PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[FantasyIreland]

I guess it depends if the club actually thinks that message would be disseminated to any meaningful extent, which I personally suspect it wouldn’t.

Surely educating the average dimwit would be meaningful enough.

 

[M12Blue]

5 Live this morning.......if City do the treble, would United's be considered "Pure"

Just fuck off.

That made me laugh, pure as yellow snow

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

One hopes that the PL hasn't been manoeuvred down the same track. But it's at the very least a possibility that they have, and, for that reason, any media outlets whose coverage doesn't refer to the prospect of City being vindicated are patently lacking in journalistic integrity.

Which covers significantly over 90%, lamentably.

 

[halfcenturyup]

The club's messaging has been incredibly poor on this.

They should have been pushing out via their sources in the press that this is only 4 or 5 incidents that are generating dozens of charges each because of the time period covered.

They should be pushing much harder the idea that the non-compliance is to do with the PL changing the rules on what clubs have to submit in 2021.

They should be briefing people that the club wants this over and done with ASAP.


It's absolutely incredible to me that no one at City seems to have learned from the UEFA saga that their strategy of saying nothing just allows the narrative to be completely taken over by the people shouting loudest on the other side.

Not so sure. Briefing/ leaking is a sign of weakness and may be detrimental to the case. Inconvenient as it is to fans, it's best for the club to keep quiet and let the process take its course.

It's interesting that the PL have started leaking news about City's appeals against the process. Another sign of weakness from them. I suspect everything is going just fine from the club's point of view.

 

[domalino]

I guess it depends if the club actually thinks that message would be disseminated to any meaningful extent, which I personally suspect it wouldn’t.

The fact the Times article last week obviously based on a briefing from City got covered absolutely everywhere and was talked about on every major tv, radio and social media channel suggests otherwise.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Surely educating the average dimwit would be meaningful enough.

Hey ... I already understood it, thank you very much.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Surely educating the average dimwit would be meaningful enough.

How? My dissemination point relates to the media. You think Dan Roan would provide a counterpoint if City briefed the press about the duplication of the charges? He’s not interested in presenting a balanced picture. 115 sounds better than 5. Plus, it’s factually correct, if misleading.

It’s the same reason why this preposterous loophole argument has taken root.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

The fact the Times article last week obviously based on a briefing from City got covered absolutely everywhere and was talked about on every major tv, radio and social media channel suggests otherwise.

Then your argument about the club’s inefficaciousness doesn’t seem to hold very much water.

 

[domalino]

Then your argument about the club’s inefficaciousness doesn’t seem to hold very much water.

How have you worked that out?

The fact that the club released one tiny bit of info and it received extensive coverage just shows that they should be doing it more. They can effectively counter the prevailing narrative, and yet they choose not to, instead allowing Delaney et al. to poison the well so deeply that even if we are found not guilty of all charges the club's guilt is already established to every neutral - and there are plenty of neutrals who don't love City but have no sympathy for the rest of the top 6 either.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Then your argument about the club’s inefficaciousness doesn’t seem to hold very much water.

Fuck me. That's a word I never expected to see on a football forum.

"Argument"

Well done!