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

[birchwoodgingerste]

Bingo, this is what I’ve said all along the club presented a 200 page document then stated that it was never considered by the IC in their haste to charge City due to the 5 year rule. There is also considerable doubt has to when the 5 years actually started, so the deadline may well have been missed. If the IC didn’t consider the document then it doubtful the AC did

So thats got to be one good thing in our favour then?

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

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[The Stockport Iniesta]

Trying to edit a post when well pissed isn't easy.

 

[mccity]

Not really sure how UEFA could be held culpable by those clubs if we were to win at CAS. They would surely argue that they did everything they could to punish us.

Maybe it's just me but I suspect if we get this overturned it will be on a technicality due to UEFA/ IC + AC processing the case poorly, as opposed to City actually being proven innocent (which btw I reckon will be the club's approach) then the clubs would be in a strong position to say UEFA dropped the ball.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Maybe it's just me but I suspect if we get this overturned it will be on a technicality due to UEFA/ IC + AC processing the case poorly, as opposed to City actually being proven innocent (which btw I reckon will be the club's approach) then the clubs would be in a strong position to say UEFA dropped the ball.

It could well be that there's 3 or 4 reasons to overturn the decision but the easiest will be as you posted.

It'd get us in the clear but would just allow the media to keep popping at us.

 

[aguerooooo]

Totally agree mate. Hope things pick up for you Aguerooo.

thank you very much

 

[mccity]

It could well be that there's 3 or 4 reasons to overturn the decision but the easiest will be as you posted.

It'd get us in the clear but would just allow the media to keep popping at us.

To go one further, all 3 or 4 reasons could be used by CAS but the media would only report on the 1 of them.

 

[mosssideblue]

I'd hope we win and piss all over them but without knowing what's really going on...and none of us do even though some shout out they do....I've gone for other.

I think ultimately some sort of deal will be cut partway through the hearing as one party hopefully UEFA will have an arse like a 50p piece at how it's going.

I don't buy into the smoking gun stuff, if we held these cards we could have caused chaos months/years ago.

Maybe we were waiting for the right target(s) to appear in the crosswires.

 

[mosssideblue]

Probably my wrong choice of word there. I agree our owner is more worldly wise than any of them and that is why his business capability into their sector has been resented.

Boils down to fair competition and football for some reason being legally allowed to operate a "Barrier to Entry" which is a legally enforceable offence as a form of Cartel in the real world that has competition rules by protecting the use of investment phase cash by new entrants into a sector of business.
The fact remains that that our owners have had to war continuously with the g14 to protect a business model that has delivered. Perhaps our expectation would be that all would be forgiven and we would be given a gentlemanly handshake for upsetting their "club" arrangements.?

I feel the real reason is that their fear of our owners business acumen started the barrier so their fears have been totally realised.
We have played chess with them whilst they play draughts, so rather than accepting our victory they are claiming an illegal move by one of our pawns at the start.

Love the chess/draughts analogy

 

[remember arthur mann]

It could well be that there's 3 or 4 reasons to overturn the decision but the easiest will be as you posted.

It'd get us in the clear but would just allow the media to keep popping at us.

Much like a case not proven or case dismissed. Still has that inference of guilt.