Unfortunately this’ll prove Doc was a phoney all along and gambled on going up with the bit of dosh he had. I for one didn’t want to believe that but it’s clear now FFP was a smokescreen
£3m in costs. 5% bonus on that would go down well. Be fuck tonne of Counsel fees mind.
This is Villa. You know we would be the one club to get the points deduction. EFL would lick their lips at making an example of us.
You wind the motherfuckers up.
Quote from: AsTallAsLions on July 27, 2018, 01:08:35 PMThis is Villa. You know we would be the one club to get the points deduction. EFL would lick their lips at making an example of us.I'll go on record as saying I don't think anyone will be docked points under the current setup, if it has no effect (i.e. a club in 8th drops to 10th) then it's pointless but if it takes someone out of a promotion/play off place or puts them into a relegation place then it would obviously go to appeal, given the tight timescales of everything you'd need to have the appeal heard between the sanction being applied (probably in April) and the playoffs/end of season. That's a tiny window for that process given the 4 year precedent above. Even being a couple of weeks late could have huge ramifications with teams not knowing which league they'll be in and playoff games being cancelled until the teams can be confirmed.If they put specifics into the rules (if you're over by £xm then we'll deduct y points and a sliding scale of values) then it's enforceable but the current vague nature of it means the clubs would hold all the cards.
As has been said countless times. The rules have been toughened precisely because of what QPR and other clubs did. But they have to be punished according to previous rules I'd say this is a signal that they're pretty serious
Quote from: Matt Collins on July 27, 2018, 02:43:25 PMAs has been said countless times. The rules have been toughened precisely because of what QPR and other clubs did. But they have to be punished according to previous rules I'd say this is a signal that they're pretty seriousI think the fines and transfer sanctions will be but as I say, points deductions are either meaningless or massively punishing to the point that they would be contested, for that reason I just don't see it happening, and blocking a promotion definitely won't happen.
Quote from: paul_e on July 27, 2018, 02:59:06 PMQuote from: Matt Collins on July 27, 2018, 02:43:25 PMAs has been said countless times. The rules have been toughened precisely because of what QPR and other clubs did. But they have to be punished according to previous rules I'd say this is a signal that they're pretty seriousI think the fines and transfer sanctions will be but as I say, points deductions are either meaningless or massively punishing to the point that they would be contested, for that reason I just don't see it happening, and blocking a promotion definitely won't happen.Points deductions are never meaningless. Really don't understand your previous argument either. They wouldn't apply the deductions as a penalty in the first place if it was to be overturned on appeal. Whatever they do in this space will stick, because it has to, otherwise the whole league laughs at it/them. It's literally a waste of their time and resources to do anything that can be easily overturned.