Sunday Supplement

[scotty123]

Re: Sunday Supplement

What paper was that Suarez coming to City story in?

Sunday Times, by Duncan Castles.

Cheers, i will have a butchers at that

 

[BigJoe#1]

Re: Sunday Supplement

Have we been slated yet?

Nope. Liverpool, Chelski, Man United now Sunderland....

Will probably move to Everton v Arsenal next.

Pellegrini does not even feature again in the Rouges gallery.... Don't worry, wee Dave's in there (before anyone asks)<br /><br />-- Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:44 am --<br /><br />

What paper was that Suarez coming to City story in?

Sunday Times, by Duncan Castles.

Cheers, i will have a butchers at that

Thought the People run it too?

 

[petrusha]

Re: Sunday Supplement

Sunday Times, by Duncan Castles.

Cheers, i will have a butchers at that

Thought the People run it too?

Maybe they did. The one I saw was on Twitter about the ST story and though it's behind a paywall, a link showing the text is here: <a class="postlink" href="http://sulia.com/channel/liverpool-fc/f/de142e8d-6bef-455f-ad79-456b7fac3f28/?action=prop&source=tw&form_factor=desktop" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://sulia.com/channel/liverpool-fc/f ... or=desktop</a>

 

[bobmcfc]

Re: Sunday Supplement

And Sunderland get away with fielding an ineligible player in 4 prem matches and a capital one cup game


And the Chelsea story

Sunderland are confident they will not face further punishment for allegedly fielding Ji Dong-won in four games for which he was ineligible.
Sources on Wearside have revealed the club considers the matter closed after a report on Tuesday evening claimed they had been fined in December after they made the Premier League aware that they did not have international clearance for the striker.
Sunderland are confident they fulfilled their responsibilities when the administrative error came to light, and insist there is no ongoing investigation amid speculation that the relegation-threatened club could yet be docked points.
It is also understood that club secretary Liz Coley left her job in December to take up a new position, not as a result of the issue with Ji.
The 22-year-old South Korea international, who was registered with the Premier League and was included in the 25-man squad the club announced in August, made four appearances, three as a substitute against Fulham, Southampton and Manchester United and once from the start at Crystal Palace before the mistake was discovered.
Only the 1-1 draw at Southampton on 24 August saw Sunderland rewarded with a point. However, Ji also played in the Capital One Cup second round against MK Dons, which Sunderland won 4-2 on their way to the final.
Neither the club nor the Premier League was available for comment. The confusion seems to stem from Ji’s return to Wearside after a successful loan spell with the Bundesliga club Augsburg last season. But he soon returned to Germany, this time on a permanent deal, in January having made two more senior appearances.
Ji initially arrived from Chunnam Dragons for £2m in June 2011 during Steve Bruce’s spell in charge, but started only six senior games, although he did score the winner against Manchester City on New Year’s Day 2012.

The Dutch Football Federation has launched an investigation into the ownership structure of Vitesse Arnhem after the former major shareholder alleged Chelsea had exerted undue influence at the Eredivisie club and had even sought to prevent them from qualifying for the Champions League.

The Premier League club and Vitesse enjoy a close relationship, with the Dutch team's owner, Alexander Chigirinsky, a good friend of Roman Abramovich. Chelsea have four players – Bertrand Traoré, Lucas Piazon, Patrick van Aanholt and Christian Atsu – on loan at the GelreDome, with others having spent time there over the first half of this season. The partnership has helped Vitesse to third in the table.

A bitter dispute has recently flared up between the former owner Merab Jordania and Chigirinsky, with the former suggesting Chelsea had not wanted the Dutch club to qualify for Europe's elite competition. Uefa regulations prevent owners from entering two teams in one of its competitions.

Chelsea have dismissed Jordania's allegations and insist Vitesse are an independent club whose qualification for the Champions League would benefit their loanees' development, but declined to comment publicly on the matter. Jordania's assertions, however, have prompted the Dutch federation, KNVB, to ask its member club to detail their "organisational structure" to ensure the integrity of the local competition.

"I want to tell the Vitesse supporters the real story," said Jordania, a former Georgian footballer who saved Vitesse from financial ruin in 2010. "I wanted to reach for the title, but 'London' didn't want that in the end. Ambition is fine, but Vitesse is not allowed to reach the Champions League … I will tell you now why [the manager] Fred Rutten left [last June]. He knew that he wasn't allowed to win the title with Vitesse.

"In the winter he brought the team to the top. We had the feeling we needed one more player to win the title, Kelvin Leerdam. The transfer seemed to be a done deal when all of a sudden 'London' intervened. We were not allowed to be too strong. I couldn't explain that to Fred. I had to cover the club and 'London', but it caused a lot of tension and chaos."

Jordania also claimed the sale of Wilfried Bony to Swansea last summer was sanctioned to prevent Vitesse qualifying for the Champions League. "I wanted to keep Bony in Arnhem for six more months," he said. "I was in touch with Michael Laudrup, the Swansea manager at the time. I told him it was better that he took Bony in the winter, for Vitesse to start strong in the season, but Bony had to be sold."

The Vitesse chairman, Bert Roetert, claimed Jordania's comments read like "a poor 1 April joke".

 

[adrianr]

Re: Sunday Supplement

Pidge would love this show!! Pure unadulterated agenda talk.

 

[BigJoe#1]

Re: Sunday Supplement

Have we been slated yet?

Nope. Liverpool, Chelski, Man United now Sunderland....

Will probably move to Everton v Arsenal next.

Pellegrini does not even feature again in the Rouges gallery.... Don't worry, wee Dave's in there (before anyone asks)

-- Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:44 am --

Sunday Times, by Duncan Castles.

Cheers, i will have a butchers at that

Thought the People run it too?

Apologies, moved on to Leicester...... We don't register. Not that that's a real problem to be honest.

 

[Pigeonho]

Re: Sunday Supplement

Pidge would love this show!! Pure unadulterated agenda talk.

I leave it for the mouth-foamers. ;-)

 

[scotty123]

Re: Sunday Supplement

Have we been slated yet?

Nope. Liverpool, Chelski, Man United now Sunderland....

Will probably move to Everton v Arsenal next.

Pellegrini does not even feature again in the Rouges gallery.... Don't worry, wee Dave's in there (before anyone asks)

-- Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:44 am --

Cheers, i will have a butchers at that

Thought the People run it too?

Apologies, moved on to Leicester...... We don't register. Not that that's a real problem to be honest.

Yep, lets stay under the radar, suits me

 

[bobmcfc]

Re: Sunday Supplement

Well we have to wonder why we are only hearing about Sunderland now and why they only get a fine when clubs in the lower league have had harsher sanctions

 

[BigJoe#1]

Re: Sunday Supplement

Well we have to wonder why we are only hearing about Sunderland now and why they only get a fine when clubs in the lower league have had harsher sanctions

Correct, though I was surprised to learn that one of the games was a Carling Cup tie.... We all know who Sunderlunt went on to beat in that tournament don't we?