Poll: Greenlizard0 PL & Championship Football Thread ** spoilers ** [11th - 13th July 2020]

When will Utd be awarded their first penalty tonight

  • Before the 1st drinks break

    Votes: 6 27.3%

  • Between the 1st drinks break & HT

    Votes: 7 31.8%

  • Between HT & the 2nd drinks break

    Votes: 5 22.7%

  • Between the 2nd drinks break & FT

    Votes: 4 18.2%
  • Total voters
    22
robfosters said:
It doesn’t matter how much you’ve got, it’s whether or not you adhere to the FFP rules. A lower prem team could spend a quarter of what city do and still end up breaking the rules.
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It does matter how much money you've got though rob because a smaller PL team cannot afford to spend anymore than they make because they're not backed by an Arab state.
 
BaZ87 said:
It does matter how much money you've got though rob because a smaller PL team cannot afford to spend anymore than they make because they're not backed by an Arab state.
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Maybe, but there’s a lot of teams around Europe who do have the resources to spend more than they earn, it’s not just City.

Juve and RM have already been implicated in possible breaches.
 
robfosters said:
Maybe, but there’s a lot of teams around Europe who do have the resources to spend more than they earn, it’s not just City.
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There's a handful that can and will, but these handful are in the same boat as City in not wanting FFP. These clubs sticking 2 fingers up at UEFA and ignoring FFP doesn't solve anything for the clubs that support and adhere to FFP.
 
BaZ87 said:
There's a handful that can and will, but these handful are in the same boat as City in not wanting FFP. These clubs sticking 2 fingers up at UEFA and ignoring FFP doesn't solve anything for the clubs that support and adhere to FFP.
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What’s the point in supporting something that’s not implemented and punished properly?

If the likes of Real, Barca, Juve, PSG, Bayern etc all start ignoring it, what are UEFA gonna do, ban them all? That will never happen as some of them are the darlings of UEFA.
 
fez said:
@BaZ87 What makes you think that Pep is confident the ban is being overturned?
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He said he's really confident :p

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...-confident-Manchester-City-Europe-season.html
robfosters said:
What’s the point in supporting something that’s not implemented and punished properly?

If the likes of Real, Barca, Juve, PSG, Bayern etc all start ignoring it, what are UEFA gonna do, ban them all? That will never happen as some of them are the darlings of UEFA.
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Rob you're missing the point here. It's clubs like Real, Barca and Bayern (along with Liverpool, Utd and Arsenal) that pushed for FFP to be implemented in the current form. These clubs don't have owners that either can or will pump cash into their clubs to spend over and above what they generate. They're not going to break FFP rules.

edit: When UEFA first stated talking about financial controls they wanted to put regulations on debt. Clubs could make as much losses as they liked but as long as they weren't in debt it was fine but the big sides didn't want that, they wanted regulations that protected themselves from another Chelsea, City, PSG coming along. They wanted a set-up that made it as cheap as possible for them to keep their spot at the top table.
 
Chelsea dropping the ball which means it is in our hands now. No doubt we will mess it up against Southampton.

I can see Wolves sneaking top four at this rate.
 
BaZ87 said:
He said he's really confident :p
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There are a few options.

Man Citys lawyers have found a way around it and know that legally they are in the clear.

He is bluffing.

Many City have bribed the right people and already know the decision.

Wonder which one I think is the most likely....
 
fez said:
There are a few options.

Man Citys lawyers have found a way around it and know that legally they are in the clear.

He is bluffing.

Many City have bribed the right people and already know the decision.

Wonder which one I think is the most likely....
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It could just be bravado, after all City have been very strongly proclaiming their innocence on this for the past 6 years and it's not stopped it getting this far. Pep coming out with this so close to the verdict made me wonder if he knows something. It has been reported that both City and UEFA will get told the verdict before it's made public but supposedly that's on the day rather than a week before.
 
Just saw the penalty, never a pen. Defender won the ball and Robertson kicked his tackling leg on the way through,

never a pen in a million years.
 
robfosters said:
Just saw the penalty, never a pen. Defender won the ball and Robertson kicked his tackling leg on the way through,

never a pen in a million years.
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I'll ask you next week and you'll say it's a pen. You change your mind more than you change your pants Rob.

All MOTD pundits said it was a penalty.
 
Rob missing the point again. He touched the ball, he didn't win it, nor did he dipossess Robertson. He brushed the ball, moving it fractionally but only further into Robertson's path.
 
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