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| Sheffield United Players To Sue? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 26 2008, 12:58 PM (146 Views) | |
| stacie | Sep 26 2008, 12:58 PM Post #1 |
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West Ham could face legal action over the Carlos Tevez affair from players relegated with Sheffield United. At least 10 players, who suffered financially after relegation in 2007, approached lawyers with a view to claiming compensation from the Hammers. Lawyer Chris Farnell said: "I've been contacted by various players with a view to looking at this claim but at this stage I can say no more." Sheffield United are already demanding £30m compensation from the London club. It emerged earlier in the week that an independent tribunal had ruled against West Ham in the Tevez case. The Hammers plan an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The Blades claim Tevez was not eligible to play at the end of the 2006/07 season, when he played a key role in West Ham's top-flight survival at their expense. Past and present players have held discussions with Farnell, of the Manchester-based firm IPS Law. It is understood they could claim for lost earnings running into millions of pounds. Have they no shame? There were always going to be three clubs relegated and okay there's an argument that West Ham should have been one of them but it was up to these players to ensure they were not in the position they were at the end of the season! |
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| mumanc | Sep 26 2008, 01:01 PM Post #2 |
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red thru and thru.
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its a joke now,its happened its done/over FFS its not like they need the money .
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| Jeffers | Sep 26 2008, 01:05 PM Post #3 |
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they could sue the FA i dunno about west ham, they got punished which allowed them to stay in the league. i really cant see them having a leg to stand on |
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| Deleted User | Sep 26 2008, 01:35 PM Post #4 |
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be honest, if there was any chance you could gain thousands of pounds from legal action you would do it right? |
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| dutchmcfc | Sep 26 2008, 01:41 PM Post #5 |
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Probably... but that does not make it any less embarrassing... |
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| Deleted User | Sep 26 2008, 01:59 PM Post #6 |
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i would take a little embarassment for all that cash |
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| dutchmcfc | Sep 26 2008, 02:07 PM Post #7 |
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I just said I would probably do it too jeebus... :rolleyes: doesn't make it right though.... It has a very high 'whining little baby' feel... |
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| Deleted User | Sep 26 2008, 02:13 PM Post #8 |
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i know you did, im just saying that i would definitly do it |
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| talkingsense® | Sep 26 2008, 03:08 PM Post #9 |
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I think that you'll find that the SU players had contracts which meant that their pay would be reduced if they were relegated. It will be an easy win for a lawyer IMO so they'll all jump on the bandwagon. I remember joining SS forum to go on about just this matter. WHU should have had points dropped, but the FA wimped out of doing that. However WHU clearly lied about owning Tevez, they said they owned him out right but in actualy fact didn't even own 1% of him. If you recall Man Utd did a deal with Kia Joorchabin and MSI when they loaned him, not WHU. Therefore WHU lied about ownership extremely blatently and sure enough Tevez helped them very significantly to avoid relegation. The FA should therefore have no option but to deduct points for playing an unregistered player (they do it all the time in amateur leagues. SU therefore have the strongest case that they shouldn't have been relegated and their players (if they had contracts that stipulated a different rate of pay following relegation) are automatically out of (already fat, I grant you) pocket. The FA are culpable too though IMO. Just shows how truly useless they are. |
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| stacie | Sep 26 2008, 03:19 PM Post #10 |
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Where does it end though? Is everyone at Sheffield going to sue because the club got relegated? Who will be the first to sue for 'stress', do you think
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| flak | Sep 26 2008, 04:02 PM Post #11 |
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The Sheffield United tea lady. She's had nothing but complaints since they had to swap PG Tips for some home brand rubbish after they got relegated. West Ham don't really have a leg to stand on for any of it, beats me what they are still doing in the league and why it's taken so long. If I was a Sheffield United player then i'd be suing them too. |
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| stacie | Sep 26 2008, 04:09 PM Post #12 |
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If one player is allegedly responsible for keeping WHU up, then a group of players should be taking responsibility for Sheffield United going down. |
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| Deleted User | Sep 26 2008, 04:17 PM Post #13 |
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thats the problem stace, i dont really agree that tevez single handedly kept them up but the PL should have deducted them pts... they didnt and even the appeal was rejected so sheff utd had to go this route which is less solid imo but in the interest of justice for sheff utd i feel this is the right outcome |
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| flak | Sep 26 2008, 04:42 PM Post #14 |
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I bet the Sheffield United players don't see it like that. They will just be out for what they can get now with them not coming straight back up. It's more the principle of West Ham fielding an ineligible player and not being made to pay for it with a points deduction like a team would normally get. |
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