Spot on. There is always, and always has been, political interference. The recruitment process is always political and there are always back channels. The new football regulator will be politically influenced. That said hopefully it will be an improvement on the current totally corrupt structure where a small cartel of clubs control major decisions within the PL leadership team.Despite what people tell us I believe independence in regulatory bodies & arbitrators is a myth—not because laws don’t demand it, but because power, funding, and appointments quietly shape outcomes. True autonomy only exists when no major stakeholder feels threatened; once political, financial, or reputational risks emerge, influence creeps in through soft pressure, strategic delay, or selective enforcement.
Jordan's main source from Club Directors is Levy so you can be very confident that he has been given a heads-up on which way the wind is blowing. I also think Stefan's calm and measured media narrative has had an influence on many in the media. The loons like Delaney and Harris increasingly look like outliers.Also telling that Simon Jordan is suddenly and firmly in the "PL PSR should be completely ditched" camp. Which makes sense to me, tbh. It's taken a while but he definitely likes to be in the right. Eventually.......
Soft signals, I suppose.
Spot on. There is always, and always has been, political interference. The recruitment process is always political and there are always back channels. The new football regulator will be politically influenced. That said hopefully it will be an improvement on the current totally corrupt structure where a small cartel of clubs control major decisions within the PL leadership team.
What’s that famous old saying….Fucking farcical it’s taken this long, assuming it’s taken this long and there aren’t backchannel conversations going on, to limit damage one way or the other, as the determination has already been circulated to the parties.
I know what some legal professionals have said on here on this point, but I am not so dismissive of this suggestion.
Think it’s perfectly plausible the club officially know the outcome.
Still think it’s going to be fine. All logic points towards that.
Absolutely fucking mental two and a half years.
Never a dull day following this football club!
I can see it now,the fat red cartel ponce smirks as he reveals 4 of a kind,only for Khaldoon to show a royal flush….”now fuck off you ****”Undoubtedly there is some talk going on between City and the prem . City seem cool about it all so I imagine they have a good hand at the table
I am 100% sure not one character was written on this decision in the whole of August.
Apparently so because this was too sensitive to be entrusted to any lesser staff (according to a BM Forum answer some weeks ago).Are the panel members writing this thing themselves, though? I find it hard to believe they are sat in front of a computer typing 500 pages. Surely they have staff members working on it and, I don't suppose, none of the staff have the entire month of August off?
You may have replied to this question previously and, if so, I have missed your reply. How did you come to choose your sign in name?I'm city through and through
I clearly get involved in all match threads, transfer threads etc and I'm extremely pro city
I don't think it's been suggested that PSR rules are illegal? Where would that leave pretty much every other football association who have similar rules.Not a deal in the classic sense of a deal to try and make a problem go away before any legal action , but if the prem have now been forced to come to City because it's being proven to them that their rules are illegal and could even be seen as corrupt then they will want to try and see how much of that can be kept out of the public eye, and for that they will be needing Citys cooperation, this is where the likes of Khaldoon and Mansour
Will be striking the best possible deal to ensure the prem never come after us again, and that the prem change how they operate in the future, effectively becoming City's bitches .
Corrected for youJordan's main source from Club Directors is Levy so you can be very confident that he has been given a heads-up on which way the wind is blowing. I also think Stefan's calm and measured media narrative has had an influence on many in the media. The loons like Delaney and Harris increasingly look like outright liars
They will 100% write it themselves in its entirety. Gross dereliction of duty if they don’t.Are the panel members writing this thing themselves, though? I find it hard to believe they are sat in front of a computer typing 500 pages. Surely they have staff members working on it and, I don't suppose, none of the staff have the entire month of August off?
Even if it is dumped by the PL they will still have to comply with UEFA Squad Cost Rules
They will 100% write it themselves in its entirety. Gross dereliction of duty if they don’t.
I don't think it's been suggested that PSR rules are illegal? Where would that leave pretty much every other football association who have similar rules.
I agree. No doubt all of us will be pleased, and we will watch the slings and arrows fly right past us, but it is events on the pitch that we all care about and get passionate about. I won't be celebrating, but I will now reflect upon the number of times that I have told my truth and it has been rejected, with nothing but conjecture and gossip; not for long will that be true.You know what, I'm just thinking about the day we're cleared. For the first time I've realised I won't be celebrating, and I hope the rest of us don't too. When we're cleared we should all be fuming at the whole charade even more than we are now.
Fuck celebrations, that's for those that have "got off". We should never have been charged and we have every right to shout loud about it. That will be the time when we should do nothing but turn up the heating on every other club out there.
Years and years of investigating us and doing their best to sully our name. We now investigate the rest. This is what we as fans need to demand.
Been saying this for some time now, we will not "win " anything, even with the best possible outcome.You know what, I'm just thinking about the day we're cleared. For the first time I've realised I won't be celebrating, and I hope the rest of us don't too. When we're cleared we should all be fuming at the whole charade even more than we are now.
Fuck celebrations, that's for those that have "got off". We should never have been charged and we have every right to shout loud about it. That will be the time when we should do nothing but turn up the heating on every other club out there.
Years and years of investigating us and doing their best to sully our name. We now investigate the rest. This is what we as fans need to demand.