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

[Goats left knee]

Has anyone reached out to cheesy for a bit more detail on the claim?

 

[BlueTG]

2 more days!

 

[Gray]

So....the game is still delicately poised at 0-0. Thanks to Cheeseman's tweet we have dominated so far and UEFA have offered nothing but like so many times this season we haven't delivered the killer blow.

Still all to play for....

But with our defence the opposition can strike without warning.

 

[lancs blue]

Yes but that summary will be very short and details of the evidence will remain closed.

The "award" as referenced in the CAS regs is the detailed verdict separate from the summary, we had a 35 page one from the first CAS appeal.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

So....the game is still delicately poised at 0-0. Thanks to Cheeseman's tweet we have dominated so far and UEFA have offered nothing but like so many times this season we haven't delivered the killer blow.

Still all to play for....

I'd say we've put the ball in the net but we're waiting for the VAR assistant and believe Jesus was probably offside.

 

[Wanchope n me Dickov]

I'd say we've put the ball in the net but we're waiting for the VAR assistant and believe Jesus was probably offside.

FFS! Just as I was getting confident in the outcome. :_(

 

[bluegaz13]

I can't believe the reaction of some on here to Cheeseys post. Whether you like his blogs or not is irrelevant, the man loves the club as much as any. People would do well to remember that. I am 100% confident he would not deliberately post something to wind up fellow blues or that would be to the detriment of the club. I know people are nervous but some should really cut him some slack.

Totally agree......there are some on here who hold a grudge due to an unfortunate and taken out of context tweet a couple of weeks ago.

 

[John Wayne]

Several people I know who are well connected with City are saying the same thing. We may or may not be exonerated but Ian’s post was more than guesswork. I won’t take anything for granted.

i am not sure what you have got against Ian but let’s see what happens at 9.30am on Monday. Being obsessed with City wasn’t a crime the last time I checked. We could do with a few more ultras IMHO.

I don't have anything against Ian or "Ultras" but I do know that being so passionate about something can impair your judgement. Like I said earlier, I'm not saying he's wrong necessarily but for now I'm attaching little weight to his comments in the complete absence of any qualifying remarks or news anywhere else.

You've set yourself up now - what have these "well-connected with City" people had to say? If Ian’s post is more than guesswork then how is it the case that we "may or may not be exonerated". I think it's been obvious since the start that we may or may not be exonerated.

 

[The perfect fumble]

I agree and I would love to see all of the evidence. It just annoys me that the PR blokes pretending to be journalists all seem to be in some sort of denial that if it shows we've done everything correctly and the charges were trumped up they'll still try and jump on any negative paragraphs they may have to spin their "City bought their way out of being charged" agenda.

Yep, whatever happens we're still booing Milner.

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

Has anyone thought that our whole legal and PR strategy has been to maintain our innonence throughout, no matter the outcome, to ensure that they keep us onside as a fan base?

Soriano said the evidence is irrefutable, Pep has said he's seen it and believes we're innocent, etc. And fans will always have a bias to go along with their word and ignore outside opinion - even if found guilty. Let's face it, blue tinted specs do exist.

But maybe they've known we're guilty all along but have always been looking at the long game. The legal costs are a drop in the ocean anyway.

It sounds a bit crazy as it's a very bold approach, but ultimately, politicians do it all the time and the world goes on. Our club needs us to back it - which I'm sure most will regardless - and we'd move past the ban if it gets upheld and continue to support the owners.

I hope this theory is complete crap but it's not out of the realms of possibility and just throwing it out there.

 

[KS55]

People still have a go at me, 6 or 7 years on, for saying we'd escape punishment under FFP.

Thats what being an attention seeking loony tune gets you. :-)

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

To be fair transperecy is very im

I am sure anyone on the payroll whom publicly speaks before Monday will get an instant p45

There will be lots of people sweating on getting their p45 if the appeal is not upheld.

Lots of regular good people worried about their jobs, as the club is then forced to prioritise.

 

[Zubrman]

tbf I can imagine you as rumpole of the bailey

I bet that's not Gordon Davies' moustache.

 

[mat]

The name's Cheeseman ....

Ian Cheeseman.

I have this image now of him opening up his next forever blue podcast with lines such as "People who've watched my vlogs via the official club website here on You Tube I appreciate your support for all my videos interviewing former payers and other City fans along with match reports. Today I'm going to do something different. You might have noticed the background to this episode doesn't look like Manchester. In fact I'm in Abu Dhabi to speak to a famous city fan and a mate of mine who's going to give his exclusive reaction along with the evidence we used in the CAS court case. I know him as my mate Manni, who helped me after my episode in a former role. You'll know him as Sheik Mansour. So welcome to the Vlog Manni."

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Thats what being an attention seeking loony tune gets you. :-)

Or, as my dear friend andyhinch says, a ****.

 

[Franny's toilet roll]

I'd say we've put the ball in the net but we're waiting for the VAR assistant and believe Jesus was probably offside.

Replays did showe the ball crossed the line, but United and Liverpool are playing the Sheff Utd joker and have nibbled the goal line technology. John Moss in the VAR is looking to double down on Fernando's penalty. Just waiting for his bets to be accepted

 

[Ardwick Green Blue]

I'll feel a lot happier tonight if the cameras keep panning to Khaldoon sat in the stands with his legs draped over the seats and he's laughing his bollocks off every time they show him.

 

[mat]

Has anyone thought that our whole legal and PR strategy has been to maintain our innonence throughout, no matter the outcome, to ensure that they keep us onside as a fan base?

Soriano said the evidence is irrefutable, Pep has said he's seen it and believes we're innocent, etc. And fans will always have a bias to go along with their word and ignore outside opinion - even if found guilty. Let's face it, blue tinted specs do exist.

But maybe they've known we're guilty all along but have always been looking at the long game. The legal costs are a drop in the ocean anyway.

It sounds a bit crazy as it's a very bold approach, but ultimately, politicians do it all the time and the world goes on. Our club needs us to back it - which I'm sure most will regardless - and we'd move past the ban if it gets upheld and continue to support the owners.

I hope this theory is complete crap but it's not out of the realms of possibility and just throwing it out there.

If we've done anything wrong I hope the policy of the club is to own it. It can be used as a media weapon against the shady fuckers who use their media mates to tar us with the same brush.

 

[KS55]

Even if Cheesy is spot on. This is the BS were still up against.

PR wonks trying to find a stick to beat us with regardless.

The answers to Harris's posers are:
a) the case was based on the emails alone with pressure from the usual suspects.
b) succeeded because the allegations were untrue.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Only once have I ever been offered leaked information, from somebody inside the club, and that was when the doorman outside the Directors Suite confided, just an hour before the announcement of Brian Horton as the new City Manager,, at the Friday night game v Coventry.

"Don't quote me, but it's Gerry Francis"