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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But they're not.
By not being on the side of the medium sized clubs, like we once were ourselves, we have lost all sympathy. To fans of those clubs we're just another piggy in the elite golden trough.
Why do you insist on dealing in absolutes, and binary terms?

We haven’t lost ALL sympathy. To SOME fans of those clubs that may be the case, but not all. Certainly not in my experience.
 
I believe the main charge is where the sponsorship money came from as opposed to its amount.
Coupled with non-cooperation.
They will claim the leaked emails and even the US Open Skys leak show that we lied in our submission in 2013-14. It will lead to a discussion on the differences between the minutiae of differences between FFP and IAS 24 that will cause the eyes of most fans to glaze over. We will be guilty of being cash rich, which we are.
 
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Why do you insist on dealing in absolutes, and binary terms?

We haven’t lost ALL sympathy. To SOME fans of those clubs that may be the case, but not all. Certainly not in my experience.
I don't. Most fans think we're as bad as the cartel clubs. Just another piggy in the trough of cash.
 
Arrived in Tenerife this lunch time. Minding our own business having a bite to eat. There he is the cockney. Guess who he supports. Clocks our accents and asks if we’re nytid fans (though he said manyooo) I of course told him no.
It then went:
You’re the cheaters aren’t ewes?
Are we? What have City cheated at then?
Don’t know, just have saw it on the news the other week.
Can’t say I have heard anything about it (turned to my better half and casually asked) have we got Wi-fi in the apartment? God, I love my wife, she said we had, playing along brilliantly. Thanks for the heads up mate I will check it out when I get back.

Think he realised I was taking the piss. 5 minutes later he asks, why you here and not at Wembley then?
Because I decided to take my wife away for her birthday (the truth) and let’s face it I have lost count the number of times I have been to Wembley lately so we have let a mate have our tickets.

Then he says, let me guess you’re both season ticket holders (apparently this is now an insult!!!)
Yes, we both reply, me since Maine Road the wife since The Etihad. He didn’t say much then.

Couldn’t resist then, so how often do you get to see your team? Never been to Manchester mate.
At this point 4 lads on a nearby table started laughing, turned out to be Stoke fans. They knew what I was up to all along.

He didn’t say it, but, he got his coat!

Good chat with the Stoke lads, they were all still at school in 2011. To a man they all agreed that the UEFA bollocks is just that and wished us the best.
 
Arrived in Tenerife this lunch time. Minding our own business having a bite to eat. There he is the cockney. Guess who he supports. Clocks our accents and asks if we’re nytid fans (though he said manyooo) I of course told him no.
It then went:
You’re the cheaters aren’t ewes?
Are we? What have City cheated at then?
Don’t know, just have saw it on the news the other week.
Can’t say I have heard anything about it (turned to my better half and casually asked) have we got Wi-fi in the apartment? God, I love my wife, she said we had, playing along brilliantly. Thanks for the heads up mate I will check it out when I get back.

Think he realised I was taking the piss. 5 minutes later he asks, why you here and not at Wembley then?
Because I decided to take my wife away for her birthday (the truth) and let’s face it I have lost count the number of times I have been to Wembley lately so we have let a mate have our tickets.

Then he says, let me guess you’re both season ticket holders (apparently this is now an insult!!!)
Yes, we both reply, me since Maine Road the wife since The Etihad. He didn’t say much then.

Couldn’t resist then, so how often do you get to see your team? Never been to Manchester mate.
At this point 4 lads on a nearby table started laughing, turned out to be Stoke fans. They knew what I was up to all along.

He didn’t say it, but, he got his coat!

Good chat with the Stoke lads, they were all still at school in 2011. To a man they all agreed that the UEFA bollocks is just that and wished us the best.

Do they still have 6fingers after being born after 2011
 
Arrived in Tenerife this lunch time. Minding our own business having a bite to eat. There he is the cockney. Guess who he supports. Clocks our accents and asks if we’re nytid fans (though he said manyooo) I of course told him no.
It then went:
You’re the cheaters aren’t ewes?
Are we? What have City cheated at then?
Don’t know, just have saw it on the news the other week.
Can’t say I have heard anything about it (turned to my better half and casually asked) have we got Wi-fi in the apartment? God, I love my wife, she said we had, playing along brilliantly. Thanks for the heads up mate I will check it out when I get back.

Think he realised I was taking the piss. 5 minutes later he asks, why you here and not at Wembley then?
Because I decided to take my wife away for her birthday (the truth) and let’s face it I have lost count the number of times I have been to Wembley lately so we have let a mate have our tickets.

Then he says, let me guess you’re both season ticket holders (apparently this is now an insult!!!)
Yes, we both reply, me since Maine Road the wife since The Etihad. He didn’t say much then.

Couldn’t resist then, so how often do you get to see your team? Never been to Manchester mate.
At this point 4 lads on a nearby table started laughing, turned out to be Stoke fans. They knew what I was up to all along.

He didn’t say it, but, he got his coat!

Good chat with the Stoke lads, they were all still at school in 2011. To a man they all agreed that the UEFA bollocks is just that and wished us the best.

A good tale but a swift smack would have ended the episode quicker and stuff like this makes me appreciate going in a villa and not a hotel.

Anti-social fucker that I am.
 
Arrived in Tenerife this lunch time. Minding our own business having a bite to eat. There he is the cockney. Guess who he supports. Clocks our accents and asks if we’re nytid fans (though he said manyooo) I of course told him no.
It then went:
You’re the cheaters aren’t ewes?
Are we? What have City cheated at then?
Don’t know, just have saw it on the news the other week.
Can’t say I have heard anything about it (turned to my better half and casually asked) have we got Wi-fi in the apartment? God, I love my wife, she said we had, playing along brilliantly. Thanks for the heads up mate I will check it out when I get back.

Think he realised I was taking the piss. 5 minutes later he asks, why you here and not at Wembley then?
Because I decided to take my wife away for her birthday (the truth) and let’s face it I have lost count the number of times I have been to Wembley lately so we have let a mate have our tickets.

Then he says, let me guess you’re both season ticket holders (apparently this is now an insult!!!)
Yes, we both reply, me since Maine Road the wife since The Etihad. He didn’t say much then.

Couldn’t resist then, so how often do you get to see your team? Never been to Manchester mate.
At this point 4 lads on a nearby table started laughing, turned out to be Stoke fans. They knew what I was up to all along.

He didn’t say it, but, he got his coat!

Good chat with the Stoke lads, they were all still at school in 2011. To a man they all agreed that the UEFA bollocks is just that and wished us the best.


I liked that.

to be honest I can’t talk football to any fans who live or are from nowhere near the team they support. I know a few London Liverpool fans and I just can’t take them seriously....also, one of them until last season had never been to Anfield. I kid you not. Wtf.
 
Uefa informed CAS this week they will be sending a legal representative.

Apparently they don't usually.

Of further note, Uefa executive Committee are meeting next week (Amsterdam I think)

A few outlets will undoubtedly be sending looking for any snippets or leaks.

We can only hope they get them ;)

Cerefin is seemingly on our side, but I find that hard to believe.
 
I liked that.

to be honest I can’t talk football to any fans who live or are from nowhere near the team they support. I know a few London Liverpool fans and I just can’t take them seriously....also, one of them until last season had never been to Anfield. I kid you not. Wtf.

Not sure why you are surprised tbh.
 
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