The Premier League getting their bigger stick out.

[SaddVillan]

https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4676702/premier-league-statement-aston-villa-sanction-agreement

Fined again.

I make it £575k.

[Dave]

Strikes me that if starting the second half on time is something that's really important, it's pretty silly of us to repeatedly not do so.

[Dogtanian]

Pfft.

[TopDeck113]

Meanwhile, 115...

[Brazilian Villain]

If £575k is the cost of Unai getting all his half-time instructions across, then so be it.

If the Premier League introduced hydration breaks, we might have more chance of starting the second half on time.

[chrisw1]

Righto.

Than cannot sanction us quick enough can they?  Absolute ******.

[Somniloquism]

Citeh had the exact same sanction last season, so why wouldn't we be hit with it for doing the same thing? And before anyone else uses the 115 length of time etc, it is essentially one charge which we have accepted and not used the wealth of a country to fight tooth and nail.

[German James]

Strikes me that if starting the second half on time is something that's really important, it's pretty silly of us to repeatedly not do so.

Yeah, it's petty, but it's a known rule and it happened in nearly a quarter of our matches. Must do better.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

"...help ensure the organisation of the competition is set at the highest possible professional standard and provides certainty to fans and participating clubs."

Maybe the pl could have a word with their refs/var, while they're at it.

[Clampy]

Most of the 9 games concerned are for a delay of an average of about 1 minutes and 30 seconds.

[PeterWithesShin]

Man City fined £1m for repeatedly delaying kick-off

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c628d92wnr9o