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• Kieran, I know your playing devil's advocate but come on. Without going over old ground too much. Reckless spending from us was £20m the same sum usmanov wanted to secure the right to bid on the naming rights of the new ground. The russian invasion of Ukraine has unearthed both of these accountancy "techniques" Ours was a 20m breach and the purse strings cut for 4 years plus a points deduction. We cooperated fully and tried to adhere to the psr rules but in the end the new ground costs somehow came into play and despite 4 years of restricted spending and nearly getting relegated twice the league tried their best to screw us over with a points deduction. Chelsea was £47m of underhand dealing for some of the top players in europe gaining them a sporting advantage resulting in multiple trophy wins. Other clubs they beat to titles and cups should feel aggrieved. A £10m fine means nothing to them, it's not a punishment or even a slap on the wrist. Take away th...
  Rob Dolby in Token fine deemed sufficient punishment for Chelsea's persistent rule-breaking
• Sounds like a complaint needs to be made to Arsenal about the conduct of their stewards Rob and how in two stories that we know of they violated club and FA regulations. Shithouses. Good to hear from you Rob; hope you're well. ...
  Paul Griffiths in Thierno Barry points out “unacceptable behaviour” after loss at Emirates
• Funny thing that their breaking the rules got them out of the cowshed to a more modern ground and won them a couple of league titles, that improved their wealth to buy better players. Looks like the back hand in the brown paper bags was the way to go, plus it sounds like it is still going on....
  Bill Gall in Token fine deemed sufficient punishment for Chelsea's persistent rule-breaking
• Playing devils advocate it was the new owners who volunteered this information to the EPL. Neither past owners not players involved are still there so should the current crew be punished? That said, would the current owners or players be there if the Abramovich era cheating hadn’t raised Chelsea’s profile? I suspect not. This is also the frustration with City. All their delaying means they will similarly try and act like their cheating involved people long since gone from the club. In our case, reckless spending gets an immediate punishment. In theirs criminal illegal payments and false accounting … slap on the wrist. ...
  Kieran Kinsella in Token fine deemed sufficient punishment for Chelsea's persistent rule-breaking
• I was down at Arsenal on Saturday, and we were due to enter the stadium via turnstile K, but were told to go to turnstile L. Now for anyone who’s been to Arsenal there are crash barriers which you are shepherded through for the routine search before you reach the actual turnstiles. As we showed our tickets to the stewards to go through the crash barriers, there were two women both wearing Arsenal scarves attempting to enter, but were stopped by the steward. As I finally entered through the turnstile into the stadium, barely a minute could have passed before these same two women also entered the stadium, minus their scarf. Now without sounding racist, these two women were black, and may or may not have been friends or relatives of Thierno Barry, but the fact is they were definitely Arsenal fans and should therefore have been denied entry to the stadium by the Arsenal steward(s) outside the stadium. So where did these two women get their tickets from? Being Arsenal fans it clea...
  Rob Halligan in Thierno Barry points out “unacceptable behaviour” after loss at Emirates
• Another good tale, Dave. I'm smiling - broadly....
  Brent Stephens in Thierno Barry points out “unacceptable behaviour” after loss at Emirates