The Future's Blue
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The only issue I have is that our experts missed an important amendment. Surely we're more professional than that?
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FFP - Why I believe we failed
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Danamy
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spanishblue said:andyhinch said:As Exeter say this is probably in the best interests of club, fucking annoying mind.spanishblue said:So why are we not taking the lying cheating bastards to the cleaners ???????
It will be worse for the club if they think we are a soft touch and pull the same shit next year. If we have done nothing wrong why lay down and let the whip hand of the cartel do what they wish with us.
Now we know where we stand and there's transparency, the cards are on the table so we know we'll comply from next year going forward.
In the bigger picture this is just a jab in a 12 round fight, we'll still move on and win things, fuck em
andyhinch
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That's my take on it as well and with the DuPont case coming up, let him get down and dirty and keep our noses clean.Danamy said:andyhinch said:As Exeter say this is probably in the best interests of club, fucking annoying mind.spanishblue said:So why are we not taking the lying cheating bastards to the cleaners ???????
Like it or not the PR would've had a big factor in City's decision, we've spent a lot more money than the fine getting us to where we are in the world, the headline "City take on UEFA" wouldn't of done us any favours with no guarantees of winning.
Centurions
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I doubt anyone 'missed' it. It depends when the 'amendment' was introduced, was it during the last financial year? If it affected the pre 2010 contracts it was maybe too late to go back and do anything about it.The Future's Blue said:The only issue I have is that our experts missed an important amendment. Surely we're more professional than that?
George Hannah
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What is truly meaningless is your view of 'reality' - it seems the only drilling down has been in your brain if you think that a hobbled CL squad doesn't harm us.Ducado said:The reason we are not taking them to the cleaners is because the reality is the sanctions are pretty meaningless, it's like they asked us, it looks bad but when you drill it down it really does not effect us, it looks to me like deals have been done, even to releasing it on a Friday night
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Misinterpreted, not missed, happens to the best of us. UEFA now have to apply the rules in the way that they've applied them this year.The Future's Blue said:The only issue I have is that our experts missed an important amendment. Surely we're more professional than that?
Centurions
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If it's actually hobbled.George Hannah said:What is truly meaningless is your view of 'reality' - it seems the only drilling down has been in your brain if you think that a hobbled CL squad doesn't harm us.Ducado said:The reason we are not taking them to the cleaners is because the reality is the sanctions are pretty meaningless, it's like they asked us, it looks bad but when you drill it down it really does not effect us, it looks to me like deals have been done, even to releasing it on a Friday night
Ducado
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George Hannah said:What is truly meaningless is your view of 'reality' - it seems the only drilling down has been in your brain if you think that a hobbled CL squad doesn't harm us.Ducado said:The reason we are not taking them to the cleaners is because the reality is the sanctions are pretty meaningless, it's like they asked us, it looks bad but when you drill it down it really does not effect us, it looks to me like deals have been done, even to releasing it on a Friday night
I await your other "personalities" opinion on the matter, it won't be long till he makes an appearance
George Hannah
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I am referring this cruel remark to our local branch of the Schizophrenics Society of which I am Chairman. I am also the President.Ducado said:George Hannah said:What is truly meaningless is your view of 'reality' - it seems the only drilling down has been in your brain if you think that a hobbled CL squad doesn't harm us.Ducado said:The reason we are not taking them to the cleaners is because the reality is the sanctions are pretty meaningless, it's like they asked us, it looks bad but when you drill it down it really does not effect us, it looks to me like deals have been done, even to releasing it on a Friday night
I await your other "personalities" opinion on the matter, it won't be long till he makes an appearance
The pre 2010 contracts issue seems like the sort of issue that we ought to go to court over. Its just blatantly unfair, seems completely illegal. If CAS ruled in UEFA's favour on this what would be the point of CAS?
But if we hadn't accepted the settlement offer UEFA wouldn't just have failed us on the contracts issue. They would have thrown the kitchen sink in. Perhaps the club are aware that somewhere hidden in the detail there is something on which we are vulnerable? Perhaps the lawyers have advised that there is a doubt whether we would win on the IP sale or some other issue?
It seems that to me that we've negotiated a settlement that is unpalatable this year but effectively secures our compliance with FFP for the next two years. Whereas if we'd gone to court and lost we would also found ourselves in breach of FFP for 13/14. And then UEFA really would have thrown the book at us.
But if we hadn't accepted the settlement offer UEFA wouldn't just have failed us on the contracts issue. They would have thrown the kitchen sink in. Perhaps the club are aware that somewhere hidden in the detail there is something on which we are vulnerable? Perhaps the lawyers have advised that there is a doubt whether we would win on the IP sale or some other issue?
It seems that to me that we've negotiated a settlement that is unpalatable this year but effectively secures our compliance with FFP for the next two years. Whereas if we'd gone to court and lost we would also found ourselves in breach of FFP for 13/14. And then UEFA really would have thrown the book at us.