Monday, February 2
Don't mention Manny or Carlos…
Starting to get a bad feeling about this. Just as West Ham look like going on a decent FA Cup run FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against West Ham and Sakho for "a potential violation of regulations" over the player's appearance against Bristol City. No-one seems to know what any potential punishment might be, though expulsion from the FA Cup might be a possible sanction. Still can't see we've done anything wrong. Sakho was clearly injured with a back problem against West Brom on Jan 1st and not fit to travel to the African Cup of Nations with Senegal. Twenty four days later on January 25 he was only fit to be on the bench at Bristol City and apparently still unable to fly. The club have an independent medical opinion to back this up. So everything should be fine. But then we are the club that managed to mess up over Manny Omoynimni and Carlos Tevez…
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How come Leicester's Jeff Schlupp was allowed to play against Spurs in the FA cup and then against Man Utd on Saturday when he was also called up by Ghana but was injured at the time so did not go (rings a bell). What exactly is the difference between us and them playing our players and us being pulled up by FIFA on some rules and regs and them not.
Interesting point that. Can only assume it is because Senegal complained and Ghana (managed by our old friend Avram Grant) didn't. The size of the punishment suggests FIFA saw it as very much a technicality.
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