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@epanalysis_ | analyst | ST holder

[🇬🇧🇨🇾 @e_prtks2]

this!

[E @Ellis_]

If a T shirt saying ‘Free Kobbie Mainoo’ has you more upset then a manager:

— Finishing 15th
— Losing a UEL final to an Ange led Tottenham Hotspur.
— Getting knocked out the Carabao Cup by a league two side.
— Not winning back to back PL games for almost a full year
— Not integrating academy players into the squad properly.
— Having the worst win rate out of any United manager.
— Having one of the worst clean sheet to games ratio out of any premier league manager

Then you need to get your priorities in order. 👍👍👍

[Angry Mike! NFL 🧀 @angrymike23]

Packers are lucky to be 2-2. A win is a win! OL was much better today. Cooper and Cisse hurt isn’t good. Let’s get Zeitler in here next week and see if we can stick it to the Bears!

[Zach Kruse @zachkruse2]

These running backs are just terrible.

[🇬🇧🇨🇾 @e_prtks2]

@zachkruse2 How it keeps on getting worse week by week is genuinely an achievement

[Jay(Deni Avdija ACL tear enjoyer)🇲🇦🇵🇸 @jirisvengeance_]

Might see the first cover negative 4 in NFL history

[Scott Willis 🏆 @scottjwillis]

Did a bit of editing and made some suggested fixes here.

[UnitedMuppetiers @Muppetiers]

But they're not state owned, but the funding was from the state, but they're not, but the state will pull investment from the UK if they're punished. What a farce. State ownership is such a disgrace to football.

[Duncan Castles @DuncanCastles]

Understand that the punishment Manchester City faces from English football should the Abu Dhabi-owned club continue to escalate its conflict with the Premier League include:
🔻Expulsion from the League
🔻The EFL declining to grant City admission to any of its divisions
🔻Removal of City owners, directors and executives

[Matthew Syed @matthewsyed]

Cheating on an industrial scale is not okay just because you invest in some community projects…

[Magic hat 🎩 @themagic_tophat]

⚖️ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆’𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗹

Based on reports of Man City’s proposed appeal, its “irrefutable proof” (which the Commission refuted and called “concocted”) asserts that state-owned sponsors received state funding to help pay the sponsor contracts… and that this money was not paid by the owner company, ADUG.

If Man City could prove this (and the PL could not prove Man City and the sponsors were Related Parties) then this would absolve Man City of the most serious charges that resulted in PSR breaches.

The challenge they faced with this at the Commission is that they handed the PL originals of all the emails and other documents that could be found in the Football Leaks, which show in no uncertain terms that the money was paid by ADUG and that they are Related Parties.

Because there would have been no reason to lie in the emails, and there are so many, from so many senior people “in the know”… they become incredibly credible, reliable, cogent evidence.

As such, Man City presenting counter-factual evidence when they DID have a reason to lie was always going to be treated as concocted unless they could mitigate for the emails with an innocent explanation.

Their attempt to explain the emails as “false assumptions” was never going to be considered plausible given the reasons above.

In the comments below, I will put a thread of linked posts from old analysis that afford evidence of payments by ADUG and that Man City and the sponsors were Related Parties.

Given the individuals involved, the statements made, the volume of them, over the length of time… you can decide for yourself whether you believe it plausible that all these people were merely “confused”… 🧵

[Dylan @Dylyano]

I implore you all to look at these photos.

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC?

We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax.

There should be a criminal investigation.

Thread:

[Benedict Spence @BenedictSpence]

United are crap. But they aren’t cheats.

[centredevils. @centredevils]

🚨🚨| NEW: Manchester City spent £1.2bn on transfers during the era of financial rule-breaking. [BBC]

[Kieran Maguire @KieranMaguire]

Given that Manchester City's commercial revenue was inflated up to 2018, by an average of £80-90m per season, could that have also have applied in the seasons since then?

[Scott Saunders @__scottsaunders]

This is why none of the games they’ve played mean anything. They simply put should not have been playing with the players they signed.

[RealisticallyArsenal @nicky_j1989]

@aviv_lavi They have failed to provide requested financial information for the period 2019 -2023 and more recently for 2024 and 2025. This suggests they have something to hide.

[Scott Saunders @__scottsaunders]

“The Club has diligently respected due process for eight years…”

Even now, they’re still lying.

[Jfunnell @jfunnell_lfc]

On top of all this, the PL are still requesting documents from 2018 to 2025, they have been charged up to 2023 currently.

And City are STILL REFUSING to send documents to the PL, the next set of charges, Man City will be "repeat offenders"

And the punishment will be worse again, Man City could very well go bye bye from this.

[Biggies Malls 2.0 @Biggies_MaIIs]

Their explanation was that the Abu Dhabi Government provided financial assistance to Abu Dhabi companies sponsoring Man City “from time to time”.

That “from time to time” assistance accounted for 87% of City’s total commercial sponsorship income over 9 years 😭

[Scotty Tridge @TridgeTV]

This appeal that City are going to do, is somewhat useless.

Under the ruling, no new evidence can be presented, or, it's extremely hard to introduce new evidence. No witnesses are re-examined, it's just a review of the process followed and, the fact that the Prem used the term 'SHAM' 5 TIMES in their statement and how concise it was.

I believe, the independent commission and the Premier League have City bang to rights.

So, what Soriano is waffling about saying they have irrefutable evidence, I hope it's not the CPC explanation again for City's sake because, that's a complete and utter joke.

Sponsors want to sponsor us £100m but, cant afford it so, the government propped up the investment...

RRRRRIIIIIIGGGGHHHHHTTTT....