PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

There seems to be a distinctive roseate glow around this poster

Possibly, I was beginning to think I'd stood in something

 

[Elbow beards]

The MUEN have seen the furore over the BBC article and have asked someone to hold their beer....

Man City's 115 charges explained as Premier League hearing date set

Manchester City's case will be heard amid the allegations from the Premier League they have breached 115 Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Why are they just regurgitating the same shit over and over?

 

[Paladin]

Yeah, the people who think there is a secret underground cartel of all the other big clubs and the PL collaborating together to plot our downfall are the rational ones.

Have you not seen the picture of all the other PL chairman and senior execs enjoying a meal together? Or the letter to UEFA signed by nine PL clubs asking them to punish us before the CAS hearing? Or the Arsenal headed letter to the PL signed by them, United, Liverpool and Spurs?

 

[CC1]

I genuinely don't think the Prem are out to "get" us.

In my opinion, the PL have found some kind of smoke regarding the things named (Mancini, Etisalat, player wages etc) and they've rightfully done their due diligence.

However the club refused to cooperate with any investigation. Therefore the PL has reason to believe we're cheating and has no proof that we aren't.

There is no way in hell the businessmen running the club would let it go this far of they didn't have the evidence they needed to exonerate us. If we get proved guilty of everything, it absolutely destroys the clubs standing in football. And I mean actual football, not dickheads who live on Twitter or spend 8 hours a day in front of their podcasting equipment.

I believe we'll take a heavy fine for the non-cooperation and the club are prepared for that as collateral damage.

The PL let it stew too long from the announcement and we're going to let them take the fall for that.

I can’t really agree that the PL were just “doing their due diligence “. They spent FOUR years investigating us using 4 years worth of PL monies & staff time meanwhile other clubs were REALLY failing.

Oh they really did have an agenda AND WERE OUT TO GET US.

What planet are you on that makes you think otherwise? Is it by any chance a red one (in disguise)

 

[johnny crossan]

You're right. I should start foaming at the mouth about league wide conspiracy and searching through other teams boards for things to woman about.

Log off and go touch some grass.

Illiterate, rude and a brickbrain - the rosy glow is getting brighter by the post.

 

[CC1]

Yeah, the PL have found some evidence, we refused to cooperate meaning they have none of this evidence to convict, and now we are paying for that non cooperation. At the same time the PL is not run for the likes of Utd or lfc and City have not upset anyone with our success over the years. Everyone is just doing their due diligence and there are no politics.

Its an alternate world that but I will consider it.

Perfect summary -:)

 

[Lord Blue]

African or Asian?

I'll leave you to guess which would hurt more

 

[CC1]

Exactly.

People have become paranoid to the point where they're convinced it's a kangaroo court waiting to expel us from the league to protect the "cartel".

The PL are going to come out of this with egg on their face, but there is a valid reason as to why they investigated in the first place.

If you see some smoking guns in a clubs finances and they then refuse to help you investigate it, you're going to draw conclusions. If the evidence provided proves us innocent, then the panel will find us innocent.

Yes but there are degrees & sensible options. The PL was at war - they were on a mission on the instructions of several PL clubs such as Arsenal’s letter. It has been way out of control

 

[CC1]

If they are not out to get us why has the PL gone back 15 years into our accounts looking at things like image rights, consultancy fees, sponsor deals (all perfectly legal)? We were cleared by CAS but they have not done this with any other clubs, many of whom have failed FFP on multiple occasions. We have not refused to co-operate with the PL (we did that with CAS for sound reasons).
If the PL leadership has genuine motives then why are people from our commercial rivals still being fed titbits of negative information about our club which are then being leaked to selected people in the media so they can write damaging stories?
If the PL is acting in good faith why did they break up the same allegations of improper accounts into 115 seperate charges over multiple years and then privately brief the media (The Times) in advance of their public announcement. This was designed to cause City maximum damage. They haven't done that with any other PL clubs as far as I am aware.
The current leadership of the PL has been totally compromised by their own unethical behaviour and that's one of the reasons an independent regulator is being introduced. When this case is concluded heads will roll at the top of the PL corporate structure.

Exactly

 

[Lord Blue]

You would hope that the PL are hoping that we are innocent. So that they can protect the PL product whilst also satisfying the cartel that they have done a thorough investigative job but unfortunately we're clean.