But we didn’t fail to fulfil a fixture though as we did play it so it was at best postponed something that happens every season for a myriad of reasons and nothing is ever done.
btw making us play the game was a double punishment as well.
He was probably too busy "making love" in his XXXXL Chelsea shirt.
No it wasn’t
There was no rule at that time
It’s not whataboutery either its is stating a factWhataboutery doesn’t help either.
Yep spurs 12 pts deducted and got them ALL back on appeal.Whataboutery is certainly relevant, seeing as other clubs have been deducted points for various offences and have had the punishment rescinded... apart from the other footballing backwater that is Wigan. I see a pattern.
It’s not whataboutery either its is stating a fact
you are the one using whataboutery as in “I doubt we’d have won many more anyway” the fact is THAT WE DID DO ENOUGH to win 42 points that season.
So if we were “so banged to rights” then why did the finest legal mind in the land think we had a case then to risk his reputation on such a formality.No, I’m expressing a view that the decision galvanised a club that had looked dead and buried for weeks. That’s not whataboutery. Pointing at the punishment of other clubs when compared to our punishment is whataboutery. And it’s irrelevant.
Simply cash.So if we were “so banged to rights” then why did the finest legal mind in the land think we had a case then to risk his reputation on such a formality.
or was George simply doing it for the cash
So if we were “so banged to rights” then why did the finest legal mind in the land think we had a case then to risk his reputation on such a formality.
or was George simply doing it for the cash
Carmen was a criminal barrister who was successful because of his effect on juries. Instructing him for an admin law case with no jury was another awful decision.
If a club is willing to pay then the lawyer will do his best for them and I’m sure he did. I didn’t say it was cut and dried either. I said that failing to fulfil a fixture without approval in advance and in writing was a ridiculously bad decision and we got ultimately what we deserved.
Yes there was. In order to postpone a fixture ‘just cause’ had to be shown. In the absence of just cause the penalty of a points deduction was available to the Premier League.
Whataboutery doesn’t help either. We unilaterally decided to postpone without having got permission in writing. It was negligent. That’s not being ok with it, it’s simply an objective analysis of what happened.
If we were told we had to determine just cause for ourselves how could we have got permission in writing? Unless you don't believe the club's account, in which case fair enough. But I've seen nothing to suggest it's false.
You make it sound like the club just called it off on a whim. I'm pretty sure their account of trying to get guidance is correct. The fact said advice was not particularly clear maybe should have set alarm bells ringing and maybe they were naïve. But I do believe they tried to act in good faith and they're certainly not the only party at fault. As such a 3 points seems ridiculously harsh.
How other clubs have been treated is relevant. A precedent was set with how they dealt with us. They then wheeled back on this when other, better connected clubs broke the rules. There's a reason Gibson started cultivating relationships in the FA/premier league after the event.
Yep spurs 12 pts deducted and got them ALL back on appeal.
Exactly. Apparently that's whataboutery though. I guess it's the same with Sheff Wed getting theirs back too.
Lots of teams postponing PL fixtures on the basis of just cause it seems. Funny I must have missed them all.
Who said anything about lots of teams?! Stop making things up just to further your argument. Flawed as it is.