PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[mscenterh750]

Anyone else have a bad feeling about all this? Worried?

Do I fuck and am I fuck.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Half way through the ‘unofficial partner’ podcast with nick harris and stefan and got to say its the first time ive been genuinely worried about the outcome.
Colin savage is also quoted as saying “yeah ive heard that some of the monies that was supposed to have come from etihad came from elsewhere”

As keeps being said, would the prem league have brought this case of incredible magnitude on a wim or on the say so of the red shirts?

Nick Harris. Seriously, that twister of words. I imagine what @Prestwich_Blue meant, if he did indeed say that, was that the Etihad sponsorship money came from two sources: Etihad's marketing budget and the majority from central funds. It's all explained in the CAS award.

Take a few deep breaths and relax.

 

[oakiecokie]

Fucking hell the wet fannies are out in force this afternoon. Get a fucking grip will yer.

 

[eastmanc]

they were brought in to stop arsenal,united, chelsea and liverpool getting overtaken, we were telling anyone that would listen it was anti competitive, now clubs are getting caught out we are hearing that the rule was only put in place to protect the "big 6" with which we are one of in many peoples eyes, we need as a club and all the supporters to get the message across we told you so, and thats why we are in the position we are in, because we dared to take them on

I agree. On talk shite yesterday some know nowt forest fan actually said that the Premier League were kicking City's case into the long grass to protect us.

 

[manimanc]

Anyone else have a bad feeling about all this? Worried?

Absolutely not.

Let me just try and ease your mind. The Premier league have apparently been investigating us for years. Do you not think even if they found one shred of evidence that we've been fraudulently running things, don't you think they'd have handed over the findings to the relevant authorities who deal with such things?

The Premier League can look for another 25 years and they won't find anything.

 

[Elbow beards]

I agree. On talk shite yesterday some know nowt forest fan actually said that the Premier League were kicking City's case into the long grass to protect us.

Well one of our charges was for having long grass, so you never know :)

 

[wolviedinho]

They must be having sleepless nights at PL HQ. Punish us and it's legal armageddon for them, or exonerate us and confirm they are complete incompetents.
I imagine they're hoping we'll take a fine and a point to help them out.
What a mess they've allowed Gill, Ferguson and Parry to throw football into.

If City do find themselves in the situation you have described then i would hope we are clever enough to ensure that once this unfortunate situation is cleared up, the club demands a seat at the top table alongside the rags and dips. That has been the aim all along, namely to be accepted as a ‘big’ club and not one that is constantly attacked.

They throw us a guarantee and we give them an out. I have feeling that the decision will not be a win for anyone but a well thought out orchestrated plan to allow a convenient settlement. I don’t believe this whole we destroy them and they destroy us dialogue.

A decision that no one is happy with.

 

[bigA]

The longer this goes on, the more I think that the Premier League haven't got any real irrefutable proof of any wrongdoing or they are busy fabricating evidence against us. If they had any conclusive and irrefutable proof then surely the matter would have been dealt with very swiftly indeed.

All this is doing is showing that there is a fucking massive smear campaign being heaped upon the club by parties who are feeling very threatened that their "entitled" positions in the hierarchy of domestic and European football is under severe threat of being taken from them. If or when we beat this case, we need to start bringing those who tried to damage the clubs name, reputation and standing to account. Der Spiegel, Javier Tebas, David Gill, Arsenal, Man United, Liverpool and their other clubs who put their names on that letter, the Premier League and UEFA for starters. They are the REAL corrupt ones, not City.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Look I haven't read this entire thread (who has?). But I've sort of followed this farrago at a distance. Just read @Chris in London 's excellent summary of the state of play. Now something I've never been terribly clear on: in what way, on what grounds, and according to what specific charges does the basis of the PL's case against us differ from UEFA's?
Unless it be that we haven't particularly cooperated with the PL, any more than we cooperated with UEFA (so we're likely to get a hefty fine, or at worst a points deduction).
Or have I get it every which way wrong?
As for the non-cooperation, it has always seemed to me like this, according to the information I've read like everyone else. If a copper came up and arrested you in the street, and took you down the station, and the Detective Superintendent or whoever else said, “You're charged with this. We believe you're guilty, you are guilty, and you are now going to help us establish your guilt”… well, you wouldn't exactly feel cooperative, would you? Why would you cooperate when a) you're firmly convinced of your innocence and b) there is a presumption of innocence until proven guilty?

I think we cooperated initially when FFP started and they did the dirty on us by moving the goalposts right before we posted our accounts and did us anyway. Since then we have treated them with the total and utter contempt they deserve

 

[eastmanc]

Well one of our charges was for having long grass, so you never know :)

And our Premier league badge was too big.