TH to ask an obvious question why does this keep happening to us?It won't be allowed to go quickly, that's the issue.
It's a win-win for the Premier League and the lobbying clubs.
It's a guilty verdict in the first instance, barring City having a strong set of recordings or emails showing this is a witch hunt and irrefutable.
At the very least, they and our rivals know we would appeal until which time we exhaust every avenue up to the High Court.
In the interim, it materially damages us both on and off the pitch. Players we are interested in might look elsewhere, players we have, might demand to move elsewhere.
Commercially, we would be off limits to pretty much everyone but our Abu Dhabi partners.
The timing also conveniently addresses the white paper delay and comes as we still battle for three trophies.
We win something, it is further smeared.
We don't win anything, it has also played its part.
It would be a transfer ban in all but name and clubs such as Chelsea and Arsenal can crack on, while United and Liverpool become more attractive to investors because City's competitiveness is diminished.
Clear and orchestrated, which is why at the very least, it will be medium to short term pain until we clear our name.
We will lose the battle but win the war. Perhaps our rivals are more than comfortable with that.
It will be the same as all those so-called independent public inquiries where the Government appoints their pals from the House of Lords and they never achieve anything.Are you sure the independent panel is going to be PL-appointed? Genuine question, not having a go. I can’t understand how our accusers could be allowed to hand pick those responsible for determining our fate?
Wouldn't be so sure of that - football fans aren't the most analytical on the whole and lap up what a piss poor media throw at them. Other fans tend to love nothing more than another club getting shafted.im looking forward to the challenge TBH,its been brewing for years and now the time is here to show the world what a bunch of corrupt twats are involved in football, from VAR to the top we need to collapse the house and bring them to there knees,football fans across the country know full well about the corruption but have no choice to just brush it aside, my guess is most of the clubs and fans out of the top six would back us with this
I fucking hope so, give these keyboard warriors plenty of shit !!I would hope that common sense prevails here,and none of these mentioned "journalists" turn up at the ground on Sunday,as there could be a few incidents that could take place,I'd suggest they are better hiding behind their keyboards in their kitchens at home.
I'm not condoning violence,but quite a few are putting themselves out there with their ideas on what should happen IF found guilty,which isn't going to go down very well at all.
It will be toxic Sunday around that press box,can see it now
I think there needs to be terms of reference.The Premier League proving City didn't cooperate is as simple as an email asking for some information and the club responding no (or not responding), it's incredibly easy.
Part of the PL rules is fully cooperating with any investigation, so the amount City needed to, was as much as the PL wanted.
Like I said, not cooperating means you've decided it's better to be (correctly) charged and punished for that offence rather than give them what they want.
Here he is on his charger, Cœur de Lion.Sadly we will be judged by a crooked commission chaired by an Arsenal supporter, who will regard Juventus being docked 15 points as a suitable precedent. It looks bad.