PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

Blue and true said:
Pardon my ignorance, but why does sending our top lawyer to a PL meeting indicate things have gone in our favour? Could it not be interpreted as the complete opposite?

I'm not digging you out; I don't know the first thing about law, but I don't see your logic?
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It was a routine meeting so it would have been strange if we hadn’t sent someone. And given that these meetings have recently focused on APTs, not surprising that we sent a lawyer.

I suspect that one of the reasons his comments caused a stir was that there was supposed to be an”unspoken” agreement to avoid discussing the massive elephant in the room. They probably didn’t expect Cliff to raise this at the end of the meeting
 
Doctor Jimmy and Mr Jim said:
F*ck me...please...this is ridiculous.....you never put sweetcorn or petit pois in a fish pie.

PS - there's meant to be a big gap between 'f*ck me' and 'please'. It's not meant to read 'f*ck me please' JTU! :O)
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I think peas are ok in a fish pie, sweetcorn not so much, although I can sort of get trying to replicate the chowder vibe.
 
slbsn said:
It is squarely in my soft signal category. Not determinative but the last person you would send if you thought a poor result was imminent is the key lawyer. And frankly, I doubt he would fancy going. For example the current CFO, Ingo Bank could easily go alone. Or Ferran.
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Why wouldn’t he fancy going? Quite frankly, he’s not up to the job if he doesn’t relish going into the lion’s den. I get he’s not a seasoned advocate, but he’s the principal litigation mouthpiece of the club and as such he needs to embrace opportunities to face up to those who have sought to undermine and weaken us.

I’d be hugely disappointed if he wasn’t up for going to the meeting. And if he wasn’t then he needs to be replaced, irrespective of the outcome of the charges.
 
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gordondaviesmoustache said:
Why wouldn’t he fancy going? Quite frankly, he’s not up to the job if he doesn’t relish going into the lion’s den. I get he’s not a seasoned advocate, but he’s the principal litigation mouthpiece of the club and as such he needs to embrace opportunities to face up to those who have sought to undermine and weaken us.

I’d be hugely disappointed if he wasn’t up for going to the meeting. And if he was then he needs to be replaced, irrespective of the outcome of the charges.
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His actions over recent months don't suggest he's a shrinking violet!
 
Damocles said:
Can someone explain the logic here as im not following it?

Why is sending our GC to the PL meeting a sign of confidence? I would have presumed the opposite in my head
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If we do win on all but the most minor charges, we wouldn’t want the PL to appeal the verdict. And we know that those clubs with the most to gain from overturning the verdict will probably want to continue the fight to the bitter end even if they’ve little chance of winning.

It seems to me that Cliff’s intervention was basically a warning to those other clubs with little to gain and an ever increasing legal bill to pay along the lines of “don’t be bullied by them, they don’t have your interests at heart”
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Why wouldn’t he fancy going? Quite frankly, he’s not up to the job if he doesn’t relish going into the lion’s den. I get he’s not a seasoned advocate, but he’s the principal litigation mouthpiece of the club and as such he needs to embrace opportunities to face up to those who have sought to undermine and weaken us.

I’d be hugely disappointed if he wasn’t up for going to the meeting. And if he was then he needs to be replaced, irrespective of the outcome of the charges.
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There was probably a LAG meeting in the morning. He may have been there for that and was invited in. Certainly an interesting and deliberate interjection, though. Anyone know if Soriano was there?

Or was he too busy finalising his new plans for screwing the club's fans?
 
Bluewonder said:
His actions over recent months don't suggest he's a shrinking violet!
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Exactly. I bet he was relishing it, especially given what he’s reported to have said at the end. It’s akin to a footballer not looking forward to a big game.

It’s that’s your mindset then there’s something seriously missing from your game, irrespective of your ability.
 
Eccles Blue said:
I just love(d) football. They wouldn’t let me play it, except on the streets with the lads and even then they tried (but failed) to always have me as goalie so I had to get my football as best I could. City one week, Trafford next.

I don’t need to defend my love for our team but I am not going to deny what I did in my youth when the world was less judgemental. :-) :-) :-)
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Eccles , you don’t need to explain or justify yourself to some of the idiots on here. We remember what it was like 50”s/ 60’s with people going to both grounds.
 
Damocles said:
Can someone explain the logic here as im not following it?

Why is sending our GC to the PL meeting a sign of confidence? I would have presumed the opposite in my head
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Makes me think we flagged something during the case and the response was "well you should have flagged it at the time", so now we will. Every time. Not sure if signifies good or bad.
 
Marvin. said:
Percival Lovell was a famous astronomer who gazed for many years at Mars and was convinced he saw canals.
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Think it was Percival Lowell actually,but you’re right he was absolutely convinced of the existence of canals on Mars,along with a fair few others too.
 
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