City launch legal action against the Premier League | City win APT case (pg901)

[Rammy Blue]

My gut reaction to this is that we’re not on very strong ground here and that we might lose this action.

If that happens, the whattaboutery around 115 will ramp up off the charts, despite the two cases having nothing to do with each other.

I always get the feeling we’ve got a plan with what we do though, nothing done just for the sake of it.

 

[GornikDaze]

Not a good sign for me, sounds like it's a last gasp attempt to throw off a bad outcome from the 115

Is that your best effort for your 115th post?

 

[domalino]

Were Newcastle in a similar position to ourselves when ffp was introduced by Uefa. They would have wanted to challenge it, but the time that it would have taken to over turn it would have been detrimental to NUFC especially after waiting 3 years for the EPL to accept the Saudi takeover.

This has nothing to do with FFP or UEFA or things 15 years ago.

This is about the rules voted on after the Saudi takeover of Newcastle.

 

[lasereyes]

I always get the feeling we’ve got a plan with what we do though, nothing done just fir the sake of it.

Yeah. The Times article is written to make our claim seem unreasonable (eg why shouldn't deals be valued at FMV?) But to get a real view, we need to look at the actual text of our complaint not a media paraphrasing.

 

[mancboy]

My gut reaction to this is that we’re not on very strong ground here and that we might lose this action.

If that happens, the whattaboutery around 115 will ramp up off the charts, despite the two cases having nothing to do with each other.

I think we are on incredibly strong ground , how on earth do the pl think they have a right to tell a company what they can pay anyone for a sponsorship deal and what is the pls defence that its unfair that this team makes more money than that team, how are the dippers, rags, and arsenal going to justify the standard chartered, team viewer and rwandan deals as fair market value

 

[Coatigan]

please someone break it down really really simply. this good or bad for us regarding 115

Depends largely on the outcome of this.

 

[MCFC1993]

Worth pointing out that City abstained on the vote regarding Associated Party Transactions, City always felt the vote was on shaky legal ground.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Never before have we needed the world’s best PR more. This needs to be spun before the opposite spin gets out of control. The Times have started already. That article has huge undertones.

 

[M18CTID]

Why? The two issues are different. Indeed, this could be a further warning to the PL that we are not taking anymore shit

That’s how I’m reading it too.

 

[cheekybids]

It’s us vs all

My guess is 11 is between 10 & 12…