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

Everton have every right to feel aggrieved, not for the fact that they have been punished, but that the PL aren’t treating their members equally. City were already caught by UEFA who then tried to throw them out of the CL. City took it to CAS and got off because of statute of limitations, not because they weren’t guilty of the offences. City have already been found guilty of this stuff. It’s cut and dried.

One rule for the rich and another rule for the rest. Joke.

Is there a decision on Man City pending and expected soon? What about Chelsea, surely there’s something there? Seems strange that Everton are first on the chopping block for financial irregularities.

City must be going down to the GM Vauxhall then.

Leeds and Burnley dropped legal action against the PL after being told that Everton didn't break the rules. Now it turns out they did. I can see barristers being very busy now.

I can see this as being the start of a return to the Super League idea.

Barcelona and Real never really gave up on it. I'm nor sure what Juve's current position is after their punishment last season. Chelsea and City are under scrutiny for past dealings, Newcastle will be as well at some point. All the money coming from and the talent pouring into Saudi Arabia will be a factor, too.

Instead of facing the music, I can see clubs like City and Chelsea crying 'persecution', picking up their ball and walking off to play in a tournament that doesn't care how or where they get their money from. Other big clubs will wait and see but money talks and if the money is in the Super League, they will go as well.

A re-imagined Super League with 'invited' Saudi/UAE teams can't be too far away. Or that idea about the expanded FIFA Club Championship that has been touted for years.

Look how FIFA backed the inaugural African Football League (originally called the African Super League) this year. CAF already has a Champion's League and the Confederation Cup (their Europa League). The competing teams were chosen and the prize money was a lot higher than that for other CAF tournaments.

What people need to realise about the City thing is that they will not make a decision until it is utterly and completely watertight.

The fact is that City have already warned that they will use every avenue necessary to defend the club; and while Everton can fight it if they want, they don't have a State backing them, and that makes a difference I'm afraid. They can pump billions into any defence and waste the authority's money in the courts.

Everyone knows what they've done. Everyone knows they've cheated.

We can talk about technicalities that they might have exploited, or they can point to obscure ways they may have stayed within the rules while actually breaking the rules, but everyone knows that they have cheated - the issue at the moment is nailing it in such a way that there can be no recourse, because it'll be fúcking expensive if there is, and Abu Dhabi will have no issue with destroying the PL.

Had a ticket for spurs at home myself last year which turned out to be the weekend the quenn died. All of us flew over for the weekend anyway and we all handed back the tickets for the rescheduled game.

The Premier League:Strong on the Weak, but Weak on the Strong!

I've no problem with punishing Everton, but let the punishment be consistent for everyone. That's not happening... by the time they conclude their cases (x115) against City, it will be pointless, the big rich clubs will have moved on to a Super League of some sorts and the punishment will be pointless.

Nobody cares, the likes of Everton are small potatoes and are disposable. They gambled on winning the race to build their new stadium before they crashed.l,and it looks like they lost that race. They can still survive in the EPL though, and I hope they do, they are starting to play well enough and there are some poor sides at the bottom of the league.

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