One thing missing is the constant anti City bike from the media that has been going on for years. Do you think they'll ever let us forget it if the worst case scenario happens?
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PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules
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One thing missing is the constant anti City bike from the media that has been going on for years. Do you think they'll ever let us forget it if the worst case scenario happens?
Cielo Azul
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Give your head a wobbleRelegation and stripped of titles.
Literally shaking and in shock.
Feel sick to my stomach.
Kippax Street 1880
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I’d hate that. If we are to win the title (and that’s a big ‘if’), I want it fair and square otherwise it’d be tainted like Verstappen’s so called first world championship win.
It won't reach a conclusion by the end of this season anyway and we couldnt win a fucking raffle atm so you Gooners just worry about not fucking it up and handing it to the rags first and foremost.
PrezIke
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Wonder if something is going on here with the motivation behind this that we don’t understand just yet.
The problem with the PL seeking to use us as what feels like a scapegoat to throw off criticism of the league as an example of wealth inequality (i.e. PL wealth gap, spending vs. other Europe leagues) and to hide their own flaws in addressing this is that if they go through with this and hand out severe punishment it will be fool’s gold, laced with hypocrisy that could be a sort of nihilistic, pyrrhic type of victory with the costs outweighing the benefits.
Maguire’s tweet on the circumstances with the UK government white paper report on football governance reform also shows plenty of motivation for the PL to show they don’t need an independent investigator from the government.
Combine both Maguire’s claim with Stefan’s tweet and could that not then imply the PL may not truly plan to hand out as severe a punishment from these accusations as we think? In order to provide some cover with hope of the government backing off.
The severity and length of the charges leads me to suspect this may also be about getting City to come to the table to make a deal.
The PL claims we have resisted the investigation, according to their accusations, and we are aware this was the approach with UEFA that led to CAS. Yes, we know the club responded claiming they have cooperated, but that’s surely lawyer talk, as they would never admit they have not, publicly.
If we don’t make a deal and fight it this will drag out and be misery for City, its fans and I’d argue the PL. You don’t want this case lingering around and distracting attention, unless you truly hope to do all they can to prevent City from success as a club, which isn’t entirely out of the realm of possibility for various reasons we could go through easily.
The media are loving this. Never spoil a good story with the facts etc. Loads of speculation from people with no legal knowledge. This is an orchestrated attack on the noisy neighbours. If you can't get as many points as City over 38 games what are your options? UEFA had a go and failed. Now the Premier League are having a go because Man Utd, Liverpool and The Arse are upset. The Premier League may succeed in clipping our wings and this will show the heritage clubs they are trying their best for them. The Premier League was always a vehicle for the old big 3 and these allegations reinforce this view. I just hope City have got their house in order and nullify this garbage. Come on City.
This 100%They want to fuck us all the way back to St. Mark's.
They want only the Cartel Clubs.
Look sat the wankfest over Rags winning a couple of games. That Arsenal V Rags game the commentators were all lamenting on old rivalries returning.
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Relegation and stripped of titles.
Literally shaking and in shock.
Feel sick to my stomach.
Chill out. Even if those were the final punishments handed down if we were found guilty - it will take years for this to play out. You'll send yourself to an early grave at this point.
M18CTID
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Grow a pair ffs!Relegation and stripped of titles.
Literally shaking and in shock.
Feel sick to my stomach.
SkyBlueFlux
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A lot is being made of the volume of breaches. I wouldn’t read too much into that though, there could be a raft of charges that are all interconnected.
For example, if some are related to the way we’ve made payments to players and managers then that probably breaches regulations on payment rules but also consequently leads to breaches in the way financials have been reported for multiple years.
You could have 30 breaches that are all related to the same fundamental difference of opinion and then another 30 breaches that relate to us not complying on investigations relating to that difference of opinion.
For example, if some are related to the way we’ve made payments to players and managers then that probably breaches regulations on payment rules but also consequently leads to breaches in the way financials have been reported for multiple years.
You could have 30 breaches that are all related to the same fundamental difference of opinion and then another 30 breaches that relate to us not complying on investigations relating to that difference of opinion.
And they won at CAS!People inside CFG also thought we were fine in 2014 and nothing would come of the leak documents.
They are bullish 100% of the time which makes them fairly useless as a weathervane.
Maybe they know something more than you do about this subject