A week after the announcement I'm now more certain than ever that the point deduction will be reduced by at least 5 points or more, it simply has to be now the unjust nature of it has sunk in.
A club can go in to administration, owing millions to creditors and small businesses, putting many of them out of business and ruining lives at the same time. That's what happens when administration occurs, only the administrator wins.
For that a club receives a 9pt penalty when the dust settles, even though the lives of some of the creditors are ruined.
Yet Everton overspent by what in premier league terms is bloody peanuts with massive mitigating circumstances that must be taken in to account.
The inability to sell Mr. X for example through no fault of our own plus the complications BMD brought have to be weighrd up fairly.
10pts is just outlandish for the crime, and does not reflect a proportionate punishment in any way.
I just hope with the turmoil in the boardroom and the fact we seem to have nobody in charge actually batting for us that someone can hire a bloody good barrister to argue this case to the appeal panel. We need to ask how being overspent by such a tiny margin whilst still fulfulling all debts and resposibilities draws a bigger penalty than a club who say "feck it" ,let's throw the towel in and start again, sod the creditors.
Nope, it's wrong and it will be quashed.
