Hammers deserve to go down

Several months ago, I posted about how McCarthy and Wolves got the short end of the stick when they were penalised for fielding a "weakened" team against Man Utd. As sure as night follows day, the inevitable consequences of that decision are now being seen.

West Ham United are preparing a complaint against Fulham for fielding a "weakened" team against Hull City. Both HC and WHU are in danger of being relegated from the premiership and WHU are pissed that HC got a relatively easy 3 points by beating a weakened Fulham.

Anyway, before I get into this - the usual caveat. I didn't watch the HC vs Fulham game and nor do I know anything about it. Quite frankly, it wasn't on my radar. The only thing I know about this situation is what is written in the article which I linked to above.

However, the complaint itself seems to stem from the fact that Fulham made 6 changes to the squad including the removal of 3 key players. Seriously? This is the basis for WHU lodging a complaint?

Bear in mind that Fulham have been playing 2 games a week (one at the weekend and one during mid-week) since the first weekend in March and that this looks set to continue for most of April. Is WHU seriously suggesting that the top 11 players at Fulham should be playing every one of those games? What is the fricking point in having a squad of players if you get penalised for using them (and lets face it, if you don't rotate your squad when you are playing 2 games a week for over a month, when are you going to rotate them!)?

To be fair to WHU, the financial consequences to WHU (or any club for that matter) going out of the premiership is pretty dire. Even so, this just reeks of desperation by a club that knows they are in trouble. It is also the inevitable consequence of Wolves getting penalised by the PLB (bunch of plonkers!) last time around. In short, yes - I am blaming the PLB for this whole sorry state of affairs.

Anyway, I seriously hope WHU get relegated from the premiership. If that happens, I'm going to buy a beer and have a real good laugh at their expense.