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

[blue oli]

A bit of wishful thinking there. The game is run by the broadcasters for the benefit of millions of armchair fans. That's why UEFA have such distorted competitions in the first place.

Agreed, however I think the grip of the old guard is starting to slip which should make it a better game and business

 

[vmsuhail]

When do we get to see the full report? Sure they said “a few days”?

Maybe there is too much redaction to be done.

 

[JRockBlues]

Recent statements by cabel hardliners indicate to me that CAS are now being targeted as the one to distrust.
They have had several years to brainwash the compliant media with our obvious guilt so to retain credibility CAS are the problem.

Their hubris has no limit, they see their rules as superior to the normal legal CAS process without realising they have lost their case because of their own non compliance to their own rules.
Incredible self delusion.

Lets see how their friends in the media can justify such arrogance. It will certainly give plenty of ammo to Martin S. et al. but I fear the tv channels are part of the problem rather than the solution.
We shall see.

Even Putin didn't have the balls to go after CAS.

 

[cleavers]

You know one click equates to less than a penny in ad revenue.

I never understand the whole “I’m not clicking that” malarkey and the need to announce it. It makes absolutely no difference to The Mail whether one person does or doesn’t.

Personal choice as I said, just like I won't buy any of them in print either, if they all went bust I'd celebrate.

 

[Shirley]

All he is is an opinionated gobshite
He has stated things in here that could see him in court as he cannot know or substantiate them
He is the sort of person we should tie in knots to send a message
How the fuck does he think he knows more than pep who is involved in the case
Pep is a better footballer, manager, human and obviously knows more than this fuckwit
I’d nail the ****
He’s not even clever enough to hint it like most of the weasels do so they can’t be sued
We could easy financially ruin them all and we should
Offer either they issue a full apology or we go legal

Totally agree he is a gobshite but not sure how the club stand legally as it was broadcasted in Malaysia.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Genuinely had to Google the gobshites name but the irony on his wikipedia page regarding non co-operation wasn't lost on me. Time for this no mark to shut the fuck up.

Personal life
On 9 January 2008, Kitson was stopped by police whilst driving late at night near his home in Shinfield, Berkshire and was charged with failing to provide a breath sample.[41] He appeared at Reading Magistrates' Court on 18 January 2008, and received an 18-month driving ban, a £1000 fine and was ordered to pay £60 costs

 

[City Man]

Does anyone know what this sentence in the CAS statement means

"The CAS award emphasized that most of the alleged breaches reported by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the CFCB were either not established or time-barred".

"Most" to me means there are other alleged breaches that aren't excluded by being not established or time-barred. Is this something we should be concerned about?

 

[old blue]

Does anyone know what this sentence in the CAS statement means

"The CAS award emphasized that most of the alleged breaches reported by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the CFCB were either not established or time-barred".

"Most" to me means there are other alleged breaches that aren't excluded by being not established or time-barred. Is this something we should be concerned about?

It could be that the ones that were not time barred were not considered to be breaches. We will soon find out.

 

[trumpton]

This **** makes Tuco Salamanca appear a bastion of rationality.

The guy off dragons den. Can't see it myself :-)

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

Apparently uefa are holding 'peace talks' with our club..or so it is being reported

 

[Tricky_Trev]

It’s easy sometimes to focus too much on it being City v UEFA, but it’s not really that at all. We are pawns in a bigger war. It’s Abu Dhabi v Qatar.

 

[mosssideblue]

The hitler video is out, hilarious :)

Brilliant

 

[SilverFox2]

Even Putin didn't have the balls to go after CAS.

Agreed but my point is the carbel can smear CAS without taking any action letting UEFA take organisational flack and the media following like.lambs.
They have delayed us by giving an unjustified ban and fine sum so whats wrong from their point of view in blaming CAS and not themselves?

 

[Salford_Blue]

Does anyone know what this sentence in the CAS statement means

"The CAS award emphasized that most of the alleged breaches reported by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the CFCB were either not established or time-barred".

"Most" to me means there are other alleged breaches that aren't excluded by being not established or time-barred. Is this something we should be concerned about?

If you are concerned, remind yourself that time-barred or not, established or not, they remain ALLEGATIONS; nothing more, nothing less.

And whilst people say this intimates they were the smoking gun, they won't admit that City could quite easily have been able to explain them away.

Innocent until proven guilty (unless you are Javier Tebas, Dave Kitson, Jurgen Klopp, Jose Mourinho, etc, etc)

 

[Centurions]

Does anyone know what this sentence in the CAS statement means

"The CAS award emphasized that most of the alleged breaches reported by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the CFCB were either not established or time-barred".

"Most" to me means there are other alleged breaches that aren't excluded by being not established or time-barred. Is this something we should be concerned about?

Concerned? No, I don't think so.

The important bit (for me) is:

MANCHESTER CITY FC DID NOT DISGUISE EQUITY FUNDING AS SPONSORSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS

were either not established or time-barred

Not established presumably means UEFA said 'we're sure they're guilty' and CAS replying 'you do know you need actual proof?'

The time barred stuff means that CAS read UEFA's own rules and told them that you can't revisit that period so we're not even going to look at it.

Don't forget that they would have been able to look at any evidence from within the 5 year limit and as the bit in capitals (CAS put it in capitals, not me) states, City were cleared. That was the main and most serious charge.

 

[Gingers Dad]

True. But keep in mind, in Arab culture if one has to wait 30 years to get revenge and make one pay for a transgression that is no problem. I am not sure our fan base wants to wait that long.

I don't think many have got that long

 

[Rolee]

Does anyone know what this sentence in the CAS statement means

"The CAS award emphasized that most of the alleged breaches reported by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the CFCB were either not established or time-barred".

"Most" to me means there are other alleged breaches that aren't excluded by being not established or time-barred. Is this something we should be concerned about?

It means to me that they ruled in City's favour on the allegations that weren't established or time-barred. It's done and dusted, no cause for concern.

 

[eastmanc]

If you are concerned, remind yourself that time-barred or not, established or not, they remain ALLEGATIONS; nothing more, nothing less.

And whilst people say this intimates they were the smoking gun, they won't admit that City could quite easily have been able to explain them away.

Innocent until proven guilty (unless you are Javier Tebas, Dave Kitson, Jurgen Klopp, Jose Mourinho, etc, etc)

I would have thought that not established means they found Uefa’s evidence to not be true.

 

[Marvin]

It’s easy sometimes to focus too much on it being City v UEFA, but it’s not really that at all. We are pawns in a bigger war. It’s Abu Dhabi v Qatar.

City maybe seen as the UAE in the UK, but I don't think it's felt like that in the UAE. I say that a bit tenuously based on friends I have known from the Emirates who had zero interest in City.

 

[M18CTID]

Apologies if already posted. Would be hilarious if true: