At least this is a good season to take a 10 point penalty. Everton will still probably be safe. Luton and Burnley are so bad that 2 of the 3 relegation spots are already decided.
Everton were on reasonably good form. I am 99% sure they will be safe.
I honestly would not mind taking a 10 point penalty this season.
I dont exclude Chelsea.
There is a story about how Roman might have been paying players off the books. I will be honest I suspected something like that was happening and its a huge part of why I love Roman. Whatever happens, I will always have the great memories.
5 Premier League titles, 2 UCLs, 5 FA cups, 2 Europa leagues and 3 energy drink cups.
Memories are priceless. Great moments no matter what happens.
I think rational City fans feel the same way.
We arent goliaths like Liverpool, Man United or Arsenal. Clubs like Chelsea were never meant to win that amount of silverware.
I believe City broke the rules to accomplish this.
Unpopular opinion: I find FFP to be biased rules established to entrench the existing Hierarchy.
I am not really offended by City paying their players too much. Employers paying employees too much is not something that offends me.
If the premier league had rules that made sense like a hard salary cap I would care, but FFP is so biased and rigged against any club that isnt liverpool, man united and arsenal, so I dont really care.
Unjust laws/rules being broken dont offend me.
Rules that allow some clubs to spend 4 times as much as a club like bournemouth is inherently unfair. Just because one entity is bigger and more established we implement rules that they can pay their employees more? Thats fair to you?
nah, congrats man city. you broke the rules, but these rules are BS.
I will be honest, I suspected this was happening and its a huge part of why I love Roman. Whatever happens, I will always have the great memories.
5 Premier League titles, 2 UCLs, 5 FA cups, 2 Europa leagues and 3 energy drink cups.
Memories are priceless. Great moments no matter what happens.
I think rational City fans feel the same way.
“Whereas the top clubs are given special treatment”
I mean FFP does this as well.
Eg. Restaurant A has an early start in a neighborhood and earns 4 times as much revenue as Restaurant B.
Every good chef Restaurant B hires gets poached away by Restaurant A, because the local laws dictate Restaurant A can spend 4 times as much on payroll and the ingredients it buys.
Do you think this is fair competition?
The way FFP is setup, whether intentional or not creates an established hierarchy
Edit: Hopefully Everton win on appeal. They arent going to enforce the rules on the big clubs so they shouldnt on the small clubs.