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I'm leaving the messageboards and blogs well alone after I write this til Friday pm, if not, I fear for my sanity and would disrupt the usual day to day stuff! By the time I "wake up", hopefully this nightmare will be over...
1. Palios - I would surmise that if he has ANY remaining contacts at the FA, they would not be in any position to cast comment on our case. In fact, given the way Palios was known for treating his staff during his short tenure as Chief Exec, I'd be mildly surprised if anyone at all was still on anything more than "professional business terms" with him, least of all people like Graham Mackrell on the disciplinary commitee. He's based his comments on the Luton scenario (co-incidentally under his watch!) which do not bear close scrutiny to our charges.
2. Points deduction - this will still happen IMO as I've said pretty consistently BUT, I don't think will be anywhere near the 15-30 some media doom mongers are getting excitable about. Fine "could" be around £5m if no points are deducted.
3. The charges. 7 charges, of which two are personally applicable to GP (no points deduction possible there). Of the 5 charges against the club, by far the most serious is the one of knowingly submitting false paperwork. This is the one that will cause the most bother and the one that a paper trail "could" lead to worse things to follow. There is a disrepute charge (no point deduction), the unauthorised agent charge (£30k fine precedent this season). I can see only two of those 5 charges that, in my PERSONAL opinion, could feasibly result in a points deduction in a worse case scenario.
4. Paul Smith's Twitter info.... if correct, this is an incredibly bad move. Sets us up as the "bad guys", makes us look shifty and doing anything we can to avoid ANY hearing despite the protestations (and submission to the FA) of complete innocence. I doubt the FA would look on this favourably.
5. Cardiff or Swansea would not be punished for an identical incident as the FAW rules have no criteria over 3rd party ownership. Yet Cardiff or Swansea stand to gain a £60m place in the PL for us committing an offence that they could not be charged with. Fair?
God speed.....see you all on the other side.
1. Palios - I would surmise that if he has ANY remaining contacts at the FA, they would not be in any position to cast comment on our case. In fact, given the way Palios was known for treating his staff during his short tenure as Chief Exec, I'd be mildly surprised if anyone at all was still on anything more than "professional business terms" with him, least of all people like Graham Mackrell on the disciplinary commitee. He's based his comments on the Luton scenario (co-incidentally under his watch!) which do not bear close scrutiny to our charges.
2. Points deduction - this will still happen IMO as I've said pretty consistently BUT, I don't think will be anywhere near the 15-30 some media doom mongers are getting excitable about. Fine "could" be around £5m if no points are deducted.
3. The charges. 7 charges, of which two are personally applicable to GP (no points deduction possible there). Of the 5 charges against the club, by far the most serious is the one of knowingly submitting false paperwork. This is the one that will cause the most bother and the one that a paper trail "could" lead to worse things to follow. There is a disrepute charge (no point deduction), the unauthorised agent charge (£30k fine precedent this season). I can see only two of those 5 charges that, in my PERSONAL opinion, could feasibly result in a points deduction in a worse case scenario.
4. Paul Smith's Twitter info.... if correct, this is an incredibly bad move. Sets us up as the "bad guys", makes us look shifty and doing anything we can to avoid ANY hearing despite the protestations (and submission to the FA) of complete innocence. I doubt the FA would look on this favourably.
5. Cardiff or Swansea would not be punished for an identical incident as the FAW rules have no criteria over 3rd party ownership. Yet Cardiff or Swansea stand to gain a £60m place in the PL for us committing an offence that they could not be charged with. Fair?
God speed.....see you all on the other side.
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