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They may think it's lenient (many of us probably do), but they'd have to argue it was unduly lenient. They have form for successful appeals though. I'd imagine this'll be it.

Ha!! The person who spoke to me is solid. His source was clearly a fuckwit.

Oui.

I'm not interested in debating it mate. It's all up there. Call me old fashioned, but I'd rather revel in the fact that our season can now get started properly rather than get all upset about MB.

Yep, and this highlights that it was absolutely mental that the club called the kid to give evidence before the EFL.

It's a wee bit sad if your first reaction to a result like this is to dig out MB.

I was told by someone I trusted that the club feared up to 2 years. Where that came from is anyone's guess given that the decision refers to a starting point of weeks. I don't doubt there have been idiots just making nonsense up, but duff info has been out there.

Possibly. The Times, 6 November 2024: “… the word from within the walls of the Premier league’s [disciplinary] case against Manchester City is that the man doing much of the work for the team in blue is Paul Harris KC… this makes Harris their Rodri…”

Them being so upset is the icing on the cake.

Yep, that's the gist of it, and they also had a very different opinion of Tonda, and essentially saw it as a double punishment of the club, fans, sponsors, etc.

Feck me, we've just had the best possible result on this, and the focus is on MB. Daft cretins, get a grip.

Nice that they had the impact on the fans in mind as well...banning him would be a further punishment on us, and club. Para 163 "In the unusual circumstances of this case, we consider that it is appropriate to have regard to the impact a ban on Mr Eckert would have, irrespective of whether or not he loses his job. That regard must include the impact on the Club, its supporters and stakeholders and what would, in the Commission’s view, unquestionably be the equivalent of a further sanction being imposed on them if their Head Coach was unavailable for a period of six weeks in the Championship season"

It's the decision. For Tonda, the club and us fans it was the right one. I think he's a lucky boy, but he's our boy.

I've only skimmed it, but it's pretty staggering how differently the EFL and FA panels assessed Tonda. Para 127..."Mindful of the findings below, we nonetheless found Mr Eckert to be a particularly impressive witness. That another Commission, on another day, were unimpressed with some of his evidence is a matter we have considered, but it does not alter our impression of him as a very impressive witness in the evidence he gave to us, both in writing but particularly during the hearing". A degree of vindication.

Pleasantly surprised by that. Farcical that it took so long to sort it though. Now to draw a line and focus on the football.

He was signed as back up, and was a safe bet for that role. If he'd initially signed as the main man, I'd agree.

The EFL disciplinary rules provided for the tribunal chair to shorten the appeal period, so I'm assuming that we agreed to something before it was imposed on us.

And before the end of time? I'd heard similar.

No idea what they'd be willing to live with mate.

Turn of phrase - privacy agreement, whatever, an agreement to keep things hush hush.

If it was felt reasonable, I'd imagine they'd live with it, but I don't think it'll be reasonable.

On a serious point, I think it's pretty likely that we are appealing a decision, and an NDA is locking down news in the interim.

I think you mean Mystic Beacon...

... sometime between 1 and 2? probably half way I'm guessing.

Nope. I just can't see it being sensible to have that news mixed with that atmosphere.