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

[bulldogblue]

Who is this David Pannick QC that is supposedly leading our legal battle against UEFA?At £20,000 a day I assume he might be ok.

 

[cheekybids]

Who is this David Pannick QC that is supposedly leading our legal battle against UEFA?At £20,000 a day I assume he might be ok.

imagine paying 20k a day to save your club when we could spend 40k a day on someone like Pogba.

 

[BamberBridgeBlue]

Twice now you've mentioned his mental health in this way. Even for someone like Harris, you're bang out of order to be doing that

I know you're flavor of the month at the minute which you must be really enjoying but not everyone has forgotten your stance on our ownership and hierarchy for much of the past decade

No doubt for the same underlying reason Rob Harris and David Conn take exception

When you instigate a war, you shouldn’t be surprised when those you started fighting against don’t always have The Geneva Convention at the forefront of their minds. Whilst I can see your point, the collective mob / hive mind didn’t mind mocking Pete the badge.

I wouldn’t go there myself, but neither am I going to call anybody else out who is prepared to fight dirty in kind.

 

[mexico1970]

https://boltfromtheblue.live/2018/11/18/how-uefa-shifted-the-goalposts-to-shaft-man-city/

That's gone straight onto my favourites.

 

[Semper aggressus]

Funny how no paper's had a look at that one. Yank owners, Yank carmaker, negotiator fired. Brown envelope handed over in Delaware or the Caymans, Rob? Come on, lad. The world needs someone to ask the awkward questions. Anyway, Chevrolet and United.. they sort of deserve each other. That crossroads on the front of the shirt as well as the cars.

Shit cars, shit football, it's a perfect match.

 

[SWP's back]

Twice now you've mentioned his mental health in this way. Even for someone like Harris, you're bang out of order to be doing that

I know you're flavor of the month at the minute which you must be really enjoying but not everyone has forgotten your stance on our ownership and hierarchy for much of the past decade

No doubt for the same underlying reason Rob Harris and David Conn take exception

Ok Nick.

 

[blueju]

I don’t think rob harris has been shown his arse as much as it’s been shown to him.

**** deserves nothing other than hatred though so fuck him

They actually deserve a lot more in my mind

 

[Kazzydeyna]

Twice now you've mentioned his mental health in this way. Even for someone like Harris, you're bang out of order to be doing that

I know you're flavor of the month at the minute which you must be really enjoying but not everyone has forgotten your stance on our ownership and hierarchy for much of the past decade

No doubt for the same underlying reason Rob Harris and David Conn take exception

This guy doesn't need me to defend him, he's quite capable of doing that his self, bit he is one of the most vocal City fans defending the club and it's fans publicly on Twitter and in the media via podcasts etc.
He also has good personal reasons to criticise Harris. Not sure I remember reading anything from him being unreasonable about our owners either?

Mental health is a subject not to laugh at no matter who suffers it, that I agree with wholeheartedly but not aware of him doing so in a derogatory way. Just telling a few truths about people.

We need to stick together at the minute.

 

[Gordyola]

Is uefa’s ban currently the next two seasons or the next two seasons that we finish in a qualifying position?

Say the jumped up charges were somehow upheld and next season we finished 9th...would that season count or not?

Confident of a win just wondering what such a ruling would mean for any club.

UEFA actually say 20/21 & 21/22 seasons in their ruling

 

[jim tolmies perm]

The government bankrolling Etihad wouldn’t be on anyone’s radar at all though if it wasn’t for our owner being so closely linked. Remember the accusation here is that Adug bankrolled it, not the government too.

Yeah totally get that mate
It just seems all rather ironic
The thread seems to have gone off at a slight tangent albeit understandably

 

[jim tolmies perm]

This is a very well observed post. Widely reporting on a subject carries responsibilities to those who you seek to inform. It’s a genuinely scared duty that too many ignore or conveniently forget.

Yep send it to Syed
This is a reality he is clearly detached from

 

[Brightwell’s left peg]

ha, I’m over in Toronto for my mates wedding in June, can’t wait (:

You've clearly never been to Toronto!!

;-)

 

[Coatigan]

Who is this David Pannick QC that is supposedly leading our legal battle against UEFA?At £20,000 a day I assume he might be ok.

he is whoever he needs to be to reinforce the narrative. big bad city with their expensive players, and now expensive lawyer, giving poor little UEFA no chance. etc etc

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

he is whoever he needs to be to reinforce the narrative. big bad city with their expensive players, and now expensive lawyer, giving poor little UEFA no chance. etc etc

As a side note I think our lawyers would finish higher than the rags this season. Probably have better heat maps than most their team too.

 

[cheekybids]

he is whoever he needs to be to reinforce the narrative. big bad city with their expensive players, and now expensive lawyer, giving poor little UEFA no chance. etc etc

it’s so clear, I wonder what g14 could rustle up together or maybe the Qatari stumps up the lot.

a good question to ask who’s paying the bills when we have our day (months) in court. One thing for sure will be the negative drip drip lies that will be reported after each day, I mean currently there is only 1 legal team that’s expensive & another using legal aid.

 

[KS55]

Who is this David Pannick QC that is supposedly leading our legal battle against UEFA?At £20,000 a day I assume he might be ok.

Not just ok, one of the very best advocates in the country. A star barrister. It was Pannick who tied the gov up in those case on brexit. Google him.

 

[JASR]

he is whoever he needs to be to reinforce the narrative. big bad city with their expensive players, and now expensive lawyer, giving poor little UEFA no chance. etc etc

His Wikipedia entry on notable cases makes interesting reading:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pannick,_Baron_Pannick
there are many worthy cases he’s done, spycatcher, springer the opera at bbc, MPs immunity from expenses fiddling, illegality of bozza advice to Queen on Brexit.
But there’s a few listed which raise an eyebrow- Philip green and briefing Saudi on state immunity to torture.

Im sure the media will seize the opportunity to use his Brexit cases as being beholden to an overreaching pan- European entity, with added bonus of ties to ‘dubious’ Middle Eastern country... ah no wait , sorry, he’s on City’s side, not UEFA... I’m sure the irony will be missed by any media mudslinging against him.

 

[Ric]

Twice now you've mentioned his mental health in this way. Even for someone like Harris, you're bang out of order to be doing that

For the sake of balance, the likes of Harris and Delaney routinely refer to people on this forum as “unhinged”, “deranged”, “crazies” etc. Harris, tragically, calls it “Blue Loon”.

 

[BringBackSwales]

For the sake of balance, the likes of Harris and Delaney routinely refer to people on this forum as “unhinged”, “deranged”, “crazies” etc. Harris, tragically, calls it “Blue Loon”.

In this one case they might have a point?

 

[BringBackSwales]

Get your arse over here.

That sounds very much like grooming to me