City - the Massive Cheats

[Cobs]

This is probably gonna run for a few years yet so thought it should have a thread all of its own

 

[Stanley Leisure]

Classic bit of lawyery misdirection.

Can't wait to see what further japes they get up to.

[Cobs]

They've demanded Ricky Hatton be appointed to the Independent Panel

[Cobs]

Interesting they're objecting to an Arsenal KC being on the panel whilst appointing Lord Pannick, an Arsenal fan, to be their Defence Counsel

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

like the law gives a f*** about who you support

[Cheesecake]

Had to look it up but Lord Pannick is an actual real person.

[Benzo-13]

They’re just muddying the waters. Their usual tactic.

[Nebraska Red]

What has Micah Richards said about all this?  

[Cobs]

22 minutes ago, Nebraska Red said:

What has Micah Richards said about all this?  

'MWUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I burst on the scene, Gary.....'

[Buttles]

Kicking it down the road and out of sight.

They're going for the approach that help them beat the UEFA charges. No robust contesting of their innocence, just manoeuvring to find technicalities on which to get off.

They deserve to have a big fat asterisk next to their name.

[kop205]

2 hours ago, Buttles said:

 

They deserve to have a big fat asterisk next to their name.

They deserve to be kicked out of the game.

Edited May 18, 2023 by kop205

[Bogman]

3 minutes ago, kop205 said:

They deserve to be kicked out of the game.

Quite.

[Begbie]

They're appealing against all the 100 odd charges? So all of them wrong?

Cheats

[muleskinner]

46 minutes ago, Begbie said:

They're appealing against all the 100 odd charges? So all of them wrong?

Cheats

Of course they are. They paid the fine to UEFA and smoked corona's.

[Zoob]

Don't know who they are, but their point is valid...

[muleskinner]

52 minutes ago, Zoob said:

Don't know who they are, but their point is valid...

Lance Armstrong was the best doper. Its not the same.

[DonRafa]

6 hours ago, DPD1973 said:

Had to look it up but Lord Pannick is an actual real person.

Ha! Worked in Liverpool Royal A&E years ago, with a Dr.Panniker, and a  Dr.Cutting

[Zoob]

1 hour ago, muleskinner said:

Lance Armstrong was the best doper. Its not the same.

I'm sure City aren't the only dodgy ones, it's just degrees of dodgy, so in that way, the analogy does stand up. More so, it's the point that nobody in the media is really talking about all these charges hanging over City, and the fact that without their years of cheating they wouldn't be where they are today that I am agreeing with 

[Hassony]

15 hours ago, Cobs said:

Interesting they're objecting to an Arsenal KC being on the panel whilst appointing Lord Pannick, an Arsenal fan, to be their Defence Counsel

I'm not an expert, but it seems a bit desperate no?

[Cobs]

9 hours ago, muleskinner said:

Lance Armstrong was the best doper. Its not the same.

It’s about someone being feted who is cheating - how similar do you want it to be?

35 minutes ago, Hassony said:

I'm not an expert, but it seems a bit desperate no?

as has been said elsewhere- it’s very Donald Trump. Attack the process not the substance of the charges.

[Hassony]

21 minutes ago, Cobs said:

as has been said elsewhere- it’s very Donald Trump. Attack the process not the substance of the charges.

It's what they did with the UEFA charges, it's frustrating that not many in the media have called them on that, basically got off on a technicality 

[muleskinner]

1 hour ago, Cobs said:

It’s about someone being feted who is cheating - how similar do you want it to be?

as has been said elsewhere- it’s very Donald Trump. Attack the process not the substance of the charges.

Cycling always was and probably still is completely doped, Armstrong was just the biggest name to get done at that point. If football has an equivalent fallout to that EPO era then I might I agree that it's an equal analogy with man city.

[stressederic]

5 hours ago, Hassony said:

I'm not an expert, but it seems a bit desperate no?

 

4 hours ago, Cobs said:

It’s about someone being feted who is cheating - how similar do you want it to be?

as has been said elsewhere- it’s very Donald Trump. Attack the process not the substance of the charges.

To an extent I think it's about basically providing a script for their own fans.

[D.Boon]

14 hours ago, muleskinner said:

Lance Armstrong was the best doper. Its not the same.

He had the best network around him to prevent him getting caught. From his team right up to the bodies who governed cycling. 

It'd not entirely irrelevant 

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

thing with Armstong is they were all at it, he was just leveling the playing field somewhat.