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It is worth mentioning for the billionth time when people talk about City's Vs United's funding and how unlikely it is that our revenues could overtake United. People mocked City for the first five years of the takeover while the club were quietly building one of the world's best academies...

Clearly. The idea that the Premier fucking League is getting "bullied" and the only way to challenge potentially unlawful and discriminatory practices in a member's club is to petition the members themselves is one of the madder things I've ever heard anyone say in the context of football...

Simon Jordan having a totally normal one I see.

This so naive it's almost sweet.

Ah interesting, I knew it was a phrase that got used a lot in relation to the American constitution and state rights but I hadn't realized it had an earlier coinage! You'd think the red shirts would know this?!

It's not a phrase I'd be using in my local Levenshulme pub, but in private legal document it's not exactly a wildly out of place term. And it's used frequently in press reporting and in political debate...

Tyranny of the majority is from John Stuart Mill's work. You're right, in it's original conception it's about the point that "democracy" can still be a threat to "liberty" eg through majority groups voting to oppress opposition or minority groups. I'm surprised it's caused quite as big a drama...

I didn't think the claim here was that we were against market value, the claim here is allowing market value to be dictated by an algorithm controlled and managed by rival clubs? Am I wrong?

What a mess. Investors can't invest, sponsors can't sponsor, clubs are selling hotels to themselves, every club, us included, are trying to draft the rulebook to give themselves an advantage, rules are being backdated. I don't know why City seems to be getting all the ire on this, the league...

I don't think this framing is unique or special, just came across my timeline, but I think it is as succinct as possible about what is driving so many fans and journalists on this issue.

Handball for the tactics, though he strikes me as the sort of person who could try and take tactical lessons from Monopoly. But basketball is very popular in Barcelona and I think they have a hoop as part of the training facilities at City that Pep plays with the other coaching staff.

What a world.

I'm astonished by how much rival fans have been whipped into a frenzy over this one. Just had a look at Sam's Lee article and fans are wanking themselves silly that we won't exist by Christmas. It's a challenge to a sub-clause that didn't exist in February using emergent interpretations of...

The 115 charges looks horrific if proven and the emails don't make for pretty reading out of context. I don't think this recent scuffle is here nor there in the grand scheme of things?

The reporting on this - from real journos and anonymous "legal expert" twitter knobs - has been fucking atrocious.

I don't think there's a single club in the premier league who wants what is best for English football, us included. But not for the first time you have to say City have been somewhat fair in their gut feeling that the price of "non-cooperation" charges is not having sporting and commercial...

Or secret third option: brother and sister who are banging each other? Or is that Burnley's mascot?

The scary thing about them is they could be anywhere. They look just like you or me (but with their trousers too high, a bit of plastic tape on their glasses, and pens in their pocket).

There won't be any clear info until the IC publish their conclusion and I suspect it will get its very own dedicated thread. Until then treat this as the transfer forum: its shit stirrers, unconfirmed itks, gossip, and journalist brand building!