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

[TheThirdDeano]

Fair play to Sky, i was wrong and they presented the findings very fairly.

To be fair, I think City have had a discreet word with a few choice people (Deloony not withstanding because he's a fucking mentalist and not worth it)
Their entire argument is in tatters, they cna no longer say we did it

 

[bluethrunthru]

Yeah it turned out that way, that geezer stood outside reporting had to stop himself laughing when he said the nine clubs had asked CAS to uphold the ban when, without them knowing, we hadn't even asked CAS to lift our ban.

That is absolutely embarrassing.

Kind of shows the handle we had on the situation and how we rightly had confidence in winning and how we could embarrass those seeking to destroy us. Someone from Abu Dhabi should by NUFC and shut it down and we should poach Dyche from Burnley then give him the job of unblocking drains at the Etihad....by hand.

 

[give it to gordon]

I'd just like to take a minute to sincerely thank UEFA.

In a season that feels like a disappointment in the wake of failing to maintain the borderline impossible standards we set ourselves in the two years prior, your absolutely embarrassing ineptitude has ended up inadvertently making me feel back on top of the world.

I'd also like to thank the eight clubs who sought to have our appeal rejected and the supporters of those clubs who really tried their hardest to wish a guilty verdict into existence. A special mention also goes to Jose Mourinho, Jurgen Klopp, Hans-Joachim Watzke and Javier Tebas. Your pathetic desperation, willful ignorance and inability to keep your traps shut for a mere couple of weeks has now provided me with a second day of laughs and celebration.

Fuck you and goodnight.

100%

 

[Blueknows]

Genuinely laughable “overview” from Rob Harris. He doesn’t even bother pretending to be impartial any more. Hilarious that him and Tariq Panja may have actually inadvertently damaged UEFA’s case. Thanks lads.

obviously not read any of the evidence and obviously a bitter biased ****

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Yeah it turned out that way, that geezer stood outside reporting had to stop himself laughing when he said the nine clubs had asked CAS to uphold the ban when, without them knowing, we hadn't even asked CAS to lift our ban.

That is absolutely embarrassing.

Yes, that was funny.

It does actually make sense that other clubs who fancied a shot at Europe would ask that the punishment not be suspended - I don't think that's an unreasonable position to take for those in about 5th-10th where the prize is quite desirable. The top 2 or 3 though were doing it to screw City financially by having them banned immediately.

 

[manimanc]

Genuinely laughable “overview” from Rob Harris. He doesn’t even bother pretending to be impartial any more. Hilarious that him and Tariq Panja may have actually inadvertently damaged UEFA’s case. Thanks lads.

What a pathetic human being.

I can only presume he still lives with his parents.

 

[Francis Crawford]

Majority could mean them all,UEFA have shown themselves to be shady as fuck,the and there is corruption or favours of you like at all levels,don't get bent out of shape trying to suggest we might not have been compellingly cleared

It can also mean that CAS did not need to vote as the other two councils agreed on the decision?
CAS would only need to vote in the event of a tie/impasse

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

Genuinely laughable “overview” from Rob Harris. He doesn’t even bother pretending to be impartial any more. Hilarious that him and Tariq Panja may have actually inadvertently damaged UEFA’s case. Thanks lads.

The spin they're trying to put on the full findings are nothing short of embarrassing.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Genuinely laughable “overview” from Rob Harris. He doesn’t even bother pretending to be impartial any more. Hilarious that him and Tariq Panja may have actually inadvertently damaged UEFA’s case. Thanks lads.

Quite special to lead with the procedural fine rather than the actual charges. How very Harris.

 

[Cheesy]

Genuinely laughable “overview” from Rob Harris. He doesn’t even bother pretending to be impartial any more. Hilarious that him and Tariq Panja may have actually inadvertently damaged UEFA’s case. Thanks lads.

Blocked me simply for saying that he's not even trying to hide his hatred of our club now.

Oh, and I did call him a fuckwit too.

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

Anyone spouting shit online can now look forward to a host of cut and paste replies from that CAS report - and it will boil their piss

Wonderful

 

[ste.sully]

I'll never worry about UEFA and FFP again. Their response to City's appeal is written as if it has been done so by a child. Assumptions, weasel phrases, bad grammar, poor format etc. It's pathetic.

Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised when they only had one lawyer present compared to City's six.

The question from City's perspective is why didn't they comply in the first place? I suppose when so little trust exists between City and UEFA is it understandable they would rather have the case in front of an arbitration panel.

 

[jimharri]

The fact that you had that on hand(arf arf) is a little disconcerting?

I have about 50 of them in a folder in my phone. Handy for all occasions!

 

[super_city_si]

Yeah but......REDACTED and/or TIMELAPSED!!!

Pretty much all the dickhead journos right now

 

[Paladin]

Majority could mean them all,UEFA have shown themselves to be shady as fuck,the and there is corruption or favours of you like at all levels,don't get bent out of shape trying to suggest we might not have been compellingly cleared

'Majority' can never mean 'all'. Other explanations from @Centurions and others explain that it could be the terminology used by CAS generally, or that the third member does not vote if the two chosen ones agree on a matter.

I have no doubt about the strength of our victory Kaz, I am a little concerned though, that others will jump on the 'majority' wording to imply that the result wasn't quite as overwhelming as we know it to be.

 

[manimanc]

Kind of shows the handle we had on the situation and how we rightly had confidence in winning and how we could embarrass those seeking to destroy us. Someone from Abu Dhabi should by NUFC and shut it down and we should poach Dyche from Burnley then give him the job of unblocking drains at the Etihad....by hand.

The ginger gobshite looks like a loo brush, just stick him down the toilet twice a day.

Having said that it's the owners not the managers who decided to group together and as far as I know dyche hasn't said anything about the case.

 

[Andrew___K]

I think what is clear from all this is that despite being given the chance to do the right thing, CAS is not up to standard.

I feel the best route for football now would be for UEFA to handle any appeals in house, thus negating the need for any independent party to be involved.

Only by ensuring UEFA is the judge, juror, executioner and arbitrator, can we be sure that the agreed punishment as set out at the beginning of any investigation is adhered to and upheld regardless of any contradictory evidence.

Anything else is quite frankly a disgrace!!

1000 times this. Celebration should be forbidden!

 

[The perfect fumble]

Over to RAWK....

What a massive shock that they have been shown to be cheats, liars and that they hid everything, utterly utterly astounding.

I am so in shock that I can't actually type any words. No words at all. None.
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Poor Lance Armstrong didn't have 9 lawyers, it seems.
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UEFA have been bullied by a member club.

I'd like to think UEFA will find their own ways to exact their revenge. Have they announced Fernando Hierro as the ref for the Real Madrid CL tie yet?

 

[eastmanc]

Fair play to Sky, i was wrong and they presented the findings very fairly.

Do you think so, to me they failed to mention that the email’s had been doctored and some of them were from before FFP was even brought in. That to me is poor reporting. Seemed to be more bothered that UEFA ‘s case wasn’t frivolous and that City hadn’t cooperated and therefore were guilty in some sort of way.

 

[chaddblue]

What a pathetic human being.

I can only presume he still lives with his parents.

Well with his mum... neither of them have a clue who his dad is