PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[give it to gordon]

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This is what it's like from all angles every single day. Red dot is me.

"It took time to get the cash together" I think is my favourite rag response so far.

Is he complaining that the Moores family didn't pump enough money in quickly enough ?

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Grobbelaar faces ruin after law lords order £1m libel costs | UK news | The Guardian

The former footballer Bruce Grobbelaar faces financial ruin after the law lords yesterday ordered him to pay the Sun more than £1m in legal costs for his ill-fated libel action against the newspaper.

amp.theguardian.com

Bruce “won” but got hollowed out for the costs no?

That story is so old they are referring to them as Law Lords ffs!

Different rules for costs under the Civil Procedure Rules and Arbitration Act 1996 (which I think this hearing is subject to). The issue of proportionality not being relevant to the latter, for example.

Successful litigants can be liable for some or all of the costs if their conduct merits it, especially if they’ve rejected offers to settle which are more advantageous than what they win, but that won’t be the case here if we’re successful, as our defence will be founded on protecting our reputation and no settlement would satisfy that aspiration.

 

[Groke]

I hope City say we aren’t paying a share of legal costs for effectively prosecuting ourselves

And hopefully any club that wasn’t in the league at the time the charges were brought takes a leaf out of Leicester’s book and says they weren’t a PL club at the time so they aren’t either

Fanciful, but would be amusing

If we win and the PL clubs have to foot the bill, hopefully, the rest of the league will turn on the cartel when they realise they now have to pay for the cartel's campaign - a campaign that is purely in the cartel's self interest as they look to eliminate a commercial rival; they don't give a fuck about anyone else or "fair play".

 

[Rory Bluelow]

365 really, they are the most anti City media outlet out there. They are a disgrace.

They are the worst of bad bunch. Almost as deranged as RAWK. FFS.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Man City FFP: PL rivals 'propose alternative' punishment to 'insufficient expulsion' given 'scale of cheating'

Manchester City's Premier League rivals reportedly 'believe a points deduction would be insufficient’ if they are found guilty of breaching FFP rules.

www.football365.com

Apparently we've already been charged and just being relegated and fined would be too lenient. The "other clubs" want relegation and a points deducted applied for multiple seasons so we can't compete. This a joke of a case and calling for multi season punishment just stinks of "other clubs" not wanting us spoiling their party.

That article is just made up click bait.

 

[Nellies left peg]

I think there’s a good chance that we’ll be awarded costs, or a decent proportion at least, if we win. The idea that we’re going to start suing all of our detractors is fanciful at best though, as you say.

I would imagine if as stated it is a truly independent panel and not filled with rags and dippers, if we are found not guilty they might award costs and possibly damages to our reputation

 

[TonyM]

Might be a silly question but honestly if we are found innocent can the PL get the death sentence?

 

[Nellies left peg]

amazed we havent got a vote on how many weeks months years we think this hearing will run ;)

No doubt the outcome will be announced days before a vital game to try and put us out of our stride as in the past

 

[Blu3m00n91]

I’m not a fan of the idea that we go on the attack and try and sue clubs/people, claim damages etc. Just keep winning trophies and be top of the pile. That’s the best way to piss everyone off.

 

[feelymcfeel]

I’m not a fan of the idea that we go on the attack and try and sue clubs/people, claim damages etc. Just keep winning trophies and be top of the pile. That’s the best way to piss everyone off.

There are two or three clubs that I personally would want to run into the ground, but in general I agree.