PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Whether or not]

The conventional wisdom appears to be that when the news eventually breaks it will be on a Monday or Friday. Why is that?

 

[halfcenturyup]

The conventional wisdom appears to be that when the news eventually breaks it will be on a Monday or Friday. Why is that?

I think the idea is that previous awards have been given to the parties for a couple of days to check before they were released. So distribution on a Friday, a couple of days in the weekend to check and a release on a Monday makes sense as it reduces the chance of deliberate or accidental leaks.

Not sure that applies to this case, though. There will presumably be so much to read and check.

 

[Casey69]

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That reminds me , quasi was walking round the cathedral slamming doors , kicking cats etc
One priest said to another quasimodos really got the hump today!

 

[manimanc]

That reminds me , quasi was walking round the cathedral slamming doors , kicking cats etc
One priest said to another quasimodos really got the hump today!

 

[pudge]

I reckon we'll hear something by the end of the week.
Just a hunch.

Sorry to break it to you but it's never going to end

 

[Judge Roughneck]

No, nothing? Same time next week then.

 

[remember arthur mann]

 

[manimanc]

Sorry to break it to you but it's never going to end

I know.
Sun and beer equals silly comments.
My bad.

 

[Jim Tolmie's Underpants]

It makes me laugh more at the fools.

 

[Robanompivenov]

Is that Gundo who we brought back, last season, with a guarantee of an extra year, depending on the number of games he played?
Is that Bernado, who’s asked to leave almost every year for the last 5 and been told he can’t?
Is that Akanji, who signed a 5 year contract when he signed in 2022, and whose contract will expire in 2027?
Is that John Stones, who’s asked to signed a 5 year contract extension in 2021, which will expire next year?

Culprits seems like a poor take.

Exactamundo. Contracts are a two way thing. No player has to leave.

 

[johncity]

these guys had a year off with full pay , they need to put a shift in this season

We finished 3rd don’t get some posted on here we can’t win it all and every player can drop off or get niggles it’s football

 

[bluelights72]

Said earlier what if all parties have surpressed it

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

It will be the day before we play Liverpool away

 

[CPPSC]

We finished 3rd don’t get some posted on here we can’t win it all and every player can drop off or get niggles it’s football

Four in a row never been done before for a reason . How anyone couldn’t expect a drop off is beyond me.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Four in a row never been done before for a reason . How anyone couldn’t expect a drop off is beyond me.

Something had to give and unfortunately it was everything, the football,players and manager. Not forgetting numerous injury absentees throughout the season.

 

[thegoatsthegoat]

Haaland is a great example of why sometimes it's better to go without for a short period and get the player you really want when that deal is possible.

If the right player at RB becomes available I'm sure we'll make a move. But we won't make a move for the wrong player at the wrong price just because supporters are crying about how tough our recruitment policy is on them.

Short period of time, maybe. We didn’t go without a left back for a short period of time. For 5 years or so we made something work. The size of our club it’s poor and shows poor planning. There’s no guarantee we’d get a right back next year. To not have a right back in the squad is fucking mental, and no, Lewis is not a right back.

 

[foggy1974]

It will be the day before we play Liverpool away

Probably the day after if we actually manage to win at Klanfield

 

[moomba]

Short period of time, maybe. We didn’t go without a left back for a short period of time. For 5 years or so we made something work. The size of our club it’s poor and shows poor planning. There’s no guarantee we’d get a right back next year. To not have a right back in the squad is fucking mental, and no, Lewis is not a right back.

Key point here. We made it work.

I'd love a top quality right back, but if the right one isn't available right now or is too expensive it's downright stupidity to just buy anyone.

That's what the likes of the rags have been doing the past 10 years, and far from showing good planning it shows insecurity and a lack of confidence in the excellent players in the squad that have achieved so much.

 

[HelloCity]

2027.
3rd week in.

That’s the charges announcement.

 

[thegoatsthegoat]

Key point here. We made it work.

I'd love a top quality right back, but if the right one isn't available right now or is too expensive it's downright stupidity to just buy anyone.

That's what the likes of the rags have been doing the past 10 years, and far from showing good planning it shows insecurity and a lack of confidence in the excellent players in the squad that have achieved so much.

We did make it work, but we shouldn’t have to. Yes I agree with the right now comment but that didn’t happen with a left back. We left it 5 or so years and making it work is ok, but a top club shouldn’t do that. We made a false 9 work. On more than one occasion. We still bought Haaland and that was one of the cogs that finally got us over that CL line. Had we got Kane the year before would we have been a better team? Absolutely. We wouldn’t have got Haaland and the rest is history but the point within the example is the next season we addressed it. We didn’t make it work, we didn’t get by, we didn’t shoehorn players in the hope it would keep working. We got our man. Going into a season where relying on an average centre mid to be our right back, or an academy player who is out of his depth will shoot us in the foot. We aren’t the same team who made no left back work; we are defensively fragile and I can’t see us getting over the line without. It’s even worse that we’ve had an extended period to address the problem with knowing walker was gone well in advance. We will be better this year but it won’t be enough.