“We’ll start with Everton, but City gets a pass for now!”
No they’re not… If they were, we’d see certain other clubs being hit hard by massive penalties… Not being allowed to skate by without any hint of the EPL/FA/ETC doing anything about them.
When they get around to knocking City back for what they’ve done… Then you can say they’re actually doing anything
They could deduct City of 20-30 points and City might still qualify for a European non-CL competition. But they can sell it as a harsh punishment because it’s twice or thrice as high as that for Everton. I can totally see this happening.
Throw chelsea and city in the fucking bin. Feels like this year has been such a kick in the teeth even watching this league
Everyone is cribbing based on decisions not yet even taken, but isn’t this what most fans wanted?
Clubs actually have impactful consequences for breaking funding rules?
It hasn’t happened to the biggest offenders yet, but IMHO it’s a good thing to see a firm precedent after decades of loosey-goosey shit like Fit-&-Proper person test or chump change fines given to infinite money glitch clubs.
They’re going to get very harsh… unless you’re City or Newcastle and affiliated with oil and human rights atrocities.
Only if it’s Everton
Premier League left with no option but to do their job
I can hear their collective sighs.
I swear these things always go the same way.
- Allegations drop. Fans of accused club go on the defensive while fans of rival clubs gloat.
- People tire of hearing the story constantly, neutrals slowly start to drift from “punish the cheaters” to “I’m sick of hearing about this”
- Wait 2 years
- Slap on the wrist, cost of doing business punishment is handed down.
- Fans of accused club gloat, fans of rival clubs cry foul and corruption. Nothing fundamentally changes.
basically the exact same as two-party politics lol
That’s why I’ll never vote for the main two parties. We need proportional representation
seems like they had a lot more options last season
“Would you download a car?” Vibes
They’ve got no choice because they know the independent regulator is on the way and they need to show that they’re complying with their own rules.
And that independent regulator is why I don’t buy this “City will get away with it” rhetoric. Don’t mistake silence for incompetence in this case.
What independent regulator? The one Neville keeps pushing forward? I’ve heard nothing concrete about that and in my opinion that would be years away before the FA and all prem teams agree to what the regulator has control over.
And that independent regulator is why I don’t buy this “City will get away with it” rhetoric.
Money talks, no matter the time and age. What’s more, who even is the independent regulator? Don’t the PGMOL have something similar?
Most of the systems we’ve created are brilliant, economic, technological whatever. Its man that’s fallible.
Yet City gets away with it.
Is there a chance the Everton decision gets defanged on appeal and this all fizzles out?
More chance than City ever being punished.
Ultimately it’s harsh as they complied but no one would have any complaints if they showed consistency with then dealing with the bigger clubs.