Not only was Nottingham Forest’s appeal against their four-point penalty for violating Premier League player spending rules rejected by an impartial panel, but it also seemed to incite criticism of the team. The Reds attempted to salvage some points last month when they stood before a three-person panel to present their case against the suspension imposed in March, but ultimately were unsuccessful. Taboola Advertised Links Forest had argued that one mitigating element ought to have been the sale of Brennan Johnson on deadline day last summer—two months after the end of the relevant fiscal year under review by the top-flight and its PSR acolytes. For this reason, Forest thought the panel erred in not suspending the points deduction entirely or in part. However both points were rejected by the appeal hearing.
Red Dog 1968 is a frustrated commenter.
“Can we just get over this whole sorry affair now?” he asks. I’m done with the where, what, and why questions. We’ve lost points due to excessive spending; it doesn’t seem fair, but there isn’t much we can do about it. No matter how you feel about the points deduction, appeal, etc., user El Perro Rojo continues, “it is still surprising the speed at which it was done.” Additionally, they are still looking into Man City’s offenses.
“It’s amazing how quickly they charged us, decided to dock the points, found time to hear the appeal, turned it down, and then followed up with this statement,” says Designoutloud, who concurs. Man City, on the other hand, has not been able to provide any information regarding the charges, even eighteen months after declaring they are under investigation, or even to indicate when a hearing may take place.
” According to Melgarion, the 61 mill argument is, in my opinion, the more egregious of the two (Brennan and 61 mill vs. 105 mill). Why are ultra-wealthy teams like Manchester United, Liverpool, and London clubs permitted to suffer greater financial losses than those just promoted? I find that to be incredibly inaccurate and upside down.
“At first we were expecting a 10-point deduction on par with Everton – then 6 (like Everton) & we ended up with 4,” says ChrissyD. All I can say is that I’m glad they didn’t raise it. It shocked me that even though we appealed, we never anticipated hearing back because 4 is a feasible number. Nevertheless, we must accept this, go on, and close the deal on the pitch. Arnoldtricky agrees, saying, “4 points off, who cares?” in his conclusion. Nottingham Forest will not go down!”