So I have suggested the rules would be ignored and special dispensation awarded if a rich club was in the same circumstances as Spurs.
The wums have laughed and apparently the 'rules are the rules', and that is all there is to it.
Well, not quite. In fact, that isn't true at all. Let us see what happened the very last time this happened:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_F.C._2005%E2%80%9306_UEFA_Champions_League_qualification
"Liverpool F.C. qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League by a special dispensation from UEFA. Although they were eligible to compete as champions of the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, the FA had instead awarded the fourth and final English place in the competition to Liverpool's local rivals Everton F.C., since Everton finished fourth in the 2004–05 FA Premier League and Liverpool had finished fifth. The public reaction to this controversial decision prompted UEFA to make a one-off exception for Liverpool and amend the qualification criteria for the Champions League to prevent a recurrence."
In other words, the rules were changed to what they are now because UEFA wanted Liverpool in the CL, even though according to the pre-existing rules - LIVERPOOL DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, even though they won the CL the previous season. The entire rule book was scrapped, immediately, as to allow a rich club to qualify because it seemed 'unfair' if they didn't.
The rules are the rules, eh?
Anyone still care to tell me the rules would not be changed by UEFA were Chelsea, Liverpool or Utd now in this siutation? Thought not.
This is another reason Spurs should simply refuse to play in their poxy Europa And Levy should sue UEFA
UEFA gave Liverpool 'special dispensation'
posted on 20/5/12
Gazidis gets a fair wage, Wenger gets something like £6million a year.
Show me the wages for the 25 men squads and prove your arguement.
posted on 20/5/12
zzzz
You will never accept the proven fact Arsenal have spent hundreds of millions more on wages than Spurs - most of it obviously going to players. Now numerous 100k + a week players. There is nothing else to say.
posted on 20/5/12
Numerous? None you mean. Even Cesc wasn't on £100k a week.
posted on 20/5/12
Conspiracy
posted on 20/5/12
comment by football stinks (U13619)
posted 3 hours, 54 minutes ago
• Robin.V.Per.M • (
It`s a fact that Arsenal are probably the 3rd or 4th highest spenders on wages in the country.
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Excuse me... when the hell did I ever say that? I didn't even know this fact, nor do I care about it. You copied and pasted my name wrongly.
posted on 20/5/12
it's not even true, our wage bill is 4th or 5th, very close to Liverpool's.
posted on 21/5/12
The article makes a good point tbf. If Liverfool could change the rules then why can't Spurs
posted on 21/5/12
Liverfool
I see what you did there
Did you make it out for the parade with the other 12 of your fans?
posted on 21/5/12
You seem to be blaming UEFA, Liverpool, big clubs for Spurs missing out this season. Quote from your very same link "...the FA itself foresaw the same situation arising in the 2003–04 season and released a statement on 10 March 2004 that if Arsenal or Chelsea won the Champions League, but failed to finish in the top four Premier League spots, they would nonetheless be automatically entered in the next year's competition and the fourth placed Premier League team placed in the UEFA Cup. A year later, the FA decided that the top four finishing teams in the Premier League would be entered into the Champions League regardless of Liverpool’s Champions League triumph. When the inconsistency was pointed out to the FA, the FA pulled the previous year's statement from its website, and promised that an explanation would follow. In the event, no explanation was forthcoming."
The fact is, UEFA took the rap to cover the FA's inconsistency. Read further in to the article and Liverpool received no favours at all and in fact English ranking slipped due to the situation. The FA were to blame and I recall UEFA saying this situation will never happen again. That is why we now have the position where the Champions return to the competition and the lowest qualifying position in the domestic League misses out.
Maybe you should also look to your team. Spurs were in a 3 horse race for the title and finished 4th.
posted on 23/5/12
comment by Didi Hamann? He did doe twice didn't he doe? ** Rafa is not the way forward (U5172) posted 2 days, 8 hours ago
Liverfool
I see what you did there
Did you make it out for the parade with the other 12 of your fans?
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Having a good time watching the history channel then