FA Hearing Thread..MERGED THREADS

[rangersbitch]

"In closing submissions, Mr. Mill was driven to conceding that Mr. Paladini was
very unclear in his oral evidence and was confused on a number of occasions.
No such concession was necessary for the Commission to form that conclusion.
Mr. Paladini repeatedly answered questions by making the points that he wanted
to get across, and at some length, rather than answer the question that had been asked of him."

[rangersbitch]

Even funnier:

"As far as the Club’s web-page is concerned, the report of a £3.5 million deal was
clearly false. Mr. Paladini appeared to accept in interview that he was the source
of the report. It was characterised by Mr. Mill as a ‘puff’; something that was
done in order to show the Club’s supporters, and others, that the Club was going
places and willing to invest heavily in order to do so. That was essentially the
motivation according to Mr. Paladini in interview. Whether one regards the
report as mere ‘puff’, or a ‘lie’, depends on one’s moral compass, with some
necessary re-calibration to take into account “the ways of football”, a phrase
that was used more than once during the hearing. That Mr. Paladini was at least involved in some way in the report finding its way onto the Club’s web-site, we
have little doubt, but while the value of the deal was significantly exaggerated,
and objectively untrue, the motivation for it colours how it should reflect upon
Mr. Paladini as a witness."

[rangersbitch]

"[Paladini] had struggled for some ten years to get the Club to a position of success, only to be confronted with the prospect of it all unravelling because of something that he may have done. The burden of responsibility for this was his, and his alone."

[Hoopaman]

Where's this taken from?

[davieqpr]

And yet at the end of it all I think AF is worth more than £3.5m

[rangersbitch]

Where's this taken from?

From here:

http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/Disciplinary/NewsAndFeatures/2011/~/media/Files/PDF/TheFA/FA-v-QPR-and-Paladini-Full-Written-Reasons-for-Distribution.ashx

The report of the independent committee appointed to judge the Faurlin case.

[rangersbitch]

"Mr. Paladini’s subsequent failure to notice the error was put down to a manifestation of what we find to be Mr. Farnell’s apposite observation of him in interview, namely that Mr. Paladini “…tends not to be a finer-detail person.”"

[Kirill]

All I can say for the umpteenth time is thank f*** we only got a fine.

[Connell10]

not a finer detailed person read ********ter!!! oh well it seems the people who could have done good for the club go when proven liars like palladini stay, really says all about how our club is run really!

[rangersbitch]

There's more:

Mr. Paladini, who was clearly mindful of the issue of third party investment by the very existence of the subject-matter of the Oral Agreement and insistence upon the ‘Comfort Letter’, did not consider it necessary to consult with The FA and seek its approval for the course he was taking. He did not consult with the Club’s Solicitors. He did not refer the matter to Ms. Springett. Instead, he took it upon himself to undertake what was a lawyer’s task of negotiating a suspension of a third party’s interest in the economic rights over a Player he was proposing to sign on behalf of the Club. Having taken the initial step of insisting upon the protection which he thought the Comfort Letter would provide, he then failed to take the essential further precautionary step of having the arrangement considered and approved by the Club’s lawyers and the FA. In the light of the Tevez saga, the course that he took was inadvisable and fraught with risks.

Translation: GP is an incompetent and reckless risk-taker.

[Hoopaman]

Some on here have had down as an incompetent fool for a while. As the spin machine get there heads together I'm gonna gamble on... "We only got a fine, move on"

[DeepcutHoop]

There's more:

Mr. Paladini, who was clearly mindful of the issue of third party investment by the very existence of the subject-matter of the Oral Agreement and insistence upon the ‘Comfort Letter’, did not consider it necessary to consult with The FA and seek its approval for the course he was taking. He did not consult with the Club’s Solicitors. He did not refer the matter to Ms. Springett. Instead, he took it upon himself to undertake what was a lawyer’s task of negotiating a suspension of a third party’s interest in the economic rights over a Player he was proposing to sign on behalf of the Club. Having taken the initial step of insisting upon the protection which he thought the Comfort Letter would provide, he then failed to take the essential further precautionary step of having the arrangement considered and approved by the Club’s lawyers and the FA. In the light of the Tevez saga, the course that he took was inadvisable and fraught with risks.

Translation: GP is an incompetent and reckless risk-taker.

He has to go. This is indefensible. Good intentions aside, this display of reckless incompetence alone has cost the club serious amounts of money, and huge embarrassment.

[Connell10]

He wont go he is a lifer , might as well face it he can do what he likes when he likes , he can fock left right and centre and he will never ever get the boot!! i wonder if all other clubs have some one like him running their clubs, i should really start checking out other teams message boards!!!!

[kron-1664]

There's more:

Mr. Paladini, who was clearly mindful of the issue of third party investment by the very existence of the subject-matter of the Oral Agreement and insistence upon the ‘Comfort Letter’, did not consider it necessary to consult with The FA and seek its approval for the course he was taking. He did not consult with the Club’s Solicitors. He did not refer the matter to Ms. Springett. Instead, he took it upon himself to undertake what was a lawyer’s task of negotiating a suspension of a third party’s interest in the economic rights over a Player he was proposing to sign on behalf of the Club. Having taken the initial step of insisting upon the protection which he thought the Comfort Letter would provide, he then failed to take the essential further precautionary step of having the arrangement considered and approved by the Club’s lawyers and the FA. In the light of the Tevez saga, the course that he took was inadvisable and fraught with risks.

Translation: GP is an incompetent and reckless risk-taker.

I have said since the beginning of this 3rd party business that this type of unprofessional amatuer should not be given the reigns of a Premier League Club, it is a recipe for disaster.

[Stanley]

QBP, IsleworthRanger, indianalondon etc...

I'd be interested to hear your views on all this.