PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[bitterblue78]

United fan trying to be funny over the 115 charges by posting this pic. I replied saying it looks like old traffords roof

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Do we know the Premier League haven’t provided City with any evidence or is this just an assumption? There seems a widespread assumption that it is City dragging things out

Nobody knows anything. People set out their stall and post accordingly.

If you hate City, it’s because we’re dragging it out and if you love City, it’s because we have so much evidence to defend ourselves that it’s bound to take ages.

It‘s highly unlikely we will hear any thy thing until the verdict is made.

In the meantime, there’ll be lots of noise on social media without substance. It’s a useful deflection and copium for fans of clubs that don’t win anymore.

 

[Dribble]

@Dribble What moomba says.

It doesn't come over in that Sun piece but he has consistently and repeatedly highlighted the very high bar for the PL to get this shit through. See his huge contribution to this thread and his podcast/spaces work.

Before CAS there were all his very detailed articles as well.

As someone said the interview was probably edited for effect by the Sun. Looking at it without prior knowledge, it comes across as a former City advisor saying we're royally fucked, but I'm happy to be corrected. )(

 

[OB1]

We have been accused of Fraudulent accounting, cooking the books whatever you want to call it by the prem league . At this point they have produced no evidence of this accusation , also if they did have evidence then by law they should inform the relevant authorities because not to do so is a criminal act in itself, they have not done this either.

This talk of fraudulent accounting needs knocking on the head. City are audited by a reputable firm of auditors, not some little cowboy outfit.

The auditors know what damage could be done to their reputation if City were found guilty of certain charges. They are likely to have contributors to City’s defence and may have gone back to double check some of their prior work. I would also expect them to have resigned from their position if they had doubts about City’s honesty etc but they have remained in place.

 

[1961_vintage]

In the meantime, there’ll be lots of noise on social media without substance. It’s a useful deflection and copium for fans of clubs that don’t win anymore.

And comforting to know that your club won fuck-all because of FFP cheats rather than the fact that you were just not good enough.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

And comforting to know that your club won fuck-all because of FFP cheats rather than the fact that you were just not good enough.

Precisely. The art of losing well has died. There always has to be a reason.

 

[mancboy]

Wouldn't it be libel?

I can't see any scenario whereby the club will be suing the PL even when (hopefully) we are fully exonerated.

it wont happen but it 100% could

 

[CC1]

The Prem want to keep this all in house with their Kangaroo court and officials who support red teams , but it cant, and wont be that way. They are accusing some very big political powerful people of fraud on a grand scale. The Prem see it as a football matter the people accused wont. Are the prem so thick and stupid that they cant see the ramifications of their actions ? This will go beyond football ,the Sheikh and/or Khaldoon only have to move some contracts around and take some away from the government give them to other countries, and Sunak will make this his number one priority, because he cant afford the country losing investment at a time when he needs as much funds in the country to try and buy votes in a looming election .

I’d rather win because we’re innocent- not because of threats to the government by our owners

 

[Chi-town blues]

I’d rather win because we’re innocent- not because of threats to the government by our owners

 

[mancboy]

Precisely. The art of losing well has died. There always has to be a reason.

you only have to look at how managers from certain other clubs take defeat and blame anything from the length of the grass, to the kit and now todays ready made excuse var to know that people dont lose well anymore but as i have repeatedly said, this whole farce is more of an indictment of society in general that people will by and large blame anyone and everyone they can rather than take responsibility for their own failings.