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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by Pepe the Horseman » 27 Sep 2021 10:21

In terms of timing, this couldn't really have come at a better time. Imagine if we'd been slapped with six or nine after the Huddersfield game, think we'd feel dead and buried and confidence would be rock bottom.

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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by CountryRoyal » 27 Sep 2021 10:53

Pepe the Horseman In terms of timing, this couldn't really have come at a better time. Imagine if we'd been slapped with six or nine after the Huddersfield game, think we'd feel dead and buried and confidence would be rock bottom.


Good point.

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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by andrew1957 » 27 Sep 2021 10:58

Hound I'm also going for the 6 + 3 suspended

Really hope some clarity is also given on whether that is a slate wiping punishment as well


I reckon you are spot on. It would seem harsh for us to get the full 9 as we have been under embargo and cooperating for quite a while. From an FFP perspective the 3 points suspended would also give the authorities a certain amount of leverage to stop RFC from just going back to more overspending once the penalty had been applied.

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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by Hound » 27 Sep 2021 11:20

Pepe the Horseman In terms of timing, this couldn't really have come at a better time. Imagine if we'd been slapped with six or nine after the Huddersfield game, think we'd feel dead and buried and confidence would be rock bottom.


yeah after Hudders or QPR would have been very worrying. We can absorb it now

Maybe getting a little carried away with a few above average performances, but a win on wed would prob put us in the play off positions. It would then be a shame if we ended up well short again and back in mid table when we had shot up the table

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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by URZZZZ » 27 Sep 2021 11:22

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Pepe the Horseman In terms of timing, this couldn't really have come at a better time. Imagine if we'd been slapped with six or nine after the Huddersfield game, think we'd feel dead and buried and confidence would be rock bottom.


yeah after Hudders or QPR would have been very worrying. We can absorb it now

Maybe getting a little carried away with a few above average performances, but a win on wed would prob put us in the play off positions. It would then be a shame if we ended up well short again and back in mid table when we had shot up the table


I think you’re asking a bit much for us to overturn a 9 goal deficit


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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by Pepe the Horseman » 27 Sep 2021 11:23

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Pepe the Horseman In terms of timing, this couldn't really have come at a better time. Imagine if we'd been slapped with six or nine after the Huddersfield game, think we'd feel dead and buried and confidence would be rock bottom.


yeah after Hudders or QPR would have been very worrying. We can absorb it now

Maybe getting a little carried away with a few above average performances, but a win on wed would prob put us in the play off positions. It would then be a shame if we ended up well short again and back in mid table when we had shot up the table

We're definitely getting carried away, but Barnsley were 7 points off the POs after 10 games last season, and finished eight points clear of 7th.

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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by Nameless » 27 Sep 2021 11:57

Mr Angry In terms of the punishment we do get, the problem for the EFL is that 9 is the maximum.

When Derby get the 9, having got a much longer list of misdemeanours (including trying to cover up their wrong doing and not co-operating with the Authorities), then what signal does it give out to everyone else if we got the same punishment despite not behaving anywhere near as appallingly as Derby?

I suspect we will get a 6 point deduction with 3 suspended for a number of Years.


Surely 9 is the maximum for breaching FFP.
Other offences could be punished seperatley. We could get 9 for the breach, as could Derby. They could then get additional deductions for failing to submit accounts etc. I believe they have been charged with 5 offences whereas we have not been charged with anything.

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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by Pepe the Horseman » 27 Sep 2021 14:15

windermereROYAL https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/american-football/reading-fc-points-deduction-update-emerges-amid-ongoing-efl-discussions/ar-AAORP1A?ocid=uxbndlbing

Stopped reading at "according to Courtney Friday".


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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by NathStPaul » 27 Sep 2021 14:19

Pepe the Horseman
windermereROYAL https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/american-football/reading-fc-points-deduction-update-emerges-amid-ongoing-efl-discussions/ar-AAORP1A?ocid=uxbndlbing

Stopped reading at "according to Courtney Friday".

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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by hughsies no.1 » 27 Sep 2021 15:13

Pepe the Horseman
windermereROYAL https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/american-football/reading-fc-points-deduction-update-emerges-amid-ongoing-efl-discussions/ar-AAORP1A?ocid=uxbndlbing

Stopped reading at "according to Courtney Friday".


Thought exactly the same 8) 8) 8) 8)

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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by Tilehurstsouthbank » 27 Sep 2021 16:03

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Simmops I just realised we have won the last 3 games. 1 win is 3 points so 3×3=9.

If we get 9 points deducted then those 3 wins get taken away


It doesn’t work like that.
We can pick which games get taken away. I hear we are opting to lose the wins home and away against Bournemouth and away at WBA.


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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by Ascotexgunner » 27 Sep 2021 23:04

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paultheroyal So, in summary - is this all at the door of Ron Gourlay, was it the excessive contracts during his tenure that was the downfall.

Owners naïve etc but Gourlay was the one?


Absolutely, Ron Gormless is a cancer to every club he appears at - expect WBA to be fooked in 3 years if they don;t go up!

No. Gourlay didn’t work in isolation. The owners appointed and oversaw him. For several key points they were the decision makers and they did little to tidy up the mess after him until actively forced to by the FL.


According to SJM in his interview I heard on the way to Saturdays game, he doesn't oversee the club that much and is entrenched in his other businesses. He fully trusts his CEOs to run the club...which suggests Gourley had more power than we think at the time. It was also interesting that a lot of the debt was caused by investment in infrastructure (new training ground, youth academies etc), so was hinting that we weren't pissing money up the wall Derbyesque style and this might mean that this could be taken into account and we might get a minimum points deduction (whatever that is) at most, or possibly it might not even happen. So there is hope.


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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by Snowflake Royal » 27 Sep 2021 23:12

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Absolutely, Ron Gormless is a cancer to every club he appears at - expect WBA to be fooked in 3 years if they don;t go up!

No. Gourlay didn’t work in isolation. The owners appointed and oversaw him. For several key points they were the decision makers and they did little to tidy up the mess after him until actively forced to by the FL.


According to SJM in his interview I heard on the way to Saturdays game, he doesn't oversee the club that much and is entrenched in his other businesses. He fully trusts his CEOs to run the club...which suggests Gourley had more power than we think at the time. It was also interesting that a lot of the debt was caused by investment in infrastructure (new training ground, youth academies etc), so was hinting that we weren't pissing money up the wall Derbyesque style and this might mean that this could be taken into account and we might get a minimum points deduction (whatever that is) at most, or possibly it might not even happen. So there is hope.

That's a crock of shit. You don't piss 200%+ of your income up the wall on mediocre Championship player's wages if most of the money is going on infrastructure.

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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by leon » 28 Sep 2021 08:46

Nice

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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by Dirk Gently » 28 Sep 2021 11:46

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Absolutely, Ron Gormless is a cancer to every club he appears at - expect WBA to be fooked in 3 years if they don;t go up!

No. Gourlay didn’t work in isolation. The owners appointed and oversaw him. For several key points they were the decision makers and they did little to tidy up the mess after him until actively forced to by the FL.


According to SJM in his interview I heard on the way to Saturdays game, he doesn't oversee the club that much and is entrenched in his other businesses. He fully trusts his CEOs to run the club...which suggests Gourley had more power than we think at the time. It was also interesting that a lot of the debt was caused by investment in infrastructure (new training ground, youth academies etc), so was hinting that we weren't pissing money up the wall Derbyesque style and this might mean that this could be taken into account and we might get a minimum points deduction (whatever that is) at most, or possibly it might not even happen. So there is hope.


Academy spending does not count towards FFP so that theory doesn't stand up. I don't think SJM has been actively involved in the club in anything other than a "figurehead" capacity for the best part of a decade now.

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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by Hound » 28 Sep 2021 12:02

Well its not totally wrong. A lot of the debt was prob caused by the training ground etc. But thats not what the EFL are interested in and rightly charging us for

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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by Mr Angry » 28 Sep 2021 18:08

We broke the rules; simple as.

Trying to squirm off it by citing technicalities such as spending on infrastructure that, as Dirk points out, doesn't fall under the remit of the rules is frankly embarassing.

Let's hope the EFL take into account how we haven't tried to take the pi$$ out of them so give us a reduced punishment, but we should show a bit of class by accepting whatever the deduction is that we do get given, not whinge about it, and then we get on with it.

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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by South Coast Royal » 28 Sep 2021 19:09

Mr Angry We broke the rules; simple as.

Trying to squirm off it by citing technicalities such as spending on infrastructure that, as Dirk points out, doesn't fall under the remit of the rules is frankly embarassing.

Let's hope the EFL take into account how we haven't tried to take the pi$$ out of them so give us a reduced punishment, but we should show a bit of class by accepting whatever the deduction is that we do get given, not whinge about it, and then we get on with it.


Very refreshing stuff ( and I agree)from a Tory Brexiteer when his chosen leader and cabinet spend all their time doing just this.
Perhaps there is a spot for you to be the new Dominic Cummings and we might (?) get some class and honesty from those charlatans. :wink: .

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Re: Points Deduction Incoming!

by Sanguine » 28 Sep 2021 19:22

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Pepe the Horseman In terms of timing, this couldn't really have come at a better time. Imagine if we'd been slapped with six or nine after the Huddersfield game, think we'd feel dead and buried and confidence would be rock bottom.


yeah after Hudders or QPR would have been very worrying. We can absorb it now

Maybe getting a little carried away with a few above average performances, but a win on wed would prob put us in the play off positions. It would then be a shame if we ended up well short again and back in mid table when we had shot up the table

We're definitely getting carried away, but Barnsley were 7 points off the POs after 10 games last season, and finished eight points clear of 7th.


Sunderland were 14th after 10 games in 2006-07, and won the league. Fulham were 11th at the same stage in 2017-18, and were promoted via the playoffs in 3rd. Norwich City were 14th in League One at this stage in 2009-10 (the season they opened by losing 7-1 at home to Colchester), and won the division. And not quite the same, but in 2016-17, Sheffield United were 18th after six games, and top at Xmas.

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