Sion-Ara!!

[SimonMac]

Will it not hurt twice as much when you are knocked out for the second time from the same cup in the same season!

[Cliphead]

Will it not hurt twice as much when you are knocked out for the second time from the same cup in the same season!

At we least we get a second chance, perhaps inevitable that we go early perhaps not. It does help Scottish football somewhat if you can see past the blue mist.

[TestMangler]

At we least we get a second chance, perhaps inevitable that we go early perhaps not. It does help Scottish football somewhat if you can see past the blue mist.

My mist is strictly Claret & Amber !!

[shaunbhoy]

Will it not hurt twice as much when you are knocked out for the second time from the same cup in the same season!

The extra few million we make will soften the blow.

HTH

[Incognito]

Think of the coefficient you bounder!!!

Incognito has already been PMing me best wishes and good luck on our reinstatement!

Aye, something like that.



I ******* hope Platini gets the jail next time he's at UEFA HQ, Sion have a court order ordering their reinstatement.

[jmo21]

I understand the issue was which 2 transfer windows were the 2 Sion were banned from signing players in.

The ban was given on something like the 3rd day of a specific transfer window. Sion say that was then the 1st window they were banned from. UEFA say it started on the next one.

Has anyone actually seen the wording of UEFA's initial ruling? Surely the wording of the ban would be specific?

Anyway, good luck to Celtic, Scottish football needs all the help it can get right now.

[Incognito]

It's the same type of issue surrounding Lennon's ban. It's arguing over the strict wording of the punishment imposed. It'll be funny if it bites Celtic on the arse seeing how they used a similar argument to get Lennon off the ban.

**** yer coefficient.

[Bunk]

I understand the issue was which 2 transfer windows were the 2 Sion were banned from signing players in.

The ban was given on something like the 3rd day of a specific transfer window. Sion say that was then the 1st window they were banned from. UEFA say it started on the next one.

Has anyone actually seen the wording of UEFA's initial ruling? Surely the wording of the ban would be specific?

Anyway, good luck to Celtic, Scottish football needs all the help it can get right now.

Doesn't really matter. UEFA, like FIFA, can do what they like and nobody can question them. You can challenge them in their own courts of appeal and unsurprisingly nothing gets changed.

[Incognito]

Doesn't really matter. UEFA, like FIFA, can do what they like and nobody can question them. You can challenge them in their own courts of appeal and unsurprisingly nothing gets changed.

Yeah, but Sion are doing it right and challenging in the civil courts. Let's see Sepp Blatter smiling as he's wheeled away to do 30 days in some Swiss jail for contempt of court.

I ******* hate FIFA/UEFA, the game has been ****ed by money by those in charge.

[shaunbhoy]

Yeah, but Sion are doing it right and challenging in the civil courts. Let's see Sepp Blatter smiling as he's wheeled away to do 30 days in some Swiss jail for contempt of court.

I ******* hate FIFA/UEFA, the game has been ****ed by money by those in charge.

Sion and their mad chairman are repeat offenders. They tapped up an egyptian goalie and broke the rules. They then transgressed by signing players when they were forbidden to do so. They then further compounded the problem by playing said players repeatedly having been warned they were ineligible. They then dragged the civil courts into the matter when that is again something illegal according to UEFA rules.
Whilst I do not rate the performance of FIFA/UEFA, if they are replaced then the next regime will in all probability be just as bad.
The tournaments they host are by invite only and have certain guidelines which all clubs must adhere to in order to participate. Sion and their crazed chairman have consistently flouted these rules and are now facing the music.
No sympathy for them. If they are allowed to ride a coach and horses through clearly defined rules then expect bigger clubs to do similar and use them as a precedent.
I am sure that nice man Mr Platini knows what he is doing. And if the Swiss are not careful they might find their national team out on its erchie too.


Now roll on thursday night and the big match!!