PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[cityontheup]

Can I take my city jockstrap off now, it’s a bit tight

 

[thelostoasismember]

From April:

„Alberto Galassi, Member of the Board at Man City and CEO of Ferretti Group on the 115 charges:

"I am not entitled to discuss this, but perhaps you can tell from my body language I am super confident"

 

[Blueboy73]

No chance! He’ll be treated like a saint for leaving big bad city! We had him tied to a chair with a gun to his head. Will be the way the media portray it!

Yeah, we had him tied up whilst posting comments on his phone from his social media accounts taking the piss out of the Rags as it couldn't possibly have been him.
If one of the dickhead ""journalists" said this, the red shirted crayon munchers would believe it.

 

[bigA]

our lawyers need to be ready to address the leaks and how they are used in the media to approach the non coop charges.

also showcase the media reporting on the case and how impartial this reporting is in general to make sure the independent panel is not influenced by it.

btw do we know who the panel is made of?

If any leaks do come out from the hearing before it is closed then serious questions would have to be asked about the impartiality of the media and our lawyers should get them to reveal their sources. If not then we should put a total ban on all media attending our games at the Etihad, give them no press releases and remove all accreditation given sine die to certain journalists and pundits who have done nothing but besmirch the club ever since the alleged charges were made.

 

[Bantamgaz]

Any leaks getting out then sorry this case should be dropped

 

[Blueboy73]

Never has a story received so much interest, so many opinions expressed, so many columns inches and hours of airtime, where the main contributors haven’t the slightest idea what they’re talking about.

Yet according to the red shirted glory hunters, nobody cares about City.

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

I have no doubt that some no-mark wannabe hack is already using this post as a basis to pen 800 words on an article with the suggested headline, 'The Shocking Precedent that Could See Manchester City Put Out of Business'

No doubt they are. Keeper posted that the consequences for City would be dire IF the IC found we had breached the regulations and he received replies that dismissed his post as panic mongering. This is typical of many who dismiss the charges out of hand as a red conspiracy. They may be right, and neither Keeper! or I think there is any substance in the charges, but the club and its legal team have to take them very seriously indeed because the football authorities have taken possible breaches very seriously indeed in the past. Leeds City is one example and we all know the action taken against City in 1906. Neither Leeds nor City had a chance to defend themselves then - so we'd better do the job properly now. And flippant dismissal of real concerns doesn't help.

 

[metalblue]

If any leaks do come out from the hearing before it is closed then serious questions would have to be asked about the impartiality of the media and our lawyers should get them to reveal their sources. If not then we should put a total ban on all media attending our games at the Etihad, give them no press releases and remove all accreditation given sine die to certain journalists and pundits who have done nothing but besmirch the club ever since the alleged charges were made.

You’ve gone off at a tangent there

 

[slbsn]

Slbsn - Any chance that this case could be finished much sooner than the 12 weeks being mentioned.

The hearing is very likely to match the timetable set out now. People will be scheduled as witnesses, experts scheduled, written and oral closings booked in. This is a hearing now designed to go a long way - look at the scale of the bundles being in brought in today to supplement the digital document bundle. Look at the number of junior barristers. All points to a long/10-12 week hearing as rumoured.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

Why aren't they wearing our home kit?

Or at least sky blue 3 piecers- like the dipper spice boys.