PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[halfcenturyup]

A settlement is a settlement. Done, finished and time barred anyway. And City settled for peanuts so not much of a big deal despite the noise on here.

It was the FA for some reason who investigated, anyway.

"A spokesperson said: “The FA carefully considered the evidence received in this matter, including information provided by both clubs involved, and has decided not to progress the investigation.
“This is due to a number of factors including the age of the alleged concerns and the settlement agreed by the two clubs involved.
“As per standard protocol, should the FA receive further information or evidence, the decision not to progress the investigation may be reviewed.”"

Don't think the PL looked at it.

Edit: "The Premier League is not investigating Liverpool’s alleged hacking of Manchester City’s scouting system.

But new chief executive Richard Masters has confirmed that the Football Association is still looking into the matter."

New CEO Richard Masters \0/

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

File under 'bin without reading'. Just another rag/dipper client [I hesitate to use the word] 'journalist' at The Pathetic, pedalling exhausting 'no-one cares about City' nonsense. Whatever, I'm sure a huge survey was conducted to assess the extent of said 'numbness'.........

The point being though, in the context of recent discussion here about world perception of City, this is published in the NYT, regardless of its origins.

 

[M18CTID]

I think there's some truth in that but he doesn't examine the real reason why we don't inspire the hatred of other fans. I think the same could be said of Chelsea, and the reason is obvious;

The fans of united, liverpool and the Arse are insufferable cunts that no one can stand.

Absolutely bang on the money and something I tried to explain to a Liverpool fan on Twitter the other day - that most match-going fans don't hate rival clubs themselves (granted, Klopp's a bellend and the likes of Robertson and Fernandes are horrible twats) but it's the fans of said clubs that they hate far more than those employed by those clubs. And as those three you mentioned all have more cunts in their fanbase than any other club in England, many fans of clubs outside those three will sooner see other teams win over them.

That's not to say we don't have any cunts in our fanbase - of course we do - but the numbers are nothing compared to United, Liverpool, and (to a slightly lesser extent) Arsenal.

 

[Cityfan1977]

They don't have reach, the bullshit headlines are reported in the UK press, nowhere else.

Outside the UK theses charges are irrelevant to the vast majority of football fans.

Manchester City FC outside the UK are treated with the respect we deserve and our football is revered.

no they are not in Norway and Iceland , we are treated like shit

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Sorry about that. Didn’t realise it wouldn’t open.
Here’s a relevant part that shows a particular angle being explored;

This is an unprecedented period of dominance and, in that context, it’s unsurprising that supporters of other clubs have to find their enjoyment in whatever way they can.

And it’s not just the Premier League — City tend to hoover up the domestic cups as well. In the past decade, only seven English clubs have won a major trophy (the Premier League, domestic cups or one of the three European cups). In the previous decade (2005 to 2014), that number was 10. It was 10 from 1995-2004, too, and 13 from 1985-1994.

Essentially, it’s getting harder and harder for non-elite clubs to win anything, let alone the Premier League. Though an honourable mention for Watford, who nearly added to that tally of seven when they reached the FA Cup final in 2019… a final they lost 6-0 to Manchester City.

It goes on about the reasons fans look for any consolation when ultimately they themselves can’t compete.

Then it ends with this;

The weirder thing in all of this is not how much Spurs fans wanted to revel in Arsenal’s misfortune — that’s totally to be expected — but how little feeling City engender in rival fans. As the dominant team in English football, one would expect them to evoke a mixture of hatred and begrudging admiration. As Manchester United and Liverpool once did. Instead, there’s generally a numbness towards City or, often, actually an appreciation for the useful role they perform in denying teams that fans of rival clubs actually care about.

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When you take a step back, the situation is strange. A league that prides itself on competitiveness will almost certainly, by Sunday, have been won by the same team for the last four years and six of the last seven. Oh, and that same team is facing 115 charges for alleged breaches of Premier League rules (which they deny).

I’m not sure how accurate the description of indifference towards us is and although a lot more objective, it still manages to get a different slant on the competitiveness of the league/lack of competitiveness argument.
Poor old Spurs can’t compete, so the best comfort they have is Arsenal not winning either.

Memories of the hatred towards Liverpool and United in their heyday are somewhat exaggerated, however why is engendering less negative emotions in rival fans necessarily a bad thing?

Only a pitifully insecure **** would want his club to feel hated in order to validate their own support. Just take a step back and think how sad that actually is, that people feel better than they otherwise would about the football team they support because some rival supporters hate it more than another club.

That’s about as fucking needy as it’s possible to be in football supporting terms.

 

[Keeper!]

no they are not in Norway and Iceland , we are you treated like shit

We are treated like shit in Norway? With Haaland?

 

[ufo]

Would be interested in knowing whether this is true or whether there are serious omissions in the reporting - Project River anybody else ? The Swedish Rumble stuff not the Harris/ video rubbish)

I’m a twitter journalist and I can confirm sun sets in the west and after sunday comes monday. I graduated from Youtube University of journalism and phd from Facebook journalism college .
Now you all can click my tiny penis .

 

[bennyboy]

Arsenal have as many cunts as rags and dippers.
Noticed a huge increase since the Rodri winner.
If we win on Sunday it will go full dipper mode after the final whistle.
Look at the amount of cunts that were moaning about Spurs despite a very good effort from them the other night.

 

[Cityfan1977]

We are treated like shit in Norway? With Haaland?

yes there was a few articles about City using Haaland for sportwashing purpose.

 

[ufo]

yes there was a few articles about City using Haaland for sportwashing purpose.

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