Guardiola to be found out in the premier league

[Yarrgh]

Thank god. Now go and spend 100 million and sort out that defence Pep.

And Carlo, do likewise with our midfield.

 

[Seathestars]

No one can compete with the RS when it comes to European bans

 

[Chris O'Connor]

It was obvious they'd win UEFA set a kangaroo court up for them in the first place and uEFA were judge and jury of their own investigation, not surprisingly UEFA found them guilty as their own report had.

UEFA weren't in charge of the process here and so weren't judging their own report or actions

 

[Yarrgh]

FFP

That's the big question though isn't it? What happens to FFP now?

 

[tsubaki]

That's the big question though isn't it? What happens to FFP now?

Exposed as the farce it always was, only to come back when someone from the elite clubs finishes fifth and complains about the little team who finished fourth having breached it.

 

[KaiserEFC]

Euro ban lifted. Yeah what’s the point in having rules then eh?

Scum club who have cheated their way to the top.

 

[kenada_blue]

That's the big question though isn't it? What happens to FFP now?

It stays the same. But the smaller clubs who throw the money about a bit will get slapped worse.

 

[tommytowne]

That's the big question though isn't it? What happens to FFP now?

City have driven a coach and horses through those regulations.
It'll serve as a template for future appeals for when the likes of us are deemed to have fallen foul of the rules.
But nothing will remove the feeling that there is a clique in existence that will be able to move heaven and earth to maintain the status quo.

 

[kenada_blue]

"validation of the club's position"

Yep. Pretty much proves that it's a members only club

 

[Yarrgh]

Euro ban lifted. Yeah what’s the point in having rules then eh?

Scum club.

What if the rules are fundamentally flawed and the club being punished is being pursued by UEFA primarily to make an example of those who try to break their cartel of elite clubs?

I was routing for City. Not that I approve of dodgy accounting, but because I think that the bigger villain was UEFA in all of this.

 

[barneygumble]

Euro ban lifted. Yeah what’s the point in having rules then eh?

Scum club who have cheated their way to the top.

Give it a rest, idiot.

Had the Sheikh have taken over Everton and invested billions, building empires, regenerating the area for the better and getting trophies, would you be complaining? Would you hell.

Fact is, they bought their way in, but they haven’t cheated. They just got bought at the right time.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

City have driven a coach and horses through those regulations.
It'll serve as a template for future appeals for when the likes of us are deemed to have fallen foul of the rules.
But nothing will remove the feeling that there is a clique in existence that will be able to move heaven and earth to maintain the status quo.

We all knew this, though. The whole point of the Champions League, as opposed to the European Cup, was that a group of 16 teams could guarantee a certain amount of European football on TV each season, stitch up the competition between them, share the TV money between themselves and UEFA and consolidate their domestic superiority forever.

 

[KaiserEFC]

Give it a rest, idiot.

Had the Sheikh have taken over Everton and invested billions, building empires, regenerating the area for the better and getting trophies, would you be complaining? Would you hell.

Fact is, they bought their way in, but they haven’t cheated. They just got bought at the right time.

They cheated and lied about it.

They didn’t buy Everton.

Also try to be more polite to people would you?

 

[barneygumble]

What if the rules are fundamentally flawed and the club being punished is being pursued by UEFA primarily to make an example of those who try to break their cartel of elite clubs?

I was routing for City. Not that I approve of dodgy accounting, but because I think that the bigger villain was UEFA in all of this.

Nailed it.

It worked for us initially, but fundamentally was there to punish sides who couldn’t pay their way out.

Panathinaikos, Málaga and so on.

What business can you run, where they tell the lucrative willing owners.... “No, you want to invest this, but nah.... we won’t let you”

 

[kenada_blue]

Euro ban lifted. Yeah what’s the point in having rules then eh?

Scum club who have cheated their way to the top.

The problem to a point isn't UEFA it's the Court of Arbitration for Sport which is completely separate.

It's like passing judgement in a law court only to have it overturned by the Supreme Court.

As expected, City will have used the "were the most watched team in world football and sport, we have x and y worldwide. The "brand" need the exposure and vice versa to help blah blah"

And they agreed.

Say Leicester did the same...the excuse wouldn't slide. They'd get banned.

It's a members only club.