PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[citizen_maine]

I’ve already got my review ready on my notes.

"A scintillating read. 5 stars" Manchester_lalala, BlueMoon.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Noticed Delaney has really reigned back ffp now and seems to be concentrating on football strangely. Wonder if legal teams are starting to flex. Also Harris falling from grace at national newspapers to an online blog also snacks of a shift from paymasters not wanting to employ these people.
Remember this? https://www.theguardian.com/comment...ern-football-manchester-city-champions-league
A music reviewer does FOUR YEARS of posts on albums/gigs and on the eve of the final posted that. Fuck em.

Wow, I’ve never seen that article. I find it staggering that articles like that are published about an English football club from a British newspaper. A very bitter Villa fan, seen many of them over the past decade or so.

 

[Iassel]

This made me mad, with the amount of followers Nick had he made libelous remarks that in Stefan's line of work is damaging his reputation when companies look for people in his line of work. Shocked it he lets him off the hook

Stefan has a reasonably high profile role (in certain circles) and I’m sure if he is looking for something new after that assignment nobody will be considering what a weirdo like Harris is saying.

 

[Stoned Rose]

He looks like Rick Astley after two minutes in a microwave
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Looks like he spends all day on the darkweb.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I thought we were using the UEFA model but dumped it for PSR, are we now dumping PSR for the UEFA model again? I'm confused, if that didn't come across in the post...

It'll allow the rags to spend scruffy jim's money so,it's obviously good for football.

So it'll be a sticking plaster over the leak and a fortune on shit arrogant players.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Just listened to the podcast from start to finish. I listened with the sole aim of putting all of the history Nick has (for his twitter and media ramblings) to one side, so as not to bias my opinion of the debate.

At a very simple level, what I took from the debate was as follows;

- From Nick's self intro, it's clear that he sees himself as some sort of Clark Kent style hero journalist, trying to make a name for himself by overturning "dodgy owners" and unscrupulous characters everywhere. He seems so obsessed with that narrative, that he isn't one to let simple things like evidence or facts to the contrary get in his way.

- Whilst Stefan is a self confessed City fan (and hence will have an emotional attachment to the case), it was Nick who came across as the more emotionally attached party, at times it seemed to cause him to lose his composure in the debate and resort to repeating things Stefan had already disproved.

- Stefan seemed much more open minded to the potential that if City are proven guilty they should be punished. Whereas Nick went into the debate closed minded, in his view City are guilty and it's now just about finding the facts or narrative to suit this e.g. He was transfixed on Simon Pearce's email as a sole source of wrongdoing evidence, although Stefan has told him before and during the debate the reasons as to why legally any case cannot rely on emails alone, especially ones sent from outside of the UK.

- Nick continually used terminology which incorrectly implied that things that had been settled on previously were in fact admissions of guilt from city. Although Stefan continuously attempted to correct him, using his legal background, Nick seemed intent on believing his own version of the truth.

- Nick continously tryed to name drop people and CFG "insiders" in an attempt to validate his own opinions. This for me is where he sailed close to potential legal ramifications for himself e.g. Claiming he knew from insiders and other ITK that city had falsified Etihad funding and that city and UEFA had effectively colluded regarding the panel at CAS. Those are pretty serious allegations.

- In general Nick came across, relatively toned down, but also came across like an ex journalist at a large newspaper who's career sadly came to an end, now he's had to go it alone and sees the city case, and his involvement in proving us guilty as his saving grace both reputationally and financially.

I hope you read the above Nick, I've tried to keep it as subjective as possible, as I did on twitter when you banned me. Hopefully you will take this as feedback, it's not healthy or wise to tag your entire working life to obsessing over one goal. I hope you get more of the support and guidance you obviously need in life going forwards.

In a nutshell Nick is a massive dickhead and Stefan had him for breakfast.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Take him to the cleaners, call the idiot out.

It's about time someone stopped this prick in his tracks as he is toxic with his views on city.

Do it mate.

I wouldn’t.

What Stefan and anyone else associated with our club and/or our fan base should do is completely fucking ignore him. Don’t engage him, don’t do interviews with him, don’t tweet him.

Starve the little **** of oxygen and attention.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Hang on a minute blues @projectriver is a big boy. It’s not up to any of us to tell Stefan how he should handle things. He has made his point and the rest is nothing to do with us.

I‘m surprised that Nick, who came over surprisingly measured in the main during the podcast, should now turn into a keyboard warrior making some seemingly outlandish claims against Stefan in writing. It really is a shame and absolutely detracts from an interesting discussion.

I‘m annoyed for Stefan. He doesn’t deserve it.

How are any of you surprised?

It had it written all over it in big fucking neon letters that Harris would do this.

 

[Shirley]

Nick should team up with Migs, what a pair that would be…

 

[LongsightM13]

They're all backtracking now
All about the PL saving a bit of face and Masters saving his job
The word is out