No, Relegation.
City and Financial Doping | Charged by PL with numerous FFP breaches | Hearing begins 16th September 2024
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My guess is they will be found guilty of maybe 10 charges and get a 30-40 point deduction and a fine.
They will be back to winning titles again in a couple seasons.
They will be back to winning titles again in a couple seasons.
FootballGuru4Real on twitter.
My worry too is some punishment that’s easily sidestepped, such as a fine, transfer ban or small point deduction that’s only impactful in the short term.
What good is a transfer ban when you’ve already assembled the best squad on earth through illegal means? They need to address the fact that without their cheating, there is no Pep, no Haaland, no treble and no PL dominance.
Probs. I wish an epl title or two stripped if quite a few charges are proven.
Whatever the case, we won't actually get any answers until next year right?
Yes. Way into next year.
"and it's a 5th Premier League for Manchester City, a huge honour"
*music starts playing*
"What's this?!"
"It's Chief Justice Farnworth with The Court Documents in the Bank Briefcase!"
*music starts playing*
"What's this?!"
"It's Chief Justice Farnworth with The Court Documents in the Bank Briefcase!"
Their fans are hyping up their lawyers on Twitter
If they get them off then Sky could run a reel before the start of their programmes with them celebrating outside of court (in slowmotion of course), as they'll be biggest club legends they've ever had if they get them off this.
Maybe City fans could don some court room wigs before their games to gee them up a bit more.
It would be objectively good for the game in many ways if they were properly punished. I totally agree that they should be expelled from the league and have all titles won in the 10 year period stripped but I doubt it.
The worst that will happen for them is maybe a 3rd of the charges stick but they repeal it which will take another year and then half of them will be overturned.
Almost certainly but you won't deter them.
Lord Panic with the clothesline on The Chief!
The best duo in the biz. Pannick ‘n’ Sued
I wonder how much will City's brand suffer if they're found guilty, or is it just a sign of the modern game that makes me think most players won't care? Pep has stated he will leave, so that's a good start I guess.
That guy on the left looks like he's about to ask for your ID
All I wish for is that they are properly punished.. no fine and slap on the wrist or getting away with it on technicalities or fine prints or some bullshit like that. An actual punishment, like something that will actually set them back where they belong... which is not at the top of European football.
Lord Pannick charges £5,000 an hour? Flippin heck.
Works both ways, doesn't it? At the end of the day, people are still guessing no matter what they write about the potential outcome and we won't know until the decision has been made.
Yeah but he'll do anything you want. Anything.
Pannick on the cafe.
There'll be elements of both. In time plenty won't care, but there's no escaping a guilty charge. If i were one of the players who won it on final day, or part of the current dominant squad, it would always always be there in my mind. Id know that every time i talk about my city years it would be the elephant in the room, the awkward thing people politely pretend doesn't exist. Winning in a cheating team.
Id resent giving my best playing years to cheats.
If there's justice, and they actually get a deduction big enough to relegate them, thats another story. Internationally i think that has big ramifications for their 'brand'
Pannick at the disco
Nothing short of all titles stripped and relegation to non-league will surfice. What they've done is a farce and they've made a mockery of the league, of fans and of every club that has worked hard through legal means to be at the top end of the table.
This has to set a presedent that cheating will not be tolerated or else we'll have the likes of Newcastle, Chelsea and any other team bought out by countries going the same way.
This has to set a presedent that cheating will not be tolerated or else we'll have the likes of Newcastle, Chelsea and any other team bought out by countries going the same way.
Then there'll be an appeal which will drag it out even longer.
Looking forward to the Netflix series - "The People vs Man City". If the cheque is not lit, you must acquit!
I don’t think there is any sort of apparatus for them to appeal. The decision is final.
Biggest scandal in Premier League history and the opening of the case doesn’t even make the top article on the BBC. It’s clear the media are being warned not to publish the case.
And why is there so much secrecy from the courts?
I really hope the other Premier League clubs unite when City get a lenient ruling.
And why is there so much secrecy from the courts?
I really hope the other Premier League clubs unite when City get a lenient ruling.
i’d want to get off for 5 grand an hour.
Genuinely curious as to why people keep saying points will be deducted this season?. I mean most of the charges pertain to a different time periods, and has nothing to do with this season.
So what does this season have to do with any charges?? The punishment, fines/deductions, if any, surely would have to be for the concerned seasons, right?
So what does this season have to do with any charges?? The punishment, fines/deductions, if any, surely would have to be for the concerned seasons, right?
Gas Pannick
Just slightly less than Sancho.
Everton weren't deducted points for overspending last season, but the period leading up to it.
I'm sure he puts a bit more effort in to it though
I haven’t seen the tweets but maybe he’s saying that the breaches would lead to large points deduction that would result in being relegated?
Just guessing.
At the end of the day, City being hammered is the focus… Chelsea would just be the cherry on the cake.
Pannick on the streets of London..
Ha. Brilliant. Let's hope his losing ways long continue.
I’m surprised they haven’t already. But then getting 14 clubs to agree on something is hard enough usually.
People keep banging on about how great and expensive city’s lawyers are but it’s not like the PL dragged in a couple of interns to fight the case.
There comes a point when it’s heavyweight vs heavyweight and it’s the evidence that will be the key.
Evidence that from what we all have heard is completely damning. The emails are entirely clear into what was happening and who knew about it and orchestrated it.
I fully expect city to be found guilty on the vast majority of charges.
Punishment is up for debate clearly but any bullshit fine and that’s it is not going to fly, in my opinion obviously
There comes a point when it’s heavyweight vs heavyweight and it’s the evidence that will be the key.
Evidence that from what we all have heard is completely damning. The emails are entirely clear into what was happening and who knew about it and orchestrated it.
I fully expect city to be found guilty on the vast majority of charges.
Punishment is up for debate clearly but any bullshit fine and that’s it is not going to fly, in my opinion obviously
