I thought you guys had been fined and the incident was over, seems you have lost the 2 SL points !! www.superleague.co.uk/article/28 ... docked-two

I thought you guys had been fined and the incident was over, seems you have lost the 2 SL points !! www.superleague.co.uk/article/28 ... docked-two

It's because we appealed and lost

I'm suprised we even appealed against this. We should have been content that we didn't lose 2 points in the first place. Then again, docking us 2 points for appealing seems a bit draconian to me.

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Good result for us only 5K instead of 10K. Points don't matter were crap, and are going to finish in the bottom two anyway

Result. Justice prevailed.

Means nothing to us.

We're not going to be challenging for anything this year except the wooden spoon. So on reflection, the fine cut in half is a good result, not that it really matters to us anyway.

I don't think we can put any positive spin on this.

I don't know if anyone has made you aware, but I didn't make the decision to appeal it. I'd suspect that someone at the Club has appealed it. At a guess.

I stand corrected on the fine. It's actually been increased. However my initial point still stands. Of course it was appealed. A Club is always going to try and get a reduced punishment if the suitable avenues are available to them. In this case, the appeals process. Whether it should or not is another question. In the big scheme of things it's meaningless to us as a Club. It doesn't effect our chances of a top 8 place, there's no relegation, and we have an owner that probably takes more money than the fine as pocket money. So that's why it's meaningless. Plonker.

I'd hope this steeles the Docs resolve rather than makes him reconsider his involvement which the more you read seems a possible outcome.

they wouldn't have taken this risk if it was meaningless though. I don't understand how you can escape that fact.

Obviously they will have assessed the possible outcomes should the appeal be unsuccessful - clearly the £10k is peanuts to this guy so why bother?

If you dropped a quid down the drain you'd just sew your pockets up and walk off - not stick your arm in to try get it back

Looking at it the fact that the fine has been dropped but the sanction increased I think shows they know that £10,000 was loose change to the Doc.
Would have thought a two point reduction but suspended for a period with it being re instated if any other technical offences occurred would have been a better option.