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

[HelloCity]

Don’t agree. Sam Lee is well balanced and has fought our corner a few times. In particular I’ve always found him very pro Pep.

If we are now saying we don’t like Sam either now how long before we have a go at Martin Samuel.

We look like dicks if we demonise everyone.

I’m not saying ‘we’. I personally don’t like him as a City writer.

You are free to like or dislike him if you please.

 

[inchy14]

Done

Ok, Any particular way you’d like it done? Drowning in a vat of oil has a certain quality about it imo

 

[Newman Noggs]

If true, we can also dismiss any nonsense from UEFA about not being able to afford to become involved in expensive litigation for a number of reasons 1) UEFA are loaded, 2) there are a number of very wealthy clubs who would be only too willing to bankroll legal action and 3) and most importantly, if you win such a case the loser pay your legal fees. The only way you'd be afraid of that is if you knew your "case" was likely to be destroyed in Court.

 

[Cobwebcat]

I’m not saying ‘we’. I personally don’t like him as a City writer.

You are free to like or dislike him if you please.

Fair enough. I do wonder who you do like if Sam isn’t pro city enough. I don’t think #twosips would have him on Esteemed kompany if he wasn’t at least fair.

 

[I'm Blue]

No ban, great!
As for a fine, we took a pinch, get too fuck!

 

[nmc]

I’m not saying ‘we’. I personally don’t like him as a City writer.

You are free to like or dislike him if you please.

I don’t know Sam Lee - he’s maybe a nice guy but I think he’s playing the game and it’s unfortunate that the Athletic doesn’t seem to be the ‘breath of fresh air’ we’d hoped it to be. It’s increasingly got a ‘big four’ agenda it would seem. Not surprising I guess the people they’ve employed have been the architects of the incredible demise in football writing we have witnessed in recent years.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Absolutely correct.

If the result of this is anything other than a total exoneration then City need to refuse any sanction and take the legal route. To do otherwise, whilst in the short term potentially cheaper, would be to tacitly accept that we are guilty of something and in doing so we would be allowing another 10 years of smears, innuendo and downright abuse.

Now, if we ARE guilty of something (I dont believe we are but if we accept a charge then that tells me we are) then the chairman, as fantastic as he is and always has been, will have a huge omelette on his face after that bullish statement last season, and would have serious questions to answer.

Personally, and I have ZERO evidence of this, it's just my opinion, I think this 'leak' could well be to test the water before the full exoneration is announced to the watching world.

God I love this club.

Just thinking the same.

"City to be banned from Europe!"
"City face 1 season ban from CL!"
"UEFA hand down 2-season ban"

Now it's
"Er, City might be fined"
"Or they may not".

No way we're taking any sort of sanction here, as that implies we accept we were in the wrong.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

The cúnt above chooses to live in a country that has an appalling human rights record and has had death squads killing street children openly for decades, with a President who is an an absolute thindercúnt of epic proportions, and yet this bastion of human rights lives there in luxury...

Also he is a fully confirmed dog botherer.

Death squads you say? Can you hire them by the hour? Asking for a friend.

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

Just seen this news and it is music to my ears. I hope now that when this comes around we fight the fine and then air everything about the shit house clubs that have instigated this witch hunt from day one

 

[Bellamy's Caddy]

I’m not saying ‘we’. I personally don’t like him as a City writer.

You are free to like or dislike him if you please.

He hadn't really been on my radar until I saw his car crash interview on the BBC the other day when he was talking about the Sterling-Gomez row. The stuff he was coming out with was like a fan who'd be reading rumours on a forum, which is what I suspect he'd been doing. Maybe I'm doing him a disservice but he didn't come across as credible to me.

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

There's the CAS case as well.

If this passes under the bridge we should go after Liverpool Football Club.

Totally agree Marv. Those scouse wankers are number one on the list

 

[Kazzydeyna]

Just thinking the same.

"City to be banned from Europe!"
"City face 1 season ban from CL!"
"UEFA hand down 2-season ban"

Now it's
"Er, City might be fined"
"Or they may not".

No way we're taking any sort of sanction here, as that implies we accept we were in the wrong.

Just for a moment imagine the scene in Anfield and Old Trafford HQ, sometime in December..

Uefa announce 'no case to answer' and fully clear the club's name. The next day City announce income of around 560-580m. The day after that, the FA announce Liverpool are found guilty of stealing the club's intellectual property with the hacking scandal..

Okay the last one might be far fetched but the first two would be delicious.

 

[squirtyflower]

Ok, Any particular way you’d like it done? Drowning in a vat of oil has a certain quality about it imo

Drown him in hair oil

 

[Sir peace frog]

we shouldn't accept a fine ,not 1 penny if we feel we haven't done anything wrong, we want to be cleared and for UEFA the ****s to apologise and clear our name completely nothing less, how the fuck have we got into this state where every fucker with a twitter account can just call us cheats when we know what FFP was all about, its been a fucking disgrace, clear our name then go after every fucker that has had ago at us over the years, start at the bottom and destroy every fucker upwards, so the ****s at UEFA can see we are coming for them.

as for not going to champions league games,well imo that just hurts city,we need to turn up in numbers with banners and flags showing our distain for these snivelling slimey crawling fucking parasites of European football.

fuck em off ,then go after the ****s.

 

[cleavers]

Bollocks tell em to put up or shut the fuck up...take our chances with CAS.

Mr nice guy will never fucking work.

Actually the best way to deal with this is "accept" the fine in principle, but tell them the case still goes through CAS as per our appeal, and we won't be paying it until CAS decide we should, then when CAS throw it out, we sue UEFA for the damage to our reputation.

 

[johnnytapia]

It’s clear that UEFA want this sorted before CAS make a judgement. What a pile of steaming horseshit run modern day football.

CAS wouldn’t make a judgement before any sanction handed down by UEFA. City can only go to CAS after UEFA impose sanction.

 

[kaz7]

It was a master sroke getting in ahead of them and going to CAS,they can't have expected us to do that,i don't think khaldoon is in the mood to give them any money

 

[samarasra]

What an absolutely disgraceful headline from the Daily Mail.

And you wonder why other fans latch on to headlines like this and hate City. Mainly United, Liverpool and Arsenal fans.

Manchester City 'to escape ban from Champions League' as UEFA prepare to admit defeat on FFP despite club's big spending and leaked emails

• There had been a belief within football that Manchester City would be banned
• But reports suggest that the Etihad Stadium side will instead receive a fine
• It will come as a blow to the strength of UEFA's current Financial Fair Play system

By AMITAI WINEHOUSE FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 17:11, 14 November 2019 | UPDATED: 17:31, 14 November 2019

Same garbage they had yesterday with Bernardo "let off with just a one match ban", cannot wait until the day they are sued.

 

[OntarioBlue]

I never read The Daily Mail, which is a disgusting little rag. Reading this article today just reminds me why I made that decision.

The use of the word “escape” is inflammatory (read some of the comments after the article) and presumes guilt, which City clearly and vociferously refute. If the Club maintains its stance that there is no case to answer I can’t imagine it will accept any kind of sanction, including a fine.

if, as I expect, the Club is exonerated, I hope and expect it will take action against the gutter press - maybe a one year ban from the Etihad would be appropriate.

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

It’s job done on our reputation as far as I’m concerned.
They can continue reporting on us differently. They can continue officiating us differently because basically it suits the cabal of clubs and their sycophants that want to keep us out.

It is purely a selfish desire on my part rather than economic logic for City, but I personally would love this to come to a head now.
If we accept this it will be insinuated that we are buying our way out of being found guilty, by threatening a long legal battle.

That’s job done for those behind this and it won’t stop at that if they get away with it.

Exactly.

For me, city can’t accept any sanctions, however small.

There has been reputational damage done merely by the accusations. The length of time this has taken has also allowed the media to run amok with stories of our guilt, causing more reputational damage.

City should give no quarter and accept nothing short of a full rebuttal from UEFA of the ‘evidence’ the source, and the criminal that stole the data. Followed by a sincere apology and assurances that in future they will use credible, verifiable sources for data, fully vetted, and will adhere to their own procedures and follow these to the letter when considering alleged breaches by member clubs...

Cnuts !!