UEFA FFP investigation - CAS decision to be announced Monday, 13th July 9.30am BST

[Exeter Blue I am here]

Judging by the preponderance of scousers in "journalism", punditry and general media I can only assume that you are correct.

It would certainly make sense in respect of the concept of clickbait. These pages are full of people having a meltdown every day, because the papers, which all now have a global reach, have published 20 Liverpool puff-pieces before City even get a mention, and yet by claiming that there is some sort of parity between our support and theirs, are those same people not now denying the rationale behind clickbait, which is to generate as many clicks as possible to make money?

 

[Newman Noggs]

Well I expect one of them to be Rick Parry (well-known friend of City) as he has a new job as chairman of the EFL.

I wonder how much of his departure was due to his possible involvement in the "leaks" about the proposed ban. Seems a bit of a step-down to me.

 

[Centurions]

Hahaha, how very Duncan Castles. Not 'Implications for football if City are found not guilty of any infringement?' but ' Implications for football if City escape a ban?', what an arsehole.

 

[Thomas Hearns]

Mitten is occasionally OK but the two who hack me off are James Pearce and Simon Hughes, who report on Liverpool. There's never anything remotely critical or insightful from them. They just blow smoke up the dippers' arse.

Never heard of em thankfully. I'm only familiar with Lawrence who doesn't strike me as being either knowledgable or intelligent - her anti wenger diatribes on the sunday supplement used to wind me up - and Honigstein who's ok. And of course Mitten who seemed to go from writing for an appalling fanzine to being treated as a serious journalist by the BBC who would often have him on 5 live discussing football.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Yeah that was my thought, I expected more from the local radio station though, so I’ll hold my deluded hands up



Didn’t know that was the reason BBS, I just expect more from the local radio station regardless, see above ;-)

Yep it was never stated as such but went on gardening leave straight after making strong criticism of the united, sorry altrincham fan, from wythenshawe, sorry altrincham, and never came back

 

[Newman Noggs]

Hahaha, how very Duncan Castles. Not 'Implications for football if City are found not guilty of any infringement?' but ' Implications for football if City escape a ban?', what an arsehole.

Whilst Castles is indisputably an arsehole, I think that he is right. City's guilt or otherwise of any "infringement" has always been incidental. Banning City has been the point of this whole exercise for football's power-brokers so failing to ban us will have huge implications for football.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Hahaha, how very Duncan Castles. Not 'Implications for football if City are found not guilty of any infringement?' but ' Implications for football if City escape a ban?', what an arsehole.

I see a star of 91% lol, but the more pertinent stat is DCIAC 109%

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

The study that I posted with a link covered all PL teams, those eyes again :)

You are way off beam, and as for people you have spoken to being your sampling, well you believe that rather than every available cast iron figures that have been presented for fan base and financially of City being level with liverpool.

And at this point I will let this thread go back to its rightful place, have a good day blue :)

If half the followers are fake, as Pilot Fish Media’s analysis suggests, perhaps those stats ain’t worth as much as you think. I’ll join you in dropping it. Have a good day too

 

[Mid Wales blue]

Who are these resignations? Is this genuine? Potentially significant? I might listen if no one else has

Well one of the chief instigators left the investigatory chamber of UEAF’s club licensing and FFP control board, in October this year.
Then he was appointed Chairman of the board of directors, for the English Football League.
May be just a coincidence?

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

I wonder how much of his departure was due to his possible involvement in the "leaks" about the proposed ban. Seems a bit of a step-down to me.

His departure won't be presented that way. He will be hailed as some sort of hero. I think the leaks damaged UEFA's case more than us.

 

[nmc]

Where’s George Smiley today #mancitymax? Has he revealed all from his bunker in Gorton yet? Wonder if he and Duncan Castles are one and the same?

 

[Dirty Harry]

Yep it was never stated as such but went on gardening leave straight after making strong criticism of the united, sorry altrincham fan, from wythenshawe, sorry altrincham, and never came back

Ah I see , So rather than actually go into Taylor’s background and check (and I think most people in Wythenshawe know he at least has HUGE connections with them) they fire Cheesey off, they can fook off for me now, except Sunday mornings .

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

Whilst Castles is indisputably an arsehole, I think that he is right. City's guilt or otherwise of any "infringement" has always been incidental. Banning City has been the point of this whole exercise for football's power-brokers so failing to ban us will have huge implications for football.

On the money. If UEFA have fucked their own case up, and I sincerely hope they have, then I don’t see any future for them. This whole charade has been about the greedy wankers at the Swamp, Klanfield, the Allianz and the Bernabéu, keeping an iron grip on the flow of huge sums of cash to their coffers, a flow they have spent years engineering with “seedings”, carefully rigged ratings systems, and monstrous hype. If City succeed in kicking the door to their cosy little world off its hinges, it won’t be just us they have to worry about steaming through it.
If we emerge from this unbanned, then I’ll give it one more season before the cartel sets up its own competition and excludes us from it. They’re cnuts.

 

[nmc]

On the money. If UEFA have fucked their own case up, and I sincerely hope they have, then I don’t see any future for them. This whole charade has been about the greedy wankers at the Swamp, Klanfield, the Allianz and the Bernabéu, keeping an iron grip on the flow of huge sums of cash to their coffers, a flow they have spent years engineering with “seedings”, carefully rigged ratings systems, and monstrous hype. If City succeed in kicking the door to their cosy little world off its hinges, it won’t be just us they have to worry about steaming through it.
If we emerge from this unbanned, then I’ll give it one more season before the cartel sets up its own competition and excludes us from it. They’re cnuts.

That might be their sentiment but in the modern world - too much investment comes from the Middle East (and China) - City’s owners and PSG could paralyse the elite clubs and the wider businesses of their owners - so whilst they might want to take their bat and ball in - they genuinely can’t afford to. Our sale of shares to China was a masterstroke - we have them by the balls.

 

[Cobwebcat]

I’ve sort of missed this when it went quiet. It’s all quite interesting.

Had UEFA stuck by allowable amounts of DEBT rather than limiting investment, as the cartel told them to change FFP to, none of this would probably happened and Bury FC might still be around.

UEFA are like the teacher who tries to be mates with certain pupils. They just end up with no respect.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Ah I see , So rather than actually go into Taylor’s background and check (and I think most people in Wythenshawe know he at least has HUGE connections with them) they fire Cheesey off, they can fook off for me now, except Sunday mornings .

You listen to M/s Rudd's pearls of wisdom ?

 

[abu13]

On the money. If UEFA have fucked their own case up, and I sincerely hope they have, then I don’t see any future for them. This whole charade has been about the greedy wankers at the Swamp, Klanfield, the Allianz and the Bernabéu, keeping an iron grip on the flow of huge sums of cash to their coffers, a flow they have spent years engineering with “seedings”, carefully rigged ratings systems, and monstrous hype. If City succeed in kicking the door to their cosy little world off its hinges, it won’t be just us they have to worry about steaming through it.
If we emerge from this unbanned, then I’ll give it one more season before the cartel sets up its own competition and excludes us from it. They’re cnuts.

And this will be our final vindication as it will prove that we were never welcome at the party.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Well one of the chief instigators left the investigatory chamber of UEAF’s club licensing and FFP control board, in October this year.
Then he was appointed Chairman of the board of directors, for the English Football League.
May be just a coincidence?

Some might call you cynical , but I'm undecided .

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

And this will be our final vindication as it will prove that we were never welcome at the party.

Not sure how you arrive at that conclusion .

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

I’ve sort of missed this when it went quiet. It’s all quite interesting.

Had UEFA stuck by allowable amounts of DEBT rather than limiting investment, as the cartel told them to change FFP to, none of this would probably happened and Bury FC might still be around.

UEFA are like the teacher who tries to be mates with certain pupils. They just end up with no respect.

Or shagging some of them ?