Man City found guilty

The lack of any remorse by Man City and its fans is absolutely amazing. They have taken on the Princely attitudes of their ownership and embracing being caught.

The more I watch them, then more I think that anything short of a nuclear option is going to reinforce in their minds that they were falsely accused.
 
eritheagle said:
there would be but they are refusing to release the books for the epl to investigate.

this is why they need to be thrown out. They have no remorse and are just continuing to (allegedly) carry on cheating!!
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Hadn't realised they are holding back the books,surely that is against pl rules and accounting law. If thier so innocent what have they got to hide. Should be expelled,owners removed and fined the amount the cheated 890m
 
Mark B said:
The lack of any remorse by Man City and its fans is absolutely amazing. They have taken on the Princely attitudes of their ownership and embracing being caught.

The more I watch them, then more I think that anything short of a nuclear option is going to reinforce in their minds that they were falsely accused.
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I was watching MOTD this evening and Sky Sports News earlier. In one sense I can understand why the Man City players and the manager are saying "we'll stick to the football and celebrate our on pitch achievements; anything else is out of our control."

But I felt watching them lord it at Anfield today very much missed the mood music. Those on pitch achievements stem from costly acquisitions which almost certainly were sourced by illegitimate uses of funds - allegedly and subject to appeal. The laps of honour and mutual back slapping today were nauseating.

I can only really think of one domestic example which seems comparable to me. That was Swindon in 1990. Overseas, Juventus corrupted referees and fixed matches: there is a suspicion at least that certain officials like Michael Oliver were paid for UAE officiating gigs and likely by the same stakeholders as those who own Man City.

In both the Swindon and the Juve cases a relegation was enforced. I would fully expect the same here for Man City alongside severe sanctions (confiscation of the club?) for the owners.
 
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RubinsCube said:
I was watching MOTD this evening and Sky Sports News earlier. In one sense I can understand why the Man City players and the manager are saying "we'll stick to the football and celebrate our on pitch achievements; anything else is out of our control."

But I felt watching them lord it at Anfield today very much missed the mood music. Those on pitch achievements stem from costly acquisitions which almost certainly were sourced by illegitimate uses of funds - allegedly and subject to appeal. The laps of honour and mutual back slapped today were nauseating.

I can only really think of one domestic example which seems comparable to me. That was Swindon in 1990. Overseas, Juventus corrupted referees and fixed matches: there is a suspicion at least that certain officials like Michael Oliver were paid for UAE officiating gigs and likely by the same stakeholders as those who own Man City.

In both the Swindon and the Juve cases a relegation was enforced. I would fully expect the same here for Man City alongside severe sanctions (confiscation of the club?) for the owners.
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I think this comes down to a matter of integrity for the fans of the other 19. If Man City gets away with it, you'll see PL fans who either quit sports all together or find different leagues/sports to follow. At that point, bring back the Super League and banish them there if all they get is a fine.
 
Mark B said:
I think this comes down to a matter of integrity for the fans of the other 19. If Man City gets away with it, you'll see PL fans who either quit sports all together or find different leagues/sports to follow. At that point, bring back the Super League and banish them there if all they get is a fine.
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Agreed - and it is more than 19 clubs because how many teams went down during these years when the deck was stacked against them?

Middlesbrough
Burnley
Stoke
West Ham
Norwich
Hull
Blackpool
Southampton
Watford
Leicester
Swansea

And no doubt many others. Basically more than half the league.
 
Some fans wearing Sheik Mansour face masks and keffiyehs, the players and their weird lap of honour.

It's turned into a cult, very odd behavior.

Throw these c*nts out of the football league.
 
Mark B said:
I think this comes down to a matter of integrity for the fans of the other 19. If Man City gets away with it, you'll see PL fans who either quit sports all together or find different leagues/sports to follow. At that point, bring back the Super League and banish them there if all they get is a fine.
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I want them to go to a Super League. I bet all the other Spanish teams want rid of Real and Barcelona too. The English game is quite funny though - with super clubs struggling. So not sure who else should go with them. Liverpool fans won't like it either. But they'll be one.
We'd lose money but I don't care. I want rid of the high transfer fees, agents, flashy clothes, cars and WAGS. I'm pretty sure players will still get good money but it won't be over 100k a week.
The media fawning over City's win was sickening. Liverpool should have boycotted the game and certainly consficated the bananas. Liverpool maybe whinging pricks, but at least they have been more or less a real team - until now when they try to buy success. I'd love to be rid of the current dirty Arsenal too. So boring playing them. I pine for George Graham.
 
ASCPFC said:
www.theguardian.com

Roman Abramovich aides falsified paperwork to disguise assets and dodge tax, records suggest

Accountancy firm Deloitte Cyprus among those that appear to have backdated records outlining the Russian billionaire’s assets
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Just give HMRC their money from his frozen assets, and prosecute his close aide, if he is still in London. Chelsea should have been hammered years ago but got away with the odd transfer ban. Unfortunately too late now, as different owners. It was RA and his billions that really set off this ridiculous spending we now see
 
RubinsCube said:
I was watching MOTD this evening and Sky Sports News earlier. In one sense I can understand why the Man City players and the manager are saying "we'll stick to the football and celebrate our on pitch achievements; anything else is out of our control."

But I felt watching them lord it at Anfield today very much missed the mood music. Those on pitch achievements stem from costly acquisitions which almost certainly were sourced by illegitimate uses of funds - allegedly and subject to appeal. The laps of honour and mutual back slapping today were nauseating.

I can only really think of one domestic example which seems comparable to me. That was Swindon in 1990. Overseas, Juventus corrupted referees and fixed matches: there is a suspicion at least that certain officials like Michael Oliver were paid for UAE officiating gigs and likely by the same stakeholders as those who own Man City.

In both the Swindon and the Juve cases a relegation was enforced. I would fully expect the same here for Man City alongside severe sanctions (confiscation of the club?) for the owners.
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The trouble is none of the precedents you cited involved a club owned by a mega rich country with no regard for what you and I might regard as basic rights or wrongs. Juventus’s owners couldn’t threaten wreaking untold damage on trade links with Italy or threaten to withdraw funding from key infrastructure projects in Italy or refuse to make further investments in Italy. The cheats owners can do all of those things here. Boris Johnson bent the knee to allow the takeover of Newcastle to go ahead and I can see the UK government coming under massive pressure to intervene in this casectoo.

The arab states are into these sportswashing projects to promote an image to the world that distracts from all the human rights abuses like murdering journalists. If football fans unite in their contempt of the cheats and protest at every game they play and generate lots of bad publicity, the owners might think ‘you know what? This sportswashing stuff isn’t working and our good (!) name is being dragged through the mud every week.’ Let’s try some other way of buying respect.
 
dg1937 said:
The trouble is none of the precedents you cited involved a club owned by a mega rich country with no regard for what you and I might regard as basic rights or wrongs. Juventus’s owners couldn’t threaten wreaking untold damage on trade links with Italy or threaten to withdraw funding from key infrastructure projects in Italy or refuse to make further investments in Italy. The cheats owners can do all of those things here. Boris Johnson bent the knee to allow the takeover of Newcastle to go ahead and I can see the UK government coming under massive pressure to intervene in this casectoo.

The arab states are into these sportswashing projects to promote an image to the world that distracts from all the human rights abuses like murdering journalists. If football fans unite in their contempt of the cheats and protest at every game they play and generate lots of bad publicity, the owners might think ‘you know what? This sportswashing stuff isn’t working and our good (!) name is being dragged through the mud every week.’ Let’s try some other way of buying respect.
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Absolutely correct. The fit and proper persons test is itself utterly unfit for purpose. As you say, you only have to look at the Newcastle takeover.
 
cyprussteve said:
Hadn't realised they are holding back the books,surely that is against pl rules and accounting law. If thier so innocent what have they got to hide. Should be expelled,owners removed and fined the amount the cheated 890m
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It's what some of the charges were for in the 115. But that was between 08-18 and it took the epl a lot of effort and through many courts to get them.

But their owners are so arrogant that they still play hardball and haven't shown the relevent figures since '18.

So the players wages now could be being paid with dirty money.
 
Something I would like to see is for very fan and tv stations to boycott City matches both home and away. Know is won't happen but would send a message to City abd might get PL to experdite thingd
 
cyprussteve said:
Something I would like to see is for very fan and tv stations to boycott City matches both home and away. Know is won't happen but would send a message to City abd might get PL to experdite thingd
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I’ve been thinking this. I think all away fans should boycott the cheaters stadium too or any cup matches against them (although a semifinal or final may be difficult to do).
 
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