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The last 35 would seem pretty much bang to rights.
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https://twitter.com/Emzyl_/status/1747643042792718759
The last 35 would seem pretty much bang to rights.
I'm very much liking the word catastrophic in that text #fingerscrossedQuote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Yeah I know, but, but, but, but, but....Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
Can any of us *actually* see the PL doing something serious about it? I mean really serious, like removing titles, relegation etc etc?
Really?
No. Not a chance. And who wants a removed title anyway? If we were crowned champions for last season now, would you celebrate it?Quote:
Originally Posted by WES
Relegation would be nice :-)
I'd probably raise a glass or twoQuote:
Originally Posted by Peter
I mean I wouldn't go kicking a football across the road from the Twelve Pins to the Blackstock and stopping all the traffic but, yes, a glass would be raised.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
Well, the PL has to do something to punish Man City... or it will be a financial free for all.Quote:
Originally Posted by WES
Relegation is the answer...
At least 2 divisionsQuote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
I'm not sure the Football League would have to accept them into their competition.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Rangers style banishment is the real answer imo.
I think they are going to come up with a hefty (and I mean hefty) fine. That will teach them for being willing to pump billions of their own money into the club. :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
I would never, ever count it as a title win and I would be embarrassed if the club did.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
I'm not saying I wouldn't have a drink :-)
A fine on top of points / relegation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
teams like City or Barcodes - a fine, no matter the size, wouldn't touch the sides.
A title with an asterisk * :cloud9:Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Should have signed Obelisk as well - strength in depthQuote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
How about a fine of 30 billion quid?Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
It would stop them doing it again.
I doubt it. Abu Dhabi has around 10% of the world's oil reserves iirc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
I know, but it is wrong to think that these people don't care about money. They do. I agree that fines in the millions is the equivalent of fining me a fiver but if you start fining them in the tens of billions, they will sod off elsewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
You could use some of the money to settle the inevitable claims of the sides who missed out on champions league qualification or got relegated because of City.
I think the only possible solution here is to find them not guilty. I suspect that is where this will end......
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Originally Posted by Peter
Oh, my experience is that they do care about money over there. So much so, they marry family members to keep their wealth in their family...
Still, £30bn? a drop in the oily ocean
I agree. That and City can afford better lawyers than the PL.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Shame really, I'm not sure how you can charge a team for failing to cooperate and then the PL admit that City did, in fact, cooperate.
Oh, that bit is easy. You can accept that the cooperation, whilst being below that which was to be expected, did not materially contribute to a transgression of the rules or impact the integrity of the competition. Or some other form of words that basically says we have bottled it.Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
And then you can take a real stand and fine them 2 million quid :-)
I think it is still more than they would happily lose over something as silly as football. Let's face it, they only got involved because property is boring. There are plenty of other countries to pillage and sports to destroy.Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
And then english football can happily carry on being owned by Americans....
Abu Dhabi? he's injured 2-3 weeksQuote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
Bowling, pQuote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
:clap: :clap: :clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
:clap: :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
Very good. I feel it has to be either the King's Gallantry Medal or the gallows. No half measures; total exoneration or complete condemnation otherwise it will look like a cover-up, a farce.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
This is bigger than soccerball :-\Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...ae-2021-09-14/