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Mine arrived yesterday

I don’t think they’ve been opened yet

Surely they’ll open more blocks?

Is there any demand for this? I’ve got access at 2pm tomorrow for all STHs. I’m assuming there won’t be a shortage of tickets?

Anyone know when this will go on sale?

I love how he says "Following the appeal, we will also be writing to the EFL to volunteer our participation in a working group on the practical application and enforcement of Regulation 127 across the Championship". Like convicted burglars offering to advise on home security!

Quite a few pundits are saying the expulsion is an excessive punishment, but I think they're missing the point. The reason spying is banned is because it gives the spies an unfair advantage. Fair enough if it was in the first few weeks of the season, and a team was low/mid table, then maybe a fine would suffice. But in the context of a play-off, and a chance of promotion, the stakes are much higher. Given that they've admitted spying before, it casts doubt on their entire season, particularly given the incredible turnaround they had after sacking Will Still. If they weren't expelled, the EFL would effectively be saying we know you cheated, but now that you're over the finish line, we're going to let you have the gold medal anyway! With any crime, the punishment has to act as a deterrent. If there's no meaningful deterrent, people will just commit crimes!

I agree, but the fact remains that without the punishment of a points deduction, we wouldn’t have been relegated, and would be in a far healthier financial position. The way the punishments are devised seems counterintuitive. Fines and points deductions lead struggling clubs to struggle even more, and be at even more risk of bankruptcy. I think transfer bans would be better. Punishing a club that has overspent by relegating them doesn’t help anyone, which is what PSR is claiming to do.

Exactly. It’s dressed up a being a way of preventing teams from going bankrupt by overspending, but it’s ended up being a charter for the rich teams. It ensures that the rich teams stay at the top, and the smaller teams can only compete if they get lucky.

These new rules appear to drop our allowance to 65% I think. It’s basically going to make it harder for rich owners to swan in, bulk up the first team and get promoted, without investing in the academy, “fixtures and fittings” etc. I think it’s worse for us than it would have been, because compared to other League 1 teams, we have a rich owner.

It’s a good idea. I started taking my boys when they were 6 and 9. They’re 17 and 20 now, and apart from holidays, Christmas, special occasions etc , it’s pretty much the only time all 3 of us do something together.

Why would we get a points deduction? There’s no PSR in league 1. As long as you adhere to the percentages (which is 75% in the first year of relegation), then owners can put in as much as they like. My understanding is that an owner could put in 100 billion of their own money, and as long as they spend 25% of it on non-player expenses, then it’s allowed.

Thank you for clarifying. Of course, we all know we’re in some trouble. But your statement is so specific. Whereas your car analogy is not. You talk as if you are an authority on the financial situation at LCFC and KP. It’s quite frustrating when people speak as if they’d ITK, when in fact they’re just guessing like the rest of us. Some people really do have inside knowledge, and it would be nice to be able to differentiate them from the speculators.

You sound very sure. Do you have inside knowledge and professional accounting qualifications? Or are you theorising, like the rest of us?

I believe it’s 75% of revenue in the first season after relegation.