The EFL have also got charges against them.
Totally agree. Given that the EPL is a private member's organisation and teams are invited into the "club" by virtue of being promoted from the EFL surely the invite could therefore be removed to those that have fallen foul of the rules of the said "club".
In part because the club is doing absolutely nothing to dampen down the conspiracy theories, instead preferring to create a siege mentality to avert blame.
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Not true. Everton and Forest admitted they had breached the rule but offered mitigation. AsI understand it Leicester are arguing that they can't be charged now because they don't come under the jurisdiction of the PL this season. Presumably They accept they could be charged if they get promoted. Of course none of that precludes the separate EFL charge.
From the Guardian's report: If Leicester do not return to the top flight at the first attempt, it is thought any penalty imposed by the Premier League could be administered by the EFL.
I think there is a difference between a technical breach which is admitted and a wholesale abuse and cover up. The punishment handed out should reflect that.
Quite. I somebody commits an horrific dive in the box to try to win a penalty, he (hopefully) gets a yellow card.
This is such a nonsense.
They lost, the down side to Leicester falling apart is it means Leeds are likely to go up automatically. Realistically it's 2 from 3 of Leicester, Leeds and Ipswich. Southampton look destined to the play offs where they will hopefully fail as well.
I wouldn't write off Southampton for automatic promotion. They have 2 games in hand and still have to play the 3 teams above them.
On the 1st Jan they were 17 points ahead of Leeds....they are now level, just 12 games later. Doubt many will have any sympathy with them if they fail to go up.
4th defeat in 6 games is as many as they lost in the previous 32. The upside is that Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall definitely won’t want to stay in the Championship next season if they mess it up.
