It’s nowhere to be seen on the Mails website anymore and no other media outlet that I’m aware of has run with it. I really don’t think this has taken off in quite the way that Harris and the MoS thought it would.
CAS judgement: UEFA ban overturned, City exonerated (report out p603)
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Gordyola
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Although based in Switzerland it’s not the reason that CAS is used by UEFA. Both UEFA AND FIFA and most other sporting bodies make it part of their constitution that disputes, unable to be resolved during their internal process, are ultimately referred to CAS, and their decision is respected by both parties and not taken to the civil courts, not withstanding the possibility of the condition in CAS statute Cleary the PL don’t have any reference to CAS in their discipline procedure Section Z of PL Handbook
Prestwich_Blue
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Well Harris got plenty of attention and probably had a good giggle about winding City fans up. And he probably made enough money to pay his car tax and stop the energy company cutting off his supply.
But no one else has run with it, as you said, which tells you how shite an article it was.
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We should be sure to provide them with plenty of straws to grasp at, then sour grapes for dessert washed down with copious amounts of bitter lemon.
And whatever they get for main course, make sure it's extremely oily.
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Wouldn't hold your breath about bad stories on City. I understand the Daily Fail has a couple of other exposes.
A source claims Fernandinho was caught reading a bedtime story to his children wearing a pair of dungarees. Benjamin Mendy has been pictured running around a chinese all you can eat buffet, dressed as a French Maid, with a bowl of chicken chow mein over his head, shouting "chase me".
The Fail is demanding all City's PL titles are taken off them and Rodrigo forced to work in a Siberian gulag with only polar bear piss to drink.
A source claims Fernandinho was caught reading a bedtime story to his children wearing a pair of dungarees. Benjamin Mendy has been pictured running around a chinese all you can eat buffet, dressed as a French Maid, with a bowl of chicken chow mein over his head, shouting "chase me".
The Fail is demanding all City's PL titles are taken off them and Rodrigo forced to work in a Siberian gulag with only polar bear piss to drink.
might the club have had a “quiet” word with the Fail - via our solicitors?
mrbelfry
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Just a side note that banning journos like this just serves the "they tried to silence me" narrative they are desperate to sell and feeds their persecuted speaking truth to power trip they've been setting up with the Abu Dhabi weaponised fan fiction they write.
The article already talked about "gags" preventing them reporting. Heroic journalism getting a place to report from court. Twitter full of back slaps for brave investigatory journalism and Rui Pinto about to be canonised. Not since Wayne Rooney shinned an over head kick has so much praise be reserved for something of so little actual merit simply because of who the goal was scored against.
The club engaging publicly with this discourse gives credence to the absurdity and i fail to see how this is anything but an exercise in provocation baiting the club into a response that will be mocked and ridiculed.
As fans we may be a little frustrated by our lack of action yearning for the days of Mancini bloodying noses and kicking ass but don't be fooled. Our club is responding to shrieks of financial doping and cheating by attempting to sign two of Englands key players for huge amounts of money.
This is not the actions of a shy bullied club but one confident in its position and determined to steer its own course. It is a big middle finger to the haters who can't even grasp their own logic. Succesful clubs can spend more money because they have more money due to their success. Hang on how come City have so much money? Um maybe because we've been the most successful english team of the last decade? Maybe because when others were buying Stuart Downing, Charlie Adam, Phil Jones, Ashley Young, Gervinho and Scott Parker we signed Sergio Aguero
The article already talked about "gags" preventing them reporting. Heroic journalism getting a place to report from court. Twitter full of back slaps for brave investigatory journalism and Rui Pinto about to be canonised. Not since Wayne Rooney shinned an over head kick has so much praise be reserved for something of so little actual merit simply because of who the goal was scored against.
The club engaging publicly with this discourse gives credence to the absurdity and i fail to see how this is anything but an exercise in provocation baiting the club into a response that will be mocked and ridiculed.
As fans we may be a little frustrated by our lack of action yearning for the days of Mancini bloodying noses and kicking ass but don't be fooled. Our club is responding to shrieks of financial doping and cheating by attempting to sign two of Englands key players for huge amounts of money.
This is not the actions of a shy bullied club but one confident in its position and determined to steer its own course. It is a big middle finger to the haters who can't even grasp their own logic. Succesful clubs can spend more money because they have more money due to their success. Hang on how come City have so much money? Um maybe because we've been the most successful english team of the last decade? Maybe because when others were buying Stuart Downing, Charlie Adam, Phil Jones, Ashley Young, Gervinho and Scott Parker we signed Sergio Aguero
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It certainly does Colin, and I’ve quoted you many times! Cheers for all your work on this as always
Manchester_lalala
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Perfectly put and this is exactly why City won’t be responding. They’re asking for attention. All I’m going to say is I hope our fans aren’t as welcoming to the Etihad next season. I’m ok with Khaldoon ignoring them, but calling us cretins on Twitter is asking for trouble.
Prestwich_Blue
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Nick Harris wouldn't come near the Etihad. Not because he's frightened to but because he doesn't do match reports. So threatening to ban him is a complete waste of time and would simply give him the attention he so desperately seeks.
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"You signed Phil Jones,
We signed Kun Aguero".
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bobbyowenquiff
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Evans called it wrong all the way through the CAS case. In fact he was fed false information which was leaked purely to smear City. He and his publisher were made to look like idiots. The Times totally changed their tack and started reporting the case in a much more balanced and fair way shortly after they realised they had been duped. Evans is now in the wilderness in career terms but he still seems incapable of producing unbiased content.
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He was saying that City breaking FFP had nothing to do with the players, which is true, whilst all the time implying that City must be guilty.
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Harris and the MoS must know that the story is regurgitated discredited bollocks. Seems clear to me it’s all about keeping the narrative going that we only get off on technicalities and really we’re cheats. Our only mistake in the last 10 years was taking the pinch when we got stitched up by the changes to the rule interpretation around 2013. We accepted it hoping things would quieten down but unfortunately it had the opposite effect. We should have appealed back then rather than try and ingratiate ourselves with the UEFA and the cartel.
Ah well. Here we go again that sickly feeling and a sleepless night. Our owners always appear to be in control and hopefully are, by keeping their cards close to their chests. Could someone tell them how much this hurts THEIR supporters of THEIR / OUR club. The vitriol aimed at City gets worse each season. Hopefully we still have that smoking gun that PB mentioned last year.
blueju
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I’m hoping if we are ever sold that the Sheik just goes ‘fuck it, it’s time’ and sends a team of his best over to have a quiet last word with the fuckers.
Newman Noggs
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Don't feel like this, just bask in the glory of the last 10 years. The greatest club side this country has ever seen playing the greatest football this country has ever seen and, latterly, the greatest manager this country has ever seen.
Throw in record after record that will stand for years and embellish it with the thought of the "sickly feeling and sleepless nights" suffered by Harris, Delooney and every scouser and united fan in the world and don't forget the simmering rage of Spurs and Arsenal fans. For 10 years !
Just suppose they all get what they want and their confected, protectionist "rules" enable them to expunge all that from their record books. They would know and we would know that we were the last team to win it as a competition.
First FFP and then the ESL, bit by bit, football is dying.