Comments on: The Politics of Football: Sheffield United & Premier League

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:46:00 +0000

Quote: “This illegal action proved to give them an advantage over the other relegation candidates”

You complete knob head. It gave West Ham a DISADVANTAGE not an advantage. Tevez was legitimately registered let’s get that sorted first. What West Ham were guilty of was that they left themselves open to being forced to sell Tevez when they didn’t want to. How the hell is that an advantage to them????

By: Johnathan

Johnathan — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:10:00 +0000

I think the shocking story to all of this is the fact that there was no penalty in place before this whole mess ever happened.

My personal opinion is that nothing will change next season, but they need to add on the books that if you caught with an illegal player, all points in matches said player played in will be deducted. It’s the only redeeming thing that can come out of this whole mess.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:46:00 +0000

Just suppose West Ham hadn’t had such a shocking start to the season but all the Tevez stuff still came out. What if they had played like they did the season before and were challenging for a UEFA cup spot? Can you imagine Spurs, Bolton, Everton, Reading, Portsmouth and Blackburn being happy with the way it was all handled. What if West Ham had nicked the fourth Champions League spot from Arsenal? Do you really think they would just “take it on the chin” and “get on with it”? The fact that it’s a relegated club that are complaining just makes it easier to discount. It doesn’t make it right or just.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:35:00 +0000

Let’s not forget that West Ham were gifted three points against Blackburn due to incompetent officials. Where would they be if not for that?…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:32:00 +0000

you can tell only west ham fans come on this site!!!!!!!!!

I am a sheffield united fan and proud. I will be going to all the matches if possible next season no matter what league we are in.

I believe that we were not good enough for the premiership as we did techical go down.

But the arguement is would west ham have stayed up if tevez was playing in just the last few games after the punishment. Answer is no you would have finished below us. So why were west ham allowed to register someone outside of a transfer window??

That is unfair, and is what I believe should not have been allowed