bobbyowenquiff
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Roan’s coverage has been unfair and biased since day one. So his narrative is City lose: great day for football. City win: bad day for football. He’s an utter disgrace
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PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules
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SilverFox2
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Ok everyone, it’s now Thursday 12th. Scum making another big loss is now yesterday’s news so can we please not mention it again.
The point is that cost charges stopped happening when the PL overstepped their control limit.How much is Lord Panic making?
It will take what it costs to destroy their legal capability.
Their hubris has made them vulnerable and they have frankly underestimated Sheikh Ms business acumen.
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We’re going to batter anyone who starts.
ganganvince
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Just driving home had Talk Sport on Jermaine Pennent basically saying as there are so many charges we must be guilty. TBF his co host kept pulling him up
Prestwich_Blue
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Our victory at CAS was heralded in many quarters as "the death of FFP". They were totally wrong (but I bet united are gutted they weren't).Roan’s coverage has been unfair and biased since day one. So his narrative is City lose: great day for football. City win: bad day for football. He’s an utter disgrace
So either we're guilty, according to Roan, or the rules are shit. No possibility in his mind that the rules are actually OK, but that we didn't break those rules.
So here we go. 10 weeks to establish that it is highly unlikely that CFO's, FD’s, Auditors such as Deloitte, KMPG, Investors and members of the UAE Royal family colluded over 10 years to commit industrial criminal fraud based on a small number of selective out of context emails. A panel of 3 is really going to make that call, that on the balance of probabilities we are guilty. I just do not see it happening. The PL made a massive mistake going after City with so many charges hoping some will stick. Some such as Mancini’s contract, which was signed a year before the PL even introduced their FFP model will be disputed, as how can you break rules that are not in place as was the case with player image rights such as Yaya Toure. So much of this will fail on technical arguments, interpretations, and timings, with the most likely outcome being a fine for being obstructive and not fully cooperating, as was the case with UEFA because they kept leaking the details of the case. Important that on the substantive charges in the PL case, CAS found there was ‘no evidence’ that City had inflated sponsorships to essentially cook the books. The time bar element only means the same charges were not taken into consideration due to UEFA’s own statute of limitations. It did not mean City would have been found guilty of the charges. Sadly, regardless of the outcome and such is the tribal feral nature of football we will be guilty either way. Me, I’ve loved every minute if it. Had we bribed referees, fixed matches then that is another matter. But bending and working around financial rules that kept being implemented by the red top cartel to prevent clubs like City competing is fair game and the fact that it upsets them so much makes it even sweeter. CTID
And even then it could be the last derby for years, as they have Ten Bob in charge.That’s true. And guess when the derby is? Mid December. Expect an avalanche of leaks, lies, and conjecture in the run up to it. “This could be the last derby at the ground for many years” etc etc.
And then we win the case.
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City should have given that tosser a ban after his "welcome to Manchester Utd", at Pep's unveiling press conference. He's been taking the piss ever since.Simon Stone will be be sharpening his crayons ahead of tomorrow's pre-match press conference with Pep.
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"If found guilty of the most serious charges, City would risk being forever associated with one of the biggest financial scandals in sport. City could, in theory, face a points deduction serious enough to condemn them to relegation - or even expulsion - from the Premier League.
Such a fate would cast a long shadow over City's achievements, plunge the future of the manager and squad into uncertainty, and possibly spark claims for compensation from other clubs. It has been suggested that such a stain on the reputation of City and the club's owners could even affect Britain's relationship with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a key Gulf ally and trading partner - whose president is the brother of the club’s majority owner Sheikh Mansour.
Equally, if City are cleared following a legal battle that is already thought to have cost both sides tens of millions of pounds, the viability of rules intended to safeguard the league's sustainability and competitiveness will be in grave doubt."
Dan Roan basically saying the quiet part out loud. If we lose, we're guilty - points deductions, expulsion, titles stripped, compensation. The destruction of a football club.
But if we're cleared, it's a bad thing for 'the league's sustainability and competitiveness'. No mention of the damage caused to our reputation, of course.
Win or lose, we're the ones in the wrong.
Twat.
In other words...
"Equally, if City are cleared following a legal battle that is already thought to have cost both sides tens of millions of pounds, the viability of rules intended to curtail City's sustainability and competitiveness will be in grave doubt."
deano ou812
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Exactly it doesn’t suit the narrative of what he’s getting across basically City are to blame even if we are found not guilty..Our victory at CAS was heralded in many quarters as "the death of FFP". They were totally wrong (but I bet united are gutted they weren't).
So either we're guilty, according to Roan, or the rules are shit. No possibility in his mind that the rules are actually OK, but that we didn't break those rules.