I am watching Sky Sports pre-match show now, and everybody on the table saying this 10-point deduction was harsh, and if you want to punish people, punish the owners and this and that…

I get it, Man City has over 100 allegations, and Chelsea has some too but that doesn’t change the fact Everton is in the wrong as well, personally, I think they will be fine even with the points deductions there are teams worse than them and they are playing well enough to be safe till the end of the season.

And if the end of the day, it’s proven Man City and Chelsea are also in the wrong, punish them, simple as that.

I just don’t get the feeling of “oh poor lads, they don’t deserve this…” Please, we have teams in history that suffered way more than a simple 10-point deduction and the level of outrage wasn’t near the same. We have teams that played in the Premier League out of league football because of poor management.

  • Exp1ode@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Everton have been put at risk of relegation for a relatively minor issue. Compare that to Man City, where the allegations are far worse, yet even if punished, are unlikely to get near relegation. Of course, it’s possible that Man City receive a proportional punishment if found guilty, but I wouldn’t hold my breath

    • _pjanic@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      If they ever get around to actually charging City, I think they’ll get auto-relegated. Which isn’t much of a penalty as the EFL can’t sanction them against their rules because by the time they have documentation, City will be back in the PL.

      But notice the first word of the previous paragraph. I think it’s still more likely than not that the confluence of international UK relations, lack of spinal rigidity on the PL and/or FA, and let’s call them “unrecorded transactions” along with a dash of lawyerly overkill will carry the day.