PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

Invisible Man's Bandage said:
I still think the time to do it was before any charges had been laid. Too late now other than to demand a fair process from the panel.
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That is what I'm talking about...using leverage if need be to ensure we don't get railroaded...obviously if something blatant surfaces it changes the whole ball game but allowing ourselves to be stitched up is not an option and I would guarantee our group would pursue any avenue available to them to make certain that's not the case.
Actually applying pressure and leveraging the PL in advance of any charges would have been far more unethical and indicative that we may have done something wrong and were simply looking to make it disappear by hook or by crook...that's my opinion...
 
JewelZee said:
That is what I'm talking about...using leverage if need be to ensure we don't get railroaded...obviously if something blatant surfaces it changes the whole ball game but allowing ourselves to be stitched up is not an option and I would guarantee our group would pursue any avenue available to them to make certain that's not the case.
Actually applying pressure and leveraging the PL in advance of any charges would have been far more unethical and indicative that we may have done something wrong and were simply looking to make it disappear by hook or by crook...that's my opinion...
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I think we are both essentially saying the same thing. Leverage to ensure fair process is perfectly legitimate. Economic blackmail less so.
 
Invisible Man's Bandage said:
I'm certain that the panel won't be taking any potential geopolitical consequences into account and I wouldn't want them to either. We are either innocent of the charges after due consideration or we aren't. Why should we get away with something on the basis that our owner wouldn't invest billions in Sizewell if we were punished for example? We as a support base would be outraged if that was the case with a rival club so you have to be consistent.

Obviously I want us to be cleared and for this to finally go away but not on the basis of threats or undue financial pressure. I also think that people are over estimating the influence our owner could bring to bear on the UK government. Yes Abu Dhabi invests in UK projects but the country wouldn't collapse if it didn't.
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Nah bent rules imposed by a cartel run league with a stooge in charge placed there by the red shirts us owned clubs. Use every tool and influence possible. They are playing dirty we shouldn’t worry about how anything is perceived as win or lose we’ll be considered cheats anyway. Win by any means necessary and then rub their noses in it I say!
 
Ducado said:
I’ve seen some threads drift off topic, but this one has been swept away, large chunks of it need to go in off topic, so angry blokes can shout at each other in peace

The only thing worth reading is the opinion of people that actually have an understanding of the situation
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It makes me laugh that fans of other teams who post in here think that nobody spots them sticking the knife in and trying to wind everyone up.
 
Invisible Man's Bandage said:
Regardless of yours or mine personal views I think the time for getting these charges binned on the back of political and financial pressure on the government has well and truly passed by. If the government was then going to lean on the PL then the time to do that was before '115' charges were laid.

Clearly the PL weren't giving it any consideration and the independent panel will not even entertain it. They will reach a conclusion based on what's before them.
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Your wumming is absolutely bobbins.
 
Stoned Rose said:
Your wumming is absolutely bobbins.
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Er....I don't think so.

Not wumming but offering a view that even if our owner could force the UK government to get these charges to go away the time to do that was before they were laid and not now they have gone to an independent panel. I'll leave it there as it's just an opinion and no more or less valid than any other viewpoint.
 
Invisible Man's Bandage said:
Er....I don't think so.

Not wumming but offering a view that even if our owner could force the UK government to get these charges to go away the time to do that was before they were laid and not now they have gone to an independent panel. I'll leave it there as it's just an opinion and no more or less valid than any other viewpoint.
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From memory, they didn't even tell us they were charging us until about half an hour before they published them, so I doubt they let whoever was PM of the week know first
 
citizen_maine said:
From memory, they didn't even tell us they were charging us until about half an hour before they published them, so I doubt they let whoever was PM of the week know first
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True but they had been investigating us for four years seemingly before the charges were announced. I'm sure our hierarchy were well aware of this even if the timing and number of charges were a surprise.
 
GaudinoMotors said:
It's the sudden finding of his voice- he knows there's a major club just down the road, that have invested in and improved Manchester greatly, that have been under attack for years, yet he pipes up now.
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So you're just going to ignore the bit about Everton having been charged and punished whilst we're still waiting for any decision either way?
 
bluedanza said:
Andy ‘Where’s the camera?’ Burnham.

I just plain disagree with the figurehead role of mayor of Manchester being a scouser.

Once Starmer wins the election next year and the first by-election in a winnable seat crops up, Burnham will step down as mayor, be back as an MP and sat round the cabinet table.

He’s using Manchester as a convenient stepping stone.
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He's a politician, surely this can't be a surprise to anyone?
 
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