One detail I haven't seen anyone discussing is paragraph 109 of the PL verdict, where the commission explicitly states:

"In such circumstances it is unrealistic to wholly compartmentalise each Charge, and we did not do so when reaching our Decision"

In other words they are stating that findings of misconduct on one charge influenced its assessment of others.

If City successfully overturns even just one major finding on appeal, particularly the disguised sponsorship allegations, it could create a domino effect across the verdict. The commission has effectively acknowledged that its conclusions were not reached entirely independently of one another.

This could be a huge boost for City's appeal.

• Overall squad update and preparation - Geronimo Rulli starting in goal in the EFL cup:

“After Villa, we gave five players three days off. Erling, Elliot, Gigio, Ruben and Josko. Go away on holiday. Three days off, go, come back. Full energy.

“In terms of how we plan, they [the games] are so close so we need to make some changes.

“We have one more session and then we decide for tomorrow.”

“First of all, they are doing very well so both games will be tough,”

“They are very brave, aggressive and when they have the ball they attack with so many players.

“They create so many chances. We need to do the right things offensively and defensively.”

“Yes [Rulli will play tomorrow],” 

“He’s good. Before I arrived here, I had a conversation with him, he knows his role and that’s important.

“Day by day he is helping a lot. When he has played, he was good and tomorrow he will play again."

• Maresca speaks on Guéhi and Donnarumma's form, Lewis' and Aït-Nouri's roles:

- Maresca on Marc Guéhi:

“I’m completely, especially in this moment, happy with Marc,”

“The way he reacted was fantastic. He is a top guy, a leader, one of the captains and I love Marc to be honest.

“When they make some mistakes, they recognise. Marc is aware now.

“He’s played all minutes since the start of the season with us and the international team. In the last two weeks he didn’t play Champions League game, he played 45 minutes the other day so he’s completely okay.”

- Maresca on Donnarumma:

"When a football player or manager don't get results or make some mistakes, it's normal that it [criticism] is a consequence.

"Gigio, I think, since we started has done well. It's part of the season, they're playing so many games, so many minutes that sometimes it's almost impossible to not make a mistake.

"He's quite a strong guy. He knows anyway that when he makes some mistake, he doesn't need us to tell him that was a mistake. He recognises that and it's part of the game."

- Maresca on academy lad Rico Lewis:

“He can play both [defensively and going forward],” [said Maresca when asked about which role he favours for Lewis]

“In this moment, we have Nunes that has the injury so Lewis was good in the second half against Villa.

“He can play full-back or midfield, it depends where we need him.”

- Maresca on Rayan Aït-Nouri:

 "He is a full-back, in that position we have Abdukodir Khusanov, who is doing fantastic and we have Nico O'Reilly, when he is fit, he is fantastic.

Ait-Nouri is in the same position so it is a competition between them."

I was just looking back through the past 5 years top 10, he arguably deserved it in 2023, he’s been in the top 10 3 out of 5 years. I hope he can do enough to earn one in the next few years, deserves to have one.

Let's not forget our future number 6!

Jamie Vardy has the longest streak of consecutive PL games with a goal at 11, he also has another streak of 8. Ruud Van Nistelrooy also has two longer streaks at 10 and 8. Daniel Sturridge and Alexander Isak also had 8 game streaks, they also accomplished this feat with no penalty goals.

Robin Van Persie has the longest away streak with 9 games, also with no penalties.

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Honestly this is the reality of what all football fans need to accept, the want of them seeing city relegated, losing their titles, etc is too far removed from the reality of what will actually happend because there are so many factors at play here

Where do we find a keeper than can play the ball and is a sweeper keeper? This is not a bias, but an example of what a good keeper does, Joao Garcia from Barca against Madrid earlier was running even before Mbappe became a bigger threat and clearing the ball. Isn’t the team supposed to feel safe when you give gk the ball? Not an expert, but Donna has been off for quite some tome now.

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Still think we sold him too soon, would be a great rotation player

We are talking about Harry Kane, Yamal, Mbappe for Ballon D Or 26 but what about Erling Haaland
He has also won PL golden Boot, FA cup, Carabao Cup, took Norway in quarters In FIFA WC 26 after 1997 single handedly, scored most goals in Qualifiers. What is stopping him from winning this trophy ??