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

City are complaining about the rule voted for on 9th Feb 2024.
Rightly so.

They tried to stop us by curbing ownership investment, unheard of in any other business, then when that didn't work, they're now trying to tell us what sponsor we can have and how much they can or can't spend on us to stop us this way.

It's bollocks, i don't give a fuck who likes us but the rules need to be the same for everyone and they simply aren't.

This is the same organisation that lets the chavs spend whatever they like over two seasons, allow them a dodgy sponsor and then let them sell hotels within their group so they can comply with the PSR.

The whole thing fucking stinks and i hope we clean the floor with these racist, corrupt cunts!
 
City really needed to make an official statement, or at least brief their side to a friendly journalist, to counteract some of the nonsense like this that we’re going to see in the coming days.

Bear in mind it’s supposed to be a confidential hearing. This might well all play into our hands a fair bit!

Now we can release a statement given it’s out there and reiterate the point it’s supposed to be confidential and someone’s leaked it (yet again…)
 
https://archive.ph/AxMRI#selection-3019.0-3023.226

‘They know dragging the Premier League to court does immeasurable damage’​

The rise and fall of each dynasty – be it Liverpool, Manchester United or City – is what makes the game so compelling and without which it would just be a monotony of the same hegemony stretching out endlessly into the future.
So annoying reading this horseshit, considering the UK press helped United demonise and diminish the achievements of first Blackburn, then Chelsea and then City during United's reign as the dominant club, for years(all because Fergie had them eating out of his hand). They made out investment was something new, "bought it" became a common phrase, which they'd use to suggest those clubs did something unfair on 'poor honest United'. I worked out, while tearing a Liverpool fan's comment to shreds(after he pulled the 'I hate United but..." bullshit), where he tried boil it down to a "monopoly that lasted 5 years", that:

Without those 3 clubs, who 'bought success' and 'ruined football', United would have won 17 out of the first 21 PL seasons. 1993-2013, 13 titles + the 4 that were "bought"/"stolen" from United.

Since the first PL season ended in 93, maybe it's time we started counting the decades that way, for comparison's sake?

First decade,1993-2002: United won 7 out of 10 titles. They did a back to back twice in the first 5 years and then a 3-peat. Blackburn's single title win(where United were runners up), meant they were the only club stopping United kicking off the PL era with a 5 in a row. And they still moaned and had the press fighting their corner.

Second decade, 2003-2012: United won 5 out of 10 titles, which included another 3-peat. Chelsea in 2006 and 2010, then City in 2012, were the only clubs stopping United rounding off that decade of PL football, with 6 in a row. And again, the press were fighting firmly in United's corner, saying those clubs were harming the league, rather than making it more competitive. Chelsea also stopped Arsenal winning the title in 2005, which probably added fuel to the fire against them.

Third decade, 2013-2022: United won in 2013, which would have marked a 7 in a row for United. City were the only club stopping United(even though they weren't really close or that good) winning the title twice in that decade(2018 and 2021). City stopped Liverpool winning the title 3 times in much closer title races(2014, 2019 and 2022). They won 5 out of 10 titles in that decade. Which included 1 back to back at the mid-way point and they ended it with another.

Fourth decade, 2023-2032: So far, City have picked up the first 2 titles, which marked a 4-peat, which started at the end of the last decade. City have stopped Arsenal winning the title twice, so far(2023 and 2024).

Total times the big sly 3 clubs have been denied titles, by non-big sly 3 clubs(excluding Leicester = no money argument): Blackburn denied United 1(1). Chelsea denied United 2, Arsenal 1(3). City denied United 3, Liverpool 3, Arsenal 2(8).

I've never actually taken stock and thought about it like that before, all 8 times City have won a PL title, a red cartel club had to settle for runners up. But they don't care about City, it's just about clubs following the rules, not about getting rid of City by any means necessary(including foul play)...

The pattern with the press narrative in all of this, seems to be that anyone who stops United, Liverpool or Arsenal winning a title, is ruining football and must doing something wrong.

Although, it was probably always coming after Fergie retired, City's and Chelsea's accumulative effect on United's dominance, could have swiftened their decline and had an influence on the timing of Fergie's departure as manager. It could be said, many clubs, including Spurs and Leicester, did things that might not have been possible without someone breaking up the status-quo. The powers that be, probably wanted an Arsenal or Liverpool to be passed the torch but it was too chaotic for any such plans to be made.

The PL became the most watched league in world football in the 2010s, off the back of the competition brought about by City and Chelsea(even Neville has admitted this, in so many words). I've seen some denying this but who would deny there were plenty of Brits obsessed with Italian football during the 90s? Same as there were with Spanish football in the 00s, where they had Pep's Barca and Real's Galacticos. They were the glamour leagues that were looked up to, in those decades. Now, English football is the league that is looked up to or envied at least and it's not solely off the backs of United, Liverpool or Arsenal, as some "cretins" in the press would tell it.

Edit: I couldn't find a way to fit in the irony of the 'immeasurable damage to the PL' emotional plea. To use their favourite phrase: But what about City?
 
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the PL were indeed warned along with certain other clubs that if there not careful the shit will hit the fan, well here it is in its early stages and my guess is a few arses will be starting to twitch, i have every faith in the club to walk from the 115 and screw them all over in the process, all will be revealed in time but i think we have the four ace's tucked away
 

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