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posted on 17/1/24

comment by meltonblue (U10617)
posted 55 minutes ago
comment by Ding-dong, Mourinho's gone!LAJM!(U6426)
posted 21 minutes ago
What's even the point of discussing this case prior to the hearings?

Rival fans have suspected forever that City are using fishy methods to gain an unfair advantage.

City fans have defended forever that their revenue sources are legitimate until the opposite is proved.

Nothing's new, and nothing's going to change until the case has been tried. And even that is unlikely to change many people's opinions on the matter.
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Pretty much this. I’ll say again I think it’s the expenses rather than the revenue that’s the more dodgy one.

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Fair enough. To be perfectly honest, I don't even know what the charges are.

posted on 17/1/24

comment by Ding-dong, Mourinho's gone! LAJM! (U6426)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by meltonblue (U10617)
posted 55 minutes ago
comment by Ding-dong, Mourinho's gone!LAJM!(U6426)
posted 21 minutes ago
What's even the point of discussing this case prior to the hearings?

Rival fans have suspected forever that City are using fishy methods to gain an unfair advantage.

City fans have defended forever that their revenue sources are legitimate until the opposite is proved.

Nothing's new, and nothing's going to change until the case has been tried. And even that is unlikely to change many people's opinions on the matter.
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Pretty much this. I’ll say again I think it’s the expenses rather than the revenue that’s the more dodgy one.

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Fair enough. To be perfectly honest, I don't even know what the charges are.
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None of them are inflated revenue as such. It’s mainly allegations of off the books payments and disguised equity investment. The rest of them are then either non compliance or failing other rules as a consequence.

posted on 17/1/24

comment by meltonblue (U10617)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Ding-dong, Mourinho's gone!LAJM!(U6426)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by meltonblue (U10617)
posted 55 minutes ago
comment by Ding-dong, Mourinho's gone!LAJM!(U6426)
posted 21 minutes ago
What's even the point of discussing this case prior to the hearings?

Rival fans have suspected forever that City are using fishy methods to gain an unfair advantage.

City fans have defended forever that their revenue sources are legitimate until the opposite is proved.

Nothing's new, and nothing's going to change until the case has been tried. And even that is unlikely to change many people's opinions on the matter.
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Pretty much this. I’ll say again I think it’s the expenses rather than the revenue that’s the more dodgy one.

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Fair enough. To be perfectly honest, I don't even know what the charges are.
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None of them are inflated revenue as such. It’s mainly allegations of off the books payments and disguised equity investment. The rest of them are then either non compliance or failing other rules as a consequence.

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HMRC would be involved for some people, no doubt.

posted on 17/1/24

Understood. I remember that years ago there was all that talk about 'fair value' or some such on some of the sponsorship deals in the early days. I heard some of the charges were pretty old, so thought maybe part of them went back to those days.

posted on 17/1/24

comment by mancWoohoo - Maximus Mardius Cobonius (U10676)
posted 34 minutes ago
this this an analogy of how this "debate" is going:

Mooky: I don't know my ªrse from my elbow
Rest of the world: Well, your elbow is the point where you can flex your arm, and your ªrse is where you defecate
Mooky: yeah but show me proof
Rest of the world: Here is an encyclopedia
Mooky: How does this relate to what I just asked?
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"Rest of the world".

Facking deluded with head in sand.

posted on 17/1/24

comment by Ding! Dong! Mourinho's gone! LAJM! (U6426)
posted 18 minutes ago
Understood. I remember that years ago there was all that talk about 'fair value' or some such on some of the sponsorship deals in the early days. I heard some of the charges were pretty old, so thought maybe part of them went back to those days.
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The charges do but not about the value, Uefa themselves said they accepted they were fair value. Their accusation was Mansour was paying for it rather than the sponsors, think the PL are alleging the same thing - in the absence of any thing else in the public domain, not sure what else it could be.

posted on 17/1/24

I see, thanks Melton.

posted on 17/1/24

comment by Ding! Dong! Mourinho's gone! LAJM! (U6426)
posted 9 minutes ago
I see, thanks Melton.
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No worries ioag (think it’s you, name changes confuse me!). Replied to you on the earlier thread too, I’d have gone for Rodri, saw he didn’t make the team of the year either though.

posted on 18/1/24

Im just happy that the City fans choose to support a now fake club. Its great fun

posted on 18/1/24

comment by Szoboss - Glory Days (U6997)
posted 15 hours, 3 minutes ago
A question in return for the City fans on the thread.

Do you think/believe City are completely clean, have done nothing wrong?

Or do you think/believe that the case can't be proved?

Because the two things aren't necessarily the same. I think many would be inclined to agree the the latter, very few the former.
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There is absolutely no way that all of City's income is 100% legit. You would have to be a different level of naive to believe anything to the contrary.

That said. Regardless of where the money came from, it has been put to very good use.

In terms of the case. I haven't concerned myself with it too much. I don't really know what the charges are and I don't really care too much. Accusations have been made and they will either be proven or they won't.

posted on 18/1/24

comment by Ding! Dong! Mourinho's gone! LAJM! (U6426)
posted 13 hours, 11 minutes ago
Understood. I remember that years ago there was all that talk about 'fair value' or some such on some of the sponsorship deals in the early days. I heard some of the charges were pretty old, so thought maybe part of them went back to those days.
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If you are really interested in what the 115 charges are about and not just to fling lowbrow wums, here is a real "debate" between rival fans (one who is an actual lawyer and have done at least a scintilla of research) which will give you a flavour of what the PL charges are about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7reP-Y_6Es

posted on 18/1/24

comment by meltonblue (U10617)
posted 12 hours, 37 minutes ago
comment by Ding! Dong! Mourinho's gone!LAJM!(U6426)
posted 9 minutes ago
I see, thanks Melton.
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No worries ioag (think it’s you, name changes confuse me!). Replied to you on the earlier thread too, I’d have gone for Rodri, saw he didn’t make the team of the year either though.

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Yeah, it's me, thanks again Melton. Mourinho's dismissal was an opportunity I simply couldn't pass up!

I've now replied to that comment of yours on the FIFA Best thread too.

posted on 18/1/24

https://www.givemesport.com/88113078-man-city-leaked-emails-viral-thread-explains-what-they-mean

Theres 67 emails on there. Some of them are absolute belters too. Talk about being caught with your pants down with the next door neighbour's wife. 😂

Absolutely caught red handed.

posted on 18/1/24

Aussie United ‘fan’ who likes ‘sneakers’.

Got to be trustworthy

posted on 18/1/24

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 1 minute ago
Aussie United ‘fan’ who likes ‘sneakers’.

Got to be trustworthy
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I'm sorry Boris but the level of detail in those emails is absolutely unreal. No way a 20 year old, who is Portuguese let's not forget, is making all that up. No way his language skills would be that good for starters.
The people in the emails are are all legit employees too.

I wonder who it was that clicked on the phishing email? 😂

posted on 18/1/24

I'd send you down to the 7th tier of football and make you start again. It's no less than you deserve.

posted on 18/1/24

comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 3 minutes ago
I'd send you down to the 7th tier of football and make you start again. It's no less than you deserve.
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Even if your bizarre fantasy came true, we’d be above you the league 8 years later

posted on 18/1/24

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 28 minutes ago
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 3 minutes ago
I'd send you down to the 7th tier of football and make you start again. It's no less than you deserve.
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Even if your bizarre fantasy came true, we’d be above you the league 8 years later
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Dream on.

Pep walks away and all your top players and with the new financial rules you can't cheat your way back to the top.

And thinking about it more......I actually don't want you to be relegated at all. No Manchester derbies to look forward to would actually be another nail in the coffin of where this league is heading too what with FFP scandal's and VAR.
I think you having all your titles taken off you in the impacted period and them being left vacant would be a much fairer outcome from this. You can't break the rules to the extent you have and get to keep everything you've won.

I suspect a relegation of sorts is very possible though.

posted on 18/1/24

Do you also believe the moon is made of cheese?

posted on 18/1/24

Wensleydale?

comment by mancini (U7179)

posted on 18/1/24

comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 2 hours, 2 minutes ago
https://www.givemesport.com/88113078-man-city-leaked-emails-viral-thread-explains-what-they-mean

Theres 67 emails on there. Some of them are absolute belters too. Talk about being caught with your pants down with the next door neighbour's wife. 😂

Absolutely caught red handed.
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The same view was held by UEFA until the original emails were presented at the hearing. It turned out that they were doctored or taken out of context.

Also important to add that emails alone is not a sufficient proof that an event has occurred.

comment by Carter (U18826)

posted on 18/1/24

Even if they did send us down to the 7th tier, its worth it for the jouney over the last 15 years.

We all know that FFP was only really introduced to keep the rags, dippers and gooners at the top of the pile and keep the rest of us from joining the top table, the rest of it all total nonsense.

posted on 18/1/24

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/manchester-city-to-be-found-not-guilty-of-115-charges-against-them-according-to-football-finance-expert-stefan-borsen-ffp-psr-mcfc

posted on 18/1/24

Https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/liverpool-find-manchester-city-guilty-by-appointing-members-of-judging-panel-in-illegal-move-not-the-first-time-liverpool-cheat-lfc-mcfc

posted on 18/1/24

Boris doesnt tell you the oaf who said that is a Man-city fan. so no bias there RIGHT??

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