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

[M18CTID]

Yeah, I hate how they've regenerated an entire area of Manchester, moved the club's training ground back within the city's boundaries, redeveloped the stadium and supporter facilities, invested heavily in women's football and education for youth players, taken our trophies to the homes and hospital beds of seriously ill Blues...

All utterly charmless and a terrible look for the club.

Yeah but apart from all that....

 

[yerwot?]

What will it take for the ignorant cunts in the media to accept that most of us couldn’t give a fuck as long as we’re winning stuff.

After putting up with years of rags, scousers, chavs and arses pretty much sharing every trophy going between them for two decades I’m making the most of every season!

ignorant should read "bought and paid for" prostitutes, their agenda is evident in every column and soundbite and has been since the pl became such a cash machine for the red bastard trio

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

When I look, I mostly see trophies. I'm more than happy with that look

I can visualise him sitting with a mardy lip as he typed " Abu Dhabi's charmless reign " - the utter ****.

 

[Gazza]

I wonder if other journos think Martin is a bit of a rebel or worse? He certainly never gives them any credit for knowledge of ffp etc.

I don't think he gives a fuck what they think to be honest, it's not like the old days of journalism where you had to plod into work everyday and face each other, he probably hasn't been into 'the office' for years.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Where did this come from?

 

[cheekybids]

I can visualise him sitting with a mardy lip as he typed " Abu Dhabi's charmless reign " - the utter ****.

It means nothing, it’s just utterly charmless writing based on his opinion & not facts.

 

[CC1]

tbh there are so many brilliant bits throughout the whole piece, and everyone of them revealing the dishonesty behind the plans contrived by the PL at the behest of their yank masters.

It’s the best expose I’ve read!!! Says exactly what we blues all know to be true

 

[Jam Tomorrow]

For me these are the three standout comments in Martin's superb article.

"What changed? Well, for a start, burden of proof. It moved from the league having to demonstrate a related party had artificially inflated a sponsorship deal, to a club having to prove it had not. And if it couldn’t, charges would follow on the grounds that “all reasonable care” had not been used to avoid this. So not just a block on the deal, but charges."

"When FFP was initially discussed it was to address debt, which would have hugely affected Manchester United under the Glazers. Then it pivoted, so the bogeyman became owner investment and putting money into football became a bigger crime than taking it out."

"Remember, it’s only dirty oil money when it’s buying players for City. Not when it’s sponsoring Arsenal’s stadium, or is the longest-running commercial partnership at Old Trafford."

And of course Standard Chartered blood money is also fine.

 

[Pontypool Blue]

For the uninitiated can somebody please explain what the following extract from the article means:

per the Premier League rules, the arbitration is being conducted on an ad hoc basis.

As usual, it means the PL will make up the rules as they go along.

 

[journolud]

For the uninitiated can somebody please explain what the following extract from the article means:

per the Premier League rules, the arbitration is being conducted on an ad hoc basis.

If it’s not already been said, making it up as they go along probably