east london scum will get everything they deserve

If west ham had been upfront and transparrently honest­ in their dealings involving the carlos tevez affair­ then they could not have been found guilty of anything­ and would not be paying any club anything or be in fear­ of a points deduction decision. In the same light that­ Sheffield united brought relegation on themselves by­ not playing well enough so west ham utd have brought a­ guilty verdict upon themselve by deliberately being­ obtuse and contrary over the precise details of carlos­ tevez contract and ownership. both clubs can look no­ further than themselves and their own conduct /­ performance if they are looking for someone to blame.­ Having said this the fact it has taken one club taking­ another to court to sort this matter out says as much­ of the shambolic organisations that supposedly run our­ beautiful game as it does about the two clubs involved.

WHY DOES EVERYONE BASHING WEST HAM ? SHEFF UTD WHEN­ DOWN BECAUSE THEM LOST TO MANY GAMES AT THE END OF THE­ SEASON, WEST HAM GOT A RECORD FINE.THAT SHOULD BE THE­ END OF IT BUT SHEFF UTD CARRYED ON CRYING ABOUT TO­ EVERYONE.

Generally speakng the wider world realise Blades fans­ arent bitter because of Tevez, more the fact that they­ went out over unfair circumstances that everyone else­ in the league accepted and played by, West Ham didnt­ get points deducted based on the FA bottling it which­ kept them up, so they will have to battle against the­ tide of no money for a while. One thing for sure is it­ aint looking good despite the results they have had. If­ they get away with giving Sheffield £30m i think they­ have been lucky its £56m a year for a seat in the­ Premiership so they will have to share some of that out­ rather than buy players, it might be less not having a­ sponsor though

If West Ham had been deducted points in a season where­ it was relevant it could have been argued that­ compensation wouldnt have been necessary although they­ missed that boat starting the next season in the same­ league.

I suspect receivership is the only way WHU are going to­ avoid paying out to Sheffield United - I am convinced­ that Sheffield United will refuse to participate (as is­ their right) in a hearing at the Court of Arbitration­ for Sport (this is who WHU are appealing to NOT as­ suggested in the article, who made the decision that­ WHU should pay SU compensation). This will be as­ payback for the way West ham refused to enter into the­ FA's process of appeal until it was too late to­ reverse the decision and have a point deduction­ outcome. If SU don't agree to go to the­ Arbitration court, then there is little chance of the­ case being touched by the Court, and the independent­ committee's decision to award SU compo will be­ final and the only remaining issue would be how much. ­ If it is the mooted 30m, I see no chance of WHU meeting­ that money without some very creative accounting. So­ WHU would be unable to meet the debt, be placed in­ administration, docked at least 10 if not 17 points,­ and that may or may not get them relegated. The only­ benefit from WHU point of view is that SU would not get­ the compensation money.....

Final league position is decided in one game or one bad­ decision, BUT a team has to play good ALL season to­ even be in the running to win the league, you HAVE make­ EVERY result count. The same as a team that plays­ poorly all season will end up at the bottom of the­ league. Granted some of you don't agree with the­ sheff utd. decision, but what about the rest of the­ games they played, they were already at the bottom with­ the rest of the poor performing teams. Some stay up,­ some go down, that's just the way it is, like it or­ not.... I'm sure West Hams time will come.

im pretty sure this isnt the only club that will go­ bust after this nice creditcrunch. and only good too.

After taking West Hams 30 million the Blades should­ develop the stadium nicely, get a a few decent players­ and then buy West Ham with the change.....If there is­ anything left of course!

i am a liverpool supporter.i am not bias to any team­ but honestly in my opinion i think that west ham should­ be deducted thier point and should be relegate instead­ of sheff utd..but it is a FA deicision and i think we­ must respect that. it is unfair to put all the blame to­ west ham and said this is karma. I love fotball n I­ dont want to see any football club stumble not because­ of footballing reason.

D W g8 point West Ham didn't win the World cup for­ England because there wasn't 11 West Ham players in­ the starting line up,just as they WASN'T 11 Carlos­ Tevez's playing for West Ham.Dry your eyes­ @#$%field Utd you got yourselfs relagated not West Ham

Its because of the world cup connection that the FA­ didn't deduct points at the time.
It STINKS this­ spineless body are one of the worst things in the game.

1: West Ham did not win the world cup for England. Last­ time I checked the starting XI that day was not made up­ of all West Ham players.

2: It dosen't take a­ genious to work out that unless West Ham get taken over­ the long term future of the club isn't great.

Sheffield Utd were relegated by the FA not West Ham. Do­ think they are the ones Sheff should sue. West Ham­ payed there dues to the FA (i think). Fulham Supporter.

Julie H, I love West Ham but can we please stop harping­ ojn about something that was over 40 years ago??

Ric@#$%ly one team relegated Sheff Utd and that was­ them! 10 point cushion they lost it. Without that­ West Ham adn Tevez would have been totally irrelevant. ­ Sad you blame someone else for your failures! Tevez­ scored 7 goals - how many did Sheff Utd score in the­ same time? One more question if Tevez had kept Sheff­ Utd up would you be moaning?

yeah and its coming your way .....@#$%

ha ha!! Richard is that your real name or do use the­ shortened version (****)