by TiagoIlori »
28 Sep 2021 14:08
I decided to look at other forums to see how other fans reacted. Most of them were actually sympathetic as they believed the system was broken, highlighting parachute payments and the ESL fiasco punishment or the lack of it. As you would expect, we got the most sympathy from the previous naughty boys Derby, Birmingham and Sheffield Wednesday.
A fair few were happy the rules were being enforced, Bristol City forum was probably the weirdest of the lot I saw- one strangely claimed we think we’re as big as Villa and the rest said the tinpot jibes etc. One widely agreed comment on there sort of defended the fans and said at least we didn’t pretend unlike Derby etc that we didn’t break the rules.
Surprised with the amount of sympathy we got, seems while we did need to be punished they don’t blame us for gambling with our finances because of how unfair parachute payments are. Personally I think the real solution is not to include parachute payments in FFP, make it so that it is purely to help the club ensure it can survive. If we didn’t do that we’d be getting a lot more Blackburn’s, Bolton’s and Sunderland’s who all probably would’ve gone bust if they didn’t parachute payments.