PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

slbsn said:
For starters a big team will TUPE over so they will have most of the people on Day 1. The key question is why it is worth it. IMG currently do the nuts and bolts of producing matches. Filming, studio stuff, etc. They are market leaders. The question is even if the PL can do it slightly cheaper in house, so what? What value is there in owning that part of the value chain. It’s not as if they need it to make the programming even if they created Premflix. And it’s not as if they can take their programming expertise and sell to other leagues. So why bother?

Presumably, there is a model in one of the US leagues they want to follow.
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Cheaper in house plus could sell all games on subscription model to all territories to broadcasted and on own internet channel
 
They’ve demonstrated they are such a poor team in week in week oit in the Premier League they can only do it in the Eiuropa League that doesn’t have Champions league teams dropping into it after Xmas. If they get Champions league next season September through to January will be torrid for them. They will get destroyed in the group games and having to play every 3 days will put pressure on their awful squad.
 
WRicko said:
Cheaper in house plus could sell all games on subscription model to all territories to broadcasted and on own internet channel
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It's interesting this. I don't think the English game is in a very strong position to sell itself.
To many games are defence against attack, it's boring.
This season has been terrible no title race and no relegation battle.
Financial restrictions limit pl teams to compete to sign Europe's top players.
The best team for a decade is hounded by the American cartel who don't want investors buying other clubs, like Newcastle. Promoted clubs are restrictioned of improvement to their squad.
Pl needs to make itself attractive again, games are played in more or less silent, some statiums are in poor condition, some pitches aren't great. Ticket prices are ridiculous across the pl and to many club are like Disney land on match day
 
give it to gordon said:
It's interesting this. I don't think the English game is in a very strong position to sell itself.
To many games are defence against attack, it's boring.
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Have we become the foreign game over time? All the attributes that made the English game so attractive are now gone and that probably includes the crowd now which is sterile in most cases.

The only thing English about our game now is the location and that can change when they want it to.
 
halfcenturyup said:
I have to ask how definitive is your definitive answer that it isn't legal fees?

As you say, the directors report mentions three causes for the expense increase: new personnel, wider football support and legal fees. The first two come nowhere near explaining a 23% increase. It's hard to see past legal fees really ....

Maybe they are making fraudulent statements in the accounts? :)
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The PL themselves are adamant
 
give it to gordon said:
It's interesting this. I don't think the English game is in a very strong position to sell itself.
To many games are defence against attack, it's boring.
This season has been terrible no title race and no relegation battle.
Financial restrictions limit pl teams to compete to sign Europe's top players.
The best team for a decade is hounded by the American cartel who don't want investors buying other clubs, like Newcastle. Promoted clubs are restrictioned of improvement to their squad.
Pl needs to make itself attractive again, games are played in more or less silent, some statiums are in poor condition, some pitches aren't great. Ticket prices are ridiculous across the pl and to many club are like Disney land on match day
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I think our games have been more open this year more due to us than anything else but it’s been us that have witnessed defense against attack more than any other also with different teams doing well or badly it’s hard to know who should be defending or attacking so I don’t agree with that point

Financial restrictions are a mess but they not that strict and not stopping us against European clubs premier league clubs spend more than the rest and have more money.

Stadiums are better than ever Newish Westham Stadium, expanded Etihad new Everton stadium, Newish Spurs about to be improved expanded Old Trafford expanded Anfield, plans for improved expanded st James.

Already better grounds than anywhere other than possibly German due to World Cup in 2006

Are pitches worse than anywhere else?

Why would ticket prices matter to tv ?

Disney stuff is what people want not that it affect tv if it does you might get a bit nicer odd interview of fan at a ground at a fan zone rather than the same old pundits
 
Next round of TV bidding is like to see the PL insist that in the studio there should be a commentator representing the clubs in action and they should be wearing that clubs shirt. Yeah Rio and Jamie can commentate on us v Arsenal if one of them wears a City shirt and the other wears an Arsenal one. Insist on representation.
 
mexico1970 said:
I think the result might come in today, probably after church and before the visit to the pub attached to that church.
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Reminds me of that Simpsons sketch in the episode where the comet is about to obliterate the town. The people who spend all their time in the pub, rush to spend their last moments in the church, and vice versa!
 
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