Government interference?

melton

Yeah totally, you live for those moments and once they've happened you can't really take them away.

City fans will have the memories. They can't go but everything else should if these are proven.

The emails are clear enough proof to me they were cheating the rules.

That said I remain to be convinced they will actually be found guilty because I don't think corruption began and ended with funnelling money to themselves.

I do think if they are found guilty, every trophy won after the date it started must go for the integrity of the league to prevail.

So potentially 3 United titles, 3 Liverpool titles and 2 Arsenal titles to be awarded if so. That the rightful winners of 8 championships never got to celebrate them will be a monumental stain on the game.

They would have to be chucked out.

If titles are awarded to the second place teams that means Gerrard wins one and that slip won't matter. Be careful what you wish for...

comment by Melbourne Red (U5417)
posted 37 minutes ago
comment by meltonblue (U10617)
posted 2 minutes ago
Think it’s worth remembering what the accusation is. It’s that Mansour was funding the sponsors who were then subsequently funding City. There’s been no accusations that either the contracts were incorrect or that the obligations weren’t fulfilled, so it’s not that City got more than what was agreed in those contracts.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
This isn’t quite true. 7 of the charges relate to breaching PSR rules.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Yes it is. The breach of psr rules is directly related to that.

comment by Diafol Coch 77 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (U2462)
posted 47 minutes ago

For what it's worth I still think they'd have won the majority of titles anyway but it wouldn't have been as record breaking. The chasing pack may have been closer too and perhaps we wouldn't have seen the record breaking second place totals Liverpool had.

We'll never know, of course, but I don't think any cheating (if that's what happened) was required.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Tbh, I've no idea when the charges date from.

I guess hiring Soriano and Begiristain is perhaps the key milestone, as I doubt Guardiola would've joined without them. And even with them being there, you'd have to wonder whether he'd have chosen City ahead of all the other potential suitors if he didn't also know the huge financial backing he'd have enjoyed.

Well, that and the image rights but United should be hoping we’re found not guilty on that!

Is it true that Foden's first goal at weekend came after 1 minute and 15 seconds? Blatant corruption if so.

comment by Diafol Coch 77 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (U2462)
posted 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
If titles are awarded to the second place teams that means Gerrard wins one and that slip won't matter. Be careful what you wish for...
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Thank fook Chelsea didn't finish 2nd.

JT would be looking the kit out.

If City had to change their name to Manchester Cheaty would everyone be happy with that?

comment by The Duality of Van (Dijk) (U21747)
posted 19 minutes ago
If City had to change their name to Manchester Cheaty would everyone be happy with that?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
That wud b a creative punishmenned