PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[eastmanc]

The MEN is a dying institution, scrambling round desperately trying to stay relevant, peddling click bait and trying to appeal to the masses. Certainly when it comes to City it makes no effort to display regional loyalty, which I find incredibly disappointing. The Liverpool Echo is practically a parody and we regularly poke fun at it for its heavily biased reporting of anything relating to its football teams, but there is no doubt whose side it is on. The MEN, on the other hand, sadly is prepared to sacrifice any local allegiance to placate the clickbait masses.

Years ago I had professional dealings with the MEN, it had some great people there and some very good journalists. Its unrecognisable to what it has become now, and if the people responsible for reporting on City aren't ashamed of what they are resorting to, then they should be.

The MUEN are a fucking disgrace.

 

[Norbiton]

I dont understand we may be accused of paying Yaya or his agent off the books but wouldnt pay out for his Birthday cake.

If one of the charges is failing to buy him a cake we can easily disprove that one as well. We did buy him a cake, but his agent didn’t think that was good enough. Don’t understand why the opposite has become the accepted story

 

[spider blue]

The MEN is a dying institution, scrambling round desperately trying to stay relevant, peddling click bait and trying to appeal to the masses. Certainly when it comes to City it makes no effort to display regional loyalty, which I find incredibly disappointing. The Liverpool Echo is practically a parody and we regularly poke fun at it for its heavily biased reporting of anything relating to its football teams, but there is no doubt whose side it is on. The MEN, on the other hand, sadly is prepared to sacrifice any local allegiance to placate the clickbait masses.

Years ago I had professional dealings with the MEN, it had some great people there and some very good journalists. Its unrecognisable to what it has become now, and if the people responsible for reporting on City aren't ashamed of what they are resorting to, then they should be.

Great post mate, the great late Paul Hince springs to mind when you mention very good journalist.

 

[Protein Junkie]

If one of the charges is failing to buy him a cake we can easily disprove that one as well. We did buy him a cake, but his agent didn’t think that was good enough. Don’t understand why the opposite has become the accepted story

I think the issue was that City put in a receipt for a triple layered King Melon cake from Harrods when in reality he got a chocolate cookie from Greggs.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Totally disagree with this.

You seem to be losing sight of the fact that even if we have breached any regulations all we are actually guilty of is attempting to circumvent a set of wholly corupt and iniquitous rules that were only put in place to protect the cartel of established so called "big clubs" and prevent any other club from challenging their dominance.

Whether we agree with the rules or not, rules are rules.

It’d be like a shoplifter getting convicted of nicking a load of clothes from JD then saying “nah mate the rules are snide, so it doesn’t count”.

We signed up to the rules. If we didn’t agree with them we shouldn’t have done.

 

[Bellamy's Caddy]

Great post mate, the great late Paul Hince springs to mind when you mention very good journalist.

Definitely mate, he was one of the people I had in mind. I imagine his take on these charges would have been a great read!

 

[paulchapo]

Whether we agree with the rules or not, rules are rules.

It’d be like a shoplifter getting convicted of nicking a load of clothes from JD then saying “nah mate the rules are snide, so it doesn’t count”.

We signed up to the rules. If we didn’t agree with them we shouldn’t have done.

Well we had little choice but to sign up for the rules as without doing so we wouldn't have been allowed to play in the competition. It doesn't mean we agreed with them. It also doesn't mean that we broke them.

 

[halfcenturyup]

you're wrong, the rule is the rule as written. See the Leicester case where the PL lost due to the rule being written as it is. That is how law works, it's not oh we actually meant this by that rule. The PL are a sloppy organisation and the rules are sloppily written and quite frankly opens the door for the city solicitors to walk through really easily. Again this is all pre 2014 before they cracked down and the rules.

Solicitors?

I've already explained the difference with the Leicester case.

But I am done arguing my case. If I am wrong, the hearing will be finished by the end of this week after the club has presented the filing dates for the accounts and the required future financial information. That isn't going to happen.

And, without wanting to open up a new front, exactly what changes were made to the most serious rules that are alleged to have been breached (the first tranche) after 2014? I think you will find those rules are pretty much the same now as they were in 2009/10.

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

i think tney will make something stick , they just cant be seen to have taken it this far for nothing . This good faith thing seems a grey area

i too trust khaldoon 100%

Many on here put this argument forward in the run up to CAS. But I don't think you were ever one of them kaz. What's changed?

 

[Woody135]

Not really. It is very much a judgement call and could all come down to interpretation of the rules and accounting practices.

That would mean you think there’s a sliding scale on what we’ve been accused of. Like we disguised some owner funding as sponsorship and filed fraudulent accounts and had companies invest billions after due diligence, but its ok because if you interpret the premier league rules this way its kind of allowed.

Of course I dont know but I just can’t believe its this grey. I’ll accept whatever decision comes and any appeal of a guilty verdict* just wont wash for me personally. Im choosing to believe that this process is fair and independent because to not do so is just too big of a conspiracy.

*I’m 99% confident of a non guilty verdict based on the severity of the charges (so serious that its barely believable) and reaction of our leadership team.