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Some of you lot need to go for a beer or a wank, maybe both

Fair play to him for taking the stand. Should never have come to this. Shame on FIFA/UEFA for continuing to allow that state to participate in international football.

Or perhaps they support their home team but prefer not to live in a northern shit-hole? Just a thought.

I remember when we got the punishment from the EFL, I know it’s a different governing body but the speakers man said that the 4 point deduction was for the league transgressions, and with punishments like that they always try to look forward rather than back. With Man City, while I firmly expect a relatively light punishment, I’d be 99% sure that any punishment will only affect future competitions and will not look to strip them of anything.

This might help us though. They cannot let City off and then hammer us in the same breath...right? Oh.

And so the softening up in the media for the eventual slap on the wrist begins

None of that is going to happen. Its not like they set an analyst up behind a tree with a phone or anything. A short transfer ban, a low 7-figure fine, and a secret payout to top officials will suffice, am I right?

Any manager that gets Luton Town in Premier League has to be good.

If the Premier League expel Man City from the Premier League I don’t think the EFL have to accept them automatically into any of the leagues they control. They could refuse and City could find themselves without a league to play in. This would leave PL one team short without upsetting the number of teams in the lower leagues unless PL and EFL come to a one off agreement on 2 less teams being relegated from PL or one more team being promoted from Championship. Does that make sense and is that scenario also a possibility even if unlikely?

Wish he’d refused to play for us

I could even understand someone defending the general idea of what he is doing and still think he is a fucking idiot.

There are no words for this post. Full George Galloway and Tucker Carlson. The idea that a sensible person thinks Russia isn't expansionist and that they want to keep their 'fight' to Ukraine only (as if that's acceptable even if it were true) is a level of propaganda swallowing that I didn't consider possible. Have you ever listened to Putin opine at length about his version of history?

A bit cynical, but the idea is like a playground for the minnows to wear the king's crown for a day whilst the fat cats get fatter. Being in the PL as is at least gives us the ability to make the giants wobble.

It's not those who lost out on a cup or Champions League place that were affected by Man City's misdemeanours. It is quite literally every single team they played in that period. A City that rejects the path of financial doping creates a timeline that is completely different, as every game a team plays has many second- and third-order effects. Watford lost to City in their FA Cup final, but so did Brighton in the SF - if Brighton beats that weaker City, they get to participate in the final and potentially win it themselves. Even a minnow beaten in the third round could have theoretically won it all. And what about the academy? In a world where City play fair, they are likely less successful, having less profit to invest into a top-quality academy and less clout to lure in prospects. These fine margins could have led to some players not joining City and compounding their success when sold on for large profits or integrated into the first team. Then that weakens City further in the older age groups and men's first team squad. It's an absolutely disgraceful situation.

Rumours that bazunu will just stand still in goal in protest. Odds on a clean sheet for Ireland have shortened on hearing the news.

Not as an exclusive entity as originally intended, but there is a case for extending the pyramid another notch. As long as it is accessible to everyone, it would vastly improve the Premier league, as that would become a bit more wild west like the Championship. You can imagine that quality run clubs, like Brentford or Brighton, having a real dig at the title. Plus teams like Saints wouldn't have to pile on debt to survive in the top division.

Same for all the big clubs in the premier league very few live anywhere near the club they support.... Aka glory hunters I find it weird but each to their own

Make them members of the Asian federations, ( they are not part of Europe ).

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Not the first time Bazunu hasn’t performed in fairness

Just like Russia, Israel should be banned from all major international / continental sporting events. Incredible that they have not been

Sadly not re Middlesex

It’s a moot point now, the game is set to go ahead.

The answer, of course is that we want Ukraine to survive. In supporting them, however, the risk to their supporters increases. I think it's a risk we must take btw, but it's a risk that cannot be ignored. Regardless, this deviates from the subject of the thread, and my point lighthouse. My point that got him heated was that I see Israel as more expansionist than Russia, and a greater threat to peace. We then went down a rabbit hole.