BBC reporter Mark Chapman can’t believe what could happen if Nottingham Forest choose to appeal their four-point deduction. It came to light yesterday what the Reds’ punishment will be and they’re now in the relegation zone.
Chapman expressed his bemusement at something he heard on last night’s episode of The Monday Night Club.
Forest, at the very least, do now have some clarity and in theory, the players can start to focus on winning points without the points deduction stuff hanging over them.
Mark Chapman can’t believe what he’s heard about Nottingham Forest
Well, the conversation came last night when a guest of the show Rory Smith explained the process of an appeal that is now given to Forest.
He said on The Monday Night Club: “By all accounts, if Forest appeal the ultimate deadline for that appeal to be heard is 25th May, which is four days after the last game of the season. This does mean that as things stand relegation gets decided on a Thursday.”
Chapman was in bemusement after the New York Times journalist had made these claims and thinks the whole thing is absolutely ludicrous.
The host said: “That is absolute nonsense, isn’t it? What are we on, 18th March? And if they were to appeal, the latest it could be decided in over two months’ time.”
Premier League have a lot to answer for
It’s fair to say that Evangelos Marinakis is pretty furious with the Premier League and Richard Masters for the way in which they’ve gone about this.
If it’s not bad enough that Masters called Forest – and Everton – ‘small clubs’ some months ago, whilst Manchester City still have 115 charges hanging over their head.
Chapman is right here and the fact that Forest might have to wait until after the season has finished to discover their fate is just ridiculous.
Forest will almost certainly appeal given that they don’t have much to lose. If they could get a point back it might prove vital and now the emphasis must be on winning football matches.
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