The Official Manchester City Thread

[RedArmy]

Scratchy even scratches when he's not being interviewed ????????

 

[mrbojangles]

Frigging heck, have you United fans got so low that all you can do is find faults in our manager. A new low fir United

[mrbojangles]

Even Erik tries to be like Pep

 

[RedArmy]

Frigging heck, have you City fans got so low that all you can do is find faults in our manager. A new low for City.

[mrbojangles]

On the lash last night and slept through my alarm. First game I've missed this season. I feel a part-timer like Rick ????

 

Anyway, nice to see we've progressed. Not been lucky with the FA cup draws this year. Hopefully a more favourable draw in the next round

[mrbojangles]

On 1/26/2023 at 1:55 PM, RedArmy said:

Frigging heck, have you City fans got so low that all you can do is find faults in our manager. A new low for City.

I wasn't saying it's a fault. Trying to copy Pep is a compliment

[jellydog]

8 hours ago, mrbojangles said:

On the lash last night and slept through my alarm. First game I've missed this season. I feel a part-timer like Rick ????

 

Anyway, nice to see we've progressed. Not been lucky with the FA cup draws this year. Hopefully a more favourable draw in the next round

You missed a nice little goal from Ake and a good defensive effort. That's about it. Àlvarez hit a post. Dandy G played well. Looked like Stones did a hammy.

[mrbojangles]

14 hours ago, jellydog said:

You missed a nice little goal from Ake and a good defensive effort. That's about it. Àlvarez hit a post. Dandy G played well. Looked like Stones did a hammy.

Managed to get to watch it later in the day.

 

Not convinced that Ake was going for goal or passing to the back post in the hope Haaland would be there. Either way, happy it went in and well played by Jack. He's showing more and more that he's getting used to the system and contributing far more nowadays

[jellydog]

Cancelo to Bayern on loan?! I didn't see that coming though he has been out of favor lately. He's a heck of a player when on song.

[mrbojangles]

14 hours ago, jellydog said:

Cancelo to Bayern on loan?! I didn't see that coming though he has been out of favor lately. He's a heck of a player when on song.

Yeah. He's been out of form lately but when he got that red card I think that hacked Pep off a bit. He simply dropped down the pecking order due to some top drawer performances from Ake who went in to cover his position

[mrbojangles]

Here we go again. The FFP merry go round starts all over

[Mac Mickmanus]

19 minutes ago, mrbojangles said:

Here we go again. The FFP merry go round starts all over

The charge sheet

 

[RickG16]

Hi @mrbojangles

[RedArmy]

Got a 2 year European Ban last time, only to be successful in their European Court of Arbitration Appeal - No ban this time please, will settle for a 15 points league deduction.

[mrbojangles]

Club statement 

 

[RickG16]

1 hour ago, mrbojangles said:

Club statement 

 

Why would the Premier League be impartial?

 

Why should we work on the basis that everyone has it in for you?

[Mac Mickmanus]

1 hour ago, RedArmy said:

Got a 2 year European Ban last time, only to be successful in their European Court of Arbitration Appeal - No ban this time please, will settle for a 15 points league deduction.

Even if the P.L did deduct 15 points from Man City for last season, you would still be 20 points behind them

 

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	38	29	6	3	73	93
2	Liverpool	38	28	8	2	68	92
3	Chelsea	38	21	11	6	43	74
4	Tottenham	38	22	5	11	29	71
5	Arsenal	38	22	3	13	13	69
6	Manchester United	38	16	10	12	0	58

 

 

[RickG16]

Unconfirmed reports of a Man City scoopy being driven erratically by a panic striken man

 

100 charges. But I suppose UEFA and Premier League both have it in for you. All part of some big conspiracy theory 

[RedArmy]

2 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Even if the P.L did deduct 15 points from Man City for last season, you would still be 20 points behind them.

 

 

Utter rubbish - Who said anything about last season ??? Read the PL rules - Any points deduction would be for the same season as any decision is made - So if a decision was made next season, it would effect next season.

[RedArmy]

This is looking a bit more serious than originally thought - Talk of cooking the books, illegal backhanders to Mancini ect ect - 

The PL have been investigating City for the past 4 years - Maybe the tax man & old bill will also get involved ???

If found guilty, i can assure you it won't be just a fine, City are in big S@@t.

 

Points deduction ???? No chance of only that - Kicked out of Europe, a complete transfer ban & demotion to League 2 ????

[Mac Mickmanus]

2 hours ago, RedArmy said:

This is looking a bit more serious than originally thought - Talk of cooking the books, illegal backhanders to Mancini ect ect - 

The PL have been investigating City for the past 4 years - Maybe the tax man & old bill will also get involved ???

If found guilty, i can assure you it won't be just a fine, City are in big S@@t.

 

Points deduction ???? No chance of only that - Kicked out of Europe, a complete transfer ban & demotion to League 2 ????

Its the hope that destroys you .

[RickG16]

[mrbojangles]

10 hours ago, RickG16 said:

Why would the Premier League be impartial?

Der, do you know the meaning of impartial? If so, you must know the PL should be impartial to everyone.

[mrbojangles]

One troll post removed. Please be careful that you don't turn this latest news into a chance to simply bait

[smokie36]

Bait?

 

You and the Jellybean are back in my pocket hahahaha....till the next time suckas!!

[mrbojangles]

1 hour ago, RonniePickering22 said:

Bait?

 

You know the rules by now. But just in case:-

 

10. You will not post troll messages. Trolling is the act of purposefully antagonizing forum members by posting controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages with the primary intent of provoking other members into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.

[RedArmy]

7 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Its the hope that destroys you .

Some might argue, it's hope that keeps us alive.

Without Hope, we have nothing.

[RickG16]

6 hours ago, mrbojangles said:

Der, do you know the meaning of impartial? If so, you must know the PL should be impartial to everyone.

Why *wouldn't they be impartial?

[mrbojangles]

6 minutes ago, RickG16 said:

Why *wouldn't they be impartial?

They might believe they have been impartial but it doesn't mean that they have been. They "may" have felt pressured by maybe 8 whining clubs who put a letter in.

 

Anyway, we have submitted all the information they required during the 4 year investigation. They have decided to put charges against us.  A third party will now decided after the PL put their evidence / argument forward and we put our counter evidence / argument against the charges.

[mrbojangles]

A good summary piece in the Daily Mirror by Simon Mullock

 

Man City knew Premier League charges were coming as plan to clear reputation emerges

Manchester City have been charged by the Premier League for breaking over 100 financial rules after the organisation underwent a four-year investigation in the club

Manchester City always knew there would be a day of reckoning with the Premier League over their finances - and are already primed for a battle they believe will finally clear them from allegations of cheating.

 

The Etihad hierarchy were stunned to be told that they must face an independent commission to defend themselves against more than 100 charges of financial misconduct over a nine-year period.

 

But it was the timing of the Premier League’s announcement rather than the confirmation of the allegations that took City by surprise.

 

And the defiant message from the reigning champions is that the commission will give them the opportunity to rid the club of the stench of suspicion that has lingered over them in the two-and-a-half years since the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned a two-year Champions League ban imposed by UEFA for alleged FFP violations.

 

CAS issued City with a £9 million fine for failing to cooperate with UEFA’s investigation. But the fact that some of the evidence was time-barred has been used as a stick to beat City with. The club insisted at the time that they had material to answer all of UEFA’s claims.

 

The Premier League investigation can include evidence that was ruled to be time-barred by CAS in July 2020 - and City feel is a chance to prove they have done things by the book.

 

City believe the Premier League rushed out their announcement to go after the champions to avoid criticism following the government’s decision to postpone the publication of a white paper on football governance.

 

No prior warning about the charges was given to the club - and City claim they have proof that some media outlets were briefed before they had even been made aware of the announcement. The Premier League deny that any media were made aware of the charges before they were published online.

 

City also say they were being informed of the situation by telephone when the Premier League released a statement on their website. The club’s legal team also noticed that a significant number of the charges and the regulations they breached were incorrectly notified on the original announcement and were later altered by the Premier League.

 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/man-city-premier-league-charges-29147801