PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Stoned Rose]

Asside from Goldridge admitting he's received legal correspondence from City.
A Utd fan who finds Goldbridge an amusing arse told me about the confession - but no way was I watching all the rest of his and other's shit to find it!

Point me to the bit where he admits receiving a letter mate I must be missing it?

 

[Silva Citizen]

Fair enough, i can see your reasoning. However, you look at the incident predominantly from a defenders point of view.
Every footballer has a right to challenge for a ball, but whether they can without contravening the laws of the game is the issue.
The defender was,caught out of position because his team was caught out of position. The defender has the legal challenge right to block the shot, but that's not what he did.
Due to his bad positioning and accurate play from City (which by the way is what goals are mostly built upon) he lunged into the attacker, missed the ball took out the player and that constitutes a penalty kick.
I would even go so far as to say it was an out of control challenge that endangered the opposing player.
Apart from the dangerous challenge the exact same scenario happens for the 2nd penalty, and everyone agrees that's a stonewall.
That's how I see it.

I understand the rules and take your point but a penalty given for a foul committed after the forward has completed his play cannot be right in logic. Perhaps in those situations an indirect free kick would be appropriate. Minus you VAR would probably cock that up too

 

[East Level 2]

100%, it would look even worse for the league if they withdrew the charges now, a PR disaster.

I'm not sure it would be a PR disaster.
The PL could simply say there were a lot of charges and they wanted to investigate fully before taking it to a hearing.
Losing in court would be a significantly worse in terms of PR.
It also wouldn't surprise me if City work with the PL to reduce the damage to the PL's reputation. We need the broadcast revenue as much as any other team. The reputation of individual PL officials is already shot to pieces.

 

[BlueAnorak]

100%, it would look even worse for the league if they withdrew the charges now, a PR disaster.

Now, that's a moot point.
A PR disaster now or an even worse one when City are cleared at an actual hearing.
Sometimes it's best to cut your losses.

 

[Keeper!]

I'm not sure it would be a PR disaster.
The PL could simply say there were a lot of charges and they wanted to investigate fully before taking it to a hearing.
Losing in court would be a significantly worse in terms of PR.
It also wouldn't surprise me if City work with the PL to reduce the damage to the PL's reputation. We need the broadcast revenue as much as any other team. The reputation of individual PL officials is already shot to pieces.

Disagree, they took years to bring these charges then just over 12 months later they admit they were wrong.

No doubt both parties will work together on a final resolution but it is looking like we will be the one dictating EVERY detail.

 

[Chi-town blues]

I got in too deep and too far to pull the handbrake on the off topic slide. Won't happen again.
Talking of handbrakes, my Nissan is jumping slightly when I engage the electronic handbrake. Anyone know anything about this?

You got to hit that electronic handbrake 115 times if it’s jumping. Nissan is a certified rag automobile. Lord pannick is the guy for this job.

 

[BlueAnorak]

No. Either the conduct was concealed deliberately in which case the limitation period is basically irrelevant, or it wasn’t concealed deliberately in which case (a) the claim is statute barred and (b) the claim fails on the merits in any event. There’s no middle ground where we get found guilty but not punished.

So your vigourously agreeing with me. :-D
If the attempt to show fraud (criminal law) is not proven than most of it is not proven.

 

[East Level 2]

Disagree, they took years to bring these charges then just over 12 months later they admit they were wrong.

No doubt both parties will work together on a final resolution but it is looking like we will be the one dictating EVERY detail.

The PL will look a bunch of prats whatever happens. We just disagree as to which outcome (losing in court or dropping charges) is the lesser of two evils from a reputation perspective.
I believe that if the charges are to be dropped it will happen just after the end of the season in the hope that the Euros will concentrate minds elsewhere.

 

[M12Blue]

Watching the media in general, I feel there is a clear reduction in talk about our “allegations”. Instead, perhaps, they focus on safer issues such as the goalie’s big “mistake” or Haaland’s “annoyance” at being subbed.
Is it coincidence? Am i imagining it???

Or Bein going on about lack of atmosphere at Etihad and CL final, wtf?

 

[BlueAnorak]

Point me to the bit where he admits receiving a letter mate I must be missing it?

2:02 to about 2:30. He claims he hasn't but his chat partner takes the piss and states the actuality of it.
Classic misdirection to get round the keep quiet clause that was probably included in the letter.