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

[Keith Moon]

So this is Christmas..

 

[Lancet Fluke]

I think it is in moments like this that you learn a lot about yourself. I’ve learnt that I’m an even bigger fanny than I thought I was.

 

[HolisticJim]

Id be surprised if Pep is here next season win lose or draw tbh.

I said a while ago that if we were about to invest and rebuild would you really want a departing manager to be spending you money?
I wouldn't and that's no disrespect to pep and his team.

He didn't come here for all this shit either.

I think we will win the appeal but Pep will leave unfortunately.
Like everyone I'd love to win and then him announce a new deal but that's a heaven like no place on earth.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Right. Night troops, see you in the morning.

Win or lose, city til' i die.

 

[cleavers]

What if rather than distancing himself he is merely pointing out the ridiculousness of UEFA trying to punish a club for something that happened years ago when the club and execs were different.

Pretty sure you'll find that Txiki and Feran were here, his mates.

 

[Cobwebcat]

Well that was one confusing video. All along I assumed Pep knew the result but strangely he really looks like he might not. The only conclusion is that City know but he doesn’t which would be really unusual.

You would really need to know Pep to see if he was capable of lying that well and I don’t. He says he has a feeling that we won...that could be a lie and he knows or it could be the truth and he’s going off City’s opinion of how things went at the hearing.

Tolmie said he was more confident after seeing his comments. I don’t see how. At best it doesn’t make any difference, at worst he is stressing that he has done his bit and the rest he is distancing himself from. One thing I’m sure of is he definitely doesn’t know we have lost.

The great news bit was just related to that we have qualified in league position terms.

So what to make of it all? If he really doesn’t know I’m back at 50/50 ...sorry PB. But....I think he might very well be a very good liar and does know. So I’ve gone from 99% to 70%.

It’s like looking at a jigsaw with pieces missing and we cannot, and will probably never, see them. So frustrating.

At this point it’s all about getting the win. Interested to hear what @Prestwich_Blue @projectriver and others take from the video.

Edit I see above PB has gone for no difference.

 

[DJBusinesscake]

Id be surprised if Pep is here next season win lose or draw tbh.

I said a while ago that if we were about to invest and rebuild would you really want a departing manager to be spending you money?
I wouldn't and that's no disrespect to pep and his team.

He didn't come here for all this shit either.

I think we will win the appeal but Pep will leave unfortunately.
Like everyone I'd love to win and then him announce a new deal but that's a heaven like no place on earth.

Not now mate, one horrible thing at a time eh?

 

[p.taker]

So Peps quotes tonight about being confident and people seem to think he's back tracking lol.

Yep, you cannot make it up.

 

[Winchester]

We don’t play until Wednesday.

Aha, young man

 

[Pam]

It's on Youtube. It was the last thing he said after being asked about qualifying for the Champions League. He said it was "great great news." I thought he was totally upbeat and clearly knows the result. He may not have the details but has certainly been briefed along the lines of "We'll get the result on Monday but it's positive news." That allowed him to answer earlier questions that he doesn't know what will happen on Monday. I am sure we will be in the CL next season whatever has been decided. Perhaps the suspended sentence angle which has been floating around in some quarters has some legs to it. We'll know in a few hours.

Thanks. He may have been talking about last night's result, which technically cemented a place in the top 4.. It fits with his comments about qualifying for next season's CL " on the pitch".

Shit, I don't think he knows the outcome. I'm not usually glass half empty but I'd be lying if I said I was completely confident at this point.