southstandandy
WEST STAND ANDY
- Jul 9, 2003
- 6,049
Can't City just bung Uefa a suitcase full of cash to make this go away?
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[Football] Man City banned from European competitions for next 2 seaons
- Thread starter PILTDOWN MAN
- Start date
This.
Whilst like most I have no sympathy for City, that is due to the fact they’re owned by a seriously corrupt and morally bankrupt state, not because they’ve spent more than or carried out practises that the incredibly dubious and hypocritical world of football administration allows.
If FFP was to have ever been truly successful it needed to come in in the 90’s, it’s too late now. As you say, all this is doing is effectively creating a breakaway European Super League, UEFA are just doing everything they can to try and keep the top clubs onside and from breaking away and creating this league outside of their control.
I can’t see this ban sticking. I’m sure the City lawyers will be able to prove that the likes of Real Madrid and Barca etc have carried out similar actions and there’s no way that UEFA will want to punish them.
Looks like a potential points deduction.
Surely if they have cheated to the level being reported they should be relegated
Surely if they have cheated to the level being reported they should be relegated
Marty___Mcfly
I see your wicked plan - I’m a junglist.
- Sep 14, 2011
- 2,251
They will go to CAS but why cant CAS get that done before next season, rather than deferring the ban?
With CAS- is there a chance that the ban could be increased as a ‘punishment’ for appealing / wasting time etc. Like they do appealing red cards?
With CAS- is there a chance that the ban could be increased as a ‘punishment’ for appealing / wasting time etc. Like they do appealing red cards?
Durlston
"You plonker, Rodney!"
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
Other Premier League clubs will be found out. It's going to be a sobering time for the English game. This all feels a bit like 1985 (not that I was able to understand it at the time, being so young) with hooliganism out of control and the game in tatters. It took our favourite sport a long time to recover from the Liverpool fans rioting in Heysel.
It's been building for years and years.
Other Premier League clubs will be found out. It's going to be a sobering time for the English game. This all feels a bit like 1985 (not that I was able to understand it at the time, being so young) with hooliganism out of control and the game in tatters. It took our favourite sport a long time to recover from the Liverpool fans rioting in Heysel.
It's been building for years and years.
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,779
There is a cultural element to it yes I’d agree with that. However, European culture is almost no different these days, the rich and powerful have often become so by sucking up to the vast wealth of oligarchs and sheiks now for decades. Corruption and unfairness probably never been so rampant since age of feudal kings, sustained by an ingrained generational mindset of ‘what’s in it for me’ rather than ‘what’s in it for us’ and how can this improve the lives of the many not the few. Such is the level of greed in our society now, we’ve trained millions to become sociopaths, so myopic, such narcissists that it’s only going to get worse. You’d have to completely dismantle the game and that’s never going to happen. Footballs become WWF wrestling. Only less entertaining. And without accepting it’s largely fixed in advance.
I just hope no one tries to exploit all this by writing a book about football finance and some of City’s activities
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The learning reading speed dropped by 1% during that...
...fair.
Southern Scouse
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- Jul 21, 2011
- 2,095
Man City banned for two years ( Let’s forget the first time they got away with it), so let’s just add LFC and Heysel into the equation.....
highflyer
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- Jan 21, 2016
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Replace 'Arab' in that sentance with 'Jews' or 'Blacks'.
Now consider what it makes you.
Weststander
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Not that bloke from Liverpool Uni?
75 points seems reasonable.
Sorrel
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These sort of things just put me off wanting to pay any money towards football. I hope - and believe - our club is better.
JC Footy Genius
Bringer of TRUTH
- Jun 9, 2015
- 10,568
Very very unlikely ..
Why did Uefa not sanction Paris Saint-Germain when they spent £300 million on Neymar and Kylian Mbappé?
That was a controversial decision, and for many City fans proof of almost a conspiracy against their club. PSG are owned by Qatar and the club’s chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi sits on Uefa’s executive committee. The FFP investigator recommended sanctions against PSG but the adjudicatory panel did not agree, and Uefa did not push the matter.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-uefa-threw-book-at-them-but-psg-were-let-off-zjv6w3wkz
If they have broken FFP they have had an unfair advantage in every league game they have played.
https://www.givemesport.com/1547083...-man-city-ahead-of-their-champions-league-ban
The guy that hacked man city's emails but is now in prison for doing so.
The guy that hacked man city's emails but is now in prison for doing so.
Durlston
"You plonker, Rodney!"
I didn't mean to cause any offence or blame with the events of that night. It was the straw that broke the camel's back and it could so easily have been Manchester United, Everton, West Ham or Spurs fans around the mid-eighties. So I apologise.
FWIW, I have always been very respectful on here to Liverpool FC and empathise with the terrible events that happened in 1989 and the long search for justice. I want them to win the Premier League this season.
I have no sympathy whatsoever for Manchester City and I hope more financial irregularities are found at that club (with serious repercussions) and the game we all love is given back to the supporters - in some sort of way.
I'm just stating facts.
boik
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No you're not. If you'd stated "excessively rich people" that might be more factually correct, but to suggest that all arabs are corrupt is...........dodgy at least.
I don't mean "excessively rich people", I mean Arabs. I worked for four Arab companies and corruption is in their DNA in my opinion. Look at the whole World Cup award to Qatar thing; look at the gigantic fines Airbus have paid for paying bungs to Arab airlines. A couple of examples, there are plenty more.