West Brom Points Deduction???

[jackharris]

West Brom face points deduction which could relegate them over alleged breach

Championship strugglers West Bromwich Albion have been charged with an alleged breach of financial rules but are fighting to delay any possible sanctions until next season

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[bakajack]

This would be... interesting
West Brom desperate to pull off every delaying tactic possible to make any penalties hit next season rather than this
Depending on the last few games this might help Oxford escape the drop and send them down along with Leicester.

Now THAT would be funny and would no doubt serve as a message from the FA to other clubs about managing finances.

 

[jackharris]

If I could have my way I would like it to be Blackburn and Leicester to go down with Wednesday. Blackburn because it’s so far away and we now seem to play them mid week. Leicester because it’s just funny after their fans saying ‘Poor Swansea’ on their message boards after they got Sousa as their manager. Also because they had some fans who were moaning the league was too easy for them the last time they got promoted, which it was for a while 3 seasons back because they had a multimillion pound Prem squad.

I don’t want Oxford or Portsmouth to be relegated because with Pompey it’s nice to have South Coast sides to play and with Oxford it is not another Northern team and is not too bad to get to. If West Brom get the points deduction, I hope it is Leicester who joins them if they get relegated.

 

[J_B]

If I could have my way I would like it to be Blackburn and Leicester to go down with Wednesday. Blackburn because it’s so far away and we now seem to play them mid week. Leicester because it’s just funny after their fans saying ‘Poor Swansea’ on their message boards after they got Sousa as their manager. Also because they had some fans who were moaning the league was too easy for them the last time they got promoted, which it was for a while 3 seasons back because they had a multimillion pound Prem squad.

I don’t want Oxford or Portsmouth to be relegated because with Pompey it’s nice to have South Coast sides to play and with Oxford it is not another Northern team and is not too bad to get to. If West Brom get the points deduction, I hope it is Leicester who joins them if they get relegated.

Yes, "poor Swansea" because they got Sousa and we got some bloke called Brendan Rodgers.
That aged well.

 

[bakajack]

If I could have my way I would like it to be Blackburn and Leicester to go down with Wednesday. Blackburn because it’s so far away and we now seem to play them mid week. Leicester because it’s just funny after their fans saying ‘Poor Swansea’ on their message boards after they got Sousa as their manager. Also because they had some fans who were moaning the league was too easy for them the last time they got promoted, which it was for a while 3 seasons back because they had a multimillion pound Prem squad.

I don’t want Oxford or Portsmouth to be relegated because with Pompey it’s nice to have South Coast sides to play and with Oxford it is not another Northern team and is not too bad to get to. If West Brom get the points deduction, I hope it is Leicester who joins them if they get relegated.

Don't forget the fact that they got promoted while completely disregarding the financial fair play rules set out by the FA for the Championship that season and argued (with the Premier League agreeing with them) that the FA didn't have the authority to levy a punishment against a Premier League side.

When they got relegated and the Premier League charged them with the same thing they tried to argue that the Premier League didn't have the authority to punish a Football Association team. Unlike when the FA appealed to them and they washed their hands of it when the shoe was on the other foot the PL didn't spare any resources to lobby with the FA to change the rules so that Leicester could be punished.

 

[IsraJack]

Regarding that, a very troubling article:

Is the Championship heading for financial 'catastrophe'

 

[Ringwood]

I doubt the reduction will kick in this season.