The Great Big FFP Debate

All this is showing me is that they are annoyed and all this is going to do is make the punishment even more severe. It is quite petty really with what is meant to be an "elite" organisation.
None of this will impact on what punishment City receive, if they are found guilty of the other charges.

I'm sure I wrote this a long time ago but I think people need to manage expectations regarding the other City case. I've read a few bits from lawyers over the years regarding that case and for the PL to prove their charges is going to take some effort. As Joe Public we read the leaked emails, detailing all the rules City were circumventing and think it should be an open and shut case however I've read one sports lawyer state that witness evidence from City directors and directors of the AD sponsors, denying what is claimed in the leaked emails, would carry more weight than the content of the emails. That seems mad to me but I'm no lawyer.
 
None of this will impact on what punishment City receive, if they are found guilty of the other charges.

I'm sure I wrote this a long time ago but I think people need to manage expectations regarding the other City case. I've read a few bits from lawyers over the years regarding that case and for the PL to prove their charges is going to take some effort. As Joe Public we read the leaked emails, detailing all the rules City were circumventing and think it should be an open and shut case however I've read one sports lawyer state that witness evidence from City directors and directors of the AD sponsors, denying what is claimed in the leaked emails, would carry more weight than the content of the emails. That seems mad to me but I'm no lawyer.
I remember reading somewhere that they are basically accusing a state of deception and fraud, which in essence won’t go down well with the uk or other governments
 
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I remember reading somewhere that they are basically accusing a state of deception and fraud, which in essence won’t go down well with the uk government
They're accused of false accounting. What City were claiming to be commercial deals where in fact, according to leaked emails, owner funds. Below is one of a very long list of emails detailing City's alleged crimes:
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*ADUG = City's owners.
 
@Bigpig do you actually read the articles you post on here? I only ask as the article you've linked to this morning is the exact same article you linked to yesterday morning, just tweeted by different Times journalists.
 
Martin Samuel and Tony Cascarino? It’s bad enough listening to their football opinions, let alone topics they’re absolutely not qualified to discuss.
 
I refuse to believe anything Martin Samuel says or writes could be classed as informative. The guy is a chimpanzee and specifically on this topic is quite clearly conflicted given who employs his son.
So because you don’t like the person, that automatically makes any points he is making (be it true or false) incorrect?
 
So because you don’t like the person, that automatically makes any points he is making (be it true or false) incorrect?
I don't know the guy so I can't say I dislike him. I've previously read enough of his articles to form an opinion of his work though. The guy is an absolute buffoon. Over 10 years ago he wrote an amazing column on the lack of openly gay footballers - in it he suggests that Joey Barton should come out as gay to solve that problem and to add credibility to Joey's attempts at portraying himself as some sort of philosopher.

Over the last few years or so almost everything Samuel writes is either a defence of Man City (directly or indirectly) or an attack on anybody that could be considered a rival of City/Abu Dhabi. Maybe he genuinely believes these things or maybe these views have coincided with his son being employed by the City Football Group.
 
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