PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Oldtraffordblue1]

His body language was very telling. He despises our club for some reason. I know for a fact he spread poison about City to his pals in the media. I don't really understand his motivation. He has very strong Liverpool FC links of course but he also worked for the Qatari regime during their World Cup bid and was a Director of New York Cosmos who made trouble for CFG with their attempts to build a new stadium for New York City FC. I am sure Khaldoon knows everything about him though.

I was also told by someone connected in Dubai who is a big Liverpool fan he maybe didn’t steer the Liverpool sale to Dubai but Hicks and Gillett when Dubai offered a better deal, so yes Khaldoon will have his number!

 

[Stoned Rose]

My favourite Kraftwerk LP cover that.

 

[swblue]

My favourite Kraftwerk LP cover that.

 

[Jim Tolmie's Underpants]

Everything ok fella?

Stupendous.

 

[waterfootblues]

I like Tolmie, and he clearly has connections within the club. With that in mind, if he can confidently say that the verdict will be made public within this small window then wouldn't that suggest that the club either know what the verdict is and there is an agreement between City and PL to release it after the season, or at the very least it will mean that the club have been informed that this window is when they will recieve the verdict?

Not sure of Tolmie's connections but would it not suggest the former? I can't imagine hes best mates with all the KCs on the case.

If Tolmie knows then obviously the club knows.

 

[remember arthur mann]

I don't know what the procedure is relating to investigations, but surely the Premier League wouldn't rock the boat this crucial part of the season, that is unless they wanted to sabotage a City title challenge.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I don't know what the procedure is relating to investigations, but surely the Premier League wouldn't rock the boat this crucial part of the season, that is unless they wanted to sabotage a City title challenge.

They’d be sabotaging themselves - even more than they already have.

 

[RiversideBlue]

Afrer getting to page 6418 on this thread even a guilty verdict could be a blessed relief!

 

[remember arthur mann]

Afrer getting to page 6418 on this thread even a guilty verdict could be a blessed relief!

 

[Stoned Rose]

Stupendous.

Lovely to see Gone for a Burton back on the forum.

 

[ArniArason]

If we were as guilty as everyone non-City related says, then surely this would be easy to prove and the verdict would be out by now.

Tolmie says its due after the end of the season and before the world cup. Interesting.

Nobody with any actual knowledge or insight is out there saying we are guilty though. The only ones saying anything are the ones,either saying it out of malice, wishful thinking, ignorance or to fit the red shirt media narrative. I haven't heard a single 'expert' say they think we are guilty (apart from maybe of non-cooperation - again)

 

[East Level 2]

Nobody with any actual knowledge or insight is out there saying we are guilty though. The only ones saying anything are the ones,either saying it out of malice, wishful thinking, ignorance or to fit the red shirt media narrative. I haven't heard a single 'expert' say they think we are guilty (apart from maybe of non-cooperation - again)

Is non-cooperation an offence in itself? Hiding evidence of guilt probably is but is it relevant if we're innocent?

 

[Centurions]

If Tolmie knows then obviously the club knows.

Except that Tolmie didn't say he knows, he said that the people he knows are still feeling super confident (or words to that effect). The club and the PL have not received the verdict yet, there's not a chance in hell that something wouldn't have leaked by now.

 

[SilverFox2]

Is non-cooperation an offence in itself? Hiding evidence of guilt probably is but is it relevant if we're innocent?

Maybe they may think that hiding evidence of our innocence is also an offence.
Based on us wasting their time and money on legal accusations that we could easily have produced before.

 

[SatOnTheWall]

Maybe they may think that hiding evidence of our innocence is also an offence.
Based on us wasting their time and money on legal accusations that we could easily have produced before.

That goes against City’s statement though, that the club have provided a comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence.

 

[Kakhaber The Great]

Afrer getting to page 6418 on this thread even a guilty verdict could be a blessed relief!

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

That goes against City’s statement though, that the club have provided a comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence.

But perhaps we omitted to provide the refutable evidence? ;-)

 

[Father Paul]

That goes against City’s statement though, that the club have provided a comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence.

I just don't see how it could take so long to reach a decision if either side had presented irrifutable evidence. Highly unlikely we will get a verdict until the league is settled but surely we are inching closer to judgement day. I feel the verdict may have something in it for both sides which avoids draconian penalties for us but yields enough justification for them bringing the charges forward.

 

[Newman Noggs]

It's beginning to stretch the limits of credulity now to believe that, barring external factors such as the withdrawal of a panel member, there is still no decision. It's stretching it even more to suggest that the panel will reach their decision, rather conveniently, in the comparitively short period between the end of the season and the beginning of the world cup.

If it were true that, there is that sort of timeline for the decision to be made public, it would suggest that the decision is known, otherwise, what grounds would the parties have to agree to it ?

 

[mattcity5]

I just don't see how it could take so long to reach a decision if either side had presented irrifutable evidence. Highly unlikely we will get a verdict until the league is settled but surely we are inching closer to judgement day. I feel the verdict may have something in it for both sides which avoids draconian penalties for us but yields enough justification for them bringing the charges forward.

I imagine the time taken is more to do with writing up the decisions and reasoning based on the piles of evidence, rather than just making a decision.

The panel have probably had the decision between them for a long time, but they can't release that without thoroughly documented reasoning in a case like this.