PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Moss Side's Finest]

Have we got any plausible explanation for the content of those emails though? Looks pretty blatant…

Funny how the only posts you ever seem to have made are on this charges thread, the UEFA one and a Ronaldo thread. I'm not going to call you out as red but you seem highly suspicious to me

 

[Kirkstall Blue]

Hardly ambiguous, matey!

Couldn't be clearer.

I am not farming reactions, I'm not earning money from it, learned very quickly that I can't go down the route.

Joined Twitter to fight City's corner against media and others, but also because my job has changed this last year and it affords me less time to devote, as opposed to longer conversations with the bretheren on here.

Yes noticed you post on Twitter about the PL charges came back on here see if I could find you, your doing City a favour there aren’t many City fans helping to stamp down on some of the ridiculous posts about our club Liam Gallagher takes a lot of the fallout. Thanks T. H. :)

 

[ComfySeats]

I don't know who magic hat is.........and at this point I'm to afraid to ask


I would post this as an Andy dwyer meme but I can't be arsed.

 

[jonah62]

lots of people will be visiting the madhouse when we are cleared. these social media warriors and City hater online strongmen...

Samaritans will be taking on extra staff to deal with the mental breakdowns

 

[jonah62]

Every one seems to pull the mental health card these days. It should not be used as an excuse for unacceptable vindictive behaviour. Especially when you see the effects nonsense posted on social media has on others, including our fan base.

Yep
What about the mental health of our fans
Harris is a **** who is instigating a lot of the filth being thrown at our club
The supporters are taking the brunt of the shit because our club is keeping Schtum, just wish the club would at least start going on the offensive against all this shit, we as City fans ,facing on a daily basis

 

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

what an asshole

Arsenal chief Edu admits 'there are things that unfortunately mean I cannot say what I feel' about …

Arsenal chief Edu reflects on the Premier League title race

The Gunners kept pace with Pep Guardiola 's side all throughout the 2023-24 season but were pipped to the title by just two points after a dramatic final day of the Premier League campaign.

www.dailymail.co.uk

They’re all trying it on at the minute. Insinuations that the club will be stripped of titles.

Jürgen Klopp drops Manchester City charges hint at his farewell to Liverpool

Jürgen Klopp said he would join the bus parade if Liverpool were retrospectively awarded the two titles they narrowly lost to Manchester City

www.theguardian.com

 

[RayCTID]

Hopefully our lawyers in charge of defending the club are still taking notes.

 

[Cityfan1977]

They’re all trying it on at the minute. Insinuations that the club will be stripped of titles.

Jürgen Klopp drops Manchester City charges hint at his farewell to Liverpool

Jürgen Klopp said he would join the bus parade if Liverpool were retrospectively awarded the two titles they narrowly lost to Manchester City

www.theguardian.com

even if Klopp thinks that City cheated saying that is something else.

Doesnt surprice me after the "this is bad day for football ".

 

[argyle]

For all the Blues finding this draining chin up Blues.
This is gonna keep coming as long as we’re successful.
We’ve drove a giant tractor ; ) through the establishment.
We’ve not only took food off their tables, we’ve emptied the cupboards and even emptied their secret snack drawer.
No matter what we do we’ll get criticism.
It started with “you’ll never be a big club till you win something”
Done!
“You’ll never be a big club till you win the league”
Done!
“You’ll never be a big club till you win it back to back”
Done!
“You’ll never be a big club till you win the CL”
Done!
Then when they can no longer question our trophy haul it’s “no history” and “no fans”
Then it’s ffp cheats.
Even after being cleared by CAS it’s “time barred” and “you’ve payed them off”
Then we’ve got 115.
Just another way to attack the club and when we GET CLEARED of the latest orchestrated attack we will again hear “payed them off” and “corruption”
When the 115 isn’t getting City or it’s fans to jump from bridges it’s “City have paid off referees and var”
It’ll keep coming Blues no matter what we do.
The good will be ignored and the bad will be jumped on no matter how insignificant it is.
Enjoy the ride, boil some piss and what will be will be.

This is all true.

However the problem is that this stuff isn't consigned to football twitter, which is a cesspit.

The problem is that British sports media is full to the brim with utd and liverpool supporting 'journalists' who act as cheerleaders for them and glorified fanzine writers.

City get little to no credit and little to no headlines - unless negative, which is the charges and the human rights jibes.

There's also an Anti-MIddle Eastern, Anti-Muslim element too. I don't remember Chelsea and the Putin connected Abramovich getting the human rights and sports washing criticisms.

I don't remember Arsenal getting the sportswashing jibe with the Rwanda and Emirates sponsorship? Not utd with their deals with Chinese and Saudi business sponsors.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Assuming the evidence is the second tranche of emails that were released. We dont know what evidence was provided to them in response to that.

Well yes, we can only comment on the "evidence" that we know is out there. I suppose it's possible that the PL has more but I really don't care about the minor charges. If the PL can't prove the major charge (the funding of the Etihad sponsorship) then a lot of the more serious stuff (for example: accounts that don't show a true and fair view, UEFA and PL FFP) fall away. I really don't care if we are "guilty" of splitting salaries, image right issues, youth player nonsense and the rest. All clubs stretch the rules.

I suppose it's possible that the PL has more evidence than we know about. But for the sponsorship, I just don't see how anything definitely incriminating will be in the club's books as, if it exists at all, it will all be held externally and this is where the point on statements and reputations comes in.

I also suppose it's possible, if the club has done as alleged, that executives have been careless in leaving some breadcrumbs lying around the club's records that could act as supporting evidence but it would be mind-bogglingly stupid to leave anything in the club's records that would definitely prove the PL's allegations. The club's executives have clearly been careless a few times but I don't think they are stupid.