Mark Goldbridge tells Everton to ‘Take that 12 point deduction’ amid FFP charges
Mark Goldbridge has told Everton to “take that 12 point deduction now” as the club await their fate following FFP charges last month.
The club’s hearing on an alleged breach of FFP rules ended last month, with the Premier League reportedly pushing for a 12-point deduction to be handed out which would see the Toffees rooted to the bottom of the table.
But talkSPORT pundit Goldbridge has told the blues on his personal Twitter account (15 November) to accept the punishment as the league is so weak this season they could be out of the bottom 4 by Christmas anyway.
“If I was Everton I’d take that 12 point deduction now,” he said.
“Probably the first season in ages you can take a hit like that and stay up. Even with a 12 point deduction they could be out the bottom 4 by Christmas.”
Mental
There is absolutely no way on Earth that Everton should just accept a punishment that is way over the top and also for something that we believe we haven’t actually done.
The losses over a three-year period are too high for sure, but the club were working alongside the Premier League for a long time about the issues and everything had to be authorised by them first.
A single charge absolutely doesn’t warrant a 12-point deduction, and we know they wouldn’t be doing it if it was another team because Manchester City and Chelsea’s cases have been going on for ages and we haven’t heard a peep from them.
If we’re going to get a 12-point deduction then the club should do all they can to drag it out and fight it, to give the team the best opportunity of getting points on the board that would render it obsolete anyway.
It won’t be an easy task but with the way we’re playing right now and the weakness of the other teams, it may not be the end of the world if we are harshly punished.
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