PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[halfcenturyup]

I posted something along these lines, when was it? Seems years ago. Circles within circles. A poster who was an auditor confirmed what I said. Rinse and repeat.

All true. But it does no harm to rinse and repeat these things for people who haven't been as closely involved in this thread as some of us sad sacks, or who have taken an interest recently. We should encourage discussion, I think.

Anyway, I don't think @Prestwich_Blue was being too serious. Just a little mischievous. The rascal.

 

[cheekybids]

I respectfully disagree with your respectful disagreement. You bastard. Actually, I don't.

Of course decisions are taken based on various factors. I am saying that the PL imo had no choice professionally in February 2023, after it had considered all the factors, but to continue.

I think it was a mistake to start an investigation at the same time as UEFA, although I can understand why they did. I think it was a bigger mistake to continue the investigation after the CAS judgment (that was the time to quit and say it had been investigated by the highest court in sport) and I am struggling to see a reason for that other than club pressure. But I don't see proceeding in 2023 as a mistake. Even if you don't buy the "professional" argument, the internal political fall-out of dropping the case would have, imho, outweighed any of the other factors, including the additional costs to be incurred.

2 wrongs don’t make a right…… That reasoning makes perfect sense.

Respectfully yours :)