Financial Fair Play investigation

[Marius57]

Not really. Even if they were given a thousand point deduction, they'd end the season on about minus 900 and be relegated to the championship. Then next season they'd start on zero points in that league the same as everyone else. You don't carry points over (positive or negative) to the next season so a hundred point deduction would have the same effect as a million point deduction and so on...

I really hope that if we get a 12 point deduction we appeal it and demand a million point deduction instead. Another first for the mighty -million blues

 

[TheFinnFan]

The club is in mourning and they puplish this leaked story out less than 24h from the sad news.
Maybe we should start boycott campaign or something

 

[JLW]

My money would be on the club being in the wrong.

I would guess most if not all clubs are not squeaky clean with their accounts, i bet were just awful at hiding our misdemeanors like everything else we do.

 

[blulouie]

You'd think Joyce/The Times as credible as anyone though.

He's as good as any , never seems to post speculation.

 

[PhilEFC]

Can’t punish the fans remember lads.

 

[mahermi1]

Impossible.

We were told that our board were revered and the CEO was the best in the business.

How could any company with that level of talent be in the wrong?

Yes I believe them too, wonder how much the season tickets will be in the Championship?

 

[Bluerover]

For legal reasons I don't think they could.

At least EFC respecting sub judice rule.

 

[Moomin]

Of course it was.. Manchester United are almost a billion in debt.. nothing about that... and they could still outspend most clubs without and penalty...

What rules have they broke?

 

[chrismpw]

The club is in mourning and they puplish this leaked story out less than 24h from the sad news.
Maybe we should start boycott campaign or something

Tasteless isn't it.
But I suspect thus us just a reporter egging the story for clicks by stating possible intentions rather than an actual intent.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Seen that too , yet as you say doesn't make sense.

Also seen elsewhere it is for one specific signing of a player....doesn't say who tho.

Then I've also seen it's for the culmination of losses over 5 years ( including Covid adjusted losses)

There's a lot of misinformation out there.

If it's over a player then it's got to be James and possibly something to do with wages, nobody seemed to know exactly quite how much he was on and the various quoted sources were give a fairly broad range of numbers. Maybe we were being crafty with the books to pay him a certain wage. This is something City were accused of during the Mancini era.

 

[blulouie]

If it's over a player then it's got to be James and possibly something to do with wages, nobody seemed to know exactly quite how much he was on and the various quoted sources were give a fairly broad range of numbers. Maybe we were being crafty with the books to pay him a certain wage. This is something City were accused of during the Mancini era.

Possibly
But haven't a clue tbh.

 

[Tipp blue]

What rules have they broke?

None.. I just find it strange that there is a set of Financial rules that completely ignore the debt of clubs in favour of rules that prohibit other clubs from spending.

 

[detonator7]

If it's a tax issue, shouldn't it be the government going after us? The league only want to to swing their dick around

 

[HowardsWay]

Those saying they want to deduct points to get us out the way... Villa and Newcastle have bounced back into much stronger sides than when they went down. Leicester look like they will be absolutely sound to get promoted too. Going down would be awful but it's not a death sentence. 12 points deducted might be fine this year the way some teams have started. Who knows

Anything could happen. What I find interesting though are the implications for future offenders, the precedent it should set and what happens then. If West Ham or Newcastle get charged, would they immediately be penalised? I think the league had a lot to consider and a witch hunt against us is borderline tin foil hat territory. Every fan thinks they are the victim of all evil

Sorry but your opening paragraph is not true. Villa bounced back and only a goal that was legally scored by Sheff Utd that was wrongly deemed not to count stopped them going back down again. Villa's team when they came back up was dire and they got lucky. Since then they have improved but it is a fallacy they were stronger when they came back up. It's similar for Newcastle. Just over a year ago they looked favorites for relegation. Their team was abysmal. Then the money came.

I agree about the 12 pts not automatically relegating us but the issue is where do you see us winning games to make them up? I'd say we have had a very easy fixture list so far but our next two months look very difficult.

Finally, the witch hunt. That's nonsense. Rules are there to be adhered to and if our management have failed to adhere to them, then we should be punished. I expect the same for every club.

The bottom line is there is no witch hunt. Yes, Chelsea and Man City were able to spend, spend , spend a few years ago but the rules allowed it. Today they have been tightened up. About time.

 

[The binman chronicles]

If it's a tax issue, shouldn't it be the government going after us? The league only want to to swing their [Poor language removed] around

The referees have asked for assistance as their attempts to send us down haven't worked and even the most ardent RS supporter is starting to see what they are trying to do to us now.