Manchester City’s Financial Doping

[BergMan]

Punish them next season. I don’t want to win after they get deducted points, it will only have an asterisk above it. It won’t mean so much. If we win the league we need to be the best and to do that we need more points than what Man City earned.

 

[albakos]

Punish them next season. I don’t want to win after they get deducted points, it will only have an asterisk above it. It won’t mean so much. If we win the league we need to be the best and to do that we need more points than what Man City earned.

Shut up.
I don't care for asterisk or whatever the rival fans say. It will only have more significance because while you pushed hard for the title, you were prevented from winning it by a cheating enterprise.

Is Liverpool at 97 and 92 points not a title-worthy candidate? Same for us at 89 and 84 points.

The punishment to 130FC should be as severe, as quick and as retrospective as possible. Any tolerance or weakness you show to them, will mean the league's image is forever compromised.

 

[BergMan]

Shut up.
I don't care for asterisk or whatever the rival fans say. It will only have more significance because while you pushed hard for the title, you were prevented from winning it by a cheating enterprise.

Is Liverpool at 97 and 92 points not a title-worthy candidate? Same for us at 89 and 84 points.

The punishment to 130FC should be as severe, as quick and as retrospective as possible. Any tolerance or weakness you show to them, will mean the league's image is forever compromised.

Fine for you but I do care about how we are perceived. I don’t want others to say “you only won it because City got ducked points” I want to win it without that excuse. I want to win it on merit against the best this Man City have, with the maximum points that they can aquire. It will mean so much more.

 

[Oxeki]

Perfect. They should start with the last 2 seasons.

I think any punishment would be up to and including the 2017/2018 season I heard.

 

[2Smokeyy]

Shut up.
I don't care for asterisk or whatever the rival fans say. It will only have more significance because while you pushed hard for the title, you were prevented from winning it by a cheating enterprise.

People are acting like we’ve been winning titles for the last 15-20 years and we’re tired of winning.

Give us our two titles, run all those medals back and arrange the mid season parade. Yes we’re shameless but who gives a crap. You can’t steal from a hungry man then expect him not to eat. We’ll be on 15 titles won in the (PL + English First Division) four behind Liverpool and five with Utd.

 

[Batman]

I think any punishment would be up to and including the 2017/2018 season I heard.

It could be the case but does anyone really think they stopped the cheating?

 

[Ash10]

Fine for you but I do care about how we are perceived. I don’t want others to say “you only won it because City got ducked points” I want to win it without that excuse. I want to win it on merit against the best this Man City have, with the maximum points that they can aquire. It will mean so much more.

No, we only didn’t win because city cheated. That's how it is & I won't give a crap about what you or some idiot rival fan says to deny that fact

 

[Macho]

It could be the case but does anyone really think they stopped the cheating?

With the legal advice and experts on hand I could see them cleaning up their act or covering their tracks a bit better for sure.

Wouldn't surprise me if they continued whatever it was they were doing though. They do make good sales which I am sure helps them.

 

[blaze_of_glory]

People are acting like we’ve been winning titles for the last 15-20 years and we’re tired of winning.

Give us our two titles, run all those medals back and arrange the mid season parade. Yes we’re shameless but who gives a crap. You can’t steal from a hungry man then expect him not to eat. We’ll be on 15 titles won in the (PL + English First Division) four behind Liverpool and five with Utd.

First ever DOUBLE League Title parade. Imagine the scenes, winning TWO league titles at once. They said it couldn't be done but Tricky Micky might have found a way!

 

[Batman]

With the legal advice and experts on hand I could see them cleaning up their act or covering their tracks a bit better for sure.

Wouldn't surprise me if they continued whatever it was they were doing though. They do make good sales which I am sure helps them.

They just claimed they turned a profit during Covid when the likes of Madrid, United and Barca; global commercial powerhouses made huge losses. There is absolutely no way a club with no supporters is the only club that was turning a profit when every other club was losing money. Then there's the matter of the enormous agent fee to Haaland's father. Is that an agent fee or is that off the books wages for Haaland?

 

[GoonerJeeves]

 

[2Smokeyy]

First ever DOUBLE League Title parade. Imagine the scenes, winning TWO league titles at once. They said it couldn't be done but Tricky Micky might have found a way!

Doing it in Dubai would be perfect they can invite Salt Bae and he’ll get the team fired up for second half of the season to secure 3 in a row.

 

[A_G]

First ever DOUBLE League Title parade. Imagine the scenes, winning TWO league titles at once. They said it couldn't be done but Tricky Micky might have found a way!

@North_Bank_Gooner standing at the end of the parade route:

 

[jones]

titles won't be taken away from them because they didn't match fix like how juve did before and their punishment was relegation to serie B.

Man city punishment will depend on how severe are the 115 charges.

Nah what City's done is a lot worse. I've looked into the matches Juve allegedly fixed and while they deserve punishment the fixing was laughable in comparison, when that one ****house bald defender admitted to scoring an own goal on purpose when it was blatantly by accident I knew something was up anyway. Saying this as someone who hates Juve btw.

City on the other hand literally paid their players and manager secret salaries ffs, an official salary and then a second one off the books, people are just numb to it at this point but the criminal energy needed for that, number of people involved duration that this went on etc is insane. Any self respecting league learns of this you're not talking about relegation or fines you're putting the club under administration.

 

[HattoriHanzo]

Nah what City's done is a lot worse. I've looked into the matches Juve allegedly fixed and while they deserve punishment the fixing was laughable in comparison, when that one ****house bald defender admitted to scoring an own goal on purpose when it was blatantly by accident I knew something was up anyway. Saying this as someone who hates Juve btw.

City on the other hand literally paid their players and manager secret salaries ffs, an official salary and then a second one off the books, people are just numb to it at this point but the criminal energy needed for that, number of people involved duration that this went on etc is insane. Any self respecting league learns of this you're not talking about relegation or fines you're putting the club under administration.

If they don't punish City properly, I will be tempted to stop following Prem.
What is the point to follow competition which isn't fair?

 

[Beany]

If the UK government don't put thier hands in this man city will have very big punishment what I'm worried that uk government will intervene so thier relationship with middle east won't damage

Yes but its the rule of law - the government can’t interfere in an independant arbitration panel. That kind of thing just doesn’t happen in the UK. My greater fear is that 115’s bottomless pit of money and resource, compared to the PL’s (or anyone’s) will make it a really tough slog, in terms of getting the result all honest and sensible fans want to see. Another possibility is that eventually, 115 and the PL will come to some kind of agreed settlement that sees a reduced punishment - though there’s been precious sign off that to date.

 

[jones]

If they don't punish City properly, I will be tempted to stop following Prem.
What is the point to follow competition which isn't fair?

AM will say I'm hating again but it's a trash competition anyway if we're honest. Dead atmosphere most grounds, rivalries are dead and tactics are roidpressing and inshallah.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Nah what City's done is a lot worse. I've looked into the matches Juve allegedly fixed and while they deserve punishment the fixing was laughable in comparison, when that one ****house bald defender admitted to scoring an own goal on purpose when it was blatantly by accident I knew something was up anyway. Saying this as someone who hates Juve btw.

City on the other hand literally paid their players and manager secret salaries ffs, an official salary and then a second one off the books, people are just numb to it at this point but the criminal energy needed for that, number of people involved duration that this went on etc is insane. Any self respecting league learns of this you're not talking about relegation or fines you're putting the club under administration.

Of course city are worse they corrupt thier way to the top. But I doubt they'll be punished severely because UK government will intervene

 

[Synical]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1835644561093468620

Don't read this if you have high blood pressure

 

[berric]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1835644561093468620

Don't read this if you have high blood pressure

Rodri should've also gotten a red in that same atrocity of a game vs us I remember. He ended up scoring the winner in the last seconds.