for a supposedly indescretion re ONE transfer from 15 years ago. If they are found guilty then I would have no problem with a 10 point penalty being given similar to Everton for their ONE indiscretion. Football has to be seen to be cleaning up its act.
This then leads me on to how long are the authorities going to take in sorting out the two serious financial cheats, Man City and Chelsea. They seem to be keen to take on the smaller breaches of the rules, but seem oblivous to the two clubs that have all but ruined any sense of a level playing field in the 21st century.
They have opened up a can of worms by penalising Everton, Spurs could be next, and their could be others. But surely they need to now concentrate 100 per cent on bringing both City and Chelsea to book. So many charges against both clubs, and the authorities are seemingly turning a blind eye.
As more and more clubs get dragged into the odd indiscretions, the more the pressure will be build up on the FA, Prem authorities to come clean on why they are not vigorously pursuing both City and Chelsea, and convicting both of serious financial breaches.
Both Chelsea and City had charges brought before either Everton or Spurs, yet still nothing is being done. They must not, and I repeat must not be allowed to get away with their serious cheating, circumnavigating financial rules and all the other unsavoury things they have done to gain an advantage.
Come on FA and Prem, do the right thing now, and start charging both City and Chelsea. No more sitting on the fence. Both clubs are ruining football.
Apparently Spurs are under investigation
posted on 22/11/23
comment by Gilbert Napthine (U15867)
posted 1 minute ago
So thats currently City, Chelsea, Spurs under investigation, with Everton already docked 10 points for a relatively minor offence.
Probably more teams finding themselves in the dock as the season goes on and looking at points deductions.
By the end of April we could be looking at a title shootout between Sheffield United and Burnley...
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Spurs aren’t under investigation - the FA are reviewing. Basically they are VARing 15 years after the fact, there’s no investigation as we’ve admitted to it at the time - so I assume the FA are reviewing why they came to the decision that they did the faaaacking morons
posted on 22/11/23
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Gilbert Napthine (U15867)
posted 1 minute ago
So thats currently City, Chelsea, Spurs under investigation, with Everton already docked 10 points for a relatively minor offence.
Probably more teams finding themselves in the dock as the season goes on and looking at points deductions.
By the end of April we could be looking at a title shootout between Sheffield United and Burnley...
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Spurs aren’t under investigation - the FA are reviewing. Basically they are VARing 15 years after the fact, there’s no investigation as we’ve admitted to it at the time - so I assume the FA are reviewing why they came to the decision that they did the faaaacking morons
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yeah, tongue in cheek comment...
Apparently, the Spurs thing happened in the same season Luton and another team did the same thing. Luton and the other team I can't remember got docked points whilst the FA didn't act against Spurs whilst having all the info right in front of them. This is on the FA really.
posted on 22/11/23
comment by Gilbert Napthine (U15867)
posted 44 seconds ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Gilbert Napthine (U15867)
posted 1 minute ago
So thats currently City, Chelsea, Spurs under investigation, with Everton already docked 10 points for a relatively minor offence.
Probably more teams finding themselves in the dock as the season goes on and looking at points deductions.
By the end of April we could be looking at a title shootout between Sheffield United and Burnley...
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Spurs aren’t under investigation - the FA are reviewing. Basically they are VARing 15 years after the fact, there’s no investigation as we’ve admitted to it at the time - so I assume the FA are reviewing why they came to the decision that they did the faaaacking morons
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yeah, tongue in cheek comment...
Apparently, the Spurs thing happened in the same season Luton and another team did the same thing. Luton and the other team I can't remember got docked points whilst the FA didn't act against Spurs whilst having all the info right in front of them. This is on the FA really.
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Exactly, Luton should be all over the FA for that and getting serious compensation as the knock on effect was they dropped out of the football league with successive demotions.
The PL is too big for the FA to handle, it’s been outgrown and hasn’t moved with the times. All they are doing is picking on the poorer clubs whilst letting the richer get away with it - hence why we didn’t get punished but a Luton did and why potless Everton have had points deducted and nowts happening to City
posted on 22/11/23
I agree with Sandy. This is a weird feeling
posted on 23/11/23
First of all, there's this about ManCity......
The frequently maligned Financial Fair Play (FFP) has again found itself hogging the limelight, following Manchester City’s multiple breaches of Premier League financial rules after a four-year investigation. According to the Premier League, Man City did not adhere to the directives between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons.
"In accordance with Premier League Rule W.82.1, the Premier League confirms that it has today referred a number of alleged breaches of the Premier League Rules by Manchester City Football Club (Club) to a Commission under Premier League Rule W.3.4.," a release from the Premier League stated.
The club responded to the statement, saying they are surprised by the issue of the alleged breaches. The six-time champions confirmed they look forward to putting the matter to rest.
Manchester City were first charged by UEFA for breaching FFP rules in March 2019, which prompted the Premier League to launch its own investigation. However, in July 2020, the Citizens had a two-year suspension from UEFA club competitions overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
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And then there's this about FFP....
Earlier this year, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin confirmed that plans are in place to abolish the Financial Fair Play regulations and replace them with a salary cap and luxury tax.
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So go have fun figuring out what's going on!!
I have not the patience to find out what rules W.82.1 and W.3.4 actually say!
posted on 23/11/23
Has Everton gone to the court of arbitration?
posted on 23/11/23
Those who have questions about FFp could well get their education on this topic at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Financial_Fair_Play_Regulations
frankly its so complicated by sponsorships, benefactors etc. etc,. that I just gave up!!
posted on 23/11/23
As for Spurs being "under investigation" ...Levy should hire Donald Trump for some lessons on delaying tactics!
FFP will go away sometime soon.
posted on 23/11/23
Whilst I agree any transgressions should be punished, I also think that there should be a state of limitations on any potential action being taken against clubs.
Clubs could have changed hands in time and is it fair to punish new owners for someone else’s actions?
Also if there has already been an independent review of what happened with Defoe’s transfer to Portsmouth and findings were passed to the FA who decided no action was needed, how can they go back on that decision.
They have apparently said they might not have had all the relevant information to make an informed decision. Surely that shows a shortcoming in their processes which show not impact on any future decisions.
If you are in a court of law and are cleared, but later on other evidence shows you might be guilty there is very little chance you would be retried unless it involved murder or something equally serious.
I am not excusing Spurs or Portsmouth regarding this improper behaviour, however in mitigation we should be looking at how incompetent the FA are surely?
As for Harry, like Venables, Clough & Graham he operated in very grey areas when it came to finances and dealings with transfers, so it does not come as any surprise that he is involved🤔
posted on 23/11/23
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