Manchester City

[dom9]

Literally money laundering.

It's literally the opposite of money laundering.

Clean money going through a legit company to make it dirty.

Financial doping is a good word for it.

[dom9]

What are the possibilities of City getting a points deduction and / or relegation by the premier league / FA?

Would be hilarious but I can't see the FA piling on. Relegated to L2 is apparently the maximum penalty (not sure what conditions, just from reading other forums and social media so only saw in passing). That would effectively be a 4 year minimum ban from Europe.

Points deduction is reasonably likely I reckon.

Relegation, unlikely but possible.

Stripping them of titles would be proportionate imo.

[ChesterDave]

Stripping them of titles would be proportionate imo.

Getting the two retrospectively awarded with them having to present us them at the Etihad

[baitman]

Getting the two retrospectively awarded with them having to present us to them at the Etihad

It'll read better in the edit

[ChesterDave]

It'll read better in the edit

Such a bad mistake I deserve to be quoted so its there for eternity

[Roboklopp]

It's literally the opposite of money laundering.

Clean money going through a legit company to make it dirty.

Financial doping is a good word for it.

Financial doping is 2 words. But an accurate term.

[Mark79]

Points deduction is reasonably likely I reckon.

Relegation, unlikely but possible.

Stripping them of titles would be proportionate imo.

Points deduction is a cosy way out for the PL/FA. They get be seen to have taken serious action without it carrying any meaningful consequence.

Relegation apparently will be the punishment going forwards. But since the rule change only happened after the period under investigation, the FA and Man City get off off the hook here.

Stripping them of their titles absolutely should happen, but it won’t.

[dom9]

Points deduction is a cosy way out for the PL/FA. They get be seen to have taken serious action without it carrying any meaningful consequence.



Relegation apparently will be the punishment going forwards. But since the rule change only happened after the period under investigation, the FA and Man City get off off the hook here.



Stripping them of their titles absolutely should happen, but it won’t.

It's got nothing to do with the FA. It's a league thing.

[Leyton388]

Points deduction is a cosy way out for the PL/FA. They get be seen to have taken serious action without it carrying any meaningful consequence.

Relegation apparently will be the punishment going forwards. But since the rule change only happened after the period under investigation, the FA and Man City get off off the hook here.

Stripping them of their titles absolutely should happen, but it won’t.

The thing is if they did it for the period of 2011 to 2016 you can also guarantee they have done it after that as well.

[Mark79]

It's got nothing to do with the FA. It's a league thing.

Ok Mr Pedant, the PL then. I did say PL/FA initially.

[dom9]

Ok Mr Pedant, the PL then. I did say PL/FA initially.

Alright, alright, calm down, calm down

[Mark79]

Alright, alright, calm down, calm down

I am calm. I don’t need to get worked up to be facetious

[dom9]

I am calm. I don’t need to get worked up to be facetious

[Mr Darko]

The refusal to accept they've done anything wrong is really bizarre. Not just from the club but almost all of their fans too. It's all apparently some big conspiracy against them. Their denial is tantamount to Ted Bundy or John Wayne Gacy denying their crimes.

[calvoboy]

The refusal to accept they've done anything wrong is really bizarre. Not just from the club but almost all of their fans too. It's all apparently some big conspiracy against them. Their denial is tantamount to Ted Bundy or John Wayne Gacy denying their crimes.

I sort of get that. We had a similar blind spot over Suarez, and your natural reaction is to defend your club when it’s under attack. And then I see that Heysel and Hillsborough were trending nationwide on twitter earlier because of those bitter *******s trying to deflect, and I hope they end up relegated the cunts.