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Post by Milky_Joe » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:20 pm

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but if Wigan beat West Ham at the JJB on Saturday, and Sheff Utd pick up at least a point at home to Watford, we will be able to send them down by beating them....
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Post by warthog » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:28 pm

Milky_Joe wrote:I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but if Wigan beat West Ham at the JJB on Saturday, and Sheff Utd pick up at least a point at home to Watford, we will be able to send them down by beating them....
Nice theory, but on current form we won't beat them.
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Post by CrazyHorse » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:28 pm

Speaking of which, have they announced if West Ham are having points docked yet?
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Post by warthog » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:30 pm

No news on the points deduction but this is funny.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 599213.stm
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Post by CrazyHorse » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:33 pm

warthog wrote:No news on the points deduction but this is funny.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 599213.stm
West Ham boss Alan Curbishley hoped he would be a key figure in their relegation battle, but has so far cost the club £146,000 a minute.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:35 pm

warthog wrote:No news on the points deduction but this is funny.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 599213.stm
So.. no points deduction, but a £5.5million fine.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 594613.stm
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Post by James B » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:41 pm

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Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:42 pm

It's quite big money though, especially seeing as they'll probably go down anyway....
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Post by warthog » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:43 pm

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:It's quite big money though, especially seeing as they'll probably go down anyway....
They'll probably just give Boa Morte to the FA.
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Post by TANGODANCER » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:44 pm

What's the betting we'd have had points deducted in the same circumstances?
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Post by Soldier_Of_The_White_Army » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:47 pm

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:
warthog wrote:No news on the points deduction but this is funny.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 599213.stm
So.. no points deduction, but a £5.5million fine.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 594613.stm
Best result IMO, if they had been given a Points deduction, they would have been given the perfect excuse to be relegated. It also means they will have to offload some of their nearly good players!
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Post by Montreal Wanderer » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:48 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:What's the betting we'd have had points deducted in the same circumstances?
Pointless, I'd say. We'll never know and we should not appear to be paranoid.
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Post by officer_dibble » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:50 pm

warthog wrote:They'll probably just give Boa Morte to the FA.
what to make cups of tea and what not?

massive fine, whats the breakdown of it, all paid upfront?

Of course if they end up surviving the money they will save by not going down will make it well worth it...
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Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:55 pm

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Of course if they end up surviving the money they will save by not going down will make it well worth it...
True, but I think it's more likely that they'll get to the end of the season, go down, and think "feck, they might as well just have had a dozen points instead".

As it is, I think the principle is the correct one - leagues should be decided on what goes on on the pitch, if at all possible.
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Post by TANGODANCER » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:55 pm

Come on Wigan. :oyea:
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Post by fozzy » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:56 pm

F*ck me that's a lot of money. Don't know about the terms of payment, but be interesting to see if Eggy sues former chairman Brown (£2m investment, £30m profit)
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Post by Little Green Man » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:59 pm

Does anyone know how many more biscuits The Mekon will have to sell to pay that off?
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Post by Montreal Wanderer » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:59 pm

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:

As it is, I think the principle is the correct one - leagues should be decided on what goes on on the pitch, if at all possible.
Agreed, unless the unfair infraction gave them an advantage over other teams. Over here, if an ineligible player is used the team loses all the games in which that player played. I can't say that having the Argentinians appeared to help WHam in any way but.... I also remember how last August we thought they had done better than anyone else in the window. :D
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Post by superjohnmcginlay » Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:01 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:

As it is, I think the principle is the correct one - leagues should be decided on what goes on on the pitch, if at all possible.
Agreed, unless the unfair infraction gave them an advantage over other teams. Over here, if an ineligible player is used the team loses all the games in which that player played. I can't say that having the Argentinians appeared to help WHam in any way but.... I also remember how last August we thought they had done better than anyone else in the window. :D
Tevez has been good for them so they have gained an advantage. They'd probably have been down by now without him.
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Post by Soldier_Of_The_White_Army » Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:03 pm

superjohnmcginlay wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:

As it is, I think the principle is the correct one - leagues should be decided on what goes on on the pitch, if at all possible.
Agreed, unless the unfair infraction gave them an advantage over other teams. Over here, if an ineligible player is used the team loses all the games in which that player played. I can't say that having the Argentinians appeared to help WHam in any way but.... I also remember how last August we thought they had done better than anyone else in the window. :D
Tevez has been good for them so they have gained an advantage. They'd probably have been down by now without him.
Yes, but how dull would that have been?
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