Champions League ban?

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Do we actually HAVE a PR Dept? The person sitting next to Pep when he was asked about ref Anthony Taylor was no help whatsoever. They have ZERO authority & are largely ignored by the press

Most of the press only turn up to the Etihad for the generous hospitality.

 

[BerkshireBlue]

If they are going to judge us again are they going to apply the new rules that allow owners to pump money in like AC did or the old ones that were designed to catch us out.

 

[Marvin]

Do we actually HAVE a PR Dept? The person sitting next to Pep when he was asked about ref Anthony Taylor was no help whatsoever. They have ZERO authority & are largely ignored by the press

Well ranged against City is the rest of football and accumulated prejudice.

The only response is on the pitch and in the long term strategic planning of the club. We will be tarred and feathered. But I'm sure City have seen this coming for months and have been planning accordingly. We did it once, it'll be easy street second time around.

First task on the in-tray dusting off those plans for the next phase of the Etihad expansion. Accelerate them, and up the spec. Bring forward the expansion of the East and West Stands.

Seek Chinese sponsors. The most populous nation on Earth and a region where City are extremely popular.

Reinvest in the squad when the opportunity arises. We have £500m revenues plus. And next time an Mbappe is available, secure them.

 

[SebastianBlue]

You could be right, but I think you're not taking into account that UEFA is not a person, it's a governing body that can function in both self-preserving and self-destructing mode, depending on its officials' private interests. So it's not beyond realms of possibility that G4 can somehow send UEFA on a suicide mission to harm their competitors and self-annihilate, giving birth to a new elite competition on Cartel's terms.

I am not failing to take that in to account, mate.

In the event that legal proceedings are initiated, it is very likely they would not be limited to merely a legal challenge to FFP, as the club would now be fairly certain that UEFA (and related cartels’) intervention is not going to stop until either we or they are put down.

This means individuals at UEFA and other organisations will be put under significant scrutiny, both by the case and likely separately by City (and cohorts). Hyopcrisy, dalliance, malfeasance, corruption, and illegality, however tenuous in relation, will be exposed with haste. It would not be shocking to see a scorched earth approach if the club really feel this is the hill they must die on (i.e. the harassment and suppression will not stop unless drastic action is taken). This extends out in to a very inconvenient swath of officials and sycophants of UEFA, including member club administrations, many of whom are part of the current cartel.

Of course, we can’t rule out a power play of sorts to reshape UEFA in to an organisation benefiting a different composition of clubs. But that is as likely to be initiated by us as anyone else at this point.

And, as I said in my earlier post, creating the conditions for any of this to happen is a very big risk for all involved on UEFA’s side — the probability that the outcome is favourable to UEFA, the current cartel, and some significant interested business entities is not particularly high. If anything, the most likely scenario would be City, UEFA, and quite a few very prominent club management teams all going down in a mighty blaze, which makes this a cutting off your nose situation in many ways.

 

[Franknorgrovesnephew]

Lets start by banning all these Newspaper's from our ground if there constantly damming city why do we let them in to feed there fat faces then go and write all there bullshit .

 

[wattle]

If found guilty, which I can’t see, would this effect is domestically?

 

[aguero93:20]

If found guilty, which I can’t see, would this effect is domestically?

No.

 

[shemnel]

Lets start by banning all these Newspaper's from our ground if there constantly damming city why do we let them in to feed there fat faces then go and write all there bullshit .

i take your point but how does banning them from the ground stop them writing daft shit?

 

[hello]

booing and the poznan would be better

As far as symbolic gesture goes, the poznan would be far more effective than booing which can be circumvented\migrated by sound engineers, whereas 000's of fans turning their back on UEFA would provide a much more substantial challenge to the video tech especially if being done on multiple sides of the stadium.

 

[aguero93:20]

i take your point but how does banning them from the ground stop them writing daft shit?

The only way to stop them writing daft shit would be to euthanize them tbh. I think what he's saying is that doesn't mean they should be enjoying our free hospitality.