Blades in strife?

[Block 86]

Why ?

Cannot see it.

Their owner would surely scrape the money together and pray for promotion first.

when you're in financial trouble you protect your best asset. Its conceivable that Sheff Utd isn't his prime asset Just a thought.

 

[RedAsABeetroot]

Ah. I see. So that the deduction comes the following season to have a sporting impact. What happens if you get promoted? Can they deduct the points the next time you are in the championship, even if it's a few years later?

Should be relegated from Prem to League 2 in these circumstances.

 

[sambaDTR]

Thought it was an April 1st report when it said Dozy Mmobuosi wants to take over! Evidently he is a real businessman.

 

[StillCantPickAUsername]

Don’t want them to win in fa cup this weekend now then cos that’ll be more money in the sky rocket.

 

[parmoboy]

I can't understand how the top 2 can get promoted when they've broken rules. You should have to forfeit promotion if you're found to have broken rules mid-season.

Burnley had a transfer embargo given to them in March, when they can't sign anyone and practically promoted anyway. That'll learn em.

 

[sambaDTR]

Thought it was an April 1st report when it said Dozy Mmobuosi wants to take over! Evidently he is a real businessman.

The future owner of Sheffield United?

Who is Dozy Mmobuosi? The man set to seal £90m Sheffield United takeover

In the very near future, Sheffield United look set to be under new ownership after current custodian Prince Abdullah accepted a £90 million offer for the club last month.

footballleagueworld.co.uk

Hope he is better than the bloke I dealt with in Nigeria. I gave him my bank details and I am still waiting for my £10,000,000,000,000,000.

 

[MolteniArcore]

Deduct 12 points now. Get it over with - it's certainly a p1s5 take that they already have a transfer embargo!

 

[festa5]

I'm surprised no-one has pointed out yet that the "Boro way" would be to see them end up with a massive points deduction and for us to let Luton catch us

 

[Huddboro]

I'm surprised no-one has pointed out yet that the "Boro way" would be to see them end up with a massive points deduction and for us to let Luton catch us

We’ll win today and all will be fine. As I’ve said above, if it was nonsense then the club would’ve denied it to let the fans know; the fact they haven’t leads me to think they’re in big trouble.

 

[Jonny Ingbar]

I think last time that happened they agreed a fine with QPR didn't they?

Fining a club that has deliberately overspent to gain an unfair advantage strikes me as the ultimate irony.

 

[BiggEggo]

I thought there was a Nigerian Prince coming in with an offer? WCPGW. All sounds a bit Mel Morris to me.

 

[Andybarca]

 

[FishofContemplation]

To answer the OP, do I believe a story that lists amongst its “extraordinary cost cutting measures” turning off the under soil heating in the third week of March on the first properly sunny and warm day of spring. Or do I think it might be a bit overhyped. Tough one that.

 

[FishofContemplation]

Ah. I see. So that the deduction comes the following season to have a sporting impact. What happens if you get promoted? Can they deduct the points the next time you are in the championship, even if it's a few years later?

Pretty sure the deduction comes the following season ONLY if a club are relegated without it. Sheffield United aren’t going to be relegated even with it. So if administration happened at any time in the Normal Playing Season (and I don’t think it will), even after the March cutoff, they’re getting it this season. And it’s certainly not happening after that if they’ve gone up and secured access to all that lovely cash.

 

[BoroMart]

To answer the OP, do I believe a story that lists amongst its “extraordinary cost cutting measures” turning off the under soil heating in the third week of March on the first properly sunny and warm day of spring. Or do I think it might be a bit overhyped. Tough one that.

I think the story was that they turned it off about 10 days ago, during a cold snap and Heckingbottom talked about the effects of having to train indoors

 

[SilentProf]

Fining a club that has deliberately overspent to gain an unfair advantage strikes me as the ultimate irony.

Any fine in these cases needs to be all additional TV and other income resulting from the promotion, including parachute payments. Either that or a points deduction to below the playoff spots at the end of the season with the 3rd placed team or losing playoff finalists taking their place in the next division up.

 

[Jonny Ingbar]

Any fine in these cases needs to be all additional TV and other income resulting from the promotion, including parachute payments. Either that or a points deduction to below the playoff spots at the end of the season with the 3rd placed team or losing playoff finalists taking their place in the next division up.

I think fines are essentially just repeating what was the actual rule breaking in the first place.

These clubs deliberately overspend to gain an unfair advantage.

Any fine is within that same strategy and therefore calculated by the clubs as a risk they are willing to take.

Points is the only sanction that had any teeth at all.

 

[SilentProf]

I think fines are essentially just repeating what was the actual rule breaking in the first place.

These clubs deliberately overspend to gain an unfair advantage.

Any fine is within that same strategy and therefore calculated by the clubs as a risk they are willing to take.

Points is the only sanction that had any teeth at all.

That’s what I was trying to say. The only way a fine would possibly work is to make it high enough to take away all incentive to overspend in the first place and hand it to the teams left behind in the Championship.

 

[Jonny Ingbar]

That’s what I was trying to say. The only way a fine would possibly work is to make it high enough to take away all incentive to overspend in the first place and hand it to the teams left behind in the Championship.

Yes agree with that.

Whichever way you look at it however, it seems the FFP regulations arent working, given the amount of clubs that are failing financially - the issue the rules were introduced to prevent.

Wigan, Birmingham, Sheff Utd, Reading, Huddersfield, Blackburn, West Brom, Stoke, Bristol City and Coventry all have issues to some extent, some precarious enough to be worried about being solvent.

 

[Glover_elbow]

If they get to the fa cup final give the opposition 3 goals start as punishment make it a complete non event for the club. That will teach them to cheat.