Pretty much everything she says in the second paragraph is spot on. It was a reprehensible turn of phrase.
Yes, I know. Perhaps head of the independent commission would have been a better choice of words. But I still believe that his involvement will ensure it will be as fair as it can be.We don’t know if Rosen is on the panel. He chooses it and includes himself or not, as he wishes.
You look at the youtube fans channels and it 3 clubs that go on about and the same 3 clubs whose noses have been shoved out of place :)
The rest of football in this country couldnt give a toss just a shame Newcastle couldnt have done the same and we have more clubs shoving them down the standings.
So having weighed the evidence presented to you, you are now convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that City are innocent of all charges levelled against them.My confidence isn't coming from much said on here, where there is a lot of echoed group bravado. Or anything said by anyone with sources at the club. Or even the actions of the club (going about their business) as someone else mentioned.
It is coming from - partly the club's one and only statement, which is unambiguous and we have seen before with the last time we were found innocent. It is coming partly from a basic ability to read and digest what is available in the public domain. It would take some stretch of logic to believe all those alleged breaches have been committed by an organisation this big and this well oiled (ha, pun). And lastly partly from an ability to ignore those in the media that are either less intelligent, and/or have a clear agenda. Even if that agenda is just their own financial gain through sustained interest, i.e milking it, and not 'deliberately' malicious towards the club.
I do think the PL must think they have something, to have gone this far. I do think there may be some things we don't know that are maybe open to a difference in interpretation, and varying outcomes. But I think the club would not have gone about their business with any intention to deceive, and will be able to prove their side of it. Given all the books and activity have been signed off by various significant bodies, I struggle to think what the PL might have found that nobody else so far has. Other than either misinterpreted accounts (which should be able to be explained) or perhaps those selective spliced hacked emails, which have already been dismissed by CAS and wouldn't really trump official records.
Definitely b) mate, looking back through the thread he's on there daily,I've seen a lot of posts from him on there - over several years.
He is either:
a) not a CITY fan at all, or
b) such a needy fucker that he/she goes to extreme lengths to be accepted / not banned.
I am thinking that it is b) - and that the guy/lass has no self-respect at all. He/she just seems to exult in the many posts from scum fans that mention him/her being "ok - for a blue" - seems to give him/her some sort of 'self-worth' - the needy fucker
This is what I was referring to when I asked are their processes fair or not? Which is it?The only reason I can see not to be confident is that - as you say - the UEFA governance process reflected a 'kangaroo court' - but there was the option of recourse to CAS
The fans of other clubs make a big deal about the EPL process not having that arbitration step and they are hoping that the EPL process will put CITY out of business based on 'evidence' that has been proven to be unsound
That speaks more about the character of those 'fans' - who, by their own words, therefore prefer a rigged system to a fair outcome if it can advance their preference/bias
They can have whoever they want. We've got Paul Harris KC - none better at this, as he proved with the CAS result.Yes, I know. Perhaps head of the independent commission would have been a better choice of words. But I still believe that his involvement will ensure it will be as fair as it can be.
The Premier League has heavily implied, if not outright accused, a lot of people of fraud and perjury at CAS. Imagine if they arrive at an unjust guilty verdict and the Swiss prosecute HHSM of perjury. The PL verdict would have to stand up in a court of law as evidence of perjury at CAS and Rosen knows the implication of this.
I openly admit my year on year falling out of love with the game of football, or more accurately, the business of football. It’s not the game I played for most of my life until I couldn’t run anymore.There are a few of these needy fuckers about. One of them wrote a piece in WSC last summer saying his love for the club wasn't as great even though we won the treble. Can't remember if it related to the money or the charges but it was a pathetic conclusion to a great season.
But others sometime embrace the narrative with shit about "remember where we've come from". It's OK if they mean 10 home goals under Pearce or 35 years without a trophy, but not if they are referencing the single season in the third tier as we've spent over 80% of our time in the top division.