The Poolie Bunker

I reckon, a £150 fine, two bags of logs and made to say “sorry” a bit until Xmas.

They'll launch an appeal and drag it out till Xmas 2027.

They'll set up a just giving page to soften the blow.

The case took nearly 2 years to put together, there will be an appeal maybe more than one which could take just as long, City have the funds to appeal, estimates the legal fella representing City charges £5000 an hour. I wouldn’t expect any decision before 2028.

Considering how long the financial rules were broken by City, how many other clubs have been detrimentally affected, and their proven non-cooperation with the investigation the only logical punishment which is proportional is expulsion from the PL for a fixed period. Everton got a points deduction and were ordered to pay Burnley (the team they popped to avoid relegation) £35m which sets a precedent.
Of course they'll continue to drag it out for as long as possible or until the Arab owners decide they've spent enough and walk away.
It's all bollocks of course, if you've got the money you should be able to spend it in a free market. Bigger threats to the sustainability of football clubs are the huge debts already in place at clubs like Man Utd, how are they allowed to operate without reducing debt while the likes of Newcastle who have bags of money can't spend it?

Once the Lawyers get involved you can safely say well all be dead by the time anything happens.

This is what I’m thinking. Then it will be “it’s unfair on the fans, players, manager, club cat! All these things happened well before our time, under different owners”

I’ve seen a bit of that now tbh.

But none of that stopped the powers throwing the book at little old Darlo. Chucking them into non league hell, forcing a name change. It’s easy to kick the little guys.

£££££££££ $$$$$$$$

transfer windows, clubs having a maximum number of players unless more boxes are ticked. international breaks with rules and regs many do not fully understand. those who invented the game must be turning in their graves seeing how false the thing has ended up.

It could happen, jokes are starting to roll.
https://x.com/barney_boy67/status/21035 ... FmWNDSFt3g

https://www.facebook.com/reel/159105938 ... ?fs=e&fs=e

Glasgow Rangers were demoted three divisions a few years back - that surely sets a precedent and Citeh should be relegated by four or five divisions as their crimes are greater.

So, we may soon get revenge for 3 January 1976.........

George Potter won’t be too disappointed, broken jaw ended to up being hospitalised after Tuaret head butted him in the 6-0 defeat, I remember seeing the photo of Tuaret sitting next Potter as he lay in a hospital with Tuaret apologising.

Aye, Dennis Tueart, an early example of Man City's disregard for rules and decency within football.

That's stirred up a memory I didn't want to revisit. Sitting in the stand while young City thugs ran amok, beating the shit out of the Poolies whilst the stewards stood & watched
Talk about adding insult to injury !

They Gunna get relegated for sure.
Just a matter of how many divisions.

How about they are placed in the NL !
And an extra place for promotion.

Man City will get a heap of abuse this afternoon at Liverpool. I'm not bothered about either teams or the Premier league but will tune in to watch the drama.

It seems to me that the City owners simply feel that rules, laws, regulations belong to the little clubs - thereby putting everything in jeapody. Their immediate future and in some ways the EPL itself.

Andy Manchester will sort it all out.

Serious issues, one of the people Rui Pinto who brought this up is still under police protection in Portugal, the 37-year-old hacker, who created the Football Leaks website, previously warned that revoking his protection put him in a life-threatening situation following multiple death threats and an assault in Lisbon earlier in the year.

A thirty point deduction in the Premier League for five seasons, a huge huge fine (whatever that is nowadays) 3 bags of logs and force Haarland to play for Darlo for two seasons.

That should do it.

Now call me a cynic…but we’ll see.