Good Morning. It's Friday 22nd March, and here are the latest headlines from Elland Road Foxes charged with breaking FFP rules Championship promotion rivals Leicester City have been formally charged with breaking Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR), the Premier League have confirmed. Unfortunately for Leeds, and the rest of the Championship, the news comes too late in the day to make a dent to change the dynamics of the table, as any point reductions won't happen until next season. According to Sky Sports journalist Keveh Solhekol, the charges relate to when they were a top flight team, hence the matter will be dealt with by the Premier League. That's not to say that their overspending hasn't had a knock on effect this season. Man for man, Leicester City arguably have the strongest (or at least the second strongest) squad in the Championship “What could be really controversial in this case is: Leicester City are in the Championship at the moment. They’re fighting for promotion, they’re second in the table just behind Leeds with nine games to play. “But there’s the very real prospect that, if they are found guilty, we know what happens in these cases, teams are hit with a points deduction. We have the very real prospect that, if they’re found guilty, if they get a points deduction, if they’re promoted, they could start next season in the Premier League on -4, -6, -8 points. “These alleged breaches happened over a three-year period when Leicester were in the Premier League, so it is alleged that they broke Premier League rules. It isn’t to do with the EFL, but I can understand why some of their competitors in the EFL would be saying they had an unfair competitive advantage because of this. I think it puts into sharp focus how controversial these rules have turned out to be.” please log in to view this image International round-up Joe Rodon, Ethan Ampadu and Connor Roberts all started for Wales last night, as Rob Page's side comfortably beat Finland 4-1. Dan James came on for the last 18 minutes, and netted Wales fourth in the dying minutes. Glen Kamara started for Finland. Bulgaria (Gruev), England U21's (Gray and Cresswell), Italy U21's (Gnonto) and Scotland (Cooper) all kick off later today, whilst Junior Firpo is set to make his first appearance for the Dominican Republic tomorrow. Let's hope everyone can stay injury free. please log in to view this image Summerville being looked by Holland could be blessing in disguise Many were surprised when Crysencio Summerville was overlooked by Ronald Koeman for Holland's upcoming fixtures against Scotland and Germany, but could it be a blessing in disguise? We know by what we've been told by Daniel Farke, that 'Jimmy' has been struggling to overcome niggles, which has meant missing some training sessions. Although he still tops the 'Whoscored' ratings with a phenomenal score of 7.70, his recent contributions have not quite lived up to expectations. Since Boxing Day (17 games ago), Summerville has netted five times, and provided 2 assists; furthermore, he has failed to do either for the last seven games. It is hoped that the International break will give him a well deserved rest, and time to recharge his batteries. please log in to view this image
Morning all. FFP is a joke and getting worse with every season that passes. Didn't see it but a great result for Wales. Means our lads will return in a positive frame of mind if they can win the decider. That can only be a good thing surely
The thing is though Eire, 7 professional English footballers (plus substitutes) didn't achieve that feat in the game today
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Think there has to be some regulation related to ffp. However the issues are complex. Since Chelski and Man City have gotten rich, they’ve changed the nature of English (and to a degree, World) football. Fairly average players now go for £15-20m a pop, wages for young promising kids £20k a week (I’m generalising). This is unsustainable to the vast majority of clubs, including quite a few in the EPL. For that reason, I think ffp is worthwhile, because without it I reckon things would be worse, and as a fan for 60 yrs I don’t wanna see us implode like we did under PR Pete anytime soon. My beef is that clubs such as Chelski and City have likely gotten away with stuff before the regulators have acted. I’m glad those now in the dock (Everton/Forest and Lesta)are now being punished. Whether the punishment fits the crime is questionable. But I think, as the January transfer window demonstrated, clubs are finally wising up. Reckon it’ll take another 3 yrs for the dust to finally settle.
Non-league football day today. Anyone going to a local match? I'm on a coach to Slough Town to see if Eastbourne Borough can get the 3 points to stave off relegation. Imagine following Leeds United and then choosing a local side to watch stress free football and then experiencing the same thing! New owner, changed the club set up, sacked the manager, let 6 players go, sold the best 5 players, put prices up, having a terrible season, CEO no-one speaks well of.... Still owner plans to do a 'Wrexham within 5 seasons. Supposedly worth £400m.
Off to watch Chester v South Shields in the NLN, then rushing to Llandudno for the 2nd half of the Welsh Cup semi final between Connahs Quay Nomads and Bala Town
