PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[halfcenturyup]

and the award for best masterdebater goes to @Alan Harper's Tash

No it doesn't.

 

[Metal Biker]

Jaysus, last time I checked on this thread the main discussion was about an ex-Villa no-mark stating he believed Pep would leave us if found guilty.

Annabel Tiffin? Really guys?!

 

[Chi-town blues]

No it doesn't.

No one can wank better than him

 

[Rory Bluelow]

Naah, she was linking the development with the Abu Dhabi "state". She is supposed to be a local journalist, she should, and she surely does, know that the investments are in a private capacity. She knew what she was doing and it was poor.

It's the same as the national press does with "state-owned", "state-funded" and the rest and what Neville does with "Abu Dhabi". It's all just to downgrade the success of the club and the impact on the local area. At least I hope it is, because the other alternative is a damn sight worse.

I’ve noticed quite a few media recently referring to us as “Abu Dhabi-owned” which is a bit more nebulous/neutral than “state-owned” which is plainly an untruth. We refer to American-owned clubs all the time but it doesn’t imply the State - so maybe “Abu Dhabi-owned” is a small step in the right direction.

 

[bluemanchester]

It's becoming a boring thread the last few days with people desperately wanting the last word about nothing. Can the mods get this thread back on topic please as I have no wish to read a few posters arguing about nothing all day long.
Thank you for your understanding;-)

 

[Kazzydeyna]

Everyone is a hypocrite in some way, though, Tolmie. I wasn’t doubting you posting honestly, I was just asking for some evidence as I couldn’t find any online and I’m really sorry that your wife had to endure what she did.

I’m sure Martin Samuel has done stuff to make him a hypocrite too, but we’d be happy to overlook that if he’s fighting our corner. That’s how things work these days, sadly.

Delaney has created a character that he can’t shy away from. He’s dug his grave and if we’re exonerated, his name will be mud everywhere.

I wonder if there’s a UAE forum that calls Mansour a hypocrite for being a devout Muslim, yet allows the sale of alcohol in his stadia, or allows the pride flag to be shown.

Having read her response to another blue questioning her motives, I found her reply reasonable and journalists will often ask questions from differing points of view.

Anyway, none of this today was meant as a slight of you, so please don’t think that it was.

Mate, I’m sure you’re a decent lad but she’s never going to shag you.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Mate, I’m sure you’re a decent lad but she’s never going to shag you.

Apologies if I suggested that I’d want to.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

No one can wank better than him

Thanks. It’s taken years of practice.

 

[mancboy]

i read tiffin and i was sorely disappointed to discover that the thread had not descended into cake and on that basis alone rics request to put it back on topic should be adhered to, however if it any point it does descend into cake then ric can feck off lol

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I have no dog here, and I didn’t know anything about her husband. Nor do I really care.

But as a concept, and this could be anyone asking any such question, it doesn't disallow it, but it makes it quite hollow. It would be like asking her if she is comfortable part of her household income is coming from a person with an appaling employment rights record. A basic cheap shot. And journalists private lives do come into it, unfortunate or not, if it concerns accountsbility and pretense of integrity, and perceived hypocrisy can be biggie.

Either way, while I have zero issue with the question, imo it was hardly a big or significant one that nobody has ever asked. She wasn't in this case exercising journalistic integrity or championing anything, she was just trotting out a clichéd overused go-to bit of contraryism for something for people to latch onto, to maintain a bit of relevance. Which, by the number of pages on it, has worked.

She won't be the first or last to do it, Abu Dhabi and MCC won't be the first or last subjects of such questions either. There will always be these issues, these investments, people will always piggyback them for their careers including journalists. The ones that Really care about it and try meaningfully tackle it, tend to be ones you don't hear that much from imo.

Agreed. Regional journalist tried asking a question for what she deemed balance. The rest of the debate was unnecessary in my opinion, but hey ho, it was what it was.