So in simple terms we take a slap on the wrist ( small fine ) that will appease the cartel clubs to an extent,and have us being portrayed as guilty in some shape or form to the general public ..
We shouldn't accept any punishment whatsoever. Fight this all the way. We've all been led to believe it's CAS and that's it. No doubt our lawyers are looking beyond CAS.Be interesting to know who told the Athletic that we won`t get a ban and a fine is looking likely? A fine for what exactly? We`re either guilty or we are not guilty.
Plenty of games going on in the background.
I suspect we have UEFA by the bollox.
Fucking cunnting irony?Irony of these ****s complaining about cheating and 'getting away with it' - I feel the word irony is not strong enough.
That's the puzzling thing for me. None of the journalists is asking this question. Something has been going on and my suspicion is that CAS & UEFA have been waiting for each other to make the first move. "After you". "No. After you". "I absolutely insist" etc.How many months has it taken for CAS to come to a decision that they could have made in a day?
That's the puzzling thing for me. None of the journalists is asking this question. Something has been going on and my suspicion is that CAS & UEFA have been waiting for each other to make the first move. "After you". "No. After you". "I absolutely insist" etc.
If UEFA had made a final decision then CAS can hear the appeal (if they find us guilty & we want to pursue it) or can drop it (if not). On the other hand, if CAS do decide to hear the appeal before UEFA hand down their final decision then that could stymie any decision they make. I wonder if they finally decided to talk to each other with CAS agreeing to reject our appeal so that UEFA could announce their decision. That's what should have happened in the first place after all.
Or maybe (and this has just occurred to me) CAS felt there were serious deficiencies in the process UEFA followed, serious enough not to reject our appeal out of hand as they should have done, and were holding off until UEFA agreed to remedy some of the deficiencies and allow us to present the evidence we felt had been ignored originally by the IC in their haste to beat the statute of limitations. That would mean there had been some horse-trading behind the scenes between us, CAS and UEFA to get to this point.
I agree. The outcome is already agreed hence those tweets from The Athletic.I think they'll have been finding a mutually beneficial arrangement. Clause (b), sub article (iii), paragraph (v) of the Executive Committee Conference of Twaddle will have some sub-clause that allows a fine for "failing to submit all information relevant to a FFP investigation in a timely fashion", City won't get the exoneration they desperately need but won't be done on the 2nd investigation, it will be some sort of technicality relating to disclosures during the first one, or some such nonsense.
That's the puzzling thing for me. None of the journalists is asking this question. Something has been going on and my suspicion is that CAS & UEFA have been waiting for each other to make the first move. "After you". "No. After you". "I absolutely insist" etc.
If UEFA had made a final decision then CAS can hear the appeal (if they find us guilty & we want to pursue it) or can drop it (if not). On the other hand, if CAS do decide to hear the appeal before UEFA hand down their final decision then that could stymie any decision they make. I wonder if they finally decided to talk to each other with CAS agreeing to reject our appeal so that UEFA could announce their decision. That's what should have happened in the first place after all.
Or maybe (and this has just occurred to me) CAS felt there were serious deficiencies in the process UEFA followed, serious enough not to reject our appeal out of hand as they should have done, and were holding off until UEFA agreed to remedy some of the deficiencies and allow us to present the evidence we felt had been ignored originally by the IC in their haste to beat the statute of limitations. That would mean there had been some horse-trading behind the scenes between us, CAS and UEFA to get to this point.