Fucking embarrassing.
We have gone from a club probably going to enter administration pre takeover to one of the biggest sports groups in the world whilst smashing hundreds of records on the way, winning trophies we never thought possible, whilst having various corrupt organisations in European and Domestic football stack the odds ever higher against us, all in the last 17 years.
Not to mention, that no other clubs prior to our takeover had fuck all budget restrictions in their whole history, but you would feel let down, fucking pathetic…
If it turns out City did break a rule, so be it, just don't be so naive as to what this is all about.So what if clubs prior to our takeover had no restrictions? You don't live by the law of 100 years ago do you?
If there's clear rules in place and we broke them with dodgy financial dealings, then it does taint our success,whether you like it or not.
Do you not think city fans would be calling for the relegation of rival clubs if they were in our position?
I think we will get done for non-cooperation regardless and that will be the compromise.If it turns out City did break a rule, so be it, just don't be so naive as to what this is all about.
The none cooperation charge should only be accepted that on the condition of teams that play in red, red and white and white have their accounts from the last 20 years equally scrutinisedI think we will get done for non-cooperation regardless and that will be the compromise.
If we are done full throttle it will be a different matter.
You definitely don’t speak for me or any other City fans I know, whether you like it or not.So what if clubs prior to our takeover had no restrictions? You don't live by the law of 100 years ago do you?
If there's clear rules in place and we broke them with dodgy financial dealings, then it does taint our success,whether you like it or not.
Do you not think city fans would be calling for the relegation of rival clubs if they were in our position?
The none cooperation charge should only be accepted that on the condition of teams that play in red, red and white and white have their accounts from the last 20 years equally
Don't agree. Chelsea spent a fucking fortune in the last 2 years and not a peep.So what if clubs prior to our takeover had no restrictions? You don't live by the law of 100 years ago do you?
If there's clear rules in place and we broke them with dodgy financial dealings, then it does taint our success,whether you like it or not.
Do you not think city fans would be calling for the relegation of rival clubs if they were in our position?
If you stop and think about it for a min.You definitely don’t speak for me or any other City fans I know, whether you like it or not.
The rules were put in place because of us, not to protect football, but to keep things as they were. So it taints fuck all as the rules themselves are what should be illegal as they have nothing to do with football governance, but everything to do with keeping the what was prior to them status quo.
Couldn’t give a fuck what other clubs spend or don’t spend.
my late uncle once said ,” take your enemy for a drink but never get drunk “Would you go for a pint with him outside the limits of your broadcasting obligations?
Do I assume that mentioning 33 CL games unbeaten (still ongoing) should have read "home games" ?If you stop and think about it for a min.
Domestic Treble.
winning the treble as champions.
4 in a row.
Domestic records:
100 points in a season.
21 consecutive wins (all comps)
18 consecutive league wins.
19 consecutive games without going behind
23 consecutive home wins (all comps)
20 consecutive away wins (all comps)
12 consecutive away league wins
10 consecutive wins in UEFA comps
11 champions league wins in a single season
26 consecutive CL games unbeaten (CL record)
33 games unbeaten in CL games (still ongoing)
169 goals scored in a season (all comps)
106 goals scored in PL season
113 PL goals scored in a calendar year
32 league wins in a season
36 league wins in a calendar year
19 away league wins in a calendar year
How we managed this under untold pressure from the cartel is astonishing.
#what a club.
Always asked that question about someone when I was interviewing them for a job.
Would I go for a pint with them?
It wasn’t the be all and end all, but it was important to me; in terms of our professional relationship.
Subjectively, I think it can be a worthwhile test of someone’s character and personality.
So I asked the question for a reason.
Even Ozzy Osbourne isn't that paranoid
Always asked that question about someone when I was interviewing them for a job.
Would I go for a pint with them?
It wasn’t the be all and end all, but it was important to me; in terms of our professional relationship.
Subjectively, I think it can be a worthwhile test of someone’s character and personality.
So I asked the question for a reason.
I see the forum is going through a confidence trough period, il be back when a confidence peak occurs...
No **** knows anything.
Imo this week will have been the first week where the panel have reconvened to consider the evidence. They’ll have had a big chill over Xmas and new year and got back at it on Monday.
Were you asleep for the Juventus game the other week?If you stop and think about it for a min.
33 games unbeaten in CL games (still ongoing)
doesn't stress me out.
Just saying I wouldn't wanna be a hypocrite when I know how much we would be tearing into other clubs if it was them and not us.
i will see how it plays out. I'm confident we can beat it, just saying it's worth exploring other options incase we are guilty.
Or maybe I'll stick with it, it's not the players fault, but I'll still be very disappointed at the people who run the club.
Well in one corner, you have one a group of incredibly successful businessman who deal in multi billion pound deals with companies that span multiple industries and projects that span multiple years and continents, who have taken a football club and expanded it to one of the biggest global football enterprises the world has ever seen and that enterprise doesnt even crack the top ten of deals they have done and in the other corner you have an organisation that cant even write its own rules properly, is incapable of sending out a correct press release and has been told by a body that is wishing to oversee it that its chief exec doesnt know what he is doing, a body that is so incompetent that its current incumbent chief exec was the FOURTH choice to run it.If you start exploring all the options you will drive yourself crazy.
But yes, you are right, if the PL can prove the most serious charges I will also be very disappointed in the people running the club. But not because they will have done it, btw, because they will have done it in a way that they get found out.
Ask any lawyer or accountant, it would have been so easy to get around the FFP rules and make sure you don't get found out and, if you do get found out, that you can provide so many other reasonable explanations that the balance of probabilities sways in your favour.
So, if they do get caught out, it's sheer incompetence.
The people running the club have made some mistakes, but they aren't incompetent imho. Just one of the reasons I think everything will be fine.