PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

blueste41 said:
The Independent understands that the APT settlement may even represent an end in itself.....

I despise this sentence that has found it's way into journalism, it's a way of offering a pure opinion but making it appear that it's fact!
Sky have a similar one when a presenter says "sources have told me...." that source could be the fukin tea lady who just had an opinion.
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Indeed. It's a typical Delaney sentence and further evidence of his lack of journalistic skills. Total rubbish.
 
I don't think LP would have many emails from fans/journalists before now as no one would actually expect a reply.

That might have changed now however...
 
HelloCity said:
www.independent.co.uk

The falling dominoes that could finally deliver a verdict on Man City’s 100+ charges

A decision is finally expected soon on the infamous Manchester City case, with the recent settlement in the APT case possibly foreshadowing the end of the saga
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk
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Another article that manages to discuss the APT case without mentioning the word "unlawful".

I, also, enjoyed the observation that the "aggressive attitude of City’s representatives in meetings only accentuated this" as though we should show deference and respect to the clubs that are trying to wipe us out of existence.
 
vincent said:
When Edu was at Arsenal…

Arsenal sporting director Edu on Man City & Guardiola: “There are things that unfortunately I cannot say what I feel.
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Twat, alongside the soft arse who walked out without shaking hands at the Etihad. Next game v Arsenal stick them in the away end.
 
Kinkys Left Foot said:
He apparently also couldn't say anything about the "void and unenforceable" rules including "interest free shareholder loans" Arsenal were getting from their owner which we now know were assessed and ruled that they should have been subject to "fair market value" which the PL let them get away with for years whilst at the same time behaving like absolute cunts towards our owners (unlawful, unlawful, unfair) and blocking our business transactions. The hypocrisy of these cunts knows no bounds.
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When talking about arsenal it should always be remembered that they were the ones who introduced the concept of employee benefit loans into football (ie wages disguised as loans to avoid tax) under dein and wenger (all came out when ray parlour was getting divorced iirc) . Neither FA or Premier League looked at it despite the fact that the accounts must have been extremely dodgy assuming they incorporated these "loans". It was the EBT set up by Rangers (to pat loans to players) that led to them being relegated to 4th division in Scotland.
 
Centurions said:
He indicates fuck all really besides banging on about state ownership which doesn't apply to us anyway.

"On the City side, some companies are even known to have been put off potential deals because the case is dragging on.", so which companies are these Miggy?
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Delaney is a total moron. He claims we are “owned by Abu Dhabi.” Yet our owner has been accused of topping up sponsorships from the state owned airline Etihad with his own money. If we were state owned he wouldn’t have to do that. You can’t have it both ways.
 
blueste41 said:
The Independent understands that the APT settlement may even represent an end in itself.....

I despise this sentence that has found it's way into journalism, it's a way of offering a pure opinion but making it appear that it's fact!
Sky have a similar one when a presenter says "sources have told me...." that source could be the fukin tea lady who just had an opinion.
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It's journalistic bullshitery. The one that does my head in is when they say "It is reported that...". Reported by who? The Associated Press or some lonely Liverpool fan in Tromso on his blog read by 2 other developmentally challenged fuckwits?
It's up there with the Daily Mail technique of manipulating emotions by writing headlines that start with "Anger as..." or "Fury as...". If you're telling people what to think regarding the news you aren't reporting the news; you're reporting on, or what you want to be, people's reaction to the news. Which isn't news, it's olds.
 
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Earlyriser said:
I'm not sure what your take on the China ref is. I take it as being that our Govt recognise that we need all the economic friends we can garner hence the collapse of the Chinese spy trial by the Govt's refusal to act. In the same way they do not to upset the rulers of Abu Dhabi by a potential humiliation if a certain verdict was delivered, We need their investment on a whole range of infrastructure projects.
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“It says much that people in the game have started to refer to the collapse of the Chinese espionage trial, and wondered whether there will be government involvement given the geopolitical dimensions though the club’s Abu Dhabi ownership”

Yes you could be right. I didn’t understand it to be honest.

That hints perhaps that he thinks we will be found innocent because the Government has stepped in? Is that a thing that could happen? Can the Government do that? Or is it more likely he will use that as an excuse if we are found innocent?
 
Earlyriser said:
He is not saying he knows what the decision will be but he has introduced a new element into the decision making progress.
Fact: A Football Regulator has recently been appointed though his appointment has been known for a long time .Said appointee is a long-term Labour supporter and donor whose background has been in sports marketing. Do you really think both he and his Govt nominee are going to let the PL screw up a relationship with a major economic investor. It's nothing to do with fantasy conspiracy theory nonsense it's the way the word works
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Fact: The new IFR will have absolutely zero involvement in the case. And that the IFR will intervene outside of its remit having just been set up is another fantasy conspiracy theory. Utter nonsense.
 
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