I‘d love for Ten Hag to come out before the Cup Final calling them cheaters. That would be epic.
City and Financial Doping | Charged by PL with numerous FFP breaches | Hearing begins 16th September 2024
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I can see the charges and UCL ban being imposed after they've won it tbh.
City are the last team on earth UEFA want winning their premier competition.
But they don't make the decision, CAS do.
Then they are as corrupt.
Exactly. My opinion is that CAS were leaned on with their ruling by the City owners.
Wasn't someone from City's Board on the CAS board or something? Hilarious when you think about it
City's lawyers will claim it's just trumped up charges.
City don't really tend to sign ready made superstars, they sign the players that are close to making that step.
Seems desperate
Classic response, discredit the prosecution in hopes the jury believe they have ulterior motive.
Let's be honest, if they're pulling that out of the hat it confirms they're guilty.
The stalling tactics have begun...
Most people in the country support a team, a lot of them are paying members of the club they support. That guy being an Arsenal fan is neither here nor there. Good luck finding someone who doesn’t support any football team.
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City have stolen countless honors and made a mockery of football, but since the lawyer is an Arsenal fan, well there is nothing we can do about it. Better luck next time.
Everyone knows they are guilty but they will probably find some legal loophole to get away with it.
There's never been any doubt that they're guilty. The doubt has always been in if they're going to get any substantial punishment.
Blows my mind that people want us to become like this lot.
I don't care how many trophies they win, they're a completely embarrassing football club.
I don't care how many trophies they win, they're a completely embarrassing football club.
With a very high likelyhood that they are guilty of a lot more than they have so far been charged for.
I’m pretty sure that what’s meant by that is a dominant football team.
As desperate as it gets!!
Either they really have nothing and are desperate... or, which is more likely, they are dragging their heels and complicating any proceeding that the case could eventually become time barred. They have previous.
I don't think there are any statute of limitations on time in the PL regulations. They are different from UEFA
I dont think it can be time barred. But this is definitely stalling tactics
Hopefully. They're shameless cheats regardless.
I am beginning to wonder have City's lawyers been in touch with Sky / BT to ensure they keep their mouths shut about this too, because its insane to me that it's not central to any analysis of how great City are at football. They are cheats.
Exactly. I’m constantly reminded of the Brian Clough quote from The Damned United (great film): “As far as I'm concerned, the first thing you can do for me is to chuck all your medals and all your caps and all your pots and all your pans into the biggest fecking dustbin you can find, because you've never won any of them fairly. You've done it all by bloody cheating.”
Of course, in the film Clough was referring to Leeds’ cheating on the pitch, but it still applies I feel.
Come on, Murray. We couldn't get the job done on the pitch, but I'd settle for us prevailing in the courtroom.
A win's a win.
Don't know why they're trying to delay things, I thought they were looking forward to clearing their name
ARSE-ANAL ARSE-ANAL ARSE-ANAL.
Don't think anyone wants us to start cheating
Would be so funny if they won the CL and it was then stripped off them for finanical doping.
Never happening.
The result of the hearing if City were found guilty (paraphrasing a famous movie) . "Officer, arrested the Man City contingent and take them over to the corner of the room, and I want you to keep them there and count to 10 after that let them go their ways."
I can't believe we're falling for this charade. This is just the next scene in this play. The epilogue will be the PL saying"well we tried" just like Uefa and their time boundedness. Yawn.
I doubt any sanctions or fines will make any real difference tbh...but the silence from the media is a bit disappointing.
United have no real excuses for being as bad as they have the last 10 years...but for other teams in the league, for new managers competing against City with their unlimited funds, plus Pep at the helm for 6-7 years, plus endless rules breaks. Makes the league very very difficult, yet a new manager can come in and after a bad month his job is on the line.
Needs a bit more perspective and appreciate that City have a very dark side to their success. Not hating just pointing it out.
United have no real excuses for being as bad as they have the last 10 years...but for other teams in the league, for new managers competing against City with their unlimited funds, plus Pep at the helm for 6-7 years, plus endless rules breaks. Makes the league very very difficult, yet a new manager can come in and after a bad month his job is on the line.
Needs a bit more perspective and appreciate that City have a very dark side to their success. Not hating just pointing it out.
It is, but what more can they really say. No doubt some of them will be pretty intimidated by potential litigation as sad as that is
Pencil in some title celebrations when they eventually get stripped of it in about 5 to 6 years.
Brown Envelopes doing their jobs very well.
Not a peep to be heard ever Again.
Not a peep to be heard ever Again.