king_dezeeuw06
Vital Champions League
The stone cold ugly reality we cant escape is the fact our owner deliberetly put us into administration. That was something he legally had the right to do and there was nothing out of his control to force his hand - so if you look at it through that simplistic perspective alone we don't have a leg to stand on. That was the prism the EFL wanted us to look at it through.
But we all know that there is so much more to this and anyone looking at events in good faith would say you can't look at the decision as black and white or in isolation without the surrounding circumstance and context. Once you do that there is no way the punishment should have stood but the EFL framed the hearing and limited the scope of what could be appealed on what grounds.
They made it about 'did Wigan put themselves in admin yes or no' rather than was the administration decision credible and genuine or unreasonable and nefarious. When you ask the question the right way you can get the answer you want.
It was always likely to be a stitch up and all the additional evidence we hear just cements it further.
It feels like appeal wasn't about what was right or wrong just about passing the buck for the EFL fucking us with their incompetence and negligence. Remember it's 'too difficult to find out about people from Asia' and Yeung got to self certify much of his fit and proper persons test.
We had to try with the appeal when we had such a good case but I don't think it would've mattered what evidence we had - the EFL weren't interested in what was fair or what happened if they did they wouldnt have been so fast to announce a points deduction after previously setting a different precedent with Blackpool going into receivership. They wanted us to lose to save face and cling to some shred of credibility.
But we all know that there is so much more to this and anyone looking at events in good faith would say you can't look at the decision as black and white or in isolation without the surrounding circumstance and context. Once you do that there is no way the punishment should have stood but the EFL framed the hearing and limited the scope of what could be appealed on what grounds.
They made it about 'did Wigan put themselves in admin yes or no' rather than was the administration decision credible and genuine or unreasonable and nefarious. When you ask the question the right way you can get the answer you want.
It was always likely to be a stitch up and all the additional evidence we hear just cements it further.
It feels like appeal wasn't about what was right or wrong just about passing the buck for the EFL fucking us with their incompetence and negligence. Remember it's 'too difficult to find out about people from Asia' and Yeung got to self certify much of his fit and proper persons test.
We had to try with the appeal when we had such a good case but I don't think it would've mattered what evidence we had - the EFL weren't interested in what was fair or what happened if they did they wouldnt have been so fast to announce a points deduction after previously setting a different precedent with Blackpool going into receivership. They wanted us to lose to save face and cling to some shred of credibility.
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