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

[xgorton]

Simon Jordan, will be creamin, in his very tight pants as you speak

Also Simon Stone the rag reporter from the BBC.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Appeal to whom and on what grounds?

To anybody who will listen, and on the gounds that UEFA who they pay all their subscriptions to, haven't done their job of keeping us out of their elite compettion ?

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Shit or bust. Game time. Here we are at long last. An existential crisis for the club finally has an end date in sight.

I fully expect is to win and be exonerated. The aftermath of which would be I'm sure, a fantastic next 10 years or more.
If we were to lose and be shown to have actually cheated the damage would be catastrophic. Game changing. We would be set back to a worse position that we were in in 2008. Reputationally fucked for a generation or more.

Knowing this, and seeing the absolute and very public confidence shown by Khaldoon and Soriano I will be amazed if we don't win and win completely.

Then the fun can REALLY begin.

I am not sure about back to 2008 because I think Sheikh Mansour and the CFG are here for the long haul but I agree that a defeat would be catastrophic for our reputation and our senior management team. Given our bullish statements it would be the end for Soriano and possibly even Khaldoon. That would probably hasten Pep's departure. In addition to this any other senior staff linked to the Der Spiegel emails would be finished. It doesn't bear thinking about.
On the other hand a victory would be epic and devastating for our long list of enemies. It really is "all or nothing."

 

[KS55]

Maybe not in terms of the retention of staff, but it’s still a “guilty” verdict, and one with some potentially serious implications (ie lawsuits) from those “wronged”. Not hard to envisage those shitehawks at the Swamp and Klanfield overdosing on faux outrage....

"Doctor, I think I've overdosed on faux outrage."
" Just swallow your pride, son, you've been rumbled"

 

[paulchapo]

The media will be delighted. At a stagnant time of no live sport they can spend the next three weeks talking about this and how we will be found guilty of course.

Personally I hope for the best but fear the worst. They have been out to get us as soon as we became a threat and so far have managed to put stumbling blocks in place to slow us down.

All the bullish statements by the club don't ease my fears as we have been here before and lost.

I hope we win but if truth be known if this virus isn't conquered then football is as good as finished until it is anyway.

 

[chesterbells]

I think they slapped a 2 year ban knowing full well we’ll have enough to appeal but not overturn. Therefore reducing to 1 year which isn’t the end of the world for us

I’m guessing you might judge that as ‘thinking positive’, but not for me- a 1 year ban would still be a disaster imho

 

[chesterbells]

The media will be delighted. At a stagnant time of no live sport they can spend the next three weeks talking about this and how we will be found guilty of course.

Personally I hope for the best but fear the worst. They have been out to get us as soon as we became a threat and so far have managed to put stumbling blocks in place to slow us down.

All the bullish statements by the club don't ease my fears as we have been here before and lost.

I hope we win but if truth be known if this virus isn't conquered then football is as good as finished until it is anyway.

You’ve got nothing to fear but fear itself!

 

[super_city_si]

perfect timing for us to get banned and then win it

 

[paulchapo]

You’ve got nothing to fear but fear itself!

Ha! As a club and fans we go on whatever happens bit it would be satisfying to shut a few up.

 

[Claytop]

I am not sure about back to 2008 because I think Sheikh Mansour and the CFG are here for the long haul but I agree that a defeat would be catastrophic for our reputation and our senior management team. Given our bullish statements it would be the end for Soriano and possibly even Khaldoon. That would probably hasten Pep's departure. In addition to this any other senior staff linked to the Der Spiegel emails would be finished. It doesn't bear thinking about.
On the other hand a victory would be epic and devastating for our long list of enemies. It really is "all or nothing."

Maybe Netflix will be in the courtroom, that would make for a watchable documentary...