the end of this season, so could be as late as June, don’t know why everyone thinks it’s going to be March just because Pep said it… he probably doesn’t know much more than we do.

It's getting so so close!!

 

[Mifred]

Congratulations

SOME PEOPLE get all the luck

 

[Eccles Blue]

Rag.

Wow I’m a true BlueMooner now. I’ve been accused of being a rag. It’s like a rite of passage isn’t it? ;-) :-)

 

[Xhavenjoe]

He kissed Sue Barker years ago apparently.
Stiff Pilchard

Bare Suker.

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

deffo would have been if we'd won the title

Will have to be before the end of the season now as nothing can take the glory away from the whole country celebrating the dippers winning the league.
They will not want that to be over shadowed.
Everyone will be having street parties listening to footballs greatest anthem over and over again.

 

[LesBleuMiserable]

It's getting so so close!!

More than you will know (as Pep would say) :)

 

[LesBleuMiserable]

It's getting so so close!!

Not quite imminent yet?

 

[spinney]

Many did you say, to be clear this was in the old days before the 60’s.

I think it had pretty much died out by the time I started going to matches.... late 60s

Quite a few old soaks would say they went to both

A generational thing

Not many purples now

 

[117 M34]

What did Simon cliff say in the PL meeting that he insisted on being minuted?

 

[KS55]

F*ck me...please...this is ridiculous.....you never put sweetcorn or petit pois in a fish pie.

PS - there's meant to be a big gap between 'f*ck me' and 'please'. It's not meant to read 'f*ck me please' JTU! :O)

To accompany fish pie, serve mushy peas.

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

What did Simon cliff say in the PL meeting that he insisted on being minuted?

He said: “All your chickens are coming home to roost next month you bunch of cunts.”

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

The assumption seems to be that Simon Cliff's presence at the meeting yesterday and what he said there is yet another "soft signal" that City are confident of winning the "115 case". The PL does not have a great record of following its own lawyers advice: City most certainly do. But what did Cliff actually mean?

I am certainly not in a position to claim any ability to read or even understand what goes on in his mind but it is intriguing and so I'm going to risk a (probably clumsy and crude) attempt. I believe that our success in the "APT case" came in part because we showed the rules discriminated against clubs with APTs while refusing to consider interest free loans from owners either as "associated" or "related" deals so that they were subject to no FMV control at all. This was clearly not fair.

Now, if City have proved that we have not done anything alleged in the charges brought by the PL Cliff may have issued a chilling warning to PL clubs that we will not stop there. Just as the APT rules were discriminatory and not based on any sporting exception accepted by the courts so the entire PSR are discriminatory because they restrict owner investment and spending but do not restrict debt or the increased spending that historic debt might permit. City's case may be that votes on regulations are "for other reasons" and not in the interest of the PL, which is the responsibility of PL shareholders. Thus, the interests of PL clubs are not the interests of a small cartel of clubs. And some clubs and managers are showing this season that the cartel is trying to "keep them in their place" rather than allow fair, free competition.

 

[nmc]

Could it be that he wanted it minuted in anticipation of a future battle over legal costs? That he wanted to make clear that City regard the bringing of the charges as malicious and would make that argument when claiming all of their costs?

Could also be related to the rushing thru of the APT amendments?

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

Seriously does anyone think anyone at the club knows anything.
I know we all think things like haaland signing etc is a good thing.
But I'm not sure.
I am sure I've had enough though.
It'll all make the outcome even more sweet

 

[mexico1970]

I think it had pretty much died out by the time I started going to matches.... late 60s

Quite a few old soaks would say they went to both

A generational thing

Not many purples now

You'd have to be a real old bastard to remember going to football in 1950, tribalism has pretty much always been a part of match going football fans specially when it's a derby.

There might have been a little entente Cordiale in the post war years because of common purpose but that wouldn't have lasted long other than a few exceptions that aren't the rule.

 

[DelToro]

What did Simon cliff say in the PL meeting that he insisted on being minuted?

“It’s a barm”.

 

[Eccles Blue]

You'd have to be a real old bastard to remember going to football in 1950, tribalism has pretty much always been a part of match going football fans specially when it's a derby.

There might have been a little entente Cordiale in the post war years because of common purpose but that wouldn't have lasted long other than a few exceptions that aren't the rule.

It really isn’t very nice to call an old lady/woman names!!! ;-) it’s a good job I’ve got a good sense of humour. *rofl*