Bolton Wanderers: Suspended five-point deduction upheld by panel

[millertop]

Who’s on the board?
Absolute joke

http://bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51020339

[Brin]

What did anyone expect? Clearly an over protected club from the offset. Why didn't the panel on the EFL board handle this themselves? Answer, so no mud would stick if they came out with the same sentence or, shall I say non sentence.

They now have the gall to say they are not happy about the outcome but accept it, who are they trying to kid? All they've done is to let the whole scenario play itself out. Rules are rules and if you refuse to play a game it should be an automatic 3 point deduction and the points awarded to the opposition. A suitable fine should follow that should be paid in full the same season.

As for this statement, 'In a statement, the EFL said it would now work with clubs to "formalise" a scale of sanctions for similar breaches in future and cover issues relating to non-payment of debts and failure to fulfil fixtures'

There is nothing to 'formalise' they've set the benchmark at suspended minus points for 18 months and half the fine again suspended.
You cannot go around changing the rules if ever someone else did the same thing. Feckin muppets the lot of them!

[crashbang]

What did anyone expect? Clearly an over protected club from the offset. Why didn't the panel on the EFL board handle this themselves? Answer, so no mud would stick if they came out with the same sentence or, shall I say non sentence.

They now have the gall to say they are not happy about the outcome but accept it, who are they trying to kid? All they've done is to let the whole scenario play itself out. Rules are rules and if you refuse to play a game it should be an automatic 3 point deduction and the points awarded to the opposition. A suitable fine should follow that should be paid in full the same season.

As for this statement, 'In a statement, the EFL said it would now work with clubs to "formalise" a scale of sanctions for similar breaches in future and cover issues relating to non-payment of debts and failure to fulfil fixtures'

There is nothing to 'formalise' they've set the benchmark at suspended minus points for 18 months and half the fine again suspended.
You cannot go around changing the rules if ever someone else did the same thing. Feckin muppets the lot of them!

Old Brin sitting on the fence again .

[Brin]

Old Brin sitting on the fence again .

I've kept it clean.....

[Townerslovechild]

Thing is, they have lost a few of the more senior loan players they had and unless they fetch in more players in January they will back to mostly kids again.

[CAMiller]

Rules are rules and if you refuse to play a game it should be an automatic 3 point deduction and the points awarded to the opposition. A suitable fine should follow that should be paid in full the same season.

Not sure the points awarded to the opposition is feasible? Consider the following situation. Last game of the season we are stuck in mid-table mediocrity and playing Barnsley who need 3pts to avoid relegation which if they get sends Sheffield Wednesday down. We refuse to play, Wednesday get relegated and TS gets a nice fat brown envelope from Billy Beane. It's much more plausible if we just play badly, TS still gets a fat brown envelope from Billy Beane and Wednesday still get relegated

[WanChaiMiller]

Who’s on the board?
Absolute joke

http://bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51020339

You cant blame the EFL over this. Its an independant panel.

[WanChaiMiller]

Automatic 3 point deduction would have related to last season and make no difference to the outcome. A bit irrelevant really.

[mellowmiller]

As for this statement, 'In a statement, the EFL said it would now work with clubs to "formalise" a scale of sanctions for similar breaches in future and cover issues relating to non-payment of debts and failure to fulfil fixtures'

The thing I find incredible about that statement is that the organisation supposedly responsible for running the English Football League doesn't already have "a scale of sanctions for similar breaches" in place. It's pathetic really.

[millertop]

You cant blame the EFL over this. Its an independant panel.

Did I even mention EFL?