PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Keith Moon]

He will also be well aware that if he ends up being wrong, what he said to the in-house TV channel in an end of season chat will be completely irrelevant and lost in the storm.

It'll make a great meme if we lose.

 

[madloaf]

It'll make a great meme if we lose.

And in the end isn't that what all life is about!

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

Please lord let it be this coming week. Put us out of our fucking misery.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Does anyone think the club might have already seen the verdict?

Does anyone think this case is all that complex?

 

[spiny]

But even if you want to go on, we don't know the full list of issues but rest assured you haven't covered them all there nor are they as simple as you assert.

It is also complex because it combines commercial agreements, accounting practice, cash movements, potentially accounting standards, potentially valuations, multi year breaches and therefore questions of intepretation as to rules in any given year, forensic accounting, witness evidence across multiple companies on and on. It is so obviously a complex case.

I share the view that we do not know the "full set of issues".

Khaldoon has stressed the difference between capital growth and cash extraction which seems a fundamental issue and difference between most American club owners and ours.

The legality of certain PL rules challenged by City have been proven illegal. There are complex related issues that will have been raised related to the above.

Increasingly I feel that City have used the charges to broaden the debate adding to the complexity beyond the intial charges. City taking the long view as confirmed yet again by Khaldoon.

 

[DJBusinesscake]

He will also be well aware that if he ends up being wrong, what he said to the in-house TV channel in an end of season chat will be completely irrelevant and lost in the storm.

I think that is a bigger assumption, than assuming he will actually put thought into what he says lol

 

[Sheikh rattle and roll]

Does anyone think this case is all that complex?

Yes obviously it is

 

[madloaf]

Please lord let it be this coming week. Put us out of our fucking misery.

Being a city fan these last few years has been anything but miserable!!

 

[Legalamb777]

Fair enough. We will all see soon with complete clarity, I hope.

‘Soon’

Just saying;)

 

[Centurions]

Does anyone think this case is all that complex?

Does anyone think it will drop tomorrow at 10am?

 

[Rammy Blue]

Does anyone think it will drop tomorrow at 10am?

No, but it’s definitely imminent.

 

[madloaf]

Does anyone think it will drop tomorrow at 10am?

Nah. Next Monday.

 

[waspish]

Does anyone think it will drop tomorrow at 10am?

No I get the feeling it be next year! Or 2030

 

[lefty goldblatt]

What is a 'nod'?

Something that's as good as a wink to a blind bat

 

[asahartford1]

Does anyone think it will drop tomorrow at 10am?

Definitely tomorrow ?

I have alresdy informed all my whats up groups.

 

[Silva61]

There's no way it takes this long to decide whether we did or did not break some competition rules.
The PL will have to accuse the club of fraud, in which case we're off to court and they don't want to go there, whereas we are prepared to if Kahldoons words in the beginning are anything to go by.

 

[SilverFox2]

Does anyone think this case is all that complex?

The case itself looks to be simple enough but time consuming, however the outcome of the legal verdict may cause mayhem whatever it's result.

So maybe like some maths problems they secretly start with the result and try to reach an agreement before fully revealing it.

There again Rome wasn't built in a day but Mr K wasn't foreman on that job.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Yes obviously it is

I was just joking, really, but answer me this. The complexity of the case and the ensuing complexity of the judgment is being used as a reason for the passing of 18 months since the hearing. So, if we are to believe that, one of these must be true:

Commentators were wrong to expect the judgment last summer because they underestimated the complexity of the case, the hearing and the judgment.

Or

They were right to expect the judgment last summer but somehow the level of complexity has increased significantly, and by significantly I mean in a way that has taken three times as long, so far, than was originally expected.

Which do we think it is? Are there any other alternatives?

 

[Silva61]

I was just joking, really, but answer me this. The complexity of the case and the ensuing complexity of the judgment is being used as a reason for the passing of 18 months since the hearing. So, if we are to believe that, one of these must be true:

Commentators were wrong to expect the judgment last summer because they underestimated the complexity of the case, the hearing and the judgment.

Or

They were right to expect the judgment last summer but somehow the level of complexity has increased significantly, and by significantly I mean in a way that has taken three times as long, so far, than was originally expected.

Which do we think it is? Are there any other alternatives?

I believe the PL are having to compromise with certain members whereas we are not, we're awaiting their next move.

 

[Chris in London]

It may be a silly question but is there any scope in this type of hearing for people who are subject to severe criticism to receive advance warning and a chance to respond similar to Maxwellisation in government enquiries ?

It’s not at all a silly question, it’s actually quite common for someone who is subject to serious criticism to be given advance warning and to effectively have a right to be heard before a judgment is made public.

Doesn’t explain 18 months though!