PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[argyle]

Why why why are we giving this tosser so much coverage AND FREE ADVERTISING on OUR site which is for City fans!! He’s loving the coverage & will use anything to his advantage.
why don’t we put in place an embargo on him; his name & his life

Exactly this.

Infuriating that so many people fall for his clear clickbait performances.

Can only think it's teenagers that care about him so much.

 

[Academica]

But there has supposedly been a letter issued to Talksport, a channel he appears on.

Supposedly.

 

[nmc]

So all being well,it’ll just be non cooperation that they’ll have us on ?

The charge of non cooperation will be challenged by City’s lawyers robustly on the basis that this has clearly been both a witch-hunt and a fishing expedition- the resources the PL have thrown at trying to build a case against City are disproportionate; no other club has been subjected to the same level of scrutiny and the club are entitled to ask why?

 

[meltonblue]

Really don’t want Goldbridge to have a mass influx of people listening tomorrow or whenever he releases it, he has far more attention than deserved anyway. Can we nominate one person to listen to it and report back on here? :)

 

[RayCTID]

Really don’t want Goldbridge to have a mass influx of people listening tomorrow or whenever he releases it, he has far more attention than deserved anyway. Can we nominate one person to listen to it and report back on here? :)

Not me mate. I am washing my hair

 

[nmc]

This case is, I think, different from the UEFA one in that regard. There was a court hearing about the arbitration issue, plus the discovery process and to what extent we were obliged to disclose documents.

I can't imagine we wouldn't comply with a High Court ruling, so non-cooperation might not be an issue this time. Time will tell though.

It might rest on the specifics of the discovery process. If the PL asked for something specific and we refused that could be an issue but, it’s more likely the PL have asked for non specific general info - more a kin to a fishing exercise- in which case our lawyers will have said no.

 

[halfcenturyup]

This case is, I think, different from the UEFA one in that regard. There was a court hearing about the arbitration issue, plus the discovery process and to what extent we were obliged to disclose documents.

I can't imagine we wouldn't comply with a High Court ruling, so non-cooperation might not be an issue this time. Time will tell though.

Only this.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Sorry to be the pedant, but it’s completely inconceivable that the club would correspond with ‘Mark Goldbridge’, a fictional character, in any event.

Any correspondence would be to Brent De Cesare, or the company that is a vehicle for the broadcasting output. Or both.

It would be akin to sending a ‘cease and desist’ letter to Orville the Duck for something Keith Harris had ultimately said.

 

[Donmcfc]

To be fair that idiot could be just trying to get a load of traffic on his channel on Tuesday may just show some letter a kid wrote and make a big joke out of it. Who knows ?

I’m just glad we are getting some positive stories or leaks after the 15 months of mud being thrown at us

Sorry to be the pedant, but it’s completely inconceivable that the club would correspond with ‘Mark Goldbridge’, a fictional character, in any event.

Any correspondence would be to Brent De Cesare, or the company that is a vehicle for the broadcasting output. Or both.

It would be akin to sending a ‘cease and desist’ letter to Orville the Duck for something Keith Harris had ultimately said.

It's getting beyond a joke if we're being slagged off by Orville.

 

[Rammy Blue]

Sorry to be the pedant, but it’s completely inconceivable that the club would correspond with ‘Mark Goldbridge’, a fictional character, in any event.

Any correspondence would be to Brent De Cesare, or the company that is a vehicle for the broadcasting output. Or both.

It would be akin to sending a ‘cease and desist’ letter to Orville the Duck for something Keith Harris had ultimately said.

I wish I could fly.

 

[BAB.DAB]

Sorry to be the pedant, but it’s completely inconceivable that the club would correspond with ‘Mark Goldbridge’, a fictional character, in any event.

Any correspondence would be to Brent De Cesare, or the company that is a vehicle for the broadcasting output. Or both.

It would be akin to sending a ‘cease and desist’ letter to Orville the Duck for something Keith Harris had ultimately said.

Cuddles the Monkey, don't forget this b'stard !

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

Next time, I won't be so quick to doubt myself!

I highly doubt City Xtra has any club sources. It's an aggregator only with no original news content.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Did he think Liverpool bribed people in their period of dominance?
Xenophobia is not the same as racism. Do you not think it plays a part in the blind criticism of City? The club does.

Xenophobia underpins virtually all the toxic coverage we have suffered. Everytime I hear a rival fan spouting off about "oil money" and "cheating" I know what is really driving him. It is the same with coverage of the current Middle East crisis (on both sides). Sectarian hatred (of all sorts) seems to be embedded in the human condition. If City had Western owners we would not have suffered anything like the poisonous treatment we have received in the English media.

 

[Ducado]

Regards the letters perhaps they are not cease & desist letters but something else, I am pretty sure Bret or his alias reads this forum all the time and is just trolling us, in vengeance for all the City fans that have trolled him in the past, plus it gets him lots of clicks, he once posed as a 15 year old girl called Sandra on Twitter make of that as you will

And Hi Bret, I know you are reading this right now, despite you being outed on numerous occasions even by United fans, you have persisted with the act, and one can only take one’s hat of to you

 

[halfcenturyup]

Sorry to be the pedant, but it’s completely inconceivable that the club would correspond with ‘Mark Goldbridge’, a fictional character, in any event.

Any correspondence would be to Brent De Cesare, or the company that is a vehicle for the broadcasting output. Or both.

It would be akin to sending a ‘cease and desist’ letter to Orville the Duck for something Keith Harris had ultimately said.

That fucking duck had it coming, to be fair .....

 

[1961_vintage]

That fucking duck had it coming, to be fair .....

Pair him up with that Talksport twat Jordan: Duck a l'orange.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Ziegler backed that rogue video last summer without checking its provenance and without checking the facts. What he described as a new story had appeared in the Grauniad some time before and had been debunked. The £100m was the Etisalat sponsorship, and the mystery man was a known loan broker. The ’new scandal’ had been discussed at CAS. Not much of the story left after that. Not reliable at all Mr. Ziegler.

He also got the story before the CAS decision very wrong when he reported that City were facing a very heavy penalty which was contrary to what people close to the club knew. His source had an ulterior motive and the Times was badly burned. The Times team does have good sources at MUFC, LFC, Spurs and the PL leadership but it doesn't mean they always get the story right. The UK media has allowed itself to be manipulated throughout this entire legal battle.

 

[BAB.DAB]

That fucking duck had it coming, to be fair .....

Yeah, the peking b'stard!

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Was against Brighton, I think, a couple of seasons ago. The ref blew for full time or half time, players trooped off and he brought them back on for united to take a winning penalty. I think that is right but I do stand corrected about the details, not the actual bringing them back on for a penalty though.
Love the diversification of this thread;-)

ahh I remember this now!

 

[Dodge]

Because utd fans would love that. He'd be a hero to them for trolling City.

He gets lots more clicks, this time from City fans too.

Everyone is talking about him and his show.

He is CLEARLY making a big point this showing he knows its worth.

The only question left (for me) is he a liar? I think yes having watched him before, he will say anything for clicks.

I expect more teasing out of this letter and more confusion than answers on Tuesday or whenever he is revealing this big exclusive.

City fans trusting this muppet is very dangerous imo but let's see what the prick has got.

If we have written to this tosser, he's won the lottery. Marketing gold. He'll be formulating a plan to monetise the letter as we speak. He'll have realised that his current format is running out of gas. He's being digged out by rags, ridiculed by all other supporters and even rag players are wading in.

Then the letter arrives, like manna from heaven. A bolt from the blue that gives him the opportunity to play David & Goliath. The plucky ex-bobby against the might of dirty Arab oil money. Dirty City v Righteous Rags.

Talkshite strategists will be gathering in a smoke-filled back alley speakeasy, like pigs round a trough.

So he'll ramp it up in the HOPE that City go full nuclear. Another letter? Yes please. Court Case? Yes please. Close my channel down? Yes please. Appeal? Yes please. Back in Court? Yes please.

Take the pinch (pun intended) and in a couple of years time. Full time media whore. 100m followers on twatter or whatever the fuck its called. Column in every red top. Shareholder in Talkshite. Book deal. I'm a celebrity. Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police. Love Island. Multi-millionaire, registered in the Caymans.

Cease and desist - yeah right.