Paul Tierney

Dad, husband, Manchester City.

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

@antpaulbloom Now now bloomo

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

Villa are excellent, keeper is a scouting master class.

They could of been title contenders without PSR

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

@willlister70 You can spend what you like on infrastructure, if they didn’t sell Morgan they could be 2-0 up!

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

Its always individual error’s

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

@richy_gunerr He could retire tomorrow and there isn’t a player in your squad that would surpass his achievements looser.

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

@slbsn @bluemoonbaz When Everton and Forest were charged the punishment followed before the appeal, is the reason City’s hasn’t because it could be irreversible if implemented during a live season or just because of the complexity of the case?
Thanks in advance

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

@GeezaVibe I’d rather have a scouser call me Lad all day than listen to that shit

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

@nickgoff79 @DanKing_1974 Only one man for the job Tiago Bebé

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

@ASmurfyDreamer Excellent

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

I don’t blame the Utd fans for fucking off, piss wet through getting twatted and you know there will be a great warm restaurant with Peroni or Moretti on tap round the corner

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

Como are excellent

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

Bandage less Phil 👌

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

Really enjoyed that, brilliant to see Phil continuing his great start to the season. 9 out of 10 🤯

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

@Timoldland I hate seeing brilliant deals on a car I’d love when I’m mid lease, there was an M2 deal a few years ago that particularly annoyed me.

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

When Chelsea arrived 4 into 4 still fit, then City arrived with sacks of cash but 5 into 4 doesn’t fit and that means there is a chance an established CL club could miss out on big money. Since 2010 Liverpool failed to qualify 7 times with Utd and Arsenal failing 6 times. #NOISE

[GeezaVibe @GeezaVibe]

🗣"Chelsea were allowed in the room. They were allowed to do what #ManCity were never allowed to do.. They got to spend what they wanted and then started the “arms race.” 👀

"But then City came along and people said, “No, you can’t come in!” Chelsea were the bigger offenders" 😡

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

@Ashley45881988 @Gazwarrington A brilliant second half at the Etihad changed Leeds season last year. Let the players know they can compete with anyone. A lot to take away from the two visits to Manchester for Ipswich

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

@NigelLittleford @ManCity Told you boys, MVP in division 3!

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

@MCFCDamo It’s also unfair that he’s the guy that has to field the first questions since the decision was made that he had absolutely nothing to do with

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

I’d love to be able to believe this because it’s what I want to hear but it genuinely sounds like the end of an episode of Criminal minds.

[Callum Farrington @farrington_1989]

An insight into City’s legal strategy on 114.

City have recently recruited Mark Howard described as a “super silk” a term used for a highly distinguished King’s Counsel (KC). He joins a legal team that includes Lord David Pannick KC, who has led City’s defence in the long-running case.

What follows is where the legal battle appears to stand between City, Etihad, and the Premier League following the Independent Commission’s verdict.

1. The Snook Trap: How the PL Committed a Massive Legal Error
Under English law (Snook precedent), to declare a contract a "sham," you have to prove both parties intended to deceive. The PL’s three KCs found City guilty of fraud via "adverse inferences" because City refused to turn over Etihad’s books. But here’s the catch: the PL never once interviewed Etihad or audited their banking records. They effectively shifted the burden of proof to City to prove a negative, which is legal quicksand in a real court.

1. Why Pannick Left Etihad Out of the Initial Tribunal
It looks like a deliberate tactical play by Lord Pannick KC.
By keeping Etihad as a "non-party," the PL’s tribunal made definitive findings of corporate fraud against a multi-billion-dollar global airline without ever giving them a Right to Reply (Audi alteram partem).
Bringing Etihad in earlier would have subjected them to massive, un-secure disclosure pools vulnerable to the PL's historic mainstream media leaks.

1. Etihad’s High Court "Nuclear Option"
Because Etihad is a separate corporate entity and not a PL member, they aren’t bound by football arbitration rules. Etihad’s threat to sue the PL for commercial defamation in the English High Court completely upends the case:
Strict Confidentiality Rings: In a real court, Etihad can safely hand over verified Abu Dhabi bank routing records and independent audits under judge-supervised security—completely shielded from leaks to rival clubs.
Destroying the "Spoofed Payments" Theory: Once a High Court judge validates that the sponsorship funds came entirely from Etihad’s own commercial revenue, the PL’s "sham contract" ruling is legally dead. City can then port that judicially stamped proof directly into the football appeal.

1. The "Prosecutorial" Panel and Fallback Findings
Did the three KCs act impartially? It’s highly debatable. By reverse-engineering the judgment with "backup charges" (like non-cooperation and acting in bad faith), they tried to make the verdict appeal-proof. But if Pannick proves the primary "sham" ruling was built on an unlawful legal process, the secondary fallback findings logically collapse with it.

1. CAS vs. The "Kangaroo" Football Tribunal
The PL deliberately ignored the 2020 CAS verdict (which cleared City of hiding equity funding) by exploiting the fact that the domestic PL rulebook has no statute of limitations. They used lower evidential standards to bypass the supreme court of world sport. Pannick will aggressively argue on appeal that ignoring a definitive CAS ruling on the exact same contracts constitutes an abuse of process.

1. Geopolitical Fallout: UAE Threats & Whitehall Frustration
It’s now spilling into international diplomacy. Emirati officials have reportedly warned the UK Government that the severity of the ruling directly threatens a £30 billion UK-UAE investment pipeline, clouding an upcoming London investment summit. UK officials are furious because they are facing massive economic pressure from a foreign state over a private sports tribunal that the government has zero constitutional power to interfere with.
The Bottom Line: Pannick is executing a brilliant multi-front counter-offensive. By stalling the compressed PL appeal timeline and letting Etihad loose in the High Court, he is forcing the Premier League to defend its leaked, circumstantial case in a real court of law where they have no safety net.

[Paul Tierney @Numptyed]

In line with the flat earth tin foil hat tweets this last 3 week let’s give it a go.

“Senior sources at top UAE meeting hint at Emirates airline pulling sponsorship deal in support of Manchester City.

[Telegraph Football @TeleFootball]

Arsenal, the Premier League champions, announce redundancies just a week after manager Mikel Arteta signed a £20m-a-year deal.

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