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

What do you think will be the outcome of the CAS hearing?

  • Two-year ban upheld

    Votes: 197 13.1%

  • Ban reduced to one year

    Votes: 422 28.2%

  • Ban overturned and City exonerated

    Votes: 815 54.4%

  • Other

    Votes: 65 4.3%
  • Total voters
    1,499
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I wonder if any hackers have been having a look at UEFA to see if they can find evidence of foul play or an agenda against City... If leaked emails are being used in order to throw the key at us wouldn't it make sense if we tried to uncover our own smoking gun and attempt to turn the tables?
 
Where has this 2014-2016 shit come from? There wasn't anything in the leaks about that period. The fine comb only used for City rearing it's head again and they still get the wrong bloody decision.
 
RobinHood said:
Reputation is especially how others see us - that's why it'll matter./QUOTE]
Yeah and others see us as cheats,and that won't change whatever we decide to do.
There will be a lot of bluster but a reduced punishment might still be our best bet as the notion that we can bring down uefa is bollocks.
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So on Valentine's day with UEFA showing how much they love us, I just hope that if CAS throw out the case on a technicality as they have with other cases for other clubs in the past that we don't just settle for that. The damage to our reputation will still be there if that's the case and we should seek reparation for this.
 
ManCityX said:
Time goes by like it’s absolutely nothing and this club has decades and decades of success to look forward to.

We’re still in relatively early days of our evolution as an elite club. Ban or no ban we’ll continue on the journey that we’ve been on for the last decade.

We will not be going away no matter how hard they try.
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I ain’t going away, first game in 64, season ticket since 72, but the manager and players may not share our loyalty, and tbh given the match day threads on here when we lose, the average City fan is a marder arse than when we were shit
 
nmc said:
Positive in all this.... without UEFA competition we can spend whatever we like in the next two years.... can’t we?. Rebuild the squad, orchestrate a couple of domestic trebles and then go back into Europe. Personally I think the club seem pretty confident and I think we will see UEFAs heads on poles at some point
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Which would be great.
Think I’ll still be done with football if all it means at the end is we qualify to be cheated in their competition again.
 
Murph said:
Impossible for me, needed a shit and a shave, and popped down to the shop for a box of lagers, just jumped 30 pages or so.

Don't suppose I've missed anything important?
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Not much. Some posters have given up due to the inevitable banter on social media whilst others have suggested that their fannies need a wipe.

Others have suggested that our owners won’t take it lying down, whilst others have said they have been a soft touch so far.

Pep and some players may/may not* leave as a result.
*delete as appropriate.

Some wanted to highlight there is some form of agenda, whilst others don’t think there is.

Oh and it’s either Gundogan or FFS Mahrez’s fault.

enjoy your beers and we’ll all continue the rollercoaster that is supporting City.
 
FogBlueInSanFran said:
I agree with this completely. That's why the CAS appeal is an intermediate step. Wouldn't it be interesting if there were emails to and fro from UEFA board members and other clubs suggesting City had to be "shut down" or "stopped"? All discoverable as a matter of law in a civil case -- which is I think why the City statement is so adamant about this being a "closed" process within UEFA. And I bet some other clubs would show up as threats too. UEFA is taking an awful risk here -- though I'm sure our bravado as revealed in those hacked emails hasn't help smooth the feathers.

In the end, this is going to be about control of the game in Europe.
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City statement hints at an additional legal battle
 
FogBlueInSanFran said:
I agree with this completely. That's why the CAS appeal is an intermediate step. Wouldn't it be interesting if there were emails to and fro from UEFA board members and other clubs suggesting City had to be "shut down" or "stopped"? All discoverable as a matter of law in a civil case -- which is I think why the City statement is so adamant about this being a "closed" process within UEFA. And I bet some other clubs would show up as threats too. UEFA is taking an awful risk here -- though I'm sure our bravado as revealed in those hacked emails hasn't help smooth the feathers.

In the end, this is going to be about control of the game in Europe.
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Oh yes, the below passage from our statement was very carefully phrased — take special note of a very curious word the club used that I have highlighted.

As I said earlier to another poster, the gloves are well and truly off now.

“Simply put, this is a case initiated by UEFA, prosecuted by UEFA and judged by UEFA. 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.”
 
Ric said:
City will surely come out swinging now, and it’ll be interesting to see how it plays out in the CAS. The punishment seems absurdly harsh and I’d be surprised if it was upheld. Even a reduced punishment (e.g. a one year ban) would still be extremely damaging though. A fascinating few months ahead, with a lot on the line for both parties.
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just don't see how we would accept a reduced punishment given the club statement
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Not much. Some posters have given up due to the inevitable banter on social media whilst others have suggested that their fannies need a wipe.

Others have suggested that our owners won’t take it lying down, whilst others have said they have been a soft touch so far.

Pep and some players may/may not* leave as a result.
*delete as appropriate.

Some wanted to highlight there is some form of agenda, whilst others don’t think there is.

Oh and it’s either Gundogan or FFS Mahrez’s fault.

enjoy your beers and we’ll all continue the rollercoaster that is supporting City.
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About right.
 
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