PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[eastmanc]

Great point, they didnt give a toss about Lickle City then.

Who were them two bitter cunts on Sunday supplement about 14 years ago, going on about City being morally bankrupt before the Fulham away match I think.

 

[ufo]

Coach - a form of transport that Liverpool fans are able to throw things at.

Coach- over hyped designer ladies hand bag brand where Richard Masters puts all his rubber dicks

 

[eastmanc]

Alan Green is a ****.

I feel better after that.

You don't hear from him now. Funny that.

 

[burning blue soul]

He might well be - but all the other journalists respect him and know he gets the big stories first.

If he is saying the IC hearing is in the Autumn you can be sure that’s what Arsenal think as well.

If it is the shit show Tolmie is suggesting, I believe the hard arguments have already been had, and there will be an announcement after the season finishes. This will allow the furore to die down over the summer and get lost in the Euro's build up before the new season starts, and it also allows the pl time to get a new patsy in place.
No way this decision gets reported on mid-season.

 

[eastmanc]

Last real chance for these pricks in the media to vent their 115 bollocks as I have a feeling they won't be saying it anymore after this week and it looks like every man and his dog is pulling his plum mentioning it.

Don't leave us hanging.

 

[Bez]

Remember when Summerbee was on Sky and said something along the lines of we are not far off United now and it won't be long before we are coming here and bossing games...and they all laughed at him

Here is the great man saying just that

 

[Keeper!]

Hopefully it will drag on for another couple of seasons, as sadly I fear once we are cleared on all charges , Pep will sail off into the sunset.

The rumours of him leaving at the end of next season are increasing sadly.

 

[argyle]

Just heard Talk shite going on about it being dragged out in the courts. What is it not being heard by an independent tribunal? And the other take on our case is that City should be doing everything to get this case heard earlier. Again I thought the burden of proof lay with the Premier League, we are not driving this they are.

The accused doesn't have to do a damn thing. It's for the accuser to put up or shut up.

They either don't know this and they're incompetant fools or they do know this and they're encouraging everyone to pile on City falsely in which case they are snide twats.

It should be the PL/the independant commission they should be directing their anger at.

This is what annoys me with City. They should be going after this and putting out briefs to journalists over it. Very admirable keeping quiet and not caring about the opinions of sheep, etc, etc. However City are losing in the court of public opinion and it does matter if you want to grow the fanbase.

 

[meltonblue]

The commonly held view is that Mancini was paid 'on the side' via a deal to provide consulting services to another company.
However any manager can do a bit of work on the side and the details of the 3rd party contracts are unknown to the club.
Even if they are known and deemed 'relevant' they are not contracts formed by the club therefore the word 'its' is a problem for our accusers.
If the PL still believe that any club who is even aware of a 3rd party contract should declare that knowledge it is still unrealistic to assume they know the remuneration details or other particulars.


Imagine a manager having a contract with a newspaper to write a column. That contract states they will receive between 500k and 800k depending on subscriber figures and that the pay will increase between 5% and 10% per annum based on company and personal performance...

How are the PL going to determine his pay? Do they expect to see the managers personal bank account or the newspaper accounts?

The issue with Mancini is the club were negotiating (and facilitating payment) on behalf of Al Jazira if the emails are true.

 

[argyle]

If it is the shit show Tolmie is suggesting, I believe the hard arguments have already been had, and there will be an announcement after the season finishes. This will allow the furore to die down over the summer and get lost in the Euro's build up before the new season starts, and it also allows the pl time to get a new patsy in place.
No way this decision gets reported on mid-season.

The hearing hasn't happened yet so there have been no hard arguments.

No indication at all that anything will happen this summer. It's likely that the hearing is in Autumn and the decision in 2025.

Read somewhere yesterday, maybe Orstein, that they're only just preparing witness statements.