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  • Regardless as to the reasons “why” FFP was brought in, the reality is now Everton have a 10 point deduction for spending £600m less than other clubs did in the same time. Yes, that’s because of the respective incomes of the clubs, but that doesn’t mean it’s fair.

    The Man United’s of the league can spend triple, quadruple, quintuple what Everton spent, and still have room to spare. All that does is increase the already chasmic size gap between the Sky 6 and the rest of the league. In the last 10 seasons, the Sky 6 have taken 53/60 of the top 6 spots. Just 7 times has a club outside that group got into the top 6. That means they get more money, so they have more to spend, so they stay in that top 6, so they get more money, so they get more to spend…

    Something needs to be in place to avoid a Leeds situation, but this isn’t it. This isn’t fair.




  • Anyone except Burnley, Norwich and Watford is just laughable.

    Leicester’s only argument is because “bUt WhY nOt lAsT seaSon”. The accounts were submitted in March 23. As things are we are 1 month after the hearing and expected another 3 months for the appeals. There’s simply no way the case could have reached a final conclusion before the start of the season.

    Regardless, the decision was PL, not Everton. No decision by Everton resulted in Leicester being relegated. We were fully compliant for 22/23, and actually substantially under the limit. Any argument of lasting effects from being over the season before is equally laughable considering we were £20m under last season which counteracts the £19m over the season before.

    God knows what Leeds argument is. Possibly they can’t count so don’t realise they came 19th and would have been relegated anyway. The same argument for Leicester applies regardless.

    Burnley, Watford and Norwich do have a case. Watford finished 16 points below us so nah. Norwich even lower, so nah. Burnley are the ONLY club who even have a slight argument to make, and I struggle to see how they get even a tenth of the way to £100m in damages considering they were immediately promoted, had parachute payments, and were in relegation battles every season and could easily have gone down the next season.