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

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Is he unable to control a zip?

Is this the Kyle Walker thread?

 

[whp.blue]

Is this the Kyle Walker thread?

I think Kyle's zip is the least of his worries.

 

[SWP's back]

I've said before that The Guardian seems to be acting under instructions. But I don't think it's the case with FCUM. They do seem very keen to take the Human Rights Watch/MGeehan line on the UAE however and that's a line that's looking increasingly compromised as they seem to take a very different attitude to Qatari human rights infractions, which are every bit as bad as the UAE's.

It was The Guardian that first had a shit fit in Qatar’s human rights issue.

2013: How many more must die for Qatar's World Cup?

https://www.theguardian.com/comment...man-rights-sport-cohen?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

2016: Human Rights Watch criticises Qatar on changes to its labour law
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp....cises-qatar-changes-labour-law-2022-world-cup
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp....cises-qatar-changes-labour-law-2022-world-cup

2016: Migrant workers suffer ‘appalling treatment’ in Qatar World Cup stadiums, says Amnesty

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp....ment-in-qatar-world-cup-stadiums-says-amnesty

2018: Qatar migrant workers are still being exploited, says Amnesty report

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp....p-workers-still-exploited-says-amnesty-report

2019: Sudden deaths of hundreds of migrant workers in Qatar not investigated

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp....-of-migrant-workers-in-qatar-not-investigated

2019: Qatar stadium deaths: the dark side of the glittering venue hosting Liverpool


https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp....side-of-liverpools-glittering-world-cup-venue

2020: Covid-19 lockdown turns Qatar’s largest migrant camp into ‘virtual prison’

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp....tars-largest-migrant-camp-into-virtual-prison

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They never stop having a moan although I suppose I should be thankful that it’s in part of their reporting in the West that Qatar ditches the Kafala employment system where one’s employer had to give permission to leave the country etc.

When you say you think The Guardian is acting under instruction, who’s instruction do you believe they’re acting under?

 

[SWP's back]

I would go for some sort of wages to turnover cap along with a percentage increase cap against TV revenue increases.

May as well have the current FFP as the above blocks inward investment to improve. Silly idea.

 

[Gazza]

You tell me 1 City fan who doesnt want the lot of them held accountable for everything they have said & done

What would you say is fair, would you take being found not guilty & then just moving on?

For me its simple,
1. guilty & we deserve all the shit thrown at us
2. not guilty then fuck the lot of them & take them down not one thought of being calm & giving a 2nd chance fuck em all

Not every trip in the box is a penalty or a yellow card for simulation.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

May as well have the current FFP as the above blocks inward investment to improve. Silly idea.

Not really, the wages are unsustainable and need capping against income, and clubs shouldn't be driven to financial peril in the pursuit of tv money. I've already said owners would be mandated to cover losses over a certain level so they can invest all they want, the main limiting factor being they have to keep their biggest expense in check.

 

[nmc]

That story sums Holt up. Talk about a journalist who is less than the sum of his parts. I still can’t believe how he’s ascended to some kind of ‘top tier’ status in the profession. Not fit to be mentioned alongside the likes of David Walsh or Martin Samuel, that’s for sure.
Never trust a County fan ;-)

It’s interesting to hear Holt described as ‘top tier’ - he’s definitely not the fizziest drink in the fridge and he jumps from one bandwagon to another with relative ease. Deffo not a man you’d want on your side in a crisis. In his defence, despite being a bit thick - which isn’t a crime - even for a journalist at least Holt isn’t a sociopath which seems to be increasingly the case for many of his colleagues in that (so called) profession.

 

[M18CTID]

But why not a big deal ?

He didn’t think there was much of any note in the allegations and implied City wouldn’t be punished as a result

 

[Ric]

You tell me 1 City fan who doesnt want the lot of them held accountable for everything they have said & done

What would you say is fair, would you take being found not guilty & then just moving on?

For me its simple,
1. guilty & we deserve all the shit thrown at us
2. not guilty then fuck the lot of them & take them down not one thought of being calm & giving a 2nd chance fuck em all

I just meant you saying “it sounds like we won’t be banned” was a bit of a stretch at this stage. No-one knows yet how this will play out.

 

[KS55]

Not really, the wages are unsustainable and need capping against income, and clubs shouldn't be driven to financial peril in the pursuit of tv money. I've already said owners would be mandated to cover losses over a certain level so they can invest all they want, the main limiting factor being they have to keep their biggest expense in check.

Once you start regulating P&L items, you get into all sorts of trouble with definitions, knock on effects, interference with the business, one size fits all problems, etc etc. You finish up making more and more arcane rules. See the prem's own wage rule which caused Arsenal real problems because they had a relatively low commercial income to which wage increases were effectively tied.