PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Chappie]

That's why you never argue with GDM, the bugger uses words to put you down that you have to Google to find their meaning :)

Bluemoons very own Simon Jordan.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

@projectriver doesn't seem to be going overboard with the Etihad story. He has said it's a subtle sign but I suspect that it's not a silver bullet to make it all go away.

Of course it isn't going to make it all go away. What it would do is show to the world there's been no skulduggery between us and Etihad. Irrefutable evidence that can be scrutinised by everyone before and after the IC.

 

[halfcenturyup]

@projectriver doesn't seem to be going overboard with the Etihad story. He has said it's a subtle sign but I suspect that it's not a silver bullet to make it all go away.

I don't think anyone said it will make the case go away, but it's more noise that the owners (and the sponsors) aren't at all worried by any of this, along with their initial statement and the investment in the North Stand, for example.

It's also interesting how Mullock picked up on this at all.

Edit: Also, this isn't a subtle sign. It's two big fuck off fingers pointed at anyone believing the PL's bullshit.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

That's what has always amused me about the narrative of City's 'expensive lawyers' somehow making it an unfair battle. It's not like the Premier League have got a bunch of Newly Qualified lawyers working on it. That organisation is hardly short of a few quid either!

I think the PL lawyers will be both highly competent and tearing their fucking hair out with the material they’ve got to work with!

 

[Bez]

Maybe something like this will stop the case from dragging on until 2027.

Agreed. A successful IPO may save KC Rosen a lot of bother and will help instigate the rapid demise of Ricky Disasters and his mob.

 

[Asa's left peg]

I don't think anyone said it will make the case go away, but it's more noise that the owners (and the sponsors) aren't at all worried by any of this, along with their initial statement and the investment in the North Stand, for example.

It's also interesting how Mullock picked up on this at all.

Edit: Also, this isn't a subtle sign. It's two big fuck off fingers pointed at anyone believing the PL's bullshit.

I read the Mullock article in a negative light. It gave an air of 'getting off' to it, to me. Where as the Express (god forgive me) article gave an impression of being more factual without the spin.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

Of course it isn't going to make it all go away. What it would do is show to the world there's been no skulduggery between us and Etihad. Irrefutable evidence that can be scrutinised by everyone before and after the IC.

Agreed.

Like the 300 mill investment it shows the confidence of the club in being cleared.

My post was aimed at the giddy element on here :)

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Agreed.

Like the 300 mill investment it shows the confidence of the club in being cleared.

My post was aimed at the giddy element on here :)

Absolutely.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Agreed. A successful IPO may save KC Rosen a lot of bother and will help instigate the rapid demise of Ricky Disasters and his mob.

Naah, there are other allegations besides Etihad, although I am pushed to think how any of the others could affect the true and fair view given by the accounts, which is the crux of the most serious allegations. Without that, we are just looking at non-disclosure and non-cooperation at worst, and then only for those allegations not time limited.

Mind you, I am still not convinced that Etihad affects the true and fair view given by the accounts either, even if the allegations are, in fact, proven to be true, which they won't be.

No, the process will continue to the end, even for Etihad, unless Masters wants to resign immediately.

 

[halfcenturyup]

I read the Mullock article in a negative light. It gave an air of 'getting off' to it, to me. Where as the Express (god forgive me) article gave an impression of being more factual without the spin.

I thought article was OK, although written in a sports journalist don't-know-what-I-am-talking-about kind of way. The headline was poor, though, and later changed to something only half as bad.