That’s unfortunately true about English/British people in general. The UK has nowhere near the revolutionary spirit as continental European countries like France do.
City and Financial Doping | Charged by PL with numerous FFP breaches | Hearing begins 16th September 2024
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So they are innocent of all the accusations against them and have no case to answer. But also they are suing the PL for discrimination because they can't break the rules they agreed to abide by?
The bitters must be worried about the outcome of the 115 charges case.
The bitters must be worried about the outcome of the 115 charges case.
The state of that “club”
How on earth could we not be, when we've been utterly smashed by them in our own city?
Wonder if they're the ones supporting city ?
Hopefully so, but they'd only need to persuade six club owners that maintaining good relations with UAE can also be good for their other business ventures.
Going after the premier league in this aggressive manner is like an admission of guilt. It’s a typical response of one threatened.
They know they’ve fallen foul of the rules and their strategy to getting themselves off is to prove that the rules are unlawful in the first place. I’ve always said that City are guilty but being ran by a state means they are far too powerful to take on and thus they will get off with it.
They know they’ve fallen foul of the rules and their strategy to getting themselves off is to prove that the rules are unlawful in the first place. I’ve always said that City are guilty but being ran by a state means they are far too powerful to take on and thus they will get off with it.
Bingo
They're already posting numbers supposedly above all the traditional huge sides in world football.
How on earth do they think they can suggest they'd have been pushing their "brand" on even more than that?
How on earth do they think they can suggest they'd have been pushing their "brand" on even more than that?
I just don’t understand why we’re still entertaining them?
It’s like the Olympics being held to ransom by this new Druggy Olympics thing. They would never let that happen.
Kick them out and move on. If the legalities of kicking them out are too complex, the other 18/19 clubs leave the league and start again without them and with safeguards to prevent future thems.
It’s like the Olympics being held to ransom by this new Druggy Olympics thing. They would never let that happen.
Kick them out and move on. If the legalities of kicking them out are too complex, the other 18/19 clubs leave the league and start again without them and with safeguards to prevent future thems.
Their complaints are genuinely “we weren’t allowed to financially dope enough”
Mind blowing
The question is why the state of Abu Dhabi is so interested in football (City) and go against all odds making more enemies along the way to fight UEFA, PL when people accused them of using football for sport washing. Is this not counterproductive?
Or it there something bigger than sport washing?
Or it there something bigger than sport washing?
They want soft power. They already run Manchester.
This is the scourge the league let in and bedded down with. Now, they’re trying to destroy the fabric of the game as we know it.
Let’s see how the media treat them for this. It’ll be the biggest indication yet that they’re in cahoots if they entertain this scandalous behaviour.
Let’s see how the media treat them for this. It’ll be the biggest indication yet that they’re in cahoots if they entertain this scandalous behaviour.
Not really. The vast majority of them dream of being courted and swept off their feet by some sheikhs. They won't want to eliminate that possibility by punishing City.
The PL is only two clubs away currently from having the power to do whatever they want with them.
This has been discussed before in this thread; City have been procuring favour (votes/backing) for some time now. Clubs who are making fortunes off of their dealings with them are not going to want to see them gone, and the sweetener in place should they win is worth their while. City have been systematically planning for this moment for years.
Not doing it very well if more than half of the clubs have gone against them.
City will not make such bold move against everyone if they don't already secured some backing themselves in order not to be kicked out of PL. They will not make this amateur mistake.
Only need the subsequent amount. 6?
They've already made many amateur mistakes which is why they find themselves in the position they are currently in.
You will be surprised what they got up the sleeves. Watch the space. I don't think they can be so easily dealt with when they even defeated UEFA and cheated in PL for so long without any major consequences. We are talking about a team of world class lawyers and group of people with influence even with top people in the country.
Fair to say this would ruin the league if successful. Indeed it could even precipitate a breakaway league. This is a dangerous moment for English football.
We all thought the Super League was the death of football but this could be it. City have more powerful lawyers than the PL
City have one club that would support them, and that is Newcastle.
They have unlimited resources, but in this context, legal resources are abundant. City have made the premier league focus all their resources on this ahead of the 115 charges case. All a game.
They have unlimited resources, but in this context, legal resources are abundant. City have made the premier league focus all their resources on this ahead of the 115 charges case. All a game.
Imagine if allowing these nation states to masquerade as football clubs is what destroys the Premier League and competitive football in England.
And many fans, even of other clubs, cheered this shit on, thinking they might be next.
Thankfully it's not a question of who has the most powerful lawyers
I really hate what football has become
The likes of Newcastle and Villa will support them on this as they have recently been moaning about being hampered by FFP rules.
I think it's getting to the point where the non sports washing clubs should start getting together and threatening to break away from the Premier League.
If the sports washers get free reign to fiddle the books even more than they currently are then there will be no point in even trying to compete.
If the sports washers get free reign to fiddle the books even more than they currently are then there will be no point in even trying to compete.
City fans and there club are really taking the approach of if we can’t do what we want we will try and ruin everything.
I would just get rival fans to turn up in 115 shirts for every city game. It would be embarassing simply for city because it goes out to a global audience. And it shows that the rest of football is united against them.
Don’t show up. No fans, no players - nobody. Forfeit the games and let them win the league with 114 points. Celebrate whoever comes second as the Champions.
Hope they do. We got Brexit Jim. He'll only leave the country for tax reasons. He wouldnt take a British institution out of Britain.
While I wish that was the case, that level of commitment and organisation would be very hard. As one poster has already stated, the culture in this country is that we are quite mute when compared to the rest of Europe e.g. the french.
City Twitter fan completely missing the point that if City win it'll completely destroy the Premier League