el fieldingo

Alas, how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise...

[el fieldingo @elfieldingo]

Argentina have a pyramid to climb now. Its Tutankhamun-ing home 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Fisted Away @fistedaway]

Great to know that if your cat goes feral you can just pack it off to Preston, where that is normal

[OurSF49ers @OurSf49ers]

This GTA style graphic for the 49ers VS Vikings Mexico game is 🔥

[el fieldingo @elfieldingo]

@AndyMitten What shops in Mcr area please @AndyMitten

[el fieldingo @elfieldingo]

That advert where Beckham offers the punter a beer. Get real. If it was Robbo. Or Pally. Or Sharpey then yeah. He’d probably leave half anyway the healthy bastard. Be belling his mrs to pick him up.

[el fieldingo @elfieldingo]

Love this advert on Deansgate

[el fieldingo @elfieldingo]

@Livesnooker Higgins has grown

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

The world map from a fish’s perspective

[Tyler Gray @TyGrayArea]

Ahem…@ActualNames1

[el fieldingo @elfieldingo]

Grasping to control

[non aesthetic things @PicturesFoIder]

Old is gold

[StrettyEnd @_StrettyEnd]

Šeško 🔥
#mufc

[A Funny Old Game @sid_lambert]

Great commentators add drama to great sporting theatre.

They become synonymous with moments and matches. Glory and heartbreak.

Listening to John Virgo exclaim “WHERE’S THE CUE BALL GOING?” was one of sport’s timeless pleasures.

A sad day. RIP.

[el fieldingo @elfieldingo]

Westside cowboy ⁦@thisisgorilla⁩

[MUFC AWAY DAYS @UnitedAwayDays]

Throwback to when City fans held up a 'Manchester is Red' banner in the Kippax..

#Manchester DerbyDay #mufc

[Magic hat 🎩 @themagic_tophat]

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆’𝘀 𝟭𝟭𝟱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀

@MiguelDelaney has impressively confirmed that an initial decision is STILL yet to be made in the Man City case of 115/130 charges, after more than 13 months since the hearing ended (see quoted tweet).

But even more significantly, he has determined that Panel members have been working on other cases in that time.

This could have serious consequences for the Premier League.

That’s because although the Commission operates independently of the Premier League and its corporate governance, it must still comply with PL rules.

PL rules are contained within the PL Handbook, which also serves as part of the contract between the PL and its members, the clubs.

And the Independent Commission will have its own contract with the PL, which provides it with its powers. The PL Handbook outlines in Section W the rules that govern the disciplinary process, which the IC must follow.

One of those rules is W.48, which 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 “𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚”.

English case law gives such a term specific meaning. Courts expect a party to be able to show that it acted as soon as circumstances permitted and any delay caused by preference or convenience is insufficient as a reason for delay.

Within the English Courts, there is a generally accepted (unwritten) rule that judgments should be delivered within three months of the end of a trial, even in long and complex cases. This was the opinion voiced by Sir Geoffrey Vos (the Chancellor of the Court of Appeal) in the case of Bank St Petersburg v Arkhangelsky [2020] EWCA Civ 408. His point was that justice delayed is justice denied and as such, parties subject to commercial litigation are entitled to receive their judgments within a reasonable, short period of time.

Given the panel has taken much longer than this to reach a decision (13 months and counting), and that they did not sufficiently prioritise it (given they were working on other cases), then that could be construed as a clear breach of the PL rule to issue a decision as soon as practicable.

Why does this matter? Well, it could open up the PL to damages. It has obligations under its contracts with its members, which must be met. Members who are undoubtedly suffering damages as a result of these delays.

Say for example Man City should be relegated as a result of the charges but that doesn’t happen until next season. Could the team that finishes 18th this season have a cause of action due to the delay? Quite possibly. And that action would be against the PL directly - not Man City. Damages could be in the hundreds of millions.

There are also four clubs who have reserved their rights to claim compensation against Man City for damages arising from their charged cheating. But what if the Panel decides that Man City are only liable for damages caused in the years they are known to have breached PSR? Those clubs are still incurring damages to this day and as such, delays arising from a breach of contract by the PL could give them cause to take action against the PL directly too.

This matter has been so poorly handled by the PL Board that it should undoubtedly have cost Richard Masters and Alison Brittain their jobs.

But soon, it could end up costing them and the PL even more.

[San Francisco 49ers @49ers]

N-I-N-E-R-S

[el fieldingo @elfieldingo]

Go niners

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@AndyMitten Not honestly sure I want to watch as many as 40 😂🙈