25-01-2024, 07:43 PM
(25-01-2024, 04:48 PM)Joe Baker Legend Wrote: I was sent the following snippets, how correct it is I do not know.......
Attended the NFST AGM yesterday and Tom Cartiledge addressed a few points on the PSR situation and ground bits
He is a lot more approachable than Nicholas Randall and very forthright
We are not far away from being able to start work on the container stands. Tom realises we are restricted by City Ground location and would have wanted a big capacity with main stand redevelopment. Main blockers are City Council having limited staff due to cuts. However the club don't blame the City Council, they recognise they are a slight bottleneck for work to begin
With FFP thing. He can't say too much legally, but club feel let down by PL, and have a solid legal stand point. PL FSA also attended and acknowledged the lack of transparency on Man City punishment and also that an independent regulator is very highly a possibility for the PL and FFP etc.
No mention of Boat club, just City Council need to work with club to start with groundwork and surrounding infrastructure. They have to be ready as Club are ready to go in off season, but it won't be this Summer for the Council
Strong desire for it to be resolved ASAP, they are already sharing accounts and transfer plans with PL for next season. Full transparency and trying to provide full disclosure.
Confidence in independent commission to see sense but no guarantees
I think the club wish to operate as normal as possible with a view to perhaps being more cautious and sceptical about promises of what can and cannot be includes. Been likened by Finance and accountants as complicated as filing a tax return and claiming for relief and allowances that are perhaps bending the limits.
They will err on the side of caution no doubt but not do a Leicester and not spend. We are under no embargo or limitations of than those we assess as getting us in trouble this time next year.
Furthermore, they are recruiting a fair few Senior leadership roles. Starting with a permanent Legal Councel/officer at the club
With focus on Tom Cartledge being a more active Chairman, dealing with Operational matters where Dane previously acted. So no, immediate CEO but Tom filling part of those duties.
He is definitely more the business side,.off field structures, ground, academy options. Then the owners and sporting director on the Playing side of things as their.focus
Good snippets, thank you!
On the FFP stuff, it pretty much tracks with what Everton dealt with too in terms of being assured certain thing then the league reneging later. We did kind of dig of our grave there a bit by persuing Everton!
Aware this is the wrong thread but reading between the lines, presumably pre Everton points deduction, we were assured we could include the Brennan sale then they later changed their minds, hence the lack of effort to sell him (or someone else) in June to avoid a penalty. Or alternatively, there is some allowance we've been told previously we could claim that has since turned out not to be the case hence the surprise fail.
This is what I have always assumed to be the issue and makes me feel better about the way it was handled. We ran close to the line to stay up (Felipe and Danilo in Jan were critical signings for example, less said about some others), we thought we were ok still however there was no leeway when something was changed that we couldn't use as an allowance and so we failed. In this instance, I'm both happy to back the clubs choice of approach and also the fact that we potentially still deserve a punishment.