Guardiola to be found out in the premier league

[DanB90]

Who would you pick if those 2 are taken?

Mahrez? Foden?

Either would provide decent competition for Dwight McNeil.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Would love City just to burn the whole house down really.

Hacking, doping, tapping up, dodgy finances, influencing referees, VAR corruption - get it all out in the open if the PL is prepared to go to war with them

If this is United Liverpool or Arsenal then these stories wouldn’t even be seeing the light of day as the prem would be seeing its tv revenues disappearing. Kicking City out would just increase their revenue from their main target tv audience from these three clubs.

 

[Maine road Man]

I don't mean it in an offensive way, but I've never really viewed City as one of the big clubs even after your success. In a sense you don't get the luck that Liverpool, United too a lesser extent Arsenal and Chelsea do. Things that only seem to happen to us happen to you. I remember the game, when a fella handcuffed himself to a goalposts, Denis whatever his name put in a MOTM performance and Darren Gibson scored think it was his debut. Also the time when we had just lost 3 nothing to Wigan at home, played you the week after and Osman scored a worldie, Mucha made his only good performance for us, and Jelavic scored in injury time when he couldn't hit a barn door that season. The time when Tim Howard had a MOTM performance against you when he was letting in goals for fun and John Stones somehow got away with not giving away a penalty. Mirallas calmly following one of your players down the field in the first league cup semi and waiting until your player got into the box to volley him and you didn't get a penalty, I was in the street end and could see it was a penalty. The fact that Davies of all people managed to score that goal against you must be embarrassing, then Lookman scoring on his debut to make it four, was even worse for you. City like Everton are unlucky in many ways certain teams get luck others don't. Sunderland are probably more cursed, I remember when they outplayed us under Moyes, we didn't even have a chance that game, then we got a corner in the last minute of stoppage time and Tim Cahill scored, which saved Moyes job. TBH it's only the RS who don't have that ability to mock themselves ever other set of fans I've met can, even United fans.

We've always been a big club pal, it's just that we never got the ubiquitous (nowadays) half n' half scarf wearing day trippers tourists we get now to fill our seats in the 'Emptyhad'.

 

[DanEFC92]

Hang about are we owed a league cup final appearance for 2016 league cup??

 

[derek duvall]

We've always been a big club pal, it's just that we never got the ubiquitous (nowadays) half n' half scarf wearing day trippers tourists we get now to fill our seats in the 'Emptyhad'.

No

 

[Toffeeslam]

No

There bigger than Newcastle and Chelsea for a start, but the media will have you believe they are behemoths

 

[4737carlin]

A fine & a significant points deduction should suffice, if guilty. No real point in stripping their titles at this point. Most they probably get is a slap on the wrist anyway..

Even if they do strip them, like i think they did tOo Tour De France riders a few years ago, it means little now. The fans have enjoyed the moment.....and Liverpool have missed out on thiers HAHAHAHAHA

 

[Yarrgh]

Why wouldn't it be?

It's one thing saying it can't be challenged and another thing when City Lodge a complaint there and the summons comes through the letterbox at PL HQ.

 

[barneygumble]

I for one am shocked at who wants such radical action… shocked!

Man City: Premier League clubs want champions kicked out if guilty of alleged financial breaches

The clubs who had been pressing hardest for action until Monday were some other members of the so-called big six; there is a feeling that taking away Citys titles retrospectively would be meaningless and cause confusion, but a fine is also not likely to have much of an effect

www.skysports.com

And they have the audacity to call us FC High Horse.

 

[Yarrgh]

I for one am shocked at who wants such radical action… shocked!

Man City: Premier League clubs want champions kicked out if guilty of alleged financial breaches

The clubs who had been pressing hardest for action until Monday were some other members of the so-called big six; there is a feeling that taking away Citys titles retrospectively would be meaningless and cause confusion, but a fine is also not likely to have much of an effect

www.skysports.com

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And they have the audacity to call us FC High Horse.

Aha, the Scab Six.

Quelled surprise!

 

[barneygumble]

Aha, the Scab Six.

Quelled surprise!

Quite the shock, willing to drop the league less than 2 years ago, now acting with a decorum suited to a Saint.

 

[Mashtray]

My first reaction:

Ah yesssss get in.

My second reaction:

Wait, haven't we done some dodgy stuff?

 

[catcherintherye]

Dunno. But Tesco had their accounts signed off, then they were shown to have been telling porkies.

Of course. And it can happen. But I sense there are much wider implications with this stuff.

I see a lot of the charges relate to the PL feeling sponsorships are above fair value. To me, this feels very subjective as to what "fair value" would be.

 

[catcherintherye]

Apparently in the PL rules which all clubs including city agreed to.

Apparently in the PL rules which all clubs including city agreed to.

Of course. But I cant see how any organisation (The PL) can feasibly think they can operate in a separate sphere to the wider legal jurisdiction they exist within.

It's like an employee may accept a code of conduct from an employer. But you can be damn sure, if they wish to appeal a dismissal, it wont be handled by that orgs HR team.

The PL may be in keeping with wider legal practices though. It seems doubtful for me, as why would an org essentially seek to ban any legal scrutiny of its policies if it were? But the possibility exists.

 

[catcherintherye]

Would love City just to burn the whole house down really.

Hacking, doping, tapping up, dodgy finances, influencing referees, VAR corruption - get it all out in the open if the PL is prepared to go to war with them

If this is United Liverpool or Arsenal then these stories wouldn’t even be seeing the light of day as the prem would be seeing its tv revenues disappearing. Kicking City out would just increase their revenue from their main target tv audience from these three clubs.

There is a chance it pulls the league apart. City may well join the ESL as a result, and possibly take Newcastle with them.