I never said they did publicly. But surely you can’t be that naive - there is a difference between PR and the real world. Only fools would foresee no risk at all.
PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules
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This thread has some of the shittest devil's advocating attempts I have ever seen. Pages and pages of it.
Ffs slbsn couldn't be clearer in what he is saying. Whether he is right or wrong, agree or disagree and time will tell. This constant nitpicking in an attempt to catch something out now really is a total waste of time.
Ffs slbsn couldn't be clearer in what he is saying. Whether he is right or wrong, agree or disagree and time will tell. This constant nitpicking in an attempt to catch something out now really is a total waste of time.
halfcenturyup
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Well, of course.
What I suppose some people are finding hard to believe is that they are discussing this with external people who they must know will share it publicly when they have a very clear external communication message in place.
I can just see Dan Roan and the rest amending their traditional "City deny the allegations" quote to "City deny the allegations, but have privately told insiders they are preparing for negative outcomes."
I don't really care much about any of this, tbh, but I am putting forward the position because everyone else is scared of looking stupid, being called a wum or a **** or getting a thread ban. I'm not. Most of that happens all the time.
This is my final reply to this crap. Believe what you like. Believe who you like. Believe I speak to a range of people to get as clear a picture as possible or believe I make it all up. Your call.
But if you think the only time Pannick has engaged in a year on this topic is to reply to Paladin here or that other senior people at City, the PL, in the legal world never talk about the case, you are wrong.
And in any event, it’s not even debatable that every experienced person involved in the case acknowledges there are no guarantees.
End of. Like it or not.
halfcenturyup
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Well, now you've got that off your chest, I'll take it on the chin. You didn't address the point (which purely related to people at the club acknowledging to you that the award may say things they don't like) but that's OK, you don't have to.
And, as you're not replying any more, I get the final word :)
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If that is the case, the PL can charge any club with multiple misdemeanors without recourse.
I suppose they are the rules a club has to agree to.
BlueRockape
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Unless we can prove the charges were malicious?
johnny crossan
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"The Club welcomes the review of this matter by an independent Commission, to impartially consider the comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence that exists in support of its position."
Club statement
Manchester City FC is surprised by the issuing of these alleged breaches of the Premier League Rules, particularly given the extensive engagement and vast amount of detailed materials that the EPL has been provided with.
www.mancity.com
johnny crossan
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It's just a friendly discussion between blues surely?
Pughie
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The fans are obviously very frustrated and impatient now that it's dragging on, and you seem to be bearing the brunt of that frustration, thank you for providing your knowledge and opinions
Apologies. I didn’t realise anyone on here really believed City “welcomed” this whole fiasco. It’s PR not reality. But sure, take it at face value if it comforts you."The Club welcomes the review of this matter by an independent Commission, to impartially consider the comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence that exists in support of its position."
Club statement
Manchester City FC is surprised by the issuing of these alleged breaches of the Premier League Rules, particularly given the extensive engagement and vast amount of detailed materials that the EPL has been provided with.
johnny crossan
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They welcomed the future findings of a panel that would exonerate the club completely in the light of irrefutable evidence. Quite a different matter.
Centurions
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Getting close to 6,000 pages now (12,000 in old money!!!), you could condense the thread down to maybe a dozen pages if you kept only factual or at least well informed speculative posts. I wonder if @jimharri is busy ;)
Centurions
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Probably one or the other.
None of it is welcomed. Not one bit
Matt Diablo
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Our lawyers will find out the result 2 days before the rest of us . . . that day has still to arrive.
Cobwebcat
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What’s going on with this thread? Is it just a result of people wanting to know now rather than continue to wait? Understandable but we should be used to it by now.
I was once told by a lawyer that even the most obvious slam dunk case you have ever seen has a 30% change that the result goes against them.
If that’s true then City can be confident of their position while still recognising everything/something has a chance of going against them.
What’s Slbsn supposed to say?
I was once told by a lawyer that even the most obvious slam dunk case you have ever seen has a 30% change that the result goes against them.
If that’s true then City can be confident of their position while still recognising everything/something has a chance of going against them.
What’s Slbsn supposed to say?
johnny crossan
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Nonsense, two different things. The club and every single supporter will welcome a successful outcome to all this and it will happen soon btw.