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I get that it's not black and white and he can offer mitigations but he was still guilty of the charge the minute he accepted it. If you choose not to accept the charge then you're admitting responsibility for it.

Have you got a source for that mate? I'm fairly certain that when you accept the charge you establish your guilt at that point.

If he didn't contest the charge (which surely he didn't) then guilt will have been established long before last week's hearing.

Window for 3 opens this morning.

They got 9 in PL and 10 the year we went up under Adkins. Might have got another 10 in L1 too?

I agree the rules are bollocks but this is bigger than them simply overspending in relation to the rules isn't it? Under the table payments and submitting false accounts is a whole different level to spending beyond the financial rules limits like say Leicester did.

Fair enough mate, I'll bow to your superior knowledge on this one. Why do you think some clubs already registered their intent years back? Just to make sure?

Not sure how accurate it is but I read somewhere that there is a statute of limitations on clubs being able to sue and given the period in question falls outside of it only clubs who have already reserved that option will be able to make claims.

If they expel them then they'll have to decide whether there's one less relegation place or one extra promotion place and either option will bring legal challenges from other clubs. Whereas a 70-80 point deduction means they go down anyway and effects less of the pyramid.

The SPL minus Rangers is much more devalued than the PL minus City. Plus they're not the same situation at all. Rangers were insolvent and were liquidated.

I think it'll be a point deduction big enough to relegate them. Think they'll prefer that route to actual expulsion as it doesn't cause issues elsewhere in the pyramid.

Yeah I doubt most of their original fans are that arsed. Think the bigger issue for the club might be legal implications rather than sporting ones.

I notice the City forum hasn't crashed. Take note @stevegrant 😁

Rangers situation not at all comparable.

Out of interest, why does it bother you so much? You can choose to believe it or not but it's a bit weird this obsession you have with calling this specific poster out.