PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Coatigan]

That I agree with,but why don't our club put out their own statement which provides more detail and clarity? Downplay the issue,if you like?

I would guess because currently all the talk about the club is about: our success in the league, success in the champions league, performance on the pitch, haaland, inevitability (for some reason the new hot topic), and the 115 charges hanging over our head. In that order.

If the club were to put out a statement, no matter how good or explanatory, the talk would be about: the 115 charges hanging over us, the club statement, the 115 charges, an analysis of the club statement, a reminder of the 115 charges, success in the league, success in the champions league etc. Likely in that order.

I would hazard a guess.

 

[TFC]

Is there a decent explanation of the charges anywhere on here? From what I can gather, not a one has any bearing on us tearing the league a new arse since Pep showed up, yet apparently we've 'doped' our way to success ffs.

 

[cheekybids]

Presumably because the legal team have advised them to stay quiet and that the important thing at this stage is the legal process not the court of public opinion. The public opinion side can be fixed after the tribunal is over.

Agreed, every decision seems to have been made with top legal advice as you’d expect. I’d love to know how it gets fixed later though.

 

[rabby]

haha

Some of the replies on there,holy shit.
One comment was "city fighting back so hard proves they've got something to hide."
The thought of morons like that potentially sitting on a jury, scary stuff.

 

[Blue Llama]

Aren't you just doing the same now on social media. Who knows what the outcome could have been. It could have been a bigger vote for Brexit without social media. We all fall into the trap of half-truths and lies which makes us all stupid people including me and you.
I voted remain btw :) and I don't think we're squeaky clean.
We know Abu Dhabi isn't which is what people latch onto primarily.

That depends on your definition of squeaky clean. Can you expand on why you think Abu Dhabi isn't squeaky clean without using any activities that the UK hasn't tried before?

 

[cheekybids]

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

"Argument"

Well done!

I spend a good proportion of my time on here finding I need a thesaurus, @gordondaviesmoustache threw “lugubrious” at me yesterday :)

 

[halfcenturyup]

I spend a good proportion of my time on here finding I need a thesaurus, @gordondaviesmoustache threw “lugubrious” at me yesterday :)

The bastard. I hope it missed. Yukkkkk!

 

[Coatigan]

Those claiming thw club are doing nothing about this to challenge public perception against the media portrayal of things, may be missing or forgetting Pep's role in all this. He creates bigger waves than the ripples of a media briefing or an online club statement.

 

[threadkiller]

Regardless of the number of charges, if you're found guilty of just 1 then you're guilty of that particular charge only. It could be that I've missed your point entirely though.

And what his mate and patron Lim has done to poor Valencia

I doubt we are whiter than white but anyone would think we have hidden the biggest fraud in history, The reality is that we have undertaken what are global business practices and introduced them into a football enviroment that has been dragging it's knuckles through the dirt for decades. We are likely to have done what any large businesses do, Look for ways to limit our liabilities and to reduces costs by centralising them.

Just as examples:
What about the dippers writing of £40 million on a non existant stadium?
What about the Rags reneging on a friendly that was part of a transfer.

Just consider for a moment, if you listen to many opposition fans they would have you believe we are saying players in secret on top of their reported salaries, then consider the number of players who have left the club some of which have been disgruntalled, you would have thought by now there would have been a whistle blower or something, players will be audited for tax purposes, are we saying all the auditors are in on this fraud as well?

What about sponsors, are we really to believe that the most successful and fasted growing team in England over the last 10 years won't have had large businesses wanting to be associated with them through sponsorship?

Revenue:
Has any club in England earned more prize money through the premier league and CL in the last 10 years than us?

Im on the side of the club, fuck them all.

And don't forget that we can can't possibly be as popular as Arsenal, because Arsenal had a 15 or so year period of (moderate) success 25 years ago. Despite our own, current, period of (reletive) success lasting 11 yrs and counting!

 

[Coatigan]

Agreed, every decision seems to have been made with top legal advice as you’d expect. I’d love to know how it gets fixed later though.

It simply gets forgotten, in time. We all move on.