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Yeah it's quite mad to think that 20 years ago overspending wouldn't even be against the rules. They deserve big punishment but the rules are bollocks. Think both HMRC and the police will be involved eventually.

Arguably would be just as much fun if not more so than winning the treble.

I don't. If anything I'm jealous of them. Reach the very top of the sport, see your team win the lot, and then just as the tourists start to take over you're thrown down the leagues and get your club back. Sounds class tbh.

Nah sporting sanctions for breaching these rules are already established and this is the worst case of it. Be surprised if they expel them though and think it'll just be a big enough points deduction to relegate them alongside a multi year transfer ban.

If offered today I'd take having their last 15 years and then being booted down the leagues afterwards.

I was planning on going to West Brom but not sure I can be arsed for yet another weeknight trip there. Bit annoyed it wasn't a weekend this year.

The league allocation they give is 3k. Why would they give us more and displace their season ticket holders?

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.