Shams?

Bottle_of_Smoke

Pats docked 15 points for fielding Charles Mbabazi Livingstone unproperly registered for five games
Shels win league by default

Do Pats deserve this?
Are Shels Shams?

I expect this is the general feeling, most people at Tolka last night felt embittered not triumphant

Neil3030

Was it 3 points for each of the 5 games he played or is 15pts the regular punishment for fielding an unregistered player?

Either way Pats should have known they ran the risk of punishment.

Dustaz

Pats fully deserved everything they got. They cheated not once but twice. They didnt register livingstone untill AFTER they successfully apealed the marney case.

btw im not a shels fan:P

-oRnein9-

What do you expect Irish club football is pants.

manonthemoon

its very sad that the league i decided in this manner. In fairness to The LoI, i felt they had no choice here.

Although, on the plus side, the severe penalty should mean that the likes of this wont happen again.


As for oRnein9, well that was truely a great statement

Xterminator

In no way are Shels to blame for this situation.

They didnt play an unregistered player!

And the league should have imposed the sanction that was layed down in its own rule book imediatley, not almost a football season later.

Shels have to look out for there own interest. The difference between a couple of lucrative champions league encounters, or missing out on them can run into the millions after TV money is taken into account.

For them not to insist the rule be enforced would be to neglect there own responsibilities.

X

NeRb666

I felt it was a bit too harsh, it's not like the unregistered players were Brazilian internationals.

KdjaCL

Check tonights Herald and look at the back page and then wonder why this evidence was neglected when the FAI were imposing the fine ?
Whats this all about ??? £250,000 thats what UEFA pay to little leagues not to be in the Champions league proper.
At the moment Pats are 2-0 up againt Bohs and if they get 3 points tonight they are 1 point away form the league title .
Whether it works that way is another story .
If we did wrong i would like the club to apologise to the fans and not try and hide from it and blame everyone but themselves .
Kdja
A poor bewildered St Pats season ticket holder

Ciaran

I have no sympathy for Pats. After lying about the Marney registration (I'm sure no-one believes them about it being lost in the post now), they deserve everything they get.

-oRnein9-

Originally posted by Ciaran
I have no sympathy for Pats. After lying about the Marney registration (I'm sure no-one believes them about it being lost in the post now), they deserve everything they get.

Too Right Ciaran.