PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[SWP's back]

They were always going to be the headlines I guess.





Literally first two things on my timeline when I opened Twitter.

 

[cheekybids]

a change of rules in offing so media now starting to point out flaws and how much betterer the new system will be for mardarses

Anything that keeps their favourites in place.

 

[Bluesince1979]

I swing back n forth about what i think/hope/dread/ will be.

Part of me thinks, “how can the Prem get this so wrong. Surely the level and seriousness of these accusations means they MUST have something on us. Would they risk the credibility of such a huge worldwide organisation on a whim or at the behest of certain clubs.

Then u swing back to the robust nature in the way City And our powers that be have defended themselves and come out fighting , saying we are 100% innocent and will prove it.

One thing is for sure. One side has got this VERY wrong.

 

[Blue Pete]

There's a UK version of Sox now mate, albeit it wasn't really in place to the degree it is now, 10+ years ago.

I'd also imagine a club as multi national as ours, tries to adhere to as many national corporate governance regulations as reasonably possible.

There's a UK version of Sox now mate, albeit it wasn't really in place to the degree it is now, 10+ years ago.

I'd also imagine a club as multi national as ours, tries to adhere to as many national corporate governance regulations as reasonably possible.

Given the ownership of an American club, I would be shocked if the group didn't follow SOX, and although there is a British version last time I looked (it has been a while) hasn't got anywhere near the reach and mandatory requirements of SOX. (If I remember it was a comply or explain model, unlike SOX comply or get punished)

My point was that an Enron is possible just not in USA, and that it isn't impossible for Companies and their external audit to collude even with SOX. Not that I'm implying in any way the City, its sponsors and its auditors did.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Unfortunately the deeply unpleasant memory of little lord jaw-jaw stuffing his ugly mouth throughout won't leave me

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Elton used to be surprisingly informed about football.

 

[Dirty Harry]

They were always going to be the headlines I guess.





Literally first two things on my timeline when I opened Twitter.

Is anyone that surprised, just change the highlighted words to only ‘IF’ in your mind and it reads much better :-).

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

I swing back n forth about what i think/hope/dread/ will be.

Part of me thinks, “how can the Prem get this so wrong. Surely the level and seriousness of these accusations means they MUST have something on us. Would they risk the credibility of such a huge worldwide organisation on a whim or at the behest of certain clubs.

Then u swing back to the robust nature in the way City And our powers that be have defended themselves and come out fighting , saying we are 100% innocent and will prove it.

One thing is for sure. One side has got this VERY wrong.

The whole world thought Uefa were going to fuck us over, they didn’t understand the time barred elements and the agreements City had reached with Uefa left them no legs to stand on when it went to CAS. Now the Premier League are having ago and once again it looks like they have bitten off more than they can chew. Is this serious law breaking, mass conspiracy on an industrial scale or is this a civil matter for breach of the Premier League rule book? If it’s the latter it limits what the PL can look at and how far they can go back.

 

[TivvyBlue]

One thing that really irks me if the narrative and language used around the alleged offences. If we're cleared, we'll still always be guilty in the eyes of some regardless of what the verdict is and what is proven/unproven in that verdict. It's very much dressed up as we're either guilty or guilty but get off with it. No one has ever pointed to the fact it may all be bollocks. Even if the charges are dropped/we win in court, we'll forever be seen by others as innocent.

 

[Milesvk]

I listened again to the 93:20 podcast with steffan when the CAS decision first came out. I'm trying to think what could the Premier league have on us that's different because the main points was UEFA only had emails with no supporting evidence. So he talks about the esihlat deal being time barred and not concluded by CAS. I think the issue with esihlat was it seemed mansour put up the sponsor money then later recovered from esihlat which I think @Prestwich_Blue has stated this was the case but UEFA accepted that. Could the Premier view this differently and state that this is against their rules and if so would this make it a different fight to UEFA?

 

[standupifyouhatemanu]

Reading between the lines, I'm guessing you might not be a fan of Gary's?

Gary Neville is on the same level as Simon Jordan. An absolute know nowt, who actually believes his opinion carries weight, credibility and merit. Both have an ego as big as their mouths but only speak absolute utter bollocks on subjects they have no knowledge, understanding or experience of at all. He’s a complete and total ****.

Only the last 6 words are relevant