I've been thinking about it more, and there is a persuasive argument that a demotion (or functional demotion from a points deduction) punishes clubs in the championship while rewarding an epl club that deserves to be relegated. I think there are...
I don't think it's contradictory. The matches are silly and relatively pointless, but if they are going to have them, we want our players to make us proud.
Good heavens. Now that's some kind of goal.
Replay starts to show him using inside of the foot but the movement made me think it was a trivela. No idea how he got that type of movement. What am I missing?
I really think SVDB is now fourth choice. I don't think he's noticably better on defence than the others, and until he can prove he can actually put a header on target, why play him. He underperformed his XG by over 4. So many open headers...
I've been thinking about it and I think a 40 point deduction for five years plus a fine equal to their cheating (800 million plus) should be the punishment, plus a ban on individual guilty parties from having anything to do with the EPL (which...
Newcastle would certainly be against expulsion for the obvious reason. Forest will easily be bought. Arsenal perhaps under pressure from a certain sponsor. Maybe Chelsea.
Can't see a fifth vote.
Jeez... Yeah I hadn't even thought of the civil implications. What about clubs who dropped six points to city in a season during the crime period and were relegated by a less than 6 point margin. I bet they may have something to say legally.