So basically, Leicester Everton and Forest were cheating. Absolutely outrageous and us and Leeds should be suing the EPL and the other clubs here. Plus Chelsea and city who are just getting away with murder
I see the end of FFP in sight. If they're seriously going to start handing out points deductions then it can't be long until somebody is prepared to challenge it.
Seems very coincidental that FFP has been around for years and they are only starting to hand out deductions when the big teams were threatening to leave with the Super League, and the teams in breach have all been the bottom feeders
I think the top 6 are terrified of any "normal" club doing a Leicester ever again and are throwing their teddies out of the pram. The whole FFP rules are bent as **** anyway. How the hell are teams supposed to compete in the league without spending ££££ of the owners money? I really really wish the top 6 had ****ed off to create their own super league.
4 points get deducted, Forest get relegated, but then they sell the players that they cheated to buy in the first place, make more money than their rivals, reinforce, get promoted first time of asking. Is that the script? Just want to know how many times we're going to get f*cked over by cheats.
My plan to fix the financial rules that I've put no more than two minutes of thought into: Part The First -- target competitive penalties (points deductions, embargos) at debt, rather than spending. The current system is silly: it's possible to get mired deep in debt while staying on the right side of FFP, and it's possible to run afoul of FFP while still being financially healthy. So instead, set a maximum value for the amount of debt that a club can carry relative to turnover or whatever. Your owner wants to spend comical sums? They can, so long as that debt is converted to equity before the season is over. Owners can go broke, but teams cannot (or at least teams will really struggle to). Side benefit: no more Glazer-style leveraged buyouts. Part The Second -- a luxury tax. Teams have a soft cap on turnover based on, I don't know, the previous year's revenues or league position or drawing straws, someone smarter can figure it out. They can spend above that cap, but for every £ above their threshold, they pay an additional percentage of that overage into a big pot of money. This pot of money is then distributed, equally, between every non-tax-paying club in the PL and FL. Man City and Newcastle want to get into some inane sovereign wealth fund dick-measuring contest? Perfect. You just funded Swindon's new training ground. It's on the moon, because they could.
Gary Neville explained it very well recently. It’s foolish to have ffp based around revenue and prevent owners from investing in their own Club. Instead the revenue of the wealthiest clubs should be a limit for every club, but rather than debt, the money being spent must be converted into equity at the start of the season. Spending 200m this summer, okies, just put it in the bank before we get underway. This is apparently how it works in league 1?
We played him and risked him a few times when he was injured if I recall. Didn’t Hasenhüttl say something about it
Tonali charged with more betting offences. Sandro Tonali charged by FA for alleged betting rules breaches - BBC Sport
Is this new, or is it something I have missed? (I miss a lot - a bit like Che TBH) Apparently the Premier League has changed/are changing their rules on ball boys/girls being able to give a ball to the players, as it has been decided that the home team was getting an unfair advantage. Balls must now be placed on a cone and collected by the player taking a throw in or corner.
Poor Tino. Finally gets a chance to start at RB, but after just 17 minutes he gets swapped over to LB.
