Man City - the new bitters?

[Baltar]

Amusing but no chance this will not get overturned.

[Lee909]

Fucking Red Mancs sliding into 5th and a Championsbleague place would spoil it though 

[Tj hooker]

Do England still enter 4 teams in next season's Champions league serious question as my lad reckons no it'll be 3 

[Jimmy Hills Chin]

There are going to be some very unhappy players there, especially if Real Madrid do a number on them. It’s fucking delightful.

[Butch]

This season just keeps giving. Great stuff. 

Take that ya cunts. 

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, Lee909 said:

City will do what they've threatened to do all along and try and bankrupt UEFA with legal costs. It's what they said theyd do from day one. Just out of spite. They've never once said they are innocent just complained at the way the investigation was done and that files have been stolen. 

 

They'll get this overturned. Bad news for us domestically next year though 

Not really if it sticks. Aguero a year older, Silva off anyway, Sterling will be on at his agent for a move abroad as he reaches his peak years. De Bruyne and a few others might want to be off and who are they gonna sign at a top level? 

 

It won't stick though. 

[Lee909]

Just now, TheHowieLama said:

Why?

If they have no European games they'll be all in on the league and we have seen what a season without Europe can do for us in the past. They'll have a week's rest and 15 less games to worry about. Unless they go full rebuild they'll be very strong domestically. 

[Bjornebye]

1 minute ago, Tj hooker said:

Do England still enter 4 teams in next season's Champions league serious question as my lad reckons no it'll be 3 

Id assume it will still be 4. Not sure why it wouldn't to be honest? 

[Ronnie Whelan]

6 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

Fucking Red Mancs sliding into 5th and a Championsbleague place would spoil it though 

Carlo, Huggy Bear and Purple Tom may have something to say about that.

[clangers]

It's just clearing the way for Ole obviously, rising from the ashes to 5th.

[Bruce Spanner]

From Bluemoon...

 

‘I will be going and will boo that shitty fucking jingle louder than usual.
We need the club to stand up and fight these bent bastards with everything we have..fight and never give in..bankrupt them if necessary.’

 

It is genuinely fascinating, from an academic standpoint, the level of cognitive dissonance on display.

 

They literally have no perspective, even lesser a clue.

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

22 minutes ago, Paulie Dangerously said:

Banned from champions League for 2 seasons? The race for 5th is big!

Relegation will we fuck, we're going get a place in the Champions Legue

 

Unless Abu Dhabi successfully appeal, in which case it's a Mickey Mouse cup

 

 

 

[Megadrive Man]

5 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Not sure Everton will be able to get over this - huge blow for the club.

Everton have a genuine chance of making the Champions League next season now!

[Lee909]

1 minute ago, Ronnie Whelan said:

Carlo, Huggy Bear and Purple Tom may have something to say about that.

And Everton 

[Jimmy Hills Chin]

1 minute ago, Lee909 said:

If they have no European games they'll be all in on the league and we have seen what a season without Europe can do for us in the past. They'll have a week's rest and 15 less games to worry about. Unless they go full rebuild they'll be very strong domestically. 

Won’t do them any good at all if we keep playing the way we are.

[Lee909]

Just now, Jimmy Hills Chin said:

Won’t do them any good at all if we keep playing the way we are.

Of course not but we will miss all our African players for one of the busiest parts of the season. 

[Megadrive Man]

2 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

If they have no European games they'll be all in on the league and we have seen what a season without Europe can do for us in the past. They'll have a week's rest and 15 less games to worry about. Unless they go full rebuild they'll be very strong domestically. 

 

It may also trigger their managers and best players to leave!

 

We should put a bid in for De Bruyne in the summer?

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

How much pay off to get out of this one.

[TheHowieLama]

They dropped more points than we have before the CL even started this year.

 

I don't think as a club they will be stronger next season tbh - with or without the ban.

[Jimmy Hills Chin]

Just now, Lee909 said:

Of course not but we will miss all our African players for one of the busiest parts of the season. 

Yeh I get that but think that not only will Jurgen have a plan but there could be a bit of an exodus at city, starting with the manager.

[Tj hooker]

4 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Id assume it will still be 4. Not sure why it wouldn't to be honest? 

Yeah that's my thinking but UEFA and all that 

[Bobby Hundreds]

It will be overturned they usually shit themselves. I'd rather United didn't get champions league another year out of it degrades their income slowly chips away at their status.

[Megadrive Man]

6 minutes ago, Tj hooker said:

Do England still enter 4 teams in next season's Champions league serious question as my lad reckons no it'll be 3 

When they kicked Milan out of the Europa Torino got the extra place. If City are banned 5th place will get it.

 

 

[TheHowieLama]

5 minutes ago, MegadriveMan said:

Everton have a genuine chance of making the Champions League next season now!

Its the hope that kills.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

1 minute ago, Lee909 said:

City will do what they've threatened to do all along and try and bankrupt UEFA with legal costs. It's what they said theyd do from day one. Just out of spite. They've never once said they are innocent just complained at the way the investigation was done and that files have been stolen. 

 

They'll get this overturned. Bad news for us domestically next year though 

Can't see this happening. Unlike PSG, City have tried to build good PR, avoided world record fees, not complained over things like our supposed "hacking" etc.

 

They want to be accepted as belonging at the top table; they face a clear choice now. Either take the beating and be seen to have done your time - a la Juve - or kick and squeal and highlight the sportswashing exercise and the culture behind it for what it is.

 

I wouldn't be shocked to see them barter it down to one season, but taking on UEFA in such a brazen manner would be a radical change of approach.