Media Thread - 2021/22

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

I didn't know that there were issues there.

I wonder of FSG are involved somewhere?

Never forget that FSG actually tried to trademark the name ‘Liverpool’.
They were prime movers in the ESL and they wanted to furloughed their staff during Covid. In a similar vein they came under fire for failing to lend a hand to workers at their Fenway Park stadium who lost their health insurance amid the coronavirus crisis.

A third-party company called Aramark supplied workers for Red Sox games at Fenway Park, but they lost their health insurance after not working the number of hours required. Of course, with no baseball being played, it was impossible, as they couldn’t go to work!

Aramark have been urged to lower their hourly threshold, but with no decision forthcoming, much of the heat has been deflected to the mega-rich Red Sox, who rely on the workers at games, but have been slow to help them in their time of need.

Their baseball team used apple watches to send messages to players in the game, which is strictly against the rules.
They were firmly behind the team wearing shirts in support of Suarez after his racist outburst against Evra.
Illegal approach to VVD, followed by a grovelling apology to Southampton and a promise to drop their interest in him. Signed the following transfer window.

Finally, The Times referred to the hacking scandal as 'the biggest incident of alleged misbehaviour by one top flight club to another in the Premier League's history.'

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

The allegations have been knocking around in public for years but DS liisted three specific ones which were said to be the main part of the PL investigation: state funding (the Simon Pearce email); under-aged players' contracts (Sancho); and Mancini's consultancy work in the UAE in 2009. The PL have never said precisely what they were investigating. DS stated it as fact based on documents they have obtained so I don't think it is speculation. The story has not been denied by the PL either.

Mancini's tenure doesn't even coincide with the Premier League's own introduction of FFP rules?

Not sure what string they are hoping will unravel, but Mancini's renumeration is irrelevant unless they believe the same alleged payments have been made to Pellegrini and Pep?

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Maybe Project River can clarify but I thought there was a statute of limitations on allegations in order to protect the viability of a business I.e. MCFC. This shit is banging on about some stuff over a decade ago. Also if it’s accurate then it’s either been leaked or hacked.

You would think one of the intrepid football hacks might ask the PL if they are conducting an internal investigation into how a German magazine obtained details of their evidence. The judge at the Court of Appeal ruled that broad legal arguments from City and the PL should be published in public (both sides wanted them kept private) but she stressed that details of the underlying dispute ie evidence from both sides should not be made public at this stage. So who leaked the PL details to Der Spiegel in breach of a Judge's ruling?

 

[jrb]

Simon FlintSTONE has wrote his article.

Not linking it. It’s on BBC United Football if anyone wants to read all of it?

While Cas overturned Uefa's ban, City were still heavily criticised for a "severe breach" of regulations by failing to co-operate with Uefa's investigative process.

Others, in City circles, feel these fresh claims are a rehash of what has gone before and the timing of their release has more to do with trying to destabilise the reigning champions before Sunday's crucial Premier League encounter with Liverpool at Etihad Stadium.

"I cannot control what comes from the outside," Guardiola said.

"You understand what an important week we have had with Atletico [Madrid, in the Champions League] and the games we have [coming up], I don't spend one second talking about that [the allegations]."

City believe the latest details are a continuation of previous allegations in relation to Financial Fair Play regulations, which they feel are designed to damage the club.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Mancini's tenure doesn't even coincide with the Premier League's own introduction of FFP rules?

Not sure what string they are hoping will unravel, but Mancini's renumeration is irrelevant unless they believe the same alleged payments have been made to Pellegrini and Pep?

Agreed. The Mancini thing is totally bizarre. I thought he had essentially been paid a retainer in advance of him getting the City job. So what? That's not illegal and it happened before FFP existed. It just seems like total bollocks and it happened 13 years ago!

 

[urban genie]

Now I don't get into this city need to start kicking off slant but this:




A day after this




Is piss poor in my opinion

 

[jrb]

Never forget that FSG actually tried to trademark the name ‘Liverpool’.
They were prime movers in the ESL and they wanted to furloughed their staff during Covid. In a similar vein they came under fire for failing to lend a hand to workers at their Fenway Park stadium who lost their health insurance amid the coronavirus crisis.

A third-party company called Aramark supplied workers for Red Sox games at Fenway Park, but they lost their health insurance after not working the number of hours required. Of course, with no baseball being played, it was impossible, as they couldn’t go to work!

Aramark have been urged to lower their hourly threshold, but with no decision forthcoming, much of the heat has been deflected to the mega-rich Red Sox, who rely on the workers at games, but have been slow to help them in their time of need.

Their baseball team used apple watches to send messages to players in the game, which is strictly against the rules.
They were firmly behind the team wearing shirts in support of Suarez after his racist outburst against Evra.
Illegal approach to VVD, followed by a grovelling apology to Southampton and a promise to drop their interest in him. Signed the following transfer window.

Finally, The Times referred to the hacking scandal as 'the biggest incident of alleged misbehaviour by one top flight club to another in the Premier League's history.'

Nothing to see. Move on.

 

[Don Karleone]

Now I don't get this city need to start kicking off slant but this:




A day after this




Is piss poor in my opinion

Yep just said as much. Should be nowhere near the ground the twat

 

[mat]

Never forget that FSG actually tried to trademark the name ‘Liverpool’.
They were prime movers in the ESL and they wanted to furloughed their staff during Covid. In a similar vein they came under fire for failing to lend a hand to workers at their Fenway Park stadium who lost their health insurance amid the coronavirus crisis.

A third-party company called Aramark supplied workers for Red Sox games at Fenway Park, but they lost their health insurance after not working the number of hours required. Of course, with no baseball being played, it was impossible, as they couldn’t go to work!

Aramark have been urged to lower their hourly threshold, but with no decision forthcoming, much of the heat has been deflected to the mega-rich Red Sox, who rely on the workers at games, but have been slow to help them in their time of need.

Their baseball team used apple watches to send messages to players in the game, which is strictly against the rules.
They were firmly behind the team wearing shirts in support of Suarez after his racist outburst against Evra.
Illegal approach to VVD, followed by a grovelling apology to Southampton and a promise to drop their interest in him. Signed the following transfer window.

Finally, The Times referred to the hacking scandal as 'the biggest incident of alleged misbehaviour by one top flight club to another in the Premier League's history.'

You seem to have put FSG in place of the word "Chelsea"

:)

 

[Manc in London]

So much pain.

For me, this pretty much confirms the source of his bias: the support of another team. It's the same lazy bollocks spouted by LFC fans, and to a lesser extent, United supporters.

He missed out the key reason why we have the highest revenues: we are the most successful team, from the most popular league, over the last decade. It's hardly rocket science. Shirt sponsors don't solely base their valuations on shirts sold. Many millions of people see our shirts every week on TV, billboards, social media etc.. I don't think the ability to see 10k shirts over several months, let's say compared to 1k, on the streets of Bangkok and Chiang Mai, really matters that much. Of course, he thinks success more than 10 years ago is far more important for building revenues. Almost as if he is comparing us to the team he supports.

For him it is about emotion, ignoring rationality and cogency. He's not a journalist. He's a second rate fanzine writer who thinks using Excel gives him credibility.