Why do I see endless waves of everton fans say they haven’t broke any rules, and everything will be turned over through appeal?
Has any one seen the latest athletic article?
Everton football club are really in trouble here, and I believe all 3 teams looking for a court case will win. That is another possible 9 point deduction.
Also, all this talk of a hostile goodison on the weekend, for what gain?
Second question would be, why does everyone now relate this to Man City? Since when have Man City ever been comparable to any other team in the prem?
Fairness is something we can all agree on, but it’s not the way it works.
Does anyone else think Everton are safe, even with another 9 point deduction, because I do. But I digress, why do Everton fans feel they have done nothing wrong?
Everton don’t deny that they broke the P&S rule. They admit pretty much at the start of the Independent Commission document - the question is about the severity of the breach and any mitigating factors for the punishment - but they aren’t denying that they did it at any point
Everton had 1 P&S breach, City have 3. City were the first to have the charge brought against them, Everton were second, but because the Everton case is smaller (in amount of charges and the fact they didn’t deny it, unlike City) it was quick to get to a judgement
The mad bit about the City one is that the timetable is secret. Given the severity of the charges, the timing of any potential punishment will make it an absolute mess
Let’s say they get kicked out of the PL at the start of September. Are they supposed to play out a season that means nothing? Are the EFL supposed to accept them in?
Let’s say they get kicked out 31st of May. They then start playing in a lower tier. What happens if they successfully appeal? Are they supposed to get reinstated into the PL? At what point?
No matter what, if there are punishments held against City, it’s going to become a mess because they’re going to fight it tooth and nail and the timetable and severity make it almost impossible to do cleanly
You don’t kick them out the PL you hand them a crazy point deduction just throwing out a number -150 points to be carried out in the following season, if we’re at the end of the current one. Or if it’s early enough In the current season just hand it to them like they have done Everton.
The crazy deduction more or less guarantees relegation. If the appeal is in the season, that points are given, then you can just take them away and the season carries on as normal.
Just throwing an idea around.
Plus if people think the Everton lawsuits are bad, imagine what will happen with the teams City beat to win trophies over the years.
Exactly this, it would turn the sport into a game of ligation all across the pyramid. If allowed to go through, not only relegated teams would be able to sue, but also teams that: missed out on promotion, didn’t win a title/trophy, European qualifications, etc.
I personally find it laughable that the teams allegedly suing us think Everton losing $20 million and having one of the worst runs of form in our history with a shoestring transfer budget somehow gave us an unfair advantage. I’m sorry, but if you managed to play worse football than Everton under Rafa/Lampard, that one is on your club. We’ve been absolutely horrid.
I can also think of an interesting hypothetical where if Everton were to get relegated as a result of a further nine point deduction from administration caused by a $300m liability hit, ironically we would have standing to countersue. It is completely stupid, leave the lawyers out of football.