PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Milesvk]

Yet his August 2011 article pretty much advocates City being permitted to increase the value of the deal over the coming years if we're able to delivery sustained success, which we undeniably have.

He knows, as many others do, that writing negative stories about city gets you more clicks which equals more money. He fancies himself as a bit of a financial guru and probably sounds like it to all sun/mirror/mail readers etc. So he can write stories with a 'gotcha theme' so all the idiots can lap it up, giving him more clicks, more money.
I reckon he knows deep down what the real story is, I'm not having he is a thicko, he is just desperate for money and by the looks of things recently, attention.

 

[homerdog]

Nick Harris


The City fans who are smart enough to know what their club has been doing and still abuse people who point it out: generally blocked and muted. The majority who are just too ignorant to know or who follow "influencer" bullshiter ITKs peddling conspiracies: you have my pity.

Thanks for pointing this out Harris - now all I need to do is try and work out which type of fan I am; a smart abuser, or a pitiful ignorant one.

I think I'll try the former, so fuck off you absolute ****...

 

[homerdog]

It's also similar to what Arsenal got for their stadium and they hadn't won a title for 8 years and didn't look as though they would win one soon.

And still haven't!

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

It's also similar to what Arsenal got for their stadium and they hadn't won a title for 8 years and didn't look as though they would win one soon.

The crying about City allegedly inflating sponsorship deals through the back door has it harmed the rival clubs? The rags have signed a world record shirt deal with Snap Dragon off the back of not winning the league for over a decade and not winning a champions league since 2008, they’ve turned round to bidding companies and said here’s what City get from Etihad so you need to pay X amount more. City have never had the highest shirt sponsors or kit deals and have been the most successful club in the worlds most watched league for the last decade.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Nick Harris


The City fans who are smart enough to know what their club has been doing and still abuse people who point it out: generally blocked and muted. The majority who are just too ignorant to know or who follow "influencer" bullshiter ITKs peddling conspiracies: you have my pity.

Thanks for pointing this out Harris - now all I need to do is try and work out which type of fan I am; a smart abuser, or a pitiful ignorant one.

I think I'll try the former, so fuck off you absolute ****...

Biggest gaslighter on the planet. He is the epitome of a social media influencer who peddles conspiracies. He doesn't get any pity from me though, when all this ends and we're in the clear again I'll piss my pants laughing at his irrational anger and reserve my pity for whoever he takes it out upon.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Biggest gaslighter on the planet. He is the epitome of a social media influencer who peddles conspiracies. He doesn't get any pity from me though, when all this ends and we're in the clear again I'll piss my pants laughing at his irrational anger and reserve my pity for whoever he takes it out upon.

I wonder how many ex City employees he has in his whistleblower witness protection scheme?

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

He was "in" at the club originally was he not? He was probably paid to write it, or "wined and dined" to write it. Something clearly happened afterwards to turn him against the club with an irrational fervour. @Prestwich_Blue and @projectriver may know what that was? Hell, maybe they even caused it :)

It certainly seems very, very personal with him.

It does seem personal but the last time I spoke to someone at City about him (which was probably about 5 years ago) they had no idea why he'd become so vituperative towards us.

 

[ultimateharold]

The crying about City allegedly inflating sponsorship deals through the back door has it harmed the rival clubs? The rags have signed a world record shirt deal with Snap Dragon off the back of not winning the league for over a decade and not winning a champions league since 2008, they’ve turned round to bidding companies and said here’s what City get from Etihad so you need to pay X amount more. City have never had the highest shirt sponsors or kit deals and have been the most successful club in the worlds most watched league for the last decade.

Snapdragon of course being a maker of consumer CPUs the public buy en masse.. Absolutely no benefit to them being a shirt sponsor in terms of sales..

 

[Gary James]

In the podcast with Stefan, I think his problem on how many times this deal has increased over the years with no reasoning behind it whilst still within its 10 year period.
I don't know the ins and outs of accounting practices but I'm sure he thinks this is wrong.

Yesterday he was talking about when the deal was signed in 2011 (rewriting history I suppose we'd call it as his views now are somewhat different to August 2011). The attached image shows what he says about the 'mid table nonentities' actually the FA Cup holders who finished 3rd (same points as second) and had been 5th on 2010. They'd also go on to win the League of course at the end of that season.

In 2011 he talked of the wider site being sponsored (Etihad Campus) and seemed to think that was all fair. He suggested about £20m a year was actually the shirt sponsorship then - he ignores that line now but back then was perfectly happy with it from reading his own words then.

 

[Gazza]

It does seem personal but the last time I spoke to someone at City about him (which was probably about 5 years ago) they had no idea why he'd become so vituperative towards us.

I had one of them but the handle fell off.