UEFA FFP investigation - CAS decision to be announced Monday, 13th July 9.30am BST

[KS55]

I believe the " hateful 8 " is a reference to the teams from the PL who " allegedly " wrote to UEFA recently and do not include the European teams that you mention. Just in case you are interested,

Yes, it is. We could add Bayern, Barca, Real and senor Tebag for a complete dirty dozen.

 

[KS55]

.........and then there's Sayed, Harris, McGeehan, Delooney, Conn etc etc. Just loads of peeps consumed by their own pettiness. I want us to win at CAS, not only for its own sake, but to see the vats of boiling piss, the squirming, the excuses, the denial, the sheer hypocrisy of these pigmies. Oh, what fun........ blues throwing their hats in the air, Soriano turning cartwheels, Txixi signing Mbappe, Khaldoon sipping pretend champagne......let joy be unconfined.

 

[BluessinceHydeRoad]

Let us all hope we are right but, as fans, we should also prepare for the worst (as I'd expect the club to) which, in the scheme of things, really isn't the disaster our enemies like to hope.

It is obviously prudent to prepare for the worst while hoping for and expecting the best, and those who own and run our club have plans for the best, worst, average scenarios in the shortest, short, medium, long and longer term so that just about every eventuality is dealt with. That's why the last decade has been so fabulously successful and we must not forget just how successful it has been. Now, I trust that the club is in hands far too wise and experienced not to have made sure the settlement of 2014 was water tight and our accounts seem hard to argue with - before we argue with Etihad's! But I do agree that things can go wrong in court, even to the lengths of positively perverse rulings.

So what I'm not trying to do is say that our case is so overwhelmingly strong that inevitably we will prevail - although I do believe that - but rather that I cannot understand the victim mentality that many of our fans have. "They'll do us for something." "UEFA will do whatever the cartel want." "We'll get two year ban because the cartel don't want us at the top table." They see City as the supine punchbag that cannot resist the powerful UEFA and its cartel paymaster. The evidence of the last ten years is the exact opposite. City have had the glittering decade. UEFA and the cartel have had to have recourse to ludicrous regulations and these failed miserably to halt our inexorable ascent. Stopping investment, limiting our transfer spending and restricting our squad has all been ineffective. So now they have to have a second go, this time by trying to do us but without telling anyone what for! Looking from the outside it is UEFA that must be dreading legal proceedings, not us. Even the verdict of UEFA's tame lap dogs didn't interrupt City's stride.

 

[dadnlad]

.........and then there's Sayed, Harris, McGeehan, Delooney, Conn etc etc. Just loads of peeps consumed by their own pettiness. I want us to win at CAS, not only for its own sake, but to see the vats of boiling piss, the squirming, the excuses, the denial, the sheer hypocrisy of these pigmies. Oh, what fun........ blues throwing their hats in the air, Soriano turning cartwheels, Txixi signing Mbappe, Khaldoon sipping pretend champagne......let joy be unconfined.

Even if we win and cleared of all so called charges this lot will still profess to know better

 

[Jam Tomorrow]

What are thoughts on UEFA handing our CL spot to the red pricks from Stretford even if our case hasn’t been heard by CAS?

 

[I'm no cynic but...]

What are thoughts on UEFA handing our CL spot to the red pricks from Stretford even if our case hasn’t been heard by CAS?

I'm sure somebody amongst the preceding 2725 pages has made some mention of it. I don't think you'll find anyone who thinks it's a wonderful idea though.

 

[salfordbluetrue]

What are thoughts on UEFA handing our CL spot to the red pricks from Stretford even if our case hasn’t been heard by CAS?

The little i have read seems to be UEFA have allowed leagues to chose who they put in the CL, thus washing their hands of any backlash, so the FA could ask the Hateful Eight Sheffield United and City to vote, on who goes in where, these clubs being the only ones with a vested interest, that though would be very costly to UEFA and the FA for changing the criteria after the qualification period

 

[SWP's back]

Oh goody. You're back to your 'sue everyone for £50m' bollox.
We've not seen that for a while

Well at least he’s stopped posting his rubbish about ‘fruit from the poisoned tree’ for a bit.

 

[hihosilva]

Until the CAS hearing has been resolved one way or another, surely we'll be allowed to compete in the CL whenever it returns.

 

[ganganvince]

Until the CAS hearing has been resolved one way or another, surely we'll be allowed to compete in the CL whenever it returns.

Not if we are deemed not to have qualified due to public perception.