we'd look like right prats if we made a fuss

the fine imposed was in keeping with precedents from previous cases.

the statement that they gained a point versus Stoke because they broke the loan rules doesn't stand up to scrutiny. They never had more than the allowed number of loan playesr on the pitch, and players sitting on the bench tend not to influence the outcome. It is indeed possible that the player who came on and scored wouldn't have been on the bench if they had followed the rules, but on balance given that they thought enough of him to bring him on it is more likely that the loan player who never got on the pitch would have been the one to miss out. So the outcome of the game would have been unaffected.
Our chances of getting anything would be zero and we'd just look like sore losers.

Posted By: mr carra on April 22nd 2008 at 16:16:50

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so what if (NCFC) - south, Apr 22, 16:00:49
- we'd look like right prats if we made a fuss (NCFC) - mr carra, Apr 22, 16:16:50
  - None of the precedents were equivalent though (NCFC) - Jim, Apr 22, 17:35:22
  - how do you know that? (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 22, 17:23:18
  - Precedents don't alter the fact that the rule is pointless (NCFC) - yarmyyarmy, Apr 22, 16:28:10
    - It wouldnt surprise me if Wednesday did it again (NCFC) - phrankin, Apr 22, 16:32:40
      - we could too (NCFC) - mr carra, Apr 22, 16:36:27
        
        we could have a stronger bench ( Do we even have 6 loanees now?) (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Apr 22, 16:37:44
        
        No, because we had to send one back (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 22, 17:20:36
        
        ^^^ not quite true (NCFC) - blindasabat, Apr 22, 17:29:55
    - I presume the poenalty would be more severe if all the loan players actually played (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, Apr 22, 16:31:33
      - In which case, just have that as the rule and leave the other clause out. (n/m) (NCFC) - yarmyyarmy, Apr 22, 16:33:37
        
        I agree totally (NCFC) - mr carra, Apr 22, 16:35:34
  - à la Sheff Utd last year (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Apr 22, 16:18:53
    - Sheffield United had a decent case however (NCFC) - phrankin, Apr 22, 16:24:12
      - But they weren't worried until it affected them. Same as us. Stoke wouldn't (NCFC) - Yellalee, Apr 22, 16:27:17
        
        But almost everyone agreed with Sheffield, I guess the FA were happy (NCFC) - phrankin, Apr 22, 16:31:53
        
        what do mean by use them? (NCFC) - mr carra, Apr 22, 16:34:19
        
        give you a stronger bench of course (NCFC) - phrankin, Apr 22, 16:35:55
    - exactly (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, Apr 22, 16:20:46
- Or in fact if they send us down on goal difference (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Apr 22, 16:02:06

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