Man City - the new bitters?

[Baresi]

4 minutes ago, Special K said:

Oh thank fuck, I misread the BBC website!!

 

 

I have also misread it.  It covers 9 seasons, not the last nine.  

[Captain Howdy]

Pleasantly surprised to see them charged

[El Rojo]

5 minutes ago, Lario said:

No it's not.

It's 2009/10 to 2017/18 inclusive.

Major reassessment of Brendan Rodgers’ legacy incoming. Iago Aspas finally gets his title medal too. 

[Scott_M]

Back to League 1…

[John102]

A quick scan of the season in question suggest Utd may be the big winners if titles are stripped (Which i dont expect)

[Anubis]

Be shocked if anything substantive is done. Certainly in relation to retrospective punishment. Best case scenario they sell up in a fit of pique at being charged.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

The Guardian says it’s only up until the 2017/18 season. 
 

That’s when the alleged breaches occurred, anyway. I wonder, if points deductions were applied, if there’s a way that they can be tapered and City still punished in years when no alleged breach has occurred? Any advantage they’ve accrued from breaching the regulations surely extends beyond the period of the wrongdoing and is ongoing. They’re breaking even now, but wouldn’t have been able to get to that point, nor build the squad that potentially unfairly denied us titles in the past few years if it hadn’t have been for earlier misconduct. 
 

I’d give them a tapered points deduction. Hit them hard for the years with breaches of the regulations. Then, in the following years, I don’t know, maybe 2 or 3 points deducted would be a fair punishment?…

 

And, they should get points deductions going forward for the next 5 or 10 seasons too. 
 

Cheating fuckers. It’s mad that there’ll still be dickheads harping on that it should just be our Premier League title with an asterisk next to it….

[AngryOfTuebrook]

4 minutes ago, Nelly-Matip said:

The Guardian says it’s only up until the 2017/18 season. 
 

That’s when the alleged breaches occurred, anyway. I wonder, if points deductions were applied, if there’s a way that they can be tapered and City still punished in years when no alleged breach has occurred? Any advantage they’ve accrued from breaching the regulations surely extends beyond the period of the wrongdoing and is ongoing. They’re breaking even now, but wouldn’t have been able to get to that point, nor build the squad that potentially unfairly denied us titles in the past few years if it hadn’t have been for earlier misconduct. 
 

I’d give them a tapered points deduction. Hit them hard for the years with breaches of the regulations. Then, in the following years, I don’t know, maybe 2 or 3 points deducted would be a fair punishment?…

 

And, they should get points deductions going forward for the next 5 or 10 seasons too. 
 

Cheating fuckers. It’s mad that there’ll still be dickheads harping on that it should just be our Premier League title with an asterisk next to it….

In 2018/19 cunts (from all sorts of shithouse clubs) on Twitter were farting on about how football needed to be "saved" from a Liverpool title win, despite the obvious fact that we were doing it clean.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Just now, AngryOfTuebrook said:

In 2018/19 cunts (from all sorts of shithouse clubs) on Twitter were farting on about how football needed to be "saved" from a Liverpool title win, despite the obvious fact that we were doing it clean.

Apart from the inhalers.

[DaveT]

5 minutes ago, Nelly-Matip said:

The Guardian says it’s only up until the 2017/18 season. 
 

That’s when the alleged breaches occurred, anyway. I wonder, if points deductions were applied, if there’s a way that they can be tapered and City still punished in years when no alleged breach has occurred? Any advantage they’ve accrued from breaching the regulations surely extends beyond the period of the wrongdoing and is ongoing. They’re breaking even now, but wouldn’t have been able to get to that point, nor build the squad that potentially unfairly denied us titles in the past few years if it hadn’t have been for earlier misconduct. 
 

I’d give them a tapered points deduction. Hit them hard for the years with breaches of the regulations. Then, in the following years, I don’t know, maybe 2 or 3 points deducted would be a fair punishment?…

 

And, they should get points deductions going forward for the next 5 or 10 seasons too. 
 

Cheating fuckers. It’s mad that there’ll still be dickheads harping on that it should just be our Premier League title with an asterisk next to it….

There should be another investigation covering post 2017/18…… everyone knows their recent ‘sponsorships’ are a joke.

[dockers_strike]

The PL's independent commission has to make any charges stick if found guilty. And frankly, Im not confident any charges will. As for points deductions and stuff, the PL isnt Serie A so isnt going to change past title wins.

[Scott_M]

Gotta think, Bellingham wouldn’t go there with this uncertainty?

[Scott_M]

I don’t want any past titles.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Going off this, it looks like further investigations for more recent seasons is likely. 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

1 minute ago, Scott_M said:

I don’t want any past titles.

 I do. 
 

I say that. But, rather, I mean that I want a suitable punishment to be dished out if long-term, systematic cheating is made out. And, if that punishment results in us (and even United) being awarded titles retrospectively, then so be it. 
 

Why should City be allowed to benefit if it’s shown that they’ve gained an unfair advantage by cheating when others have followed the rules? 

[Juniper]

Fuck all will be done other than some hefty charges, of which they’ll easily afford.

 

I have no confidence in the authorities. 

[Poor Scouser T]

PL will want to use this to fight off the threat of the super league.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

A few more palms will be greased, maybe a deduction this year when they won’t win in anyway. Nothing to see hear, hope I’m wrong.

[coachpotato]

Read on the BBC that any hearings will be done in private, to an Independent commission.

Not expecting anything to come of this whatsoever.

The PL will say they’ve done an exhaustive exploration and are perfectly happy with the findings of the commission.

City will challenge every word, if any are derogatory, and will tie up the processes legally for years, costing millions, until a settlement is reached that suits them.

 

 

[Reckoner]

If it’s up until 17/18, surely the benefits of cheating were still playing for them in the following years?

[littletedwest]

Just now, Reckoner said:

If it’s up until 17/18, surely the benefits of cheating were still playing for them in the following years?

Exactly an athlete taking steroids may come off after a few years but he's only got there by cheating 

[Scott_M]

[Reckoner]

2 minutes ago, littletedwest said:

Exactly an athlete taking steroids may come off after a few years but he's only got there by cheating 

Yes, if you fiddle the books to buy assests that last for 5-6 years, there’s no point saying they played fair a year later. 
I was buzzing when I read this news but typical TLW cynics have me back down to earth now ( you’re probably right of course)

[Bobby Hundreds]

If they just cheated in one year that's enough to taint every year since.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

21 minutes ago, Nelly-Matip said:

Going off this, it looks like further investigations for more recent seasons is likely. 

Be looking at a nice few quid will Murray.