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, Apr 22, 16:16:50
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