Starry said:We fielded an ineligible player last week.
Six loan players on the team sheet and you are only allowed five.
edna krabappel said:Hmmm, let me think.
Chelsea are accused of breaking rules by tapping up Leeds players (an offence generally unrelated to Leeds or Chelsea's current on-pitch form) and Ken Bates is screaming for the FA to throw the book at them, deduct points, relegate them from the Premiership, cast them into the wilderness of eternal damnation etc).
Leeds field an illegal side against whoever it was- which definitely DOES impact on their current form, as well as that of other teams in the league- and Bates is demanding leniency from the authorities in the form of a small fine?
Strange, but I smell double standards here. I'm sure Altrincham lost points last season over an ineligible player, therefore it would seem only fair to do the same to Leeds.
Come on Ken, what's it to be? Truth, justice and the Leeds United way? Or do the rules not apply so stringently when it's you who's supposedly the one who broke them?