PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

tolmie's hairdoo said:
Stefan is blue through and through, his legal mind is just able to take out all the bias and emotions, which is very helpful when it comes to football.

We would all be in a worse place without his input.

The sky is definitely blue ;)
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I think he was one poster who was very much unable to take emotion out of his posting. If anyone challenged anything he said he was like a baby who’d had his rattle taken off them.
 
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Prestwich_Blue said:
If I recall correctly, I criticised something he'd posted (I think it was about wages) calling it "bollocks". He went berserk and aggressively demanded apologies and threatened legal action, I seem to remember. I was a bit shocked by the ferocity of his response so, to keep the peace, I apologised. But he carried on with the aggressive emails and eventually I told him not to contact me again (and I might have blocked his email address). That was about the same time Gary J was getting abuse from him.

Then he seems to have joined up with a Liverpool fan in Littleborough, who was directing abuse against Rabin quite heavily on Twitter (his username was Shitty_Rabin). This guy failed to cover his tracks however, and we unmasked him fairly easily. We even found he'd been abusing one of his own colleagues using another Twitter handle, while talking to her normally using his public one. Clearly a guy with issues, which was surprising considering he was a qualified accountant specialising in education finance, and was vice-chair of a CofE Schools Trust in Rochdale (which he's since stood down from). He's currently a Trustee of another Rochdale Academy Trust.

They made formal complaints to my then-employer that had no foundation, but these were soon seen to be clearly malicious and were dismissed after a brief investigation. It was very unpleasant for a few days though.

They also got others to pile in and it was quite frightening for a while. City got involved and complained to the Football Writers Association and we were advised to look at bringing a civil prosecution for harassment as one lawyer told us their actions met that bar. Everything calmed down after that, particularly as Shitty_Rabin decided to lay low when he realised we knew exactly who he was and that we could end his career. Fortunately we didn't stoop to his level though.
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Just look at some of the wrong’uns who are VERIFIED followers of that shitty_rabin x account
 

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Stoned Rose said:
I think he was one poster who was very much unable to take emotion out of his posting. If anyone challenged anything he said he was like a baby who’d had his rattle taken off them.
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It was because he was dealing, in the majority, with emotional footy fans who couldn't accept unbiased expert opinion.
 
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Stoned Rose said:
It wasn’t mate. It was clearly the ramblings of someone who has never, ever been wrong about anything, ever.
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I'll go with the chap who knows his onions and never thinks he's wrong, rather than the over emotional kfa fan who activates whenever a point is made that doesn't vibe with his carefully constructed version of reality, who never thinks hes wrong. Thanks.

P.s. this isn't about you, btw. Just an off hand generalisation of the foaming at the mouth responders I have seen Stefan having to fend off. No wonder he's bailed...
 
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burning blue soul said:
I'll go with the chap who knows his onions and never thinks he's wrong, rather than the over emotional kfa fan who activates whenever a point is made that doesn't vibe with his carefully constructed version of reality, who never thinks hes wrong. Thanks.

P.s. this isn't about you, btw. Just an off hand generalisation of the foaming at the mouth responders I have seen Stefan having to fend off. No wonder he's bailed...
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The antagonism towards him made me embarrassed to be a long term forum user. The Dunning Kruger effect perfectly demonstrated.

The irony is that he hasn’t said anything different from Tolmie, he’s just used a more cautious tone.
 
Stoned Rose said:
I think he was one poster who was very much unable to take emotion out of his posting. If anyone challenged anything he said he was like a baby who’d had his rattle taken off them.
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Just about to say this. Don’t understand the god like status we allow some posters to have because they what? Talk to other legal professionals? Everyone on here has a hissy fit, some are allowed some not.

The legal/accounting information was great at first but like anything, once the audience becomes educated they can start to pick holes in the once gospel rhetoric. PB has been very educational on erm numbers and shit but doesn’t tend to get the same “protection”. Revenue it’s got to be good for revenue and fan engagement… -:)

So much arse licking its not healthy. But hey, each to their own.
 
burning blue soul said:
I'll go with the chap who knows his onions and never thinks he's wrong, rather than the over emotional kfa fan who activates whenever a point is made that doesn't vibe with his carefully constructed version of reality, who never thinks hes wrong. Thanks.

P.s. this isn't about you, btw. Just an off hand generalisation of the foaming at the mouth responders I have seen Stefan having to fend off. No wonder he's bailed...
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There is a difference between knowing everything about onions and claiming to know when the next batch of onions is going to be delivered. The first is expert opinion which we should all listen to, and the second is speculation on which the poster should expect to be questioned, and treated with the same scepticism, as any other "ITK".
 
Didsbury Dave said:
The antagonism towards him made me embarrassed to be a long term forum user. The Dunning Kruger effect perfectly demonstrated.

The irony is that he hasn’t said anything different from Tolmie, he’s just used a more cautious tone.
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I was just watching & it didn’t appear antagonistic, it’s a forum so you’re gonna come across views from knowledgeable, kfas & those in between. Any of those are entitled to challenge the view point & he would be rude & condescending which is his prerogative but it’s going to invite rude & condescending replies.

Anyway I’m now off to tell a rocket scientist how he can improve the space shuttle ;)
 
I am aware that all my education on the City since Sheikh M came to own us has been via this forum.

I would hazard a guess that the majority of our enemies and the media treat this forum with respect.

I hope Stefan returns, but our other legal experts remain with our accountancy experts they make all of us more aware of how well the Club I have supported over the years through thick and thin is so well run.
Other sectors of business can learn so much from the business plan.
Just an opinion.
 
richards30 said:
Agreed! Fully cleared and sue the relevant people for slander, defamation etc.
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Having spent the last couple of years in expensive legal proceedings, I think the last thing City needs is to spend the next couple of years doing the same again, even if fans want blood. Plus it gives oxygen to those who accuse City’s owners of ‘stifling free speech’. More likely a quiet word with owners of news outlets to remind them that they don’t want that either and leave it at that.

Lone social media posters will probably be left to howl into the wind as it would otherwise increase their profile.

I know a lot would like a scorched earth policy after the announcement but I think they’re going to be disappointed.
 
Gremlin said:
Having spent the last couple of years in expensive legal proceedings, I think the last thing City needs is to spend the next couple of years doing the same again, even if fans want blood. Plus it gives oxygen to those who accuse City’s owners of ‘stifling free speech’. More likely a quiet word with owners of news outlets to remind them that they don’t want that either and leave it at that.

Lone social media posters will probably be left to howl into the wind as it would otherwise increase their profile.

I know a lot would like a scorched earth policy after the announcement but I think they’re going to be disappointed.
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I hope that City just take the win.
 
Stoned Rose said:
I think he was one poster who was very much unable to take emotion out of his posting. If anyone challenged anything he said he was like a baby who’d had his rattle taken off them.
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Although a lot in the thread jumped at every chance to shit on him. In fact he hasn't said anything in weeks, and here we are still shitting on him. But bravado must be maintained at all times, I get it.

I argued some things with him, disagreed on how I saw certain outcomes etc. I didn't have an issue with emotions or upsets, fwiw.
 
Perhaps I am simply not used to forum procedure but the majority of my working life in several sectors of industry has been to never send a comercial Letter to a customer until I had discussed the content with that person.

The objective in business is to get an agreement so the written word can sometimes break the objective or even threaten it's possibility so I made sure it was not a surprise to my customer or supplier.
So a forum is unusual for me because I simply left any direct communication to our legal people
 
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