Manchester City sold

one thing we can guarantee. With all the ownership turmoil at Everton, Man City, Man U, West Ham, and Liverpool, and all the economic upheaval caused by criminals as owners and by huge debts incurred by financing foreign ownership, we can be sure that none of those clubs will have even 10 point penalties assessed against them, nevermind the 30 points that Luton were assessed this year [and the 15 points the year before]. Man U publicly violated league and FA rules by "tapping up" Berbatov and didn't even try to hide it. While Spurs were telling the press that Berba was still in London, Fergie was driving him around Manchester when. In May of 2007, Man U managed to lose to West Ham at home on the last day of the season thereby (a) keeping West Ham from being relegated and (b) guaranteeing that they'd get first crack at Tevez in the transfer market. Neither club was penalized for the illegality of the transfers into the EPL in the first place -- and neither was Liverpool who signed Mascherano.

All of this stinks to high heaven, but NOTHING will ever be done to jeopardize the pre-eminent positions in the league of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester United. Without those four, overseas television revenue would dry up, and all the money would go away. And, please make no mistake, what brings the big names into the big 4, and what keeps English clubs in the final four of the ECL is television revenue and nothing else.

The big four can do what they like, and the FA will never consider doing anything about it. Meanwhile, the league and the FA can get tough with Luton, Rotherham, and Bournemouth -- because, frankly, who gives a rats ass about them other than the folks who go through their turnstiles on the Saturday?

Hmmm; I was a lot less angry when I started typing this post than I was at the end. Deep breathely; deep breathely

 

SCJ: YOUR NEXT POST IS #1000!

Should be some sort of party around that. Congrats.