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PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules
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halfcenturyup
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Possibly - but we all know who it is. Do you honestly think they would want to be spreading made up nonsense that we are fucked on these charges ?
I don't know the detail of who was saying what to who when and where he got the information from or where the person who got the information got it from.
All I know is that, this time, the information as presented doesn't tie in at all to anything we know about what is actually happening.
AlexWilliamsGloves
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:-)Pics?
Invidious, now that's a word.Clearly the 115 narrative was a PR stunt, but references to 'charges' or 'prosecution' or whatever are simply a convenient shorthand for referring to what's happening here. That involves a body instituting disciplinary proceedings against a member as a result of the latter's alleged large-scale breaches of the body's rules. It's asking a tribunal to confirm the fact of the breaches and impose a suitable punishment where the breaches are upheld.
The PL leadership are interested in causing as much damage to City as they possibly can, including ideally (from their point of view) by achieving an outcome that finishes the club once and for all as a major player in the English game. Egged on by the most powerful member clubs, who hold a disproportionate sway in these matters, they've conducted a fishing expedition of an investigation and seem to have approached the 'charging' aspect in the spirit of throwing as much shit as possible, which will not only damage the club's reputation but might also - you never know - see some of it stick and justify strict sanctions.
Based on what's in the public domain, we may not think they have an especially strong prospect of success. However, people with much greater knowledge than I say there's never a completely sure thing in litigation. And the pedigree (and cost) of the legal representation they've engaged and the length of the hearing both suggest that they're giving it as good a go as they can. I think the PL's conduct is invidious, but there you go.
Excellent
crystal_mais
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I'm not sure he will have access to the handful of people who truly know what is going on.He’s only as good as his source and we don’t know who that is.
Oldham Exile
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Exactly this - People need to remember the realitybased on what exactly. So by ur recogning it is entirely okay for an owner to saddle a club with billions in debt and let a stadium fall into complete disrepair? It is okay for owners to lend clubs money in the form of shareholder loans which could be recalled at any time and put the club into bankruptcy? But it is not okay for owners to invest their own money into a club and be stopped from doing so in a pathetic attempt by the cartel members to close up their shop framed by rules which were framed as fair play but had zero to do with any kind of fairness?
@Invisible Man's Bandage - absolutely no offence - but you seem to have some form of Stockholm syndrome - you are starting to believe these fabricated rules have any real validity
They are just the dressing ups of the corrupt cartel members mate
Don't fall for it
BeerIsTheBest
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From London papers today
“However, it appears the start of a hopeful turn around in form has come alongside a hugely positive legal update. According to the Independent, though some within the Premier League are pushing for Man City to be relegated if found guilty, it is currently viewed as an unlikely possibility.”
“However, it appears the start of a hopeful turn around in form has come alongside a hugely positive legal update. According to the Independent, though some within the Premier League are pushing for Man City to be relegated if found guilty, it is currently viewed as an unlikely possibility.”
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I've absolutely no idea how you have come to that conclusion. The thing I consistently post is that until the judg(e)ment is released we won't know what the outcome is unless there is a verifiable leak from an unimpeachable source. To date there hasn't been.Exactly this - People need to remember the reality
@Invisible Man's Bandage - absolutely no offence - but you seem to have some form of Stockholm syndrome - you are starting to believe these fabricated rules have any real validity
They are just the dressing ups of the corrupt cartel members mate
Don't fall for it
I also have posted at various stages that the club was incredibly lax and complacent by not having even basic IT security in place until after we had been hacked by a Portuguese nobody.
M18CTID
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Delooney still saying we won at CAS on a technicality though!From London papers today
“However, it appears the start of a hopeful turn around in form has come alongside a hugely positive legal update. According to the Independent, though some within the Premier League are pushing for Man City to be relegated if found guilty, it is currently viewed as an unlikely possibility.”
The source is Ian Cheesman.
Wrong guess from me then. There are a few supposed ITK people and probably like the case things fluctuate as to how it's going. I'm holding on to Khaldoon's statement at the start that we are totally innocent of any wrongdoing. After all he should really know and as many have said if he's wrong you're possibly talking fraud on a huge scale.