PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[johncity]

I think he’s still a rag director.

He’s still a red rag ****

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Well I would have thought they would have been sent to our most venomous critics but they appear to be continuing unabated.

Being our most venomous critic is not the legal test though. It’s whether it’s untrue and defamatory - and from a practical point of view worth the mither. It’s why I (erroneously it seems) thought Goldbridge might have had one. Because he’s said things that are defamatory (imo) and he has a huge profile.

But just because he hasn’t had one doesn’t mean others haven’t. It’s ultimately a judgement call for the club based on a number of factors, but do I think it’s perfectly plausible some types of warning have been sent - yes I do.

 

[Father Paul]

I think they will have been issued against the backdrop of legal advice counselling extreme caution, yes.

I don’t necessarily think they were issued in the knowledge they were doomed to fail, but that they were objectively very likely to, given what is being alleged, and how hard that it to prove, especially viewed through the prism of no discernible probative evidence in the public domain.

I think they were issued on a speculative basis in the hope that they would reveal something. That is never a solid basis upon which to litigate.

So flawed from the outset. And wholly unnecessary, given the outcome of CAS.

And charges that inevitably cast a huge spotlight upon themselves, which unleashed media forces that cannot be contained and caused those charges to become the main talking point of the league as a whole.

Charges that have hugely damaged the PL brand and undermined the credibility of enforcement of its rules against other clubs

Where there has been no palpable progress of the matter in sixteen months.

Against the backdrop of the foregoing, all of which suitably demonstrates the egregiously poor judgement of the key decision makers in the PL, can I believe those decision makers are likely to have ignored warnings to be cautious by their legal advisors?

Yes, I absolutely fucking can.

It has been mentioned on numerous occasions that it is not possible for City to move the case into the realm of the civil courts system. For rexample, to appeal any negative decisions made by the Panel. However, the slow turgid and seemingly disorientated nature of the proceedings of itself must surely indicate a fundamental flaw which damages the clubs rights in law. At this stage surely we must be close to being able to seek, if desired, a full judicial review of the manner in which this process has been investigated and prosecuted by the PL?

 

[chaddblue]

Well I would have thought they would have been sent to our most venomous critics but they appear to be continuing unabated.

Jordan’s opinion (at least the one he puts forward on his show) has definitely changed

 

[Toranaga sama]

Tolmie put his neck on the line yet again.

Hope and pray he's right.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

It has been mentioned on numerous occasions that it is not possible for City to move the case into the realm of the civil courts system. For rexample, to appeal any negative decisions made by the Panel. However, the slow turgid and seemingly disorientated nature of the proceedings of itself must surely indicate a fundamental flaw which damages the clubs rights in law. At this stage surely we must be close to being able to seek, if desired, a full judicial review of the manner in which this process has been investigated and prosecuted by the PL?

JR is not an option because the PL aren’t a public body, they are a private commercial organisation. I’m pretty sure you can only JR an entity that derives its power from legislation. If its powers are founded contractually, as with the PL, then that body is not subject to judicial review.

 

[freshie]

 

[Silva61]

Wasn’t it Khaldoon who told the redshirts not to blame City for their failure?
So many of the mancheaty brigade really have no idea just how badly clubs have been run in the past, and many, eg the rags, still are run like a sweet shop. City come along, manage the thing like a proper company and bingo, we win so we must be cheating.

Can somebody put that video up of Ed Woodward going into the sweet shop.

 

[DMA's]

As a long time reader of this board I really like tolmie and enjoying reading his posts. However I can’t help but feel recently he just posts ambiguous stuff on Twitter to try and farm reactions. Throw enough shit and some of it will stick approach.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Pics ?

Can do.

What position would you like me in?