"Have you counted down the days? Are you happier, wiser, more centred, like a man in a porridge advert going for a soulful morning run in a sunlit cul-de-sac? Perhaps, to offer another perspective, you feel so viscerally nauseated at the prospect of leafing through the pre-planned partisan responses to a highly complex piece of legal wrangling there's a danger your own intestines will liquefy and snort out of your nostrils straight into the toaster."
"Except, the Torajans don't do this solely out of fondness or love, but also out of fear, reverence for the gods, anxiety over future rice harvests. And this feels about right for the Premier League at the end of its year of vast expense and gruelling mental fatigue, all of it shot through by now with the sense City have already won this process, in more ways than one."
One year has passed since the Manchester City charges tribunal began. The original 115 charges were later upgraded to more than 130. The process has become protracted and costly, producing widespread fatigue among fans and observers who ultimately pay for the sport. The pace and politicised responses to complex legal wrangling have provoked nausea and ridicule in equal measure. Ritualistic comparisons to Torajan exhumation underscore a ceremonial, fearful, and reverential attitude toward marking the tribunal's anniversary. Many within the Premier League now feel exhausted by vast expense and mental strain, and there is a prevailing sense that City have already won this process.
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