Lundan Cabbie":2ns1r1v8 said:
Argy1e":2ns1r1v8 said:
Liam Vercoe":2ns1r1v8 said:
And the football league think a points deduction and transfer embargo will help them out. Absolute joke.
It's not about helping them, it's not their job to help them. It's to punish them for financial mismanagement and set a warning to other teams.
Harsh but very true
Some would say harsh others would argue that financial mismanagement and years of spending beyond their means has put them at an unfair advantage over those who have spent what they could afford. A 12 point deduction is nothing compared to year upon year of financial advantages they gained on other people's money.
At times like this though it's the fans I feel for. The people like us not too long ago who had little say in the financial dealings of the club yet are the only ones left to pick up the pieces when the owners inevitably do a runner.
12 points is too little too late as far as I'm concerned. The authorities should be stepping in long before administrators get called in. Stop encouraging financial risk taking by dishing out parachute payments, close the gap between the FL and PL to prevent clubs throwing every penny they can convince people into giving them to achieve the big pay day, challenge owners on their accounts and threaten to take the club off them when they refuse to change.
The FL are doing a disservice to football fans by their continued chasing of PL riches and foreign markets. Their primary role is to manage and protect the game and the clubs that play it. Enhance the game by targeting foreign markets if needs be but that cannot be done at the expense of their bread and butter role as regulator for the 72 teams in their divisions.