PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[ballbag]

Whenever a scouser moans about City I start my response by asking "What's wrong with a wealthy benefactor coming into a second division club, outspending the opposition and turning a struggling club into a top English and European team?".

This is usually met with "it's just wrong" and a plethora of "no history" and City bingo phrases.

I then explain that I was actually talking about their club and if it was okay for them, what's wrong with someone doing the same thing with a club that had finished in the top half of the Premier League the season before. Usually don't have much to say after.

I've had that conversation and the response I got was:

"But Liverpool had won the league and the FA Cup before they were relegated. Its not the same as City."

They've not got a clue.

 

[Skrastins]

Lol.

Tinbridge lol, crying

 

[Inter Me Nan]

Pricks like Harris and his Associated Press clowns are a pain in the neck but don't understand how many blues get their knickers in a twist by him and the likes of Simon Jordon ! The way they try to discredit us is shameful but in reality there just click bate for justifying their existence! Look if Harris had any factual proof about anything he wouldn't be posting it on.his meaningless Web site he'd be contacting much higher authorities, as for Jordon, he now suggests I guy who is employed in football litigation cases doesn't know what he's talking about ! This font of all football finance knowledge has had one job in football as owner and chairman of Crystal Palace! He almost made them and himself bankrupt he was that capable, he then had his pants taken down by Palace's current owner who bought the club of him at a fraction of it's value as Jordon was desperate for any money ! He's never had employment in football since he's that valuable to it. He now works on a daily football show spouting his flowery wisdom ! He is of no relevance what so ever and doesn't have scubby about anything relating to City or our charges by the Premier League, don't bother replying to arse holes like that that's what they thrive on ! It's annoying and even when we're cleared of these charges they will still try to tarnish our reputation but me for one couldn't give a toss about their likes!

This.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Jordan on talksport now saying 'I believe there is a case to answer' but that City will probably get away with it as there are to many 'powerfull entities, and 'vested interests' for us to be found guilty.

He's changed hus tune since yesterday.

So in effect accusing us and others of wrong doing all the same - you'd think a man so in love with his pseudo intelligent personna would be more careful. We get exonerated and there's going to be quite a few gobshites reviewing their silly statements.

 

[JPAMCR]

If this is the worst Harris has got on us, we've clearly nothing to fear from him.

We’ve nothing to fear from him anyway. He exists ONLY on Twitter and apart from the brainless and sycophants, no one takes him seriously.

Talking bollocks about City is his only job and once it’s over he’ll disappear.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

The mood music on the charges and how daft they are must be starting to sink in if someone is trying to drag up Brahim Diaz and put out a drag net for disgruntled City employees. Isn’t there shit loads of pissed off people at old Trafford, much easier to get a story there.

 

[dennis1976]

Happy to say I got blocked by Harris on Twitter a while ago so no longer have to suffer his bullshit tweets.

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

Face it, if we were still shit, nobody would care. Success brings rewards, this is one of the less attractive ones

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

I listened with interest (and no little admiration) to Stefan yesterday and do accept that the charges brought against us are very serious and that the penalties could be extremely severe should the club be found "guilty". The club could find itself facing serious criminal charges and executives possibly looking at custodial sentences. This seems unlikely and is very much the absolutely worst case scenario. Indeed it appears that the PL will be hard pressed to make any of the charges stick, even though there are 115 of them.

My problem is that my understanding of accountancy is limited (to say the least). In common with other posters I rely on PB to provide us with a professional analysis of the issues involved. Yesterday PB described some of the PL's understanding and conclusions of aspects of our accounts as "pretty desperate" but I believe that he has said on others that some of our sponsorship deals may be open to some question, though I believe his conclusion is that the sums involved are "immaterial". I understand this to mean that City admitted spending so much more than UEFA allowed that the sums involved in "owner investment" were so small as to be insignificant. For me this raises several questions. How many of the charges and what nature of charges would have to stick before the sanctions threatened real damage to our club? I suppose I am raising the question of proportionality. If City had claimed 5% of the overspend as sponsorship income which was disallowed now by the PL I would conclude that this was a minor technical breach and a very minor penalty incurred.

Comments please (PB).

 

[hilts]

Kinnell 60 odd pages because of that video? I actually thought something had happened.