PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[vincent]

I've had a quick listen back to the City section. Don't think I'd say anything different. Not really sure what Gorton's issue is - most likely stylistic (tough) or a lack of understanding (try to read more on the topic).
Here is the City section (along with grimace):

Jordan is simply repeating what Stefan has articulated and informed him on previous calls. He makes out that he is the expert. Funny.

 

[heslops barnet]

I’d personally prefer Foden’s mom.

Face for radio…..

 

[Keeper!]

Who says we are going to settle? That’s just a speculative option

Exactly, that's why I would be utterly shocked if we take any sort of settlement.

 

[halfcenturyup]

I don't normally watch Talksport but I will give it a look when @projectriver 's piece is up.

Will say this, though. It's a little unfair to expect him to defend City in an environment which isn't controllable, but one could expect mistruths to be corrected. No idea yet if that happened. I am sure he did his best to do that, difficult though it is.

Well, I put myself through it and a few points:

The first six minutes of that audio clip tell you everything about at which demographic the channel is aimed. I doubt they are interested in the minutiae of complicated legal cases.

I am not a fan of going on Talksport anyway, especially White and Jordan. You are on a hiding to nothing trying to clear up ten erroneous facts every ten seconds. The last time @projectriver was on Jordan seemed to be able to behave reasonably and listen occasionally, not so this time. He had his points to make and would talk over anyone to make them.

On the whole, I thought @projectriver did as well as anyone can in those circumstances.

Oh yes, last point. I thought the rumour was that the PL are trying to settle with the club, not that the club are trying to settle with the PL. An important difference and one that could have been made, imho.

Oh yes, one more. He threw the nation state accusation in in the middle of an interruption. That could have been challenged, though I accept the difficulty in correcting quick fire bullshit.

 

[LongsightM13]

I no longer take the piss out of Nick Harris because I'm legitimately concerned about his mental health.

Not a pisstake, pretty much a verbatim quote!

 

[Keeper!]

You know that's not true.

Everytime we have to explain about 'time barred' and 'armies of lawyers' and 'state owned' and '115 charges' etc. to a workmate or rival fan it becomes a little bit more difficult when we've just lost the latest round of the PR battle.

Again it's irrelevant, if the roles were reversed we would be saying exactly the same thing.

 

[Centurions]

If we except a settlement I personally think we are very foolish, and where has this rumour come from?

24 Hours ago the charges were going to be thrown out!!

Unless this is you starting it I wasn't aware there was one?

 

[supercity88]

Disagree, for once he had the upper hand, if you have irrefutable proof you don't settle.

You do if it's commercially beneficial. We don't need a so called "clean name". We're not a person walking the street trying to get a job. As long as sponsors and investors know the position then it's advantageous to just get it done, particularly if it stops the PL having the ability to come after us again in the future. We're guilty regardless of what happens. The PL are in real trouble regardless of what happens. Guilty and we've undermined the competition for a decade. Innocent and they'll be accused of corruption. Maybe they don't care about that so much. It's a better position to be in really.

But maybe we can be cleared of all the big ticket items and allow them to fine us for some accounting error that didn't mean much but still is worthy of a punishment to help pay their legal fees and put some money behind the bar for the Christmas do. I don't think that helps that much either, but if a few of the 115 charges stick then people may give them a bit more credit for due process.

 

[Keeper!]

Unless this is you starting it I wasn't aware there was one?

"According" to Talksport

 

[GortonBlue62]

I've had a quick listen back to the City section. Don't think I'd say anything different. Not really sure what Gorton's issue is - most likely stylistic (tough) or a lack of understanding (try to read more on the topic).
Here is the City section (along with grimace):

I was listening on the radio, so missed the grimace.

It is very difficult, maybe impossible, as that's what he does for a living and despite his attempts to present himself as not anti City it is just an act he hates us with a passion.

They ask you one question and while you are trying to answer they interject loudly with another.

I suppose the correct response from you would be to match their levels of shit housery but I suspect you're too measured and too decent to do that.

What's required is your knowledge and a proper Manchester 'fuck off' attitude. Liam Borsan? Stefan Gallagher?

But realistically you needed to kick back with either "let me finish" or refute his current interjection as loudly and rudely as he made it.