Well not sure we can mate.That's my concern that it gets thrown out for procedure and UEFA and the MSM can still claim we are cheats. Do we then have to go to Federal law in Switzerland to exonerate ourselves.
It appears that he doesn't like muslims and it seems to seep through everything he writes about City. What this whole saga has shown to me is the latent racism, bigotry, xenophobia, call it what you like, which seems to be a bedrock of British society and especially the media. They accuse us City fans of being deluded conspiracy theorists but we can all recognise sheer hatred when we see it. Syed is truly disgusting. He has no serious background as a journalist but is given a national platform to spout his poisonous views. He is just an upmarket Katie Hopkins, albeit from the other end of the political spectrum.If it's Matthew Syed, he hates us.
UEFA may well be destroyed. If they are shown to be prejudicial then their already questionable authority will evaporate and they will be financially liable for heavy damages.
So far all that has been aired in the media are allegations against Man City whereas City have a body of evidence that has so far remained closed. PB's report is very newsworthy. Are any journalists going to examine that? Are any of them going to look at the bigger picture of the rivalry in football that underlies FFP and this dispute? This is not about Man City misdemeanours. The football authorities have I believe been corralled by the likes of Tebas and profit hungry football executives from rival clubs.
I think UEFA tried to reach an accommodation with City, but City refused to take another pinch, so the whole thing is going to end up in the European courts and it will end with the destruction of UEFA.
The original fine was >£50M of which >£30M was returned for "good behaviour I think that explains the fine
Figures rounded up or down as the fine is in Euros
agreed.
the fans of other teams shouldn’t be laughing at us and falling for journalist propaganda that this is a just punishment.
they should be furious that the only chance they’ll ever have of getting to the top is being destroyed. They should be furious that they are doomed to have their best players taken, time and time again by United or Liverpool.
Why are the actually “history” clubs doomed to be just “history” and never again grace the top of the table? Why must they sell their players to keep afloat and be content with that?
Don’t they ever want more than to languid in mid-table obscurity? I know I would.
Surely every football fan dreams their club reaches the dizzying heights, but they’ve been told they can’t have it, and like lowly serfs they nod and agree with the pundits that they aren’t royalty and happily accept their players being tapped up and treated with contempt because they think that’s what they deserve.
Instead they should be rallying and saying “fuck you and everything you stand for. We are not your servants and we deserve more.”
Football needs a revolution to stoke the embers and breath life back into it. Everyone should be fighting, not us.
It appears that he doesn't like muslims and it seems to seep through everything he writes about City. What this whole saga has shown to me is the latent racism, bigotry, xenophobia, call it what you like, which seems to be a bedrock of British society and especially the media. They accuse us City fans of being deluded conspiracy theorists but we can all recognise sheer hatred when we see it. Syed is truly disgusting. He has no serious background as a journalist but is given a national platform to spout his poisionous views. He is just an upmarket Katie Hopkins, albeit from the other end of the political spectrum.
P1654 on this thread, 3rd post down possibly puts a different light on it. Facts as well as procedure.That's my concern that it gets thrown out for procedure and UEFA and the MSM can still claim we are cheats. Do we then have to go to Federal law in Switzerland to exonerate ourselves.
Well not sure we can mate.
We've agreed to abide by UEFA's rules with CAS being the final arbiter.
Reference to the Swiss court can only be made on limited grounds.
One of which allows us to challenge FFP in it's entirety.
Whilst this is exciting and all very big picture and may well be the ultimate end game, it could take a long time and doesn't help us in our current predicament.
We have to trust that CAS is independent, this is a very high profile case any sign of bias to any party would be jumped upon
He's not white but his religious views are certainly not muslim and he can't hide his beliefs in his writing.Matthew Syed is guest speaker at the ASCL conference this year in Birmingham on March 13th/14th.
Laughably the theme of the conference is Diversity. Yet here is another middle class white man talking to an audience of 99% middle class white men and women.
I believe Syed to be racist as well as a cheat and I’m looking forward to asking him some questions