Tom Ranford

Looking at the world with Arsenal coloured spectacles...

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

Max's magic moment ✨

[Tom Ranford @mrranford]

@DarrenArsenal1 @JAYMITCH81 To back Darren up (not that he needs it!), but I received an email on Monday saying I was successful in a third ballot. I went on at 13pm and bought a ticket. Luck of the draw, and bloody expensive, but I got one.

[Tom Ranford @mrranford]

@and_got @MarkUprichard @AFCFixtureNews Its right at the bottom. See screenshot above, there's a li k to an enquiry form

[Tom Ranford @mrranford]

@JDVance You and your pimp are massive cunts. The lowest form of wanker that lies whilst pretending to be Christian. Shameful

[Tom Ranford @mrranford]

@lawrence_bury You really are a moron

[Tom Ranford @mrranford]

@AtukundaDike @pythaginboots @AaronZeng247052 Or, you could be sensible and could see it as Norgaard replacing Jorginho and Zubi replacing Partey. Which is clearly an improvement 🤫

[Tom Ranford @mrranford]

@DiangRalph @InsideArsenal89 Appreciate you man!

[JD @JD82__]

If the last few years have taught me anything it's to enjoy every single positive moment you can. I've seen Arsenal win the league 5 times and been blaze about it cos I thought they'd be more. Someone always got in the way. If it's 6 then I'm just going to enjoy it.

[The Swedish Rumble 🔰 @SwedishRumble]

There is one reason and one reason only why this case is not settled yet. When the PL launched the procedure for the 115 charges, City made sure that it got stuck in the courts for almost 3 years challenging every technical aspect it could to delay it.

A summary:
November-December 2018: The Premier League write to City requesting certain information and documents in relation to potential breaches of their rules — known as the information claim. City object to the request — after what has been published by Der Spiegel/the Football Leaks.
21 August 2019: The PL issue a complaint against City, since it has still not received the documents and information it has the right to receive under the Premier League Rules and which City refuse to give the PL access to. City responds by challenging the PL's disciplinary system, challenging a technicality (only highly regarded barristers could be elected for the commission).
22 October 2019: With the documents and information not forthcoming, the PL begin arbitration against the club seeking a declaration that they are contractually obliged to provide them. The club try to stop the arbitration by arguing to the tribunal involved that the PL had no power to start it. They also claim that the tribunal does not appear impartial.
26 June 2020: City issue an application in the Commercial Court repeating their argument that the tribunal lacks jurisdiction on the information claim and is tainted with “bias”.
2 November 2020: City’s claim that it has no obligation to to pass on the requested information and documents to the PL — is rejected. It’s clearly stated in the rules that they must do so. The order to provide them is however postponed pending the outcome of the Commercial Court case.
17 March 2021: In the Commercial Court, Mrs Justice Moulder more or less summarily dismisses the club's challenge to the jurisdiction and impartiality of the tribunal, dismantling the City’s lawyers arguments clearly hinting that it was felt that it had abused the public court system. She refuses permission to appeal her judgment.
24 March 2021: Mrs Justice Moulder said her judgment should be published, in order to reveal the lengths to which City had attempted to resist passing on information to the PL. City successfully seeked permission to appeal the decision to make the information public in the Court of Appeal. So we get another delay (I think you are starting to get the drift by now, it’s an appeal of an appeal of an appeal about a pure nonsense technicality. On a side
30 June 2021: The Court of Appeal opens its hearing into the club's appeal against publication. The Court of Appeal handed down its decision dismissing the appeal.

So it took the PL almost three years to just have it sorted out that it has the right to receive the information the Premier League Rules clearly states that City must submit to the PL. After this, we know that City made another challenge of the impartiality of an experienced barrister in no way connected to the Premier League, in KC Murray Rosen. How much delay this caused is unknown.

During this time, City was also sentenced by UEFA for failing to produce requested information and delaying procedures.

I am sure we all come across City PR people, at twitter, during City’s PCs, and so forth, telling us that the reason no decision have been made against City is because it is quote “complicated“. Decide for yourself!

[Tim Stillman ⭐️⭐️ @timstillman_]

Hands down my favourite thing in football is when a team responsible for the most flagrant time wasting you’ve ever seen concedes a late goal and a) suddenly hurries up about everything they do and b) becomes utterly incensed when the opponent time wastes.

[Tom Ranford @mrranford]

@Colmust76 @DarrenArsenal1 There are numerous deductions that can be taken from the losses, such as infrastructure, the womens team and academy etc. So not all that loss is applied.

[Tom Ranford @mrranford]

@GeezyPeas I was told it was a case by case basis and to give it a go, and worked (Block 6). Can only assume you'd be same

[Tom Ranford @mrranford]

@GeezyPeas Had the same thing for Sevilla game mate, said Sheff Utd on it. Still let's you in 👍

[Tom Ranford @mrranford]

@OverSoftNL @MattP1Gallagher Precisely that. Like I said, I love F1 but this is bad for it, just as it was before - and they changed the rules to stop Mercedes! I turned off after that fast lap Max put in. It's obvious he's just cruising round until he needs to put a quick one in.
Sport needs competition.

[Tom Ranford @mrranford]

@OverSoftNL @MattP1Gallagher That's literally my point! At least in those seasons there was jeopardy, there were two drivers that could win. And Mercedes never had it as easy as this except perhaps 2014? This is dull dull dull. I'm not anti RB or Max, I'm anti non-competition

[Tom Ranford @mrranford]

@Se_Railway Why is there no train running back from Maidstone to Strood? There is one literally at the platform waiting to be used