We’ve been through all this the other week but you obviously missed it.
While talk of a 40 point deduction is almost certainly a Chinese whisper, Cheeseman relaying the story wasn’t a Chinese whisper. He said it and he knows he said it. He told one of ours at Anfield the other week and said that his source was someone “high up” at the club. The person he told was hardly going to keep it to himself was he? No, of course he wasn’t. Especially as that person, like Cheeseman, has plenty of contacts in the media and also a couple at the club. So the first thing he did was check Cheeseman’s story out with Tolmie who he’s been mates with for 30 years and to try and find out if Tolmie had heard anything along similar lines. Tolmie reverted back to him saying Cheesy was chatting shit. Since then, Cheesy has subsequently denied ever saying it. I find that disappointing to be honest. Unlike some on here, I’ve always had a lot of time for him.
Now it’s up to you if you want to believe the above but Tolmie can back some of it up, and although he himself didn’t hear it from Cheeseman, the person who did is a long-standing mate of his and isn’t going to make shit like that up. For some reason, I got pelters on here from some quarters when all I’ve ever done on here is post any info in good faith. I’ve posted positive and negative snippets on here about this case. I bet if Cheeseman had told my mate something wholly positive instead, those same detractors on here would’ve no doubt been wanking themselves silly about it. In fact, it can be argued that what I posted wasn’t entirely negative anyway because I made sure I also posted Tolmie’s rebuttal.
