Just my opinion and not shared by many on here it seems.
But the club can do more than one thing at a time.
They can win in tribunals and the courts and they can also play a much better game in the media.
If not an explanatory statement, then they have people like Micah Richards as a City Ambassador. Get him to tweet saying this legal case has nothing to do with the 115 charges, etc. What else are we having him as an ambassador for?
Just allowing silence allows all sorts of shit to be said about the club. Plus, any win in the courts will be ignored by the usual suspects anyway.
Imo, it's time for City to start being tougher with the media in this country because they've got away with crap for far too long.