PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

Quickly and with utter ruthlessness before the sun goes down on verdict day.

I'm picturing something similar to the end of The Godfather :)

 

[bluemanchester]

I wonder if the Premier League regret the way they've handled this. They're getting more criticism now from fans and the media than they were before the charges were announced. They've taken on a case they cannot win, and are doing immense damage to their own brand in the process. It's been pretty disastrous already for them.

The red tops and spuds consider themselves to be the brand, the others just necessary to make a league. They and Masters did not consider the long term implications for the Premier League of City fighting back. They thought with the shock value of 115 breaches/charges it would be slam dunk over. As time goes on we are seeing a change in attitude and I personally am waiting for a club owner or chairman to break ranks and call out the nonsense that the red tops and spuds have created by their pursuit of a closed shop to the detriment of the image of the Premier League.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I wonder if the Premier League regret the way they've handled this. They're getting more criticism now from fans and the media than they were before the charges were announced. They've taken on a case they cannot win, and are doing immense damage to their own brand in the process. It's been pretty disastrous already for them.

It’s a fucking shambles.

 

[Keeper!]

I'm picturing something similar to the end of The Godfather :)

Prefer Scarface's ending, with Richard Masters taking Pachino's role.

 

[mad4city]

I thought the point was to show who would have won if owner investment was not allowed?

On reflection, you're possibly right. As someone said earlier, it's poorly worded and the thoughts of that lot winning 5-in-a-row, even in am alternative universe horrified me.

 

[Manchester33]

Looks like United must think/know we’re innocent as I can’t see them employing a new CEO who’s heavily implicated in a 10 year conspiracy otherwise

There’s a times article that states he wouldn’t have been involved in any of the alleged rule breaks.

 

[citizen_maine]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GEHUq2MWIAAe-EU?format=jpg&name=large

 

[Dribble]

No doubt. This was a piece I helped write in Feb

“I also think there is a bit of naivety here (from the PL). Of course, they have had the highest quality legal advice from KCs (King’s Counsel for the Premier League) and major legal firms but I wonder whether they fully appreciate the consequences of this scale and breadth of allegations against one of its major clubs – whether they win or lose.”

Ian Mallon: Premier League prosecution of City looks a little naive

So far we can only speculate as to what the Premier League’s case centres on, although it has deliberately obfuscated by issuing vague references to stated rules it says were breached.

www.irishexaminer.com

None of which are entrepreneurial businessmen, so can't think beyond the legal ramifications, & how these affect the commercial & business ramifications of the PL.

This is literally a case of killing the goose that laid their golden egg, just to satisfy the lust of the red top Mafia & Spuds.

You literally couldn't make this shit up!

 

[cheekybids]

The red tops and spuds consider themselves to be the brand, the others just necessary to make a league. They and Masters did not consider the long term implications for the Premier League of City fighting back. They thought with the shock value of 115 breaches/charges it would be slam dunk over. As time goes on we are seeing a change in attitude and I personally am waiting for a club owner or chairman to break ranks and call out the nonsense that the red tops and spuds have created by their pursuit of a closed shop to the detriment of the image of the Premier League.

I remember seeing the Overlap with Steve Parish a few weeks after & you could already see them distancing themselves from the shenanigans & nothing to do with them.

 

[domalino]

Has anyone on here ever made a FOIA request? @Prestwich_Blue seenliel the kind of thing you might have done at some point.