PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

Lost for words said:
Just one more club to fall in to US ownership and then they will have the majority. And then the EPL as we know it will be consigned to 'istory and we may end up with a closed league without promotion or relegation, just franchises playing in conferences. British clubs will be in an Eastern conference, US clubs will be in a Western conference and a handpicked set of clubs from South America and Mediterranean regions will make up a Southern conference. And like the gridiron game there will be a mix of fixtures whereby teams will play teams from other conferences. Then we will finally have two teams to play a superbowl event that takes about six hours to find a winner.
Am I becoming paranoid?
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I wish I could say you’re talking crap but that all sounds pretty realistic too me.
 
nmc said:
God you can be an arrogant c@nt at times. No need for that, ffs.
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It’s hardly arrogant, and Stefan puts a huge amount of effort into keeping the folk who have little knowledge and/or understanding of the legalities / processes / rules etc (myself included).

He is mega patient and answers virtually all questions asked of him.

Fanchester came back to a very civil reply spouting (even to my untrained eye) what seemed to be a lot of nonsense, and has been called out for it.

If you are going to argue with an expert in a field always best to do some level of research if you enter a ‘debate’ with them.

Some will see that as rude or arrogant, while most will see it as simply the culture of the forum - chat shit then be prepared to be called out for it.
 
Scottish Cityzen said:
It’s hardly arrogant, and Stefan puts a huge amount of effort into keeping the folk who have little knowledge and/or understanding of the legalities / processes / rules etc (myself included).

He is mega patient and answers virtually all questions asked of him.

Fanchester came back to a very civil reply spouting (even to my untrained eye) what seemed to be a lot of nonsense, and has been called out for it.

If you are going to argue with an expert in a field always best to do some level of research if you enter a ‘debate’ with them.

Some will see that as rude or arrogant, while most will see it as simply the culture of the forum - chat shit then be prepared to be called out for it.
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I take your point but I’ve seen Stefan handing out these put downs before, he’s clearly an expert and he knows his stuff but his tone of putting some posters down as thick or stupid I find distasteful. Too much time on Talkshite perhaps?
 
Scottish Cityzen said:
It’s hardly arrogant, and Stefan puts a huge amount of effort into keeping the folk who have little knowledge and/or understanding of the legalities / processes / rules etc (myself included).

He is mega patient and answers virtually all questions asked of him.

Fanchester came back to a very civil reply spouting (even to my untrained eye) what seemed to be a lot of nonsense, and has been called out for it.

If you are going to argue with an expert in a field always best to do some level of research if you enter a ‘debate’ with them.

Some will see that as rude or arrogant, while most will see it as simply the culture of the forum - chat shit then be prepared to be called out for it.
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That’s how I see it. Thanks.

And it was a little abrupt (perhaps arrogant not sure) because I think the nonsense reply was passive aggressive and also misleading to the audience because it is totally wrong. Seems to have all been deleted or at least I can’t see my reply.
 
nmc said:
I take your point but I’ve seen Stefan handing out these put downs before, he’s clearly an expert and he knows his stuff but his tone of putting some posters down as thick or stupid I find distasteful. Too much time on Talkshite perhaps?
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I think the reply was passive aggressive and misleading because it’s wrong. So I said so. And came after 2 replies explaining politely the point.
 
Newman Noggs said:
Here's an example of how this shit impinges on normal life. I'm in a walking football club in the Midlands. Supporters of West Ham, villa, Southampton, wolves, Coventry and, of course, united, liverpool, spurs and arse.

A few weeks ago a liverpool supporter posted some shit about us cheating. I ignored it until the pile-on started when I just said "please fuck off with this shit". Well, of course, the scouser was all offended and I got a load of shit for being over sensitive. Anyway, it blows over.

Last night was the Christmas curry. I'm minding my own business talking football, price of replica shirts, admission, the future of football all perfectly amicable. Then an Arsenal fan chimes in, "I'm really enjoying watching City crash and burn". Now what do you say to that ?

As it's the season of goodwill, I was very polite and pointed out that I'd seen us win four in a row, win a treble, score a record number of goals and win a record number of points, seen Aguero, Silva, De Bruyne and Rodri at their peak, I can die happy. He then came out with a comment about cheating at which point I told him to fuck right off and it very nearly came to blows. It cast a cloud over the whole evening.

I should point out that not once did that bloke ever engage me in conversation to say something about the quality of football we were playing in our pomp, nor any word of praise. They are emboldened to think their opinion matters by the relentless negative press coverage.
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You sound a bit over-sensitive.
 
Exeter Blue I am here said:
Absolutely this. I don’t ever want to talk about it, cos even those of my friends and work colleagues (never mind people I hardly know), who are pretty smart, have had no real immersion into the subject and are reduced to parroting the nonsenses and half truths they’ve picked up in the media……and by the way, I don’t doubt I would be the same were the roles reversed……and I haven’t got the fucking energy to ever trawl through it all with them, not least because beyond the headline they aren’t really interested anyway.
As for those who regard it all as ‘banter’ and want to rile me on that level, I could cheerfully take a coal shovel to them…….
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In 2024, word spreads like wildfire and a rumour in South Africa can be presented as a fact in Germany.

I have heard people living 8000 miles from Maine road putting up stories about the charges when we lost to rags last week.

If we are proven innocent, City need to make a few people accountable from the loss in reputation for the last 5 years.
Make a few of them pay for all the nonsense spouted all these years.

For me the damage is already done as everyone and their dogs have believed we are guilty and even if we are innocent the belief must be it’s all paid up.

I also don’t believe in the thought that - one shouldn’t care what other club fans think. These are real people who you meet at our office to our gym or to your local market. And they spat the same shit carragher does about I will never believe City revenue is so high.
Sue the fucker and tell him in the court of law that you earn revenue when you win all
the time you moron. Not something you will
Ever know in your life time!
 
nmc said:
I take your point but I’ve seen Stefan handing out these put downs before, he’s clearly an expert and he knows his stuff but his tone of putting some posters down as thick or stupid I find distasteful. Too much time on Talkshite perhaps?
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So have I, and they are exclusively reserved for people that continue to disregard any replies he has made and continue to spout information or opinions that are fundamentally incorrect. Anyone who asks reasonable or even ‘daft’ questions of him will get a courteous reply in layman’s terms.

In this modern age of anyone and everyone having an opinion or view it remains important that ‘fake news’ (god how I hate that phrase) is called out as and when it occurs to prevent the majority of us getting bogged down in bullshit and untruths.

The bottom line is that we are lucky to have Stefan and a few other excellent posters who have excellent knowledge of all aspects of the case, rules, alleged breaches etc. They undoubtedly help the ‘average fan’ navigate this unfamiliar territory, and the forum would be a grossly poorer place if they chose not to continue.

As for too much time on Talkshite? I think he’s far too polite on there so that can’t be it ;-)

Anyway, my faith remains in Khaldoon. Can’t wait for all this to be over and we hear the ‘blunt’ thoughts of the big man.
 
Was minding my own business on a Musical Christmas Cruise on the Rhine in Cologne this afternoon when suddenly two rags appeared in front of me discussing last night's defeat at Tottenham

One of them was a young chirpy cockney, but the other looked roughly my age (60) and was Scottish. He was also wearing a United Christmas Jumper.
I wasn't particularly bothered but then I heard the Scottish bloke refer to City as "Cheats"

Purely by coincidence I followed him into the toilets, but without even turning around he locked himself in the cubicle as I approached the urinals.

To the backdrop of Jingle Bells I launched into

JINGLE BELLS
COPPELL SMELLS
MACARI IS A QUEER

I then returned to the top deck and sat with my totally oblivious Mrs.
His face when he came out of the toilets was fucking brilliant. Trying to look aggressive but he hadn't a fucking clue who it was.
Shouldn't laugh but I haven't stopped
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
Was minding my own business on a Musical Christmas Cruise on the Rhine in Cologne this afternoon when suddenly two rags appeared in front of me discussing last night's defeat at Tottenham

One of them was a young chirpy cockney, but the other looked roughly my age (60) and was Scottish. He was also wearing a United Christmas Jumper.
I wasn't particularly bothered but then I heard the Scottish bloke refer to City as "Cheats"

Purely by coincidence I followed him into the toilets, but without even turning around he locked himself in the cubicle as I approached the urinals.

To the backdrop of Jingle Bells I launched into

JINGLE BELLS
COPPELL SMELLS
MACARI IS A QUEER

I then returned to the top deck and sat with my totally oblivious Mrs.
His face when he came out of the toilets was fucking brilliant. Trying to look aggressive but he hadn't a fucking clue who it was.
Shouldn't laugh but I haven't stopped
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Ha ha that is funny as fuck.
Brilliant.
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
Was minding my own business on a Musical Christmas Cruise on the Rhine in Cologne this afternoon when suddenly two rags appeared in front of me discussing last night's defeat at Tottenham

One of them was a young chirpy cockney, but the other looked roughly my age (60) and was Scottish. He was also wearing a United Christmas Jumper.
I wasn't particularly bothered but then I heard the Scottish bloke refer to City as "Cheats"

Purely by coincidence I followed him into the toilets, but without even turning around he locked himself in the cubicle as I approached the urinals.

To the backdrop of Jingle Bells I launched into

JINGLE BELLS
COPPELL SMELLS
MACARI IS A QUEER

I then returned to the top deck and sat with my totally oblivious Mrs.
His face when he came out of the toilets was fucking brilliant. Trying to look aggressive but he hadn't a fucking clue who it was.
Shouldn't laugh but I haven't stopped
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I recall..
Jingle bells
Stepney smells
Crerands on the beer
Nobby stiles has lost his teeth
Nited going to lose….

Fckin rags
 
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