General Premier League Thread 2023-24 Mod Note in op 27/6/23 And 21/05/24

Christ thats hideous.

The half white base/half black base doesn't help either.

The November games were announced on September 14th.

The October games were announced on September 17th.

I'd guess December games will be announced around October 10th-17th. Sometimes game changes can be pre-empted by European games / cup games / internationals breaks.

In Italy with Juve the titles went to the next best - Inter got a good few.

It's a bit of **** solution at the same time. You don't get to celebrate those title obviously. Your total just goes up overnight..

However, if it stops sky showing the Aguero moment it'll all have been worth it. City have basically built their identity around that moment over the last 10 years and to have it stripped off them due to financial cheating would be fairly hilarious.

It would depend on how the punishment is handled.

Do they apply a points deduction based on the amount of charges per season they’re found guilty of? If that’s the case then it might open up lawsuits from other clubs citing loss of earnings(e.g Everton finished 14 points behind City in 13/14, could they sue for missing out on the CL?)

Do they just exclude City altogether from the table? Probably have the same issue as above.

So the likeliest scenario is that there is just no winner declared for those seasons. I’d be happy enough with that tbh.

Depending on the extent of the cheating, administrative relegation to League Two and a five-year (to pluck a number from thin air) ban from European competitions upon qualification would be an idea. I know the case isn't entirely the same but Rangers have been seriously set back by similar punishment in 2012.

Stripping them of the titles or awarding them to others doesn't mean anything; they won them on the pitch and celebrated them at the time. Putting an asterisk beside them should be a given, though.

What should be learned from all this is proper development of financial controls and thorough examination of accounts to avoid this happening again, though the goings-on on Tyneside show nothing's changed so far. It damages the integrity of competitions when fooling around like this isn't properly punished.

FWIW, in the case of any severe punishment being meted out to City, it wouldn't surprise me if they withdrew from FA competitions and join the Saudi league or a Saudi-backed Super League, along with the likes of PSG and Barca, especially if UEFA are forced to act similarly.

That said, I imagine a more likely punishment would be points deductions and fines and a 'don't do that again' admonishment.

From Everton "The shirts are on sale now, they will not be worn by players on the pitch " They are relegation fodder so!

It really is just a hideous design, a concept that's been done quite well plenty of times before too:

We've even done it ourselves

Some start by Villa,3 up already

Brutal defending by Villa and Brighton get one back

Why does every poor decision have to be a dig at United 🤷‍♂️

It's taken a while for the penny to drop but all Steven Gerrard's groundwork and coaching paying off big time for Villa, I'm sure Emery will give him all the credit in his post match press duties.

Ha ha, I would agree with you but the improvement with Emery was literally straight away and he only brought in two players before the summer, Duran who usually comes on as a sub and Moreno a full back.

I’m not sure why Gerrard struggled with the team though he did make some man management gaffes, in reality I think it just underlines Emery’s experience as a manager