Hi. Barnsley Fan here. I think personally we are both wanting the best for our respective clubs. As a fan I do sympathise with the Wigan fans you have had a super 2nd half of the season. looking from the outside and not an expert your new owners seem to have jumped in the deep end and stuggled with financial and political climate. Covid is unheralded in the modern era.
From our side we have been up and down in form all season and the last games we were superb. should of beaten Luton and Leeds. the last 2 games were remarkable for a team bottom and pressure on.
I get that the 12 points is mandatory for entering administration and i think has been for about 15 years. I really have no idea wat will happen in the appeal. one of us will lose out and it is a shame for both clubs the way the efl have taken forever to make decisions, particularly with Derby ans Sheff Wed on financial matters. I respect our fans and yours and hope in the future we can move on and get the respect back for one and other.
Thanks for taking the time to come on here and make your point, one that I for one see. However the problem is that a lot of vitriolic abuse has been written by Barnsley fans, who incidentally have no idea what our circumstances are, on your fan web sites.
We have always been a club that has respected other clubs and the rules of the EFL and have always worked within our means. The crux of the problem we are experiencing is that the EFL allowed the sale of our club from one crooked owner to another. At the time of our administration being announced we had no excessive debts, no missed payments and were looking forward to next season as a Championship club. The crook that took over the club then refused to pay over a six million pound payment he had told the EFL he would make and plunged us into Admin.
To sum up we have no excessive debts and have not been run outside the rules laid down by the EFL. We had no problem staying within the bounds of FFP and in fact would probably have ended the season breaking even had we been allowed to continue and then sell off one or two players. We have not gained advantage from Directors ploughing money in and in fact had more points than you finished on prior to the administration commencing. Since the turn of the year we have had one loan player come into the first team on a regular basis and have not spent millions bringing in players to boost our form.
Unfortunately some of your compatriots are spewing vile comments out and insinuating that we are cheats. Just imagine what would happen to your club if your owner decided to take his cheque book home and walk away. I seriously doubt that you would be happy to see other "supposed" football fans ridiculing you for something that the club could do nothing about.
Once again thank you for coming on here and giving us your take. May I suggest that you take my comments back to your forum and educate those on there that are totally out of order with their obnoxious views.
I sincerely hope that if we manage the impossible and get the unfair deduction overturned that your fanbase will understand, however having seen some of the comments directed at us recently, I seriously doubt that happening.