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City and Financial Doping | Charged by PL with numerous FFP breaches
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
Pep is a cheater who's gone for low hanging fruit since Barca. The path of least resistance. That's the type of person and manager that he is. Which is why he was never going to accept the United job.
It’s all just so boring isn’t it
If "115" is all we have to go on everytime we need to say something bad about City because they keep winning trophy after trophy, that's just sad.
I wish City would just quote net spend #s just to shut those same United fans up.
I wish City would just quote net spend #s just to shut those same United fans up.
At the rate they're going, they will overtake us and Liverpool eventually.
I assume the people who don't care now and root for them over proper clubs won't care then either because, by the time it comes to that, their interest in football will be close to non-existent.
It’s the equivalent of spending a fortune on a high class prostitute and believing them when they tell you how great you are in bed
Oh, no one won the league again.
You're a great poster and I like you on a personal level. You're one of the most respected oppo supporters here. But having said that; *removed by admin* and stuff the leftovers up your *also removed by admin* cnut.
I mean realistically they're going to win the league again next season. Arsenal are there closest challengers and they're a good imitation of City but they lack or are similar in almost every department in comparison, except for Saka where Arsenal are better.
If they get a clinical striker in they might have a chance, but failing that it's 95% likely to be City again next season.
If they get a clinical striker in they might have a chance, but failing that it's 95% likely to be City again next season.
These are Pep's achievements not City's. Feck the lottery winning council estate dwelling Stockport wankers.
Does anyone actually know what City's real net spend is though?
Was a joke mate, apologies if it caused offence.
No you're not. You're sitting on a throne right now lobbing grapes into your mouth, cackling loudly into the sky.
Replace grapes with cider and cackling with burping and you've nailed it.
You don't consider Haaland a clinical striker then?
Wonder what the chances of an Armstrong like punishment and them getting stripped of their titles actually are, because no more Treble and no more four peat would be hilarious.
As a city fan, (I don't know any others), how do you explain their meteoric rise from near bankruptcy to record breakers in such a short space of time ?
To the rest of us football fans (in general) it seems a bit of a coincidence.
Do you, as a City fan, believe that ALL the finances are legal (in the football world) and all above board, or is there an element of doubt in your mind?
There are after all 115 charges of breaches, now all I know is, if I were innocent, I would make sure I presented evidence to prove I was, not stall court proceedings on technicalities, to me and a lot of fans it stinks of guilt. To us other fans it appears your Sheikh Mansour has been playing football manager on cheat mode, and been found out.
Be honest, I don't even think you're that bothered about City winning the title again.
Next to nil.
I'd love to see that, but I'm 67, and I very much doubt it will happen, I think I've got more chance of shagging Taylor Swift
But yeah that’s a good point. They’ve already broken one of our records, after matching two of them last season. Who’s to say that they won’t break more. I know that they’re technically illegitimate, but most other football fans won’t view it that way unfortunately, and neither will the history books.
Most of the charges relate to a period before the last few years don't they?
The only charges between 2018-23 are about not cooperating with the FA investigations.
So there's zero chance anything since 2018 can be scrapped trophy wise.
Congratulations to Manchester City for a long hard season in which they emerged victorious*
*115 charges
*115 charges
It's ridiculous for their title wins to stand considering how close 4 out of 6 of them were.
It depends what the knock on effects of the sanctions are, if you consider what happened to Forest and Everton for what were less serious breaches, City could cease to exist in its present form
That's easy mate, you're spot on total coincidence. We got bought by Abu Dhabi and then we did some "creative" accounting. All above board and legal mind. Everyone's just out to get us! Fake charges handcrafted by Alex Ferguson and sent to his illuminati subordinate Richard Masters so his best friend Jurgen Teeth could knock Liverpool back on their perch.
Seriously though you only have to look through the thread to see what I believe and the above is not it..
Calm down. There's no chance they'll cease to be.
The romantic version is they get kicked out of the premier league, the football league refuse to have them in the championship and they have to start in non league.
And their owners get banned.
But that's all United fan wishful thinking.
You are forgetting what happened to Rangers.
They had to have a complete reboot.
It all depends on how big the FA's balls are, I have a sneaking suspicion they are the size of peas
Man, I’d love if the Rangers treatment happened to City.
Unfortunately I can’t see that happening at all, neither can I even see them being punished like Juventus were in 2005.
This will be City's next manager on his first day
They owed a massive tax bill didn't they and essentially went bankrupt?
That's the last thing that'll happen to City!
Look at the table and the 2 asteriks with points deductions. Give city either of those light deductions and 'the best league achievement ever' doesn't happen.
If you can't see how a side with 115 charges just remaining winning for 2 years is anything but shambolic and making the league absolutely pointless, then you need your head examined.
Plenty talk about a slap on the wrist. If they'd gotten a slap on the wrist like the 3 points fecking Middlesbrough were deducted in the 90s, then arsenal would have just ended a 20 year title drought!
Its is utterly crazy.
If you can't see how a side with 115 charges just remaining winning for 2 years is anything but shambolic and making the league absolutely pointless, then you need your head examined.
Plenty talk about a slap on the wrist. If they'd gotten a slap on the wrist like the 3 points fecking Middlesbrough were deducted in the 90s, then arsenal would have just ended a 20 year title drought!
Its is utterly crazy.
I was sat on Chapel Street outside a pub showing at full-time, admittedly Salford, but you couldn't even hear as much as a distant cheer. It was probably going wild in Brinnington.
https://x.com/fabrizioromano/status/1792268519507173851?t=1ia9EZglTcZLDD4T7692dA
Does feel like next season might be his last in England.
Does feel like next season might be his last in England.
If city got the same punishment as either of these clubs last september, then arsenal are champions. We're currently watching a sport that the closest equivalent would be an athlete winning every gold at the olympics for years, and the governing body saying 'we think they're doping' but we won't tell you for another few years. In the meantime they'll be competing and winning, and it would be great if you could all get on board.
It simply would not happen in any other sport and I cant for the life of me figure out why since the start of the season every single club joined to insist a resolution before another season started without it. Its head spinning
They had to cover nearly a full stand with flags for a cup semi final v chelsea. They all but give tickets away to try fill their stadium. But you know, they're more commercially attractive than Madrid and Barcelona...