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

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

Spitty in the Telegraph....


"But disagreeing with the rules is no justification for obstructing investigators examining if a club has broken them.

So he still doesn't know WHY City took the non-cooperation route. Not surprising.

 

[The Clansman]

Spitty in the Telegraph....

Yes, Man City have a persecution complex but Jurgen Klopp was wrong to call FFP verdict 'not good for football'

"But disagreeing with the rules is no justification for obstructing investigators examining if a club has broken them.

City’s gleeful response to a reduced punishment of £9 million based on technical deficiencies in the disciplinary process exposed the depth of their persecution complex.

Upon hearing the verdict, they reacted with the joy you expect when a club wins a trophy, Pep Guardiola posting a selfie before setting his sights on Uefa for trying to implement rules and the clubs pressuring the governing body to do so.

The most laughable image is of City being a lilywhite organisation subject to attack from a hostile cabal of eight elite clubs. For the record, one of the eight clubs is Burnley. I am not sure how City, or those pleading on City’s behalf, can make the argument they are revolutionaries fighting the system and keep a straight face. Oil-rich sovereign nations are not and never will be ‘plucky underdogs’.

Add to that the content of an email from a City lawyer joking about the death of one of Uefa’s overseers and, whatever the rights and wrongs of how those documents were obtained and leaked, you find yourself in danger of losing balance on that moral high ground.

In summary, the outrage towards City and City’s outrage is pure tribalism. It demeans everyone when the juvenile spats of social or even mainstream media are encouraged and fed by the clubs."

There is no fucking way in this wide world that Spitty wrote that. And that last paragraph is totally risible; social and mainstream media need absolutely no encouragement from anyone to perpetuate "juvenile spats".

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Spitty in the Telegraph....

Yes, Man City have a persecution complex but Jurgen Klopp was wrong to call FFP verdict 'not good for football'

"But disagreeing with the rules is no justification for obstructing investigators examining if a club has broken them.

City’s gleeful response to a reduced punishment of £9 million based on technical deficiencies in the disciplinary process exposed the depth of their persecution complex.

Upon hearing the verdict, they reacted with the joy you expect when a club wins a trophy, Pep Guardiola posting a selfie before setting his sights on Uefa for trying to implement rules and the clubs pressuring the governing body to do so.

The most laughable image is of City being a lilywhite organisation subject to attack from a hostile cabal of eight elite clubs. For the record, one of the eight clubs is Burnley. I am not sure how City, or those pleading on City’s behalf, can make the argument they are revolutionaries fighting the system and keep a straight face. Oil-rich sovereign nations are not and never will be ‘plucky underdogs’.

Add to that the content of an email from a City lawyer joking about the death of one of Uefa’s overseers and, whatever the rights and wrongs of how those documents were obtained and leaked, you find yourself in danger of losing balance on that moral high ground.

In summary, the outrage towards City and City’s outrage is pure tribalism. It demeans everyone when the juvenile spats of social or even mainstream media are encouraged and fed by the clubs."

Persecution complex. Just consider what is in the public domain already:

LFC hacked our systems and promoted the staff who did it to senior positions.

Senior people at LFC and MUFC have been giving poisonous briefings to the media for the last five years (at least)

LFC have conspired with seven other clubs to lobby an independent tribunal to punish us, even before the evidence has been presented

This follows at least two similar toxic letter campaigns against City, one led by Arsenal FC.

Facebook has been forced to take action to remove fake news websites (by Qatar) attacking our owners

At least five leaks of information came from the confidential UEFA investigation to the media and our commercial rivals.

Our emails were hacked and stolen as part of an international blackmail plot.

Just because we are paranoid doesn't mean they are not out to get us.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

I wonder if Watzke is some sort of stooge for Bayern at Dortmund. Bayern have a lot of influence over Dortmund after bailing them out financially.

 

[Stoned Rose]

There is absolutely no way that bitter little spitter wrote that all on his own. Too many big words. I wonder who helped put those twisted words together for him?

Scouser in "persecution complex" claim about others.

That's actually more embarrassing than when he spat at that little girl.

 

[Bodicoteblue]

Spitty in the Telegraph....

Yes, Man City have a persecution complex but Jurgen Klopp was wrong to call FFP verdict 'not good for football'

"But disagreeing with the rules is no justification for obstructing investigators examining if a club has broken them.

City’s gleeful response to a reduced punishment of £9 million based on technical deficiencies in the disciplinary process exposed the depth of their persecution complex.

Upon hearing the verdict, they reacted with the joy you expect when a club wins a trophy, Pep Guardiola posting a selfie before setting his sights on Uefa for trying to implement rules and the clubs pressuring the governing body to do so.

The most laughable image is of City being a lilywhite organisation subject to attack from a hostile cabal of eight elite clubs. For the record, one of the eight clubs is Burnley. I am not sure how City, or those pleading on City’s behalf, can make the argument they are revolutionaries fighting the system and keep a straight face. Oil-rich sovereign nations are not and never will be ‘plucky underdogs’.

Add to that the content of an email from a City lawyer joking about the death of one of Uefa’s overseers and, whatever the rights and wrongs of how those documents were obtained and leaked, you find yourself in danger of losing balance on that moral high ground.

In summary, the outrage towards City and City’s outrage is pure tribalism. It demeans everyone when the juvenile spats of social or even mainstream media are encouraged and fed by the clubs."

Got his words mixed up in the final sentence...
When he said ‘juvenile spats’ does he actually mean ‘I spat at a juvenile’?

 

[Stoned Rose]

Summary: if City would just accept the bullying there would be no bullying.

Similar to: if the oppressed would just accept their place there wouldn’t be any oppression.

One of the oldest bad faith arguments put forth when the wronged fight back.

Rather rich coming from a scouser, as well, isn’t it?

Littlecitymatters.

 

[Ban-jani]

Who’s next to be given an article on us, Ryan Giggs? Dwight Yorke? Gerrard? Milner?

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Got his words mixed up in the final sentence...
When he said ‘juvenile spats’ does he actually mean ‘I spat at a juvenile’?

Superb spot!

 

[DrBlueBob]

No big irony from Dortmund, making Jude Bellingham the highest-paid teenager in world football on £60k a week and £30m to Birmingham.

Watzke can always remind us of the time Dortmund went almost bankrupt buying players to win the Champions League and then were financially bailed out by Bayern.

Being forced to suck their cock ever since.

Crooked ****s have already agreed to a shady backdoor deal with Raiola that allowed them to sign Haaland.

Scum

Ha ha. I didn't know that, thanks. So much duplicity.