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

[Ancient Citizen]

We will not beat an organisation like UEFA, regardless of how much money or who our owner is.

Literally we have been cast aside here by the rest of football in Europe and no fucker is going to try and support us.

Sadly, I feel you're right, but by the fuck I hope you're not.

 

[homerdog]

You say nope but the reality if that we are at the mercy of another chamber of judges

The thing is, if everybody had your backbone, we'd all be fucked!

 

[come-on-barney]

Since when as a fan base have we been worrying about other fans laughing at us? That is when we as a fan base are stronger and louder. Cannot believe some of the posts in here tonight.

 

[rabby]

No. Wishful thinking

More than likely that the 2 year ban will become 1 eventually.

 

[daztrueblue91]

Couldn’t give a fuck about this news if I’m honest.

The competition is as bent as it gets and we never even come close to winning it anyway. Also, think of the damage we can do to the PL with no CL distractions.

 

[BlueAnorak]

I am a lawyer and see these kind of conflicts everyday. I predict this decision to be overturned based on mala fide and incorrect reading of facts. Have hope fellow blues, Man City owners are one of the richest people on this planet and can hire the best team of lawyers to get their legal rights protected.
We will be playing Champions League next season. Stay together and support the club.

A question to you and all legal eagles.
If UEFA has broken the agreement we came to last time for the "pinch" can we also break the agreement and publish details of what happened previously?
I suspect we will keep quiet and do all our talking in court, but it would be interesting to know.

 

[blue moony]

Ha ha so obvious this was coming

a rule bought about by the cartel to stop them being de throwned! Moving goal posts .... it’s a sham ...

cant wait for the U.K. media to stick up for one of its own clubs !! Oh wait a minute ...

seriously I can see a few journos ending up in a bit of trouble , this could get very nasty , going to have to have some big balls , or some tidy security if they show up to try and pick at the carcass!


Fuck the lot of them.....

City City city

 

[Ancient Citizen]

What about the FFP rules in the Prem?

 

[Ribchester]

uefa backed themselves into a corner they are the ones that are fucked. Forget football quangos we will only go to Cas to follow a process. My monies on the Sheik and a legal team taking this on as the biggest libel case in sporting history can see uefa having to reinvent itself once we have turned them over. Another positive is uefa will now have to sit a cringe when that fucking anthem of theirs gets booed like never before expect Pep to roundly applaud us on the night. What greater motivation could we be given to win it

 

[jaiguruKun]

This is how I feel about it. Even if we have broke their bent rules, then I fucking applaud us for doing so. Without spending the money we did in the early 2010’s, we’d never have won as much as we have now. Teams like Leeds, Villa, Everton etc can only dream of having a sugar daddy buying them to the title. That’s exactly what we did but I don’t give a fuck. The corrupt owners of the elite clubs didn’t like it and tried to stop us, but it didn’t. This two year ban won’t stop us either. It will be irrelevant in another few years time.

If it's allowed to stand it will massively reduce our revenues and make it very difficult to compete for a long time after the ban has completed. That's without mentioning the damage this will do to the brand.

 

[Marvin]

Look closely at City's statement:

"With this prejudicial process now over, the Club will pursue an impartial judgment as quickly as possible and will therefore, in the first instance, commence proceedings with the Court of Arbitration for Sport at the earliest opportunity. "

bravado or real?

 

[gh_mcfc]

Thanks UEFA. You have reignited us. We are a club built on adversity going way back. You have reaffirmed our heritage. Once more into the breach

 

[Big Dave Watson]

The sage is quiet.

 

[Cornish_Blue]

What about the FFP rules in the Prem?

They’ll be looking to impose a points deduction and or stripped of titles if they can.

 

[Blue Mist]

Fuck me I would rather have the WUMS posting than some of you lot. First I am glad it has now been announced, it was dragged on for too long. Second, read the statement made by OUR club. They needed a judgement announcing so that they could set about fighting it. They couldn't do anything until UEFA announced our guilt formally. Remember one of the hacked emails said something about hiring the 100 best lawyers ? This is war and some of the best business brains run our club, they know exactly what they are doing so stop being fanny merchants.

Stop slagging the club off and get behind them. Show the club, Pep and the players, starting with the West Ham match what you think, make Madrid a mad house, if you are worried KDB will fuck off, not turning up for madrid second leg is a great way to influence him.

 

[Beanhead]

This is very, very, very bad news.. no way are they putting this ban out and then letting it get overturned. We will get at least a year and it will massively change the course of the club for the next 5-10 years imo. From Peps continued employment to player recruitment to revenue streams to perception of the club to others... not a positive to be drawn I’m afraid.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Throw the fucking lot to the wall. Time to fight back against the cnuts who have brought about this corrupt situation.

Oh, I think we are, mate.

The gloves are well and truly off now.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

If it's allowed to stand it will massively reduce our revenues and make it very difficult to compete for a long time after the ban has completed. That's without mentioning the damage this will do to the brand.

Our brand was already damaged.

 

[blueinsa]

What about the FFP rules in the Prem?

Indeed.

I've little doubt the pressure will be on the PL to do the exact same thing here.

 

[domalino]

More than likely that the 2 year ban will become 1 eventually.

I've just said this elsewhere, but I don't think they can accept that.

Either we are guilty and UEFA can't budge, or we're not, in which case the ownership and management must realise they can't afford to take a huge punishment as a way of avoiding conflict or a protracted legal case.

A 1 year ban costs us...£150m minimum, plus untold reputation damage. It's not like 2014 where we can take a slap on the wrist to avoid a big fight with UEFA, this is the big fight.