PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Gordyola]

Don’t think so given the Shieks funding of Redbird, barclays etc

Im meaning as to, how the club is perceived and treated Would we be constantly attacked and condemned in the media

 

[halfcenturyup]

Well mate - as theories go, I’d definitely say it’s a theory !
I can’t get past Pep’s presser when charges had been announced and he called out our rivals - Levy in particular. Pep wears his heart on his sleeve and that was 100% genuine. The club know this shitstorm was brought about by our rivals - think also of Khaldoon’s many hints and comments down the years “clear and organised” etc. They know exactly who’s behind this.

Your and my hypotheses are not mutually exclusive :)

I do have another theory.

Ahem.

My theory is along the following lines. All brontosauruses are very thin at one end, much, much thicker in the middle and thin again at the far end. That is the theory that I have and which is mine, and what it is too.

 

[Kompany & co]

Your and my uypotheses are nit mutually exclusive :)

I do have another theory.

Ahem.

My theory is along the following lines. All brontosauruses are vary thin at one end, much, much thicker in the middle and thin again at the far end. That is the theory that I have and which is mine, and what it is too.

Sorry mate but I think you'll find that's Anne Elks theory.

 

[wolviedinho]

When we had the discussion on here about the CAS case, pretty well the only thing we disagreed on was your view that as long as Etihad paid us a sum of money, and we accurately recorded that sum of money in our books, there was no case to answer. My view was that the source of funds was crucially important.

We know, from CAS, that we received money from Etihad, we recorded it properly, it wasn't mainly funded by ADUG and that Etihad got full value for the sponsorship they paid us. That's not fraud. If that's the interpretation or implication of the PL, then they're simply trying it on.

Had Etihad only paid us £8m, and we recorded it as £60m, with no accounting entries to support the missing £52m, that would definitely be classed as presenting knowingly incorrect financial statements and therefore potentially fraudulent. But we didn't do that.

We agree, with respect to Fordham and Mancini, that there seems little mileage in the PL pursuing these. So the implication, as you say, is that it's probably the sponsorships they're majoring on. But these, as you've brilliantly and consistently pointed out on Twitter to various dickheads like Harris and others, were comprehensively dealt with at CAS, including the supposedly time-barred Etisalat contract.

So unless there's some sort of smoking gun that the PL have discovered, I'd wager these charges were going nowhere as well. But if there was a smoking gun that led to a reasonable suspicion of criminal offence having been committed, the SFO would almost certainly have been brought in by now, as the FSA did in your case, having accused your company of what (had it been proven) would have been a large-scale and knowing misrepresentation of their finances to put a higher value on the company they were selling. But I assume there was no evidence that had happened and the case was dropped, ending in a small, no-liability settlement.

The SFO haven't been involved in our case though (at least not that we know of) despite 4 years of investigation, which suggests there is no smoking gun.

The PL and UEFA may have alleged or implied fraud, but I think you and I both firmly believe that this is complete, hyperbolic nonsense and the likelihood is that the PL will end up with egg on its face over the substantive charges but having successfully smeared us.

Brilliantly summarised PB. If you are indeed correct then we might have a simpler explanation as to why the Premiership brought the charges in the first place.

Rival pressure to be seen to do “something about MCFC” would be my best guess. The league has washed their hands and kicked the can down the road knowing full well that after 4 years of investigation they have nothing.

It will now take the tribunal the same amount of time to come to the same conclusion. The clubs rep is unfortunately collateral damage.

 

[GornikDaze]

Your and my uypotheses are nit mutually exclusive :)

I do have another theory.

Ahem.

My theory is along the following lines. All brontosauruses are vary thin at one end, much, much thicker in the middle and thin again at the far end. That is the theory that I have and which is mine, and what it is too.

What a load of diplodocus!!!

 

[eyalluvitt]

I thrive on it if honest

It’s obvious that loads are really hurting, they say it’s because they want fairness

Ask anyone of them and they would love our owners

Utd whored themselves out to anyone and everyone only recently.

Liverpool have standard charter as a main sponsor

Arsenal have so much money of us we paid for the emirates stadium

I work with a few lads, all follow Utd via the TV

I rip into them whenever they mention 115 etc.

They do not know enough, I embarrass them in the office on how they spout shite. One lad was visible shaken I tore into him that much

He won’t say fuck all again on the subject

Defend the club, if we lose the case so fucking what

We will get over it

Most just say your cheats and everyone knows it, ask for specifics and they stutter & get very angry, very quickly

 

[PPT]

. . .to which the correct reply is "imbecile ; if you're too damn thick to know the difference between charged and guilty , then I have more chance of a meaningful conversation with Proxima Centauri B , than with you"

Or just a polite ‘fuck off!’ may be suffice?

 

[mac]

All this talk of our reputation being damaged. The sponsorship deals say otherwise. Young fans don't give a fuck.

 

[bernard o'silver]

Your and my hypotheses are not mutually exclusive :)

I do have another theory.

Ahem.

My theory is along the following lines. All brontosauruses are very thin at one end, much, much thicker in the middle and thin again at the far end. That is the theory that I have and which is mine, and what it is too.

Showing your age there 'Miss Elk' , mind you so am I :-)

 

[Bluewonder]

All this talk of our reputation being damaged. The sponsorship deals say otherwise. Young fans don't give a fuck.

City shirts everywhere.

Haaland and Grealish on the back.

We are a monster regardless.