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PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules
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Centurions
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Sorry, the latter.No, I am wrong? Or no, the alleged breaches don't mention youth player rules?
Either is fine. I have been known to be wrong once or twice.
:)
Just been catching up with this 'Magic Hat' garbage from today.
From memory (and it was 50 years ago during my first degree studies, so bear with me!) the concept of the 'Magic Hat' was a literary device used down through the ages and in almost every society on the planet to either:
(a) suggest the wearer had mystical powers of shape-shifting, or of invisibility or even of invincibility of knowledge/powers or
(b) to indicate the hat wearer was actually a deceitful, lying and untrustworthy person.
I think you might be getting my drift..
To be fair, though, I might add a third interpretation here. It could be 'Magic Hat' is jokingly suggesting that City has all of those mystical powers and is, indeed, being deceitful and untrustworthy. Oh my, how we can all laugh at this fellow's (lady's?) cheeky-chappy, waggish sense of humour!
Whatever game this person is trying to play, I certainly don't intend to give it any credence and I'm content to wait until the Independent Commission has completed its investigation process and reported its findings.
And of course, I'll continue to take the word of our owner/senior managers that we have nothing to fear from that process. If that makes me one of those 'ardent City fans' defending City, dear 'Magic Hat' old son, then so be it..
From memory (and it was 50 years ago during my first degree studies, so bear with me!) the concept of the 'Magic Hat' was a literary device used down through the ages and in almost every society on the planet to either:
(a) suggest the wearer had mystical powers of shape-shifting, or of invisibility or even of invincibility of knowledge/powers or
(b) to indicate the hat wearer was actually a deceitful, lying and untrustworthy person.
I think you might be getting my drift..
To be fair, though, I might add a third interpretation here. It could be 'Magic Hat' is jokingly suggesting that City has all of those mystical powers and is, indeed, being deceitful and untrustworthy. Oh my, how we can all laugh at this fellow's (lady's?) cheeky-chappy, waggish sense of humour!
Whatever game this person is trying to play, I certainly don't intend to give it any credence and I'm content to wait until the Independent Commission has completed its investigation process and reported its findings.
And of course, I'll continue to take the word of our owner/senior managers that we have nothing to fear from that process. If that makes me one of those 'ardent City fans' defending City, dear 'Magic Hat' old son, then so be it..
Been public for yearsHow does he get access to new emails?
IIRC, Etihad was specifically dealt with by CAS thus: ‘The first email was written before there were any ffp regs and so owner funding would have been ok at that time. There is no evidence that owner funding continued after ffp was introduced.‘ Hope I have not misremembered that.A quick word of advice. Don't get bogged down in all the detail that is suddenly appearing from suspect sources, even if it reliably reconstitutes what is publicly available.
No-one knows what the detail means if they don't know what the counter-evidence is. And we have been here before with UEFA. They only had the publicly available "evidence" and it all looked pretty incriminating until it suddenly didn't.
Bottom line. They still won't have access to any substantial evidence that proves the most serious charges and, by that, I mean Etihad. Without that, the true and fair issues go away and so do the FFP issues. Nothing substantial left after that.
Invisible Man's Bandage
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A sample of Magic Hats work:
He has stated in his epic X thread that we will be 'crushed' and that we are 'totally fucked' in his opinion.
So once you get beyond the camouflage of legalistic verbiage you can see it is agenda driven rather than a considered piece of work by a professional.
He has stated in his epic X thread that we will be 'crushed' and that we are 'totally fucked' in his opinion.
So once you get beyond the camouflage of legalistic verbiage you can see it is agenda driven rather than a considered piece of work by a professional.
Pingu the Penguin
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My favourite bit was where he praised the integrity of the IC panel chair. If we are cleared let’s see how long that view lasts!A sample of Magic Hats work:
He has stated in his epic X thread that we will be 'crushed' and that we are 'totally fucked' in his opinion.
So once you get beyond the camouflage of legalistic verbiage you can see it is agenda driven rather than a considered piece of work by a professional.
Norman kneejerk
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The ones I saw about the funding are definitely not new.None at all. The investigation has finished. Allegations have been referred. Even if there were new incriminating emails, they wouldn't be part of this case.
I think the guy has just been regurgitating the DS emails for dramatic effect. Not read it, though, I have better things to do. If anyone hears to the contrary (from someone reliable), let me know :)
So coming from a deceitful starting point.
You do have to wonder why someone would write deceitfully at such length .Could be clicks or else somebody is making it worth his while.
At-Swim-Two-Birds
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Magic Hat, as in pulling rabbits out of...ok and relax.Just been catching up with this 'Magic Hat' garbage from today.
From memory (and it was 50 years ago during my first degree studies, so bear with me!) the concept of the 'Magic Hat' was a literary device used down through the ages and in almost every society on the planet to either:
(a) suggest the wearer had mystical powers of shape-shifting, or of invisibility or even of invincibility of knowledge/powers or
(b) to indicate the hat wearer was actually a deceitful, lying and untrustworthy person.
I think you might be getting my drift..
To be fair, though, I might add a third interpretation here. It could be 'Magic Hat' is jokingly suggesting that City has all of those mystical powers and is, indeed, being deceitful and untrustworthy. Oh my, how we can all laugh at this fellow's (lady's?) cheeky-chappy, waggish sense of humour!
Whatever game this person is trying to play, I certainly don't intend to give it any credence and I'm content to wait until the Independent Commission has completed its investigation process and reported its findings.
And of course, I'll continue to take the word of our owner/senior managers that we have nothing to fear from that process. If that makes me one of those 'ardent City fans' defending City, dear 'Magic Hat' old son, then so be it..