AlexUTD
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They have already justified it, they have the biggest revenue in football.
Premier League clubs dominate richest in the world - Deloitte Money League study - BBC Sport
Yes cause they have never cooked the books have they
They have already justified it, they have the biggest revenue in football.
Premier League clubs dominate richest in the world - Deloitte Money League study - BBC Sport
That's the point though isn't it?
Everybody already knows that there's no way a club like that can genuinely have a bigger revenue than the biggest clubs in Europe.
I hate that it’s clear to absolutely everyone in football what’s gone on with them. It makes the inevitable slap on the wrist that much harder to take.
I actually sympathise with Liverpool fans who’ve lost out on major success due to them, as funny as we all like to say it is. At least we’ve been utter shite and they haven’t really denied us too much. Can’t imagine how we’d all be feeling if we were in Liverpool’s shoes.
Considering how bitter I’m coming across here it would probably be unbearable
What conspiracies do you think are afoot or commentary you think isn't feasible?
Money>* this is the way of the world, and if billions of pounds are on the line, you don't think an intervention or some kind of wrangling to prevent that from happening cannot/will not occur?
Money>*. What more is there to it than that?
I hate that it’s clear to absolutely everyone in football what’s gone on with them. It makes the inevitable slap on the wrist that much harder to take.
I actually sympathise with Liverpool fans who’ve lost out on major success due to them, as funny as we all like to say it is. At least we’ve been utter shite and they haven’t really denied us too much. Can’t imagine how we’d all be feeling if we were in Liverpool’s shoes.
Considering how bitter I’m coming across here it would probably be unbearable
Liverpool and ourselves have both been denied three titles each by City since the takeover. Arsenal one.
Both fair points. It actually raises the point of why clubs haven’t done more to push the agenda.Arsenal have been royally fecked by City too though, when they had to tighten their purse strings due to the new stadium, City started poaching their players. That set that back years and turned them into a secondary club.
Then after almost 15 years trying by normal means of struggling to get back, they finally see a chance of a league again but who is there to stop them with their “cough cough nothing to see here” **50 million** pound goal machine.
So let me ask you straight up: what percentage likelihood do you think there is of these things being improbable?The primary one is the idea that City can buy their way out of any proven allegations. Second is the idea that City will put pressure on the UK government to put pressure on the PL to put pressure on the PL independent panel to find City not guilty, in a way that doesn't rob City and the PL of any credibility in the eyes of the public
As long as we're acknowledging that they are conspiracy theories and not anything based in actual fact, then what's wrong with a little conspiracy fun right?
So let me ask you straight up: what percentage likelihood do you think there is of these things being improbable?
Oh I don't think it's impossible. Stranger things have certainly happened.
Without concrete evidence my baseline is to assign a possibility of 1% to 5%.
Money as a lubricant only goes so far. It's not like the other side (19 clubs, fans, MPs) are powerless here.
City only need 5, not 19.
I don't know if you have the UK or its government as paragons of virtue, or if that's your personal belief. The amount of scandalous, money-grabbing behaviour they have overseen or partaken in leaves them with no benefit of the doubt this side of the pond.Oh I don't think it's impossible. Stranger things have certainly happened.
Without concrete evidence my baseline is to assign a possibility of 1% to 5%.
Money as a lubricant only goes so far. It's not like the other side (19 clubs, fans, MPs) are powerless here.
What's the reason for not saying the date?
Guilty. Punishment. Appeal. Successful. Case closed.
Not sure who else they can appeal to. Directly to the FA?
I don't know if you have the UK or its government as paragons of virtue, or if that's your personal belief. The amount of scandalous, money-grabbing behaviour they have overseen or partaken in leaves them with no benefit of the doubt this side of the pond.
We're talking about the kind of money that dwarves football here; the UK government are not intervening giving a single feck about those1912? clubs or whatever stance they wish to take, which is one of the perils of an extremely rich state owning a football club.
The bolded has to have been put in for own personal amusement, surely?
The most annoying part about the radio silence from the PL/City regarding this case is the gap in information being filled by nonsense conspiracy theories amongst casual fans and journalists that has been accepted as fact by most if not all.
Cock teaseWhat's the reason for not saying the date?
@adexkola you're up!Can someone explain to me am i understanding City case;
City is charged. But they refuse to give books. So now they need to be forced by the court to give books. But their legal dream is delaying that shit. So are they charged or just investigated?
I am completely lost in their case. I would be very grateful if someone explain that to me.
Can someone explain to me am i understanding City case;
City is charged. But they refuse to give books. So now they need to be forced by the court to give books. But their legal dream is delaying that shit. So are they charged or just investigated?
I am completely lost in their case. I would be very grateful if someone explain that to me.
Yeah, please help me...........to be smart in front of my 2 mates (one is Arse fan and other is Pool fan).@adexkola you're up!
Pity that Liverpool will be handed the PL
Hearing, trial, verdict, appeals and so on... Any rules in the UK about time frames in a case like this?
Best thing would be that they get their sentence in June. After they win PL.Pity that Liverpool will be handed the PL
5 what? Or 5 to do what?
Man City's commercial income trebled from around £40m in 2011 to around £120m in 2012. No other club has ever recorded growth like it. Clearest red flag of money laundering you're likely to see in a football club's books.
The PL knew what City were up to at the time but turned a blind eye to it as they saw it as commercially advantageous for the wider brand to disrupt the United, Chelsea and Arsenal monopoly on titles.
The PL announced the charges two days before the government's white paper on independent football regulation. I don't believe a 5 year investigation concluded in perfect timing with this watershed moment for football governance by mere coincidence.
The PL have been forced into investigating City's cheating, but now the cat is out of the bag, I expect they are both feet in as their self governance depends upon it.
Expulsion from the EPL is virtually guaranteed. City have literally been actively frustrating the investigation for over 5 years. I don't see a way back for them. The only question is whether it'll be permanent or time-limited expulsion. Time limited is so complicated. Do the EFL accept them in to their structure? If so, they've got to go to the bottom as mid tier will displace teams. If it's permanent EPL expulsion, can the EFL even accept them knowing they can't promote them from the Championship.
Either way, it'll be fun to watch this cancer of the game be systematically dismantled, knowing all their achievements will be asterisked out.
Do you still enjoy watching them or is there a sense of impending doom? Must be kind of weird place to be in as a supporterI have till November till I'm off to a Boreham Wood forum, I'll miss you guys.
Not sure who else they can appeal to. Directly to the FA?
They'll have to sue first, to argue that the clause isn't legal.
They cant
I think that, all other punishments having been concluded, they should still be barred from the PL for one year for each year that they've refused to cooperate. That's at least 5 years and counting.