davie nine":2syahjwy said:Surprising that the first EFL club to go into administration is a Championship club rather than from Leagues 1 or 2.
Not really Davie, the Championship clubs are the ones carrying the greater debts.davie nine":1gf8nh9h said:Surprising that the first EFL club to go into administration is a Championship club rather than from Leagues 1 or 2.
davie nine":3hqs66y4 said:Surprising that the first EFL club to go into administration is a Championship club rather than from Leagues 1 or 2.
Joe Totale":165qjk7l said:A 12 point deduction would leave them 4 points from safety but given that they're the form team in the division and have 6 games left they could still survive which would be a kick in the balls for any team that went down.
The English Football League has said Wigan will be deducted 12 points.
The sanction will be applied at the end of this season if the Latics, 14th in the Championship, finish outside the bottom three after 46 games.
Should Wigan finish in the relegation zone, the penalty will be applied during the 2020-21 season instead.
X Isle":22lrqb1u said:Not really Davie, the Championship clubs are the ones carrying the greater debts.davie nine":22lrqb1u said:Surprising that the first EFL club to go into administration is a Championship club rather than from Leagues 1 or 2.
This is the tip of the iceberg, the Huddersfield chairman said recently he felt as many as 70 (yes seventy) clubs in the EFL could be headed for administration.
As stated above Wigan have historic 'high investment/low support' issues which perhaps make them vulnerable sooner.
A very significant dividend for clubs run with sustainable financial prudence awaits. Not only as all the clubs around them get points deductions or (got forbid for the fans) go out of business, but far better players will be available for 'Plymouth prices'.
Transfer fees will become even rarer, Championship sides won't so easily be able to afford to poach our best players and what we can offer players in wages will suddenly seem very much more attractive.
Argyle are one of a very few clubs sitting pretty in the sustainability league.
So whilst I feel sorry for the few genuine Wigan fans out there, as I will for the fans of other clubs about to go the same way, from a purely selfish point of view the impending death of the mentality of spending money you don't have is very good news for us :thumbup:
X Isle":2hf4gu5h said:Not really Davie, the Championship clubs are the ones carrying the greater debts.davie nine":2hf4gu5h said:Surprising that the first EFL club to go into administration is a Championship club rather than from Leagues 1 or 2.
This is the tip of the iceberg, the Huddersfield chairman said recently he felt as many as 70 (yes seventy) clubs in the EFL could be headed for administration.
As stated above Wigan have historic 'high investment/low support' issues which perhaps make them vulnerable sooner.
A very significant dividend for clubs run with sustainable financial prudence awaits. Not only as all the clubs around them get points deductions or (got forbid for the fans) go out of business, but far better players will be available for 'Plymouth prices'.
Transfer fees will become even rarer, Championship sides won't so easily be able to afford to poach our best players and what we can offer players in wages will suddenly seem very much more attractive.
Argyle are one of a very few clubs sitting pretty in the sustainability league.
So whilst I feel sorry for the few genuine Wigan fans out there, as I will for the fans of other clubs about to go the same way, from a purely selfish point of view the impending death of the mentality of spending money you don't have is very good news for us :thumbup: