If we’re talking PL/English teams then yes those 3.

If we’re going global then Real Madrid, Barca and Man United

Can’t see them being stripped of anything. Probably just a fine (woah a fine to billionaires and their billion dollar entity) and maybe a point deduction whenever they get around to resolving this.

Fines in sports on this level are just stupid imo. Do they really think the owners of City, who are the second richest in world football care about paying a 30 million pound fine (which was their UEFA punishment)? They probably spend that in a day, completely useless to them.

IMO the FA and PL need to rewrite the FFP/sustainability rules. Something needs to be done to ensure “smaller” clubs can spend to try and reach the UCL places but also ensure that people aren’t cheating like City and Chelsea are accused of. Maybe owners need to put up x amount into some account, so that if they decide to fuck off the club doesn’t get ruined by them.

I don’t think you full understand the City case. They’ve been charged by the PL and it’s been sent to a independent commission to come up with the punishment as per the PL rules. That’s the stage we are in now, there’s an independent commission reviewing the evidence from both sides to ultimately come up with the punishment. The league won’t strip them of the titles, the independent commission will strip them if they see fit to do so.

Another note these charges only refer to seasons between 2009-10 and 2017-18, there could be another investigation for 2018-19 till now but that’s just jurno and social media talk right now.

While I agree it’ll be a PR nightmare for the league, to many people it’s the only way to hold up the ethical standard of the league. The league and commission almost certainly has upmost pressure from league owners (most notably probably LFC owners) and then fans around the world.

Personally don’t see a huge punishment for City like stripped titles. The high priced City lawyers will drag this out for a long time and negotiate the penalty down. No matter what the PL needs to rewrite FFP/sustainability rules, to make it easier for them to investigate but also ensure punishment is taken quicker, and also make it easier for “smaller” clubs to challenge the bigger ones if owners put up some collateral stake.

Not trying to throw shade at Arsenal but are we suprised? Supposedly the whole Ozil stuff was because of his stance with what the Chinese are doing to the Uighur Muslims. Not sure if this was ever confirmed but it still is discussed somewhat from time to time.

Let’s be honest no club would really cancel a large sponsorship deal. They only get involved in political issues when it suits the clubs and their image. This isn’t direct at Arsenal before fans get on my back, talking about ALL clubs

All you’ve known is your club being bad unless it was a typo and you mean 2009 and not 2019

TAA in a heartbeat. Can pick a pass and put it right onto a players foot and get a free kick in a decent area around the box and he can score.

You’d have to have James fit which is a struggle.

Been banging the drum for months on this. They played mostly easy opponents and got a high points total, now just like every team their injury list is growing and are playing tougher teams.

Think we’re better equipped then previous seasons but I’d like a few more guys in for upgrades and rotation.

Robbos legs have started to go. Mostly becusse he’s played practically every game Sind he’s been a starter. Only really rotated when injured or when we play in lesser competitions. We need to bring a long-term replacement for him next summer or the following January, before we have a Hendo problem on our hands.

Matip is likely leaving at the end of the season, we need a top quality guy in as a replacement. VVD isn’t getting any younger and Klopp has said himself Konate can’t play every minute of every game. You really need 3 top CBs imo to compete for anything. This way we also don’t put too much pressure on Quansah to develop, we should be casually adding more minutes to him as we progress but not throw him in the deep end.

We need to keep Mo for a few more seasons. I understand the fee and that it’s crazy for a 30 year old, but he’s still our talisman and I don’t see anyone on the market who could one day be good enough to replace him. He hasn’t really shown any real drop off, so if we get him for a few more seasons it would be good imo. That way you see Doak progress and maybe he achieves his potential and we only need to bring in a depth option.

I’ve always said we need a top DM. We constantly show we’re too wide up and teams walk right through us. I like Endo and Baj’s long term midfield position isn’t set in stone for me right now. Also Baj has shown injury concerns so far (mostly due to us giving him so many minutes so soon), so I’d like the club to drip feed him minutes and slowly add to it and not throw him back in the deep end like we did last season. We’re fine playing the “smaller” teams with Mac in DM because we control possession most of the time, but for games agaisnt the big sides we need that world class DM to break up play and aid our defense.