Everton fans protest outside Premier League HQ and fly banner over Etihad

I’m only watching this shite to see our protest banner…

This despite the fact they've shown previous airborn ones, if my memory serves me correctly.

They'll be under strict instructions what to show and what not to show, the spineless, sycophantic twats.

Do you seriously think anyone can just fly a chopper, willy-nilly, into the Etihad while a game is going on?

Oh, as long as it's in the Flight Plan, then it's okay? Right…

Anyway, ours was probably scuppered:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67521024

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Everton [fans] have protested against the Premier League's decision to hand them a 10-point deduction by flying a banner over the Etihad Stadium during Manchester City vs Liverpool.

The plane went over the stadium in the second half, with a banner reading: "Premier League = Corrupt. #UTFT #EFC". Sky Sports did not show the plane on their coverage.

https://twitter.com/Evertonthat_/status/1728411024213061785/photo/1

They will have to review the topic tomorrow but the fact they chose not to announce it signals a weak hand to me. I suspect they are a bit nervous about their stance at this point.

Calling them corrupt isn't going to do us any favours, it's only likely to get their backs up.

No club should be walking on eggshells to appease a malevolent administration. That gets you nowhere as shown to date. This is the supporters' stance, the club officials can doff their caps if they prefer.

And if human nature kicks in, then the appeal body (for which read Premier League in this narrative) is going to be even more biased against us.

They don't realise what they have unleashed and have sealed their own fate, the football world knows that they have no wriggle room.

Evertonians will fight the just cause until justice is upheld for Everton, and their campaign to send Everton into the abyss has failed.

Get a new board and Chairman in place ASAP, be a club united and solid, and rinse and squeeze these corrupt bunch of frauds and take them to the cleaners.

Get a government regulator in place, hopefully with people with integrity to prevent this most corrupt of sporting bodies being able to operate again.

But, tbh, in the UK political scene at the moment, only a couple of politicians seem to have it.

Brown envelope, bribery and corruption bureau also to be set up to police the Premier League administration.

UTFTs!

Whether justified by their overblown penalty or me just getting the creep vibe that is what my body is telling me. My mind is overloaded.

All this controversy needs to be exposed by EFC.

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The breakaway league reaction showed that quite clearly. Oh dear if we lose the big clubs, will we still pull in the big bucks? Let's be nice just in case they are serious.

In their collective haste to prove they do not need independant regulation, they have proved opposite.

The only way you deal with these twats is to stand up to them, shame them – easier said than done given Sky et al are part of the problem – and get the public sympathy on your side.

For years under Kenwright & Co we just let them walk all over us. Tell them to fuck right off with their made-up so-called independent commission “judgements”.

The whole organisation has been overrun with money, power and hence corruption. That’s how it works.

Premier League may or not be corrupt, but from where I'm standing it is giving a fairly good impression of a corrupt organisation. A definition of corrupt includes: dishonestly using your position or power to get an advantage, especially for money: Not necessarily a definition that can be made directly at the Premier League, but certainly one that could be made against the clubs that make up its league, particularly those that have enjoyed oodles of success, since its inception.

Do those VAR decisions ever ever go against the neighbours, oh yeah the definitely not corrupt Premier League want to see an open race for the title and not a foregone conclusion with that 'cheating' Manchester team running away with it. Sorry despite it taking up three weeks of headlines I forgot about the Spurs game, silly me.

If not for the points deduction we could have gone into tenth with a victory tomorrow, with the points deduction we're hoping to 'climb' out of the bottom three.

Points deduction is wrong, ten points deduction is harsh and doesn't in any way, reflect the crime, don't stop complaining about it, until its overturned, screw the bear!

So no point in appealing? That's smart.

I want Evertonians to kick the bear where it hurts the most, not roll over and accept a totally ludicrous decision and put a stop to the protests, because it may make the bear more angry and therefore look upon our appeal unfavourably.

If we were a far better and stronger outfit than we currently are, I'd be minded to take the current penalty on the chin and tell the Premier League to shove the points where the sun don't shine.

Twelve wins on the spin for Everton – highly unlikely but we can dream – and we can tell them to keep those points we didn't need them.

I imagine that we'll have to wait until the next International break in March before the appeals commission sits again and issues its verdict.

Actually Nick, sociopaths often are inept but it's not found out until their absolute belief in their own pre-eminence has carried them through a multitude of flawed interviews to the upper echelons, where they continue to float around wreaking unintended havoc because no-one wants to confess they should never have been appointed in the first place.

What does Moshiri do? Run? Sell for what he could get?

Seriously, if I was in Moshiri's shoes, I would hire the best board he can find, and stay put. It might take a year or two but he would likely recoup the hundreds of millions lost when we get in the new stadium or are returned to the Premier League.

It's not stupid... I am serious. Hire the best and move out of the way.

Dear Mr Greenough,
 
Thank you for your email. I have signed Early Day Motion 79 as a sponsor. I hope we can also take this matter further with other interventions and actions. You can see the list of MPs who have signed the EDM here:
 
https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/61551

I appreciate the time you have taken to write to me about this matter.
 
Yours sincerely,

Peter Dowd MP

EDM not yet signed by one Tory, I see...