CAS judgement: UEFA ban overturned, City exonerated (report out p603)

[ninjamonkey]

Oh it most definitely is! Any authority that issues punishments without due process let alone sufficient evidence and has that decision so publicly turned over ends up with some serious egg on its face?

You’re giving people too much credit. Do you really think deeply bitter fans of other rival clubs are going to think like that? Despite what the ruling says, we’re guilty and have somehow bought our way out of trouble in the eyes of everyone else. I’m personally not even going to attempt to correct them but will instead embrace their thinking any simply laugh at them

 

[Citizen Green]

I'd let to put on record my thanks to:

@Prestwich_Blue
@projectriver

And all the others that have contributed to this issue with invaluable input.

Thank you

 

[paulchapo]

Can someone from our club give sky a call??? They are still saying we broke a rule and got fined.

 

[Keeper!]

Can't leave Mike out

 

[Ban-jani]

I’ve got tears in my eyes, not heard a peep from any Scousers or rags.

We’ve done it, we beaten the cartel!!!!

Still heard nothing this morning from any of them, they’ve read my messages in the group chat too.

They know it’s over.

Tick fucking tock

 

[SebastianBlue]

We haven’t been exonerated, as such.

Reading it, it seems like UEFA couldn’t prove we were guilty to a good enough extent so the ban has been overturned but it hasn’t been proven that we did nothing wrong.

This is great for the club being able to play in the CL next season and ongoing, but hasn’t done anything for our reputation like being absolved of guilt/proven innocence would have done.

This is as close as we were going to get to exoneration, mate.

CAS was never going to be able to (or would as matter of function) unequivocally dismiss any and all accusations against us. This was a narrow review and decision, and we were really always going to be found guilty of noncooperation, because it is true.

But, contrary to what dippers and rags are saying right now, that noncooperation was entirely expected and, in a very real sense, justified. Their clubs would have done the same had UEFA continually come back to attempt to punish them for the same “offences” (many of which literally only existed because the regulatory body levying them changed rules/expectations as they enforced said rules) that they had ALREADY excepted punishment for (as a sort of olive branch, no less).

This recent battle was *at least* the third time UEFA attempted to impose sanctions for the exact same supposed violations. This would be considered farcical and illegal in any other regulatory environment.

This judgement is basically a Goldilocks outcome.

 

[jimharri]

 

[I'm Blue]

The more piss we boil the better. Embrace the hatred and bitterness. I am.

Just pisses me off that they lie even when the statements tell them otherwise.

 

[SilvaisSkyBlue]

Hahaha Warnock shot down in flames!

What was said mate?

 

[OrigamiNinja]

Warnock has been told in his ear here. His language has just changed in the space of 2 mins.

 

[kaz7]

Who was our lawyer ? He deserves applause.

She,head lawyer at the firm we used

 

[PistonBlue]

Stephen Warnock on Sky saying we broke the rules and should be punished.

Salty twat, the club need to start threatening those making comments like this with litigation now.

 

[adrianr]

The media narrative is that FFP is dead.
This is being interpreted as that we have a licence to continue cheating.
We have been found to have not cheated via a legal process.
The regulations are untouched.

This is why we have to go after them now for damage to the clubs image. They want us to make money to meet their arbitrary rules on one hand, whilst limiting our ability to get lucrative sponsorship deals with the other. It's been a hatchet job from the start with measurable financial impact to the club. It's already clear online the narrative is being spun that we're still guilty we just got away with it on a technicality, but this is bullshit. CAS have basically told UEFA that as per their own fucking rules they can't ban us. We need restitution.

 

[Trojan1962]

Waiting for a statement from the club. Hopefully to warn the press and individuals of spreading lies in the future.

 

[oakiecokie]

Smug bastard. ;) And so he should be.Well played Khaldoon.

 

[BamberBridgeBlue]

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Friedrich Neitszche.

Thanks putting us through this UEFA and the G14. Your salty tears will sustain us for decades.

 

[Mikeegrini]

I’ve never felt more like singing the blues City win UEFA lose oh City......

<---- Oy....been singin that for ages :-)

 

[sir baconface]

We’re City, you self-serving UEFA kuntz.

 

[Cambo]

I hope we pay the fine in fucking pennies. I leave it in bags of shit outside UEFA’s office

I like the fact we got fined for not cooperating with the UEFA investigation. We won our appeal on the substantive issue and didn’t pander to UEFA during their Kangaroo Court. As City have said all along, an independent body was what was needed. And so it proved.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

We have been exonerated of everything except failing to co-operate with UEFA's flawed investigation.

It is about the biggest victory we could have achieved. We deliberately didn't co-operate with UEFA after the leaks and we will accept the fine for that. Wait till we see the judgement but the brief statement today makes it clear that UEFA did not have enough evidence and breached their own rules on time limits. It was a vindictive and biased investigation and has been treated with contempt by CAS>