http://www.teamtalk.com/cardiff-city/6923436/QPR-decision-rubbish-timing-Jones Cardiff manager Dave Jones labelled the timing of the FA's decision not to hand a points deduction to champions QPR as "rubbish". The final outcome of the drawn-out affair involving the transfer of Alejandro Faurlin was made public just an hour before kick-off on Saturday, the final day of the season. Speaking after promotion-chasing City, who could have benefited from a points deduction, drew 1-1 at Burnley, Jones said: "It's rubbish timing. If I'd have known I would have played six of my loans (clubs are only allowed five in their matchday 18)." Asked if the announcement should have been delayed until after the game, Jones replied: "Ask them (the FA). "We just had to tell the players to go out, keep playing, and do the right stuff. I don't think it had an effect on the players. "I want to talk about us getting to the play-offs now rather than stuff we've got no control over. I'm sure the other clubs in the division and their hierarchy will deal with it, rather than the managers. It's not for me to get into the realms of what they should have done or what they shouldn't have done. We abide by all the rules and everybody else should." Says a lot about the man.... especially when he says "we abide by all the rules" (they don't) and "everybody else should" (we did). He's obviously one sheep short of a party....
"We abide by the rules!" LMFAO ============================= Same division but different rules for Cardiff City • Cardiff cannot face same charges as QPR • Welsh club answerable only to League and FA of Wales * Matt Scott * The Guardian, Thursday 5 May 2011 * Article history Events at the Cardiff City Stadium are governed by the FA of Wales, rather than the English FA. Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA Wire/Press Association Images Cardiff City will have no case to answer from the Football Association even if it is proved by the Football League that they have permitted third parties to exercise control over their players. At a time when Queens Park Rangers face a possible points deduction over the Alejandro FaurlÃÂn affair, differing regulations apply to the third-placed Welsh club in the same division. Seven days before FA charges arose against QPR in March, Digger revealed that Cardiff hold arrangements that may point to similar third-party influence over team affairs. Cardiff's director and lawyer, Alan Whiteley, denies that the agreements the club hold with the Cayman Islands-registered Player Finance Fund (PFF) constitute third-party influence. The matter is the subject of an ongoing investigation by the Football League. The arrangements pre-date the League's adoption of third-party rules at the beginning of this season. So its inquiry relates instead to whether Ray Ranson, the former chairman of Coventry, exercised any influence over Cardiff's affairs through Sport Asset Capital, his investment company, or the apparently connected PFF, as indicated in Cardiff's accounts. This would be illegal under dual-influence rules. It is believed Ranson, who along with his friend and vice-chairman, Gary Hoffman, quit Coventry in March, denies that either he or any company connected with him has made loans to Cardiff. Complicated? There is one simple fact, however: even if it were proved that Cardiff players were under the control of the chairman of a rival Championship club – which under FA rules might ordinarily lead to a severepoints deduction – there could be no repercussions as there are against QPR. That is because Cardiff are answerable only to the League and to the FA of Wales. An FAW spokesman said on Wednesday: "We have nothing in our statutes to cover third-party ownership of players." Surely it is time for Welsh clubs for them to yield to English rules.
i think he's just more upset at the fact that his bottle job players managed to make Cardiff finish fourth and this will be viewed as an under-achievement by most especially considering the hype they were given at the start of the season for having the best team in the championship. as it is, if he wants to appeal and we got deducted points, swansea not cardiff would finish in 2nd and get promoted which i cant imagine going down very well amongst cardiffs supporters. he just cant accept the fact that his team finished outside of the automatic places due to choking their last 2 games
