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

[BAB.DAB]

Let me make myself clear , I want them nailing every single one of them.
They have dragged our name and reputation through the mud ,even if cleared that will stick.
I wrote at the time we should not have taken the hit and should have gone to the courts and sorted it
I have watched and read everything on here about the case,I have seen the forum go from "highs"on info supplied to " lows " when UEFA change the goal posts.
Poster post in good faith and I believe that we have a cast iron case but I dont trust the cartel and the bandits that work for them.
The only outcome which is acceptable to me is total exoneration and for the hypocrites to be exposed and banished from the game
Because if that doesn't happen they will return for another go

Let them return and have another go, it just goes to prove the club's point, we are being targeted.

 

[NorthamptonBlue]

I disagree, ADUG is not primarily a money making machine, it is primarily concerned with asset-growth maximization.

I use Viagra for that.

 

[Chappie]

Let them return and have another go, it just goes to prove the club's point, we are being targeted.

We dont need to prove anything we know we are being targeted.
I've watched it for last 8 years,appeasement doesn't work

 

[BAB.DAB]

We dont need to prove anything we know we are being targeted.
I've watched it for last 8 years,appeasement doesn't work

We need to prove it to the rest of the world,

 

[asahartford1]

We need to prove it to the rest of the world,

While the media control the narrative we can prove nothing to anybody.
Winning trophies, playing the best football is all that matters, To some of us anyhow

 

[The perfect fumble]

ADUG is an investment fund, so its overwhelming purpose is to make money. Such a fund can make money in two ways: divis from profits of companies invested in And/Or capital growth of those vehicles. It depends where the vehicles are in their life cycle and what their strategies are. See US digi businesses which sold for or are worth billions while sitting on large accumulated losses.
CFG's strategy appears to be: buy a medium sized club, invest heavily in personnel and facilities, grow the club to the point where it is profitable, let it stand on its own to feet, move on to next club project and invest there.
Ultimately, when CFG reaches its optimal size, the P&L will be positive and the capital value will dwarf the investment made. Will ADUG be tempted to sell then? Probably not, as CFG provides a bridge to new markets for goods and services for all Abu Dhabi businesses.
But, let us be clear: CFG and its subsidiaries are there to make money for ADUG. That is healthy for City, as it ensures our future.

We're dancing on the head of a pin over semantics. The issue is whether the CFG is primarily a money making machine and I would assert it is not.

There is no scenario where ADUG would allow CFG to be a loss making vanity project, as you say, that was never their intention, their plan is and always was that CFG would make money for ADUG over time and CFG does indeed now make money for ADUG, and while the CFG has not yet reached optimal size we've already reached a stage where its capital value is greater than the investment made, but to state CFG is primarily a money making machine would suggest that first and foremost it is a cash cow, in the way United is and the CFG is clearly not that.

 

[BAB.DAB]

While the media control the narrative we can prove nothing to anybody.
Winning trophies, playing the best football is all that matters, To some of us anyhow

Think your find that the investors in our club , want the same plus a wholesome clean image, not one were we are branded cheats

 

[Chappie]

Think your find that the investors in our club , want the same plus a wholesome clean image, not one were we are branded cheats

That ship sailed long ago,the damage is done

 

[Ballet-on-ice]

We dont need to prove anything we know we are being targeted.
I've watched it for last 8 years,appeasement doesn't work

We're the Neville Chamberlain to the their.....

 

[asahartford1]

Think your find that the investors in our club , want the same plus a wholesome clean image, not one were we are branded cheats

We don't always get what we want.

Unless we own all the media, online and printed, and a good stake in sky and bt, it ain't gonna happen.

Adug understand that and have learnt to live with it. I think it is certain fans that feel the pain more. The mail and Guardian will continue in the same vein. Simon Jordan will still call us a Frankenstein club, cleared or not. David Conn will still target Abu Dhabi.

He who laughs last.....

 

[BAB.DAB]

That ship sailed long ago,the damage is done

The silver lake ship sailed in with £400m in her cargo hold.

 

[BAB.DAB]

We don't always get what we want.

Unless we own all the media, online and printed, and a good stake in sky and bt, it ain't gonna happen.

Adug understand that and have learnt to live with it. I think it is certain fans that feel the pain more. The mail and Guardian will continue in the same vein. Simon Jordan will still call us a Frankenstein club, cleared or not. David Conn will still target Abu Dhabi.

He who laughs last.....

.... laughs all the way to the bank.
Opinions whether genuine or paid will always have some form of negatively about us,

 

[HelloCity]

 

[asahartford1]

.... laughs all the way to the bank.
Opinions whether genuine or paid will always have some form of negatively about us,

Also the City project is one cog in the wheel. The management of wealth and worldwide assets is on a scale difficult to comprehend. As someone else said on here today, they are not initially about profit but rather growing assets. They bought a club about to go bust and recently it was valued at 3.7 billion. Asset management and growth.

I know nothing about finance and am personally skint but i have read a fair bit since they bought City. 50 years they plan for, not the next dividend like the glazers

 

[Esteban de la Sexface]

It's a rare and wonderful thing to see such honesty

 

[BAB.DAB]

Also the City project is one cog in the wheel. The management of wealth and worldwide assets is on a scale difficult to comprehend. As someone else said on here today, they are not initially about profit but rather growing assets. They bought a club about to go bust and recently it was valued at 3.7 billion. Asset management and growth.

I know nothing about finance and am personally skint but i have read a fair bit since they bought City. 50 years they plan for, not the next dividend like the glazers

Easier way to make money, somebody else putting a valuation on your assist,
Just like property developer, buy something cheap, spend some money doing it up, get an income from it and see the vale of your property increase over time

 

[richards30]

that doesn’t sound good if we get banned for kev staying?!

 

[Phil1]

This is the harsh reality if the ban is upheld. Don’t for one second believe this wouldn’t be a huge blow to the club, one which could set us back years. I imagine Kev would be one of many if we don’t win this case.

I really really hope Tolmie has called this right.

 

[dadnlad]

This is the harsh reality if the ban is upheld. Don’t for one second believe this wouldn’t be a huge blow to the club, one which could set us back years. I imagine Kev would be one of many if we don’t win this case.

I really really hope Tolmie has called this right.

look on bright side we'll win net spend trophy though

 

[Withnail]

This is the harsh reality if the ban is upheld. Don’t for one second believe this wouldn’t be a huge blow to the club, one which could set us back years. I imagine Kev would be one of many if we don’t win this case.

I really really hope Tolmie has called this right.

Can see several players eg Bernardo, KDB and possibly Laporte considering their options if the ban is upheld. Really important we win the appeal and we can all breathe a big sigh of relief.