Anyone else nervous?

Too much information

 

Not concerned, whilst the result has a direct effect on our club, aside of that the appeal is none of our business.
Whatever the group decide is what it will be, I can’t affect it and won’t change my support of the club either way.

 

The sun's shining, restaurants are open. The QC's will make a decision in about 10 minutes then go off for a very nice lunch. When we hear the verdict is a different matter altogether.

 

I'm nervous.

A few years back our neighbour got planning permission to convert an outbuilding that was adjacent to our house on condition that it could never be used as living accommodation. He did the work and started renting the building out as living accommodation (like nobody saw that coming). When the council came round (on another matter) and saw this was happening they told him it had to stop so he appealed the planning condition to the council. The council planning committee considered his appeal in public and confirmed their condition still held so he appealed it to the national Planning Inspectorate. After a long and drawn-out process they also upheld the planning condition. Some time later he started using the building as living accommodation again and again the council intervened. This time, however, we received a letter from some council employee saying that despite both the council planning committee and the Planning Inspectorate disallowing it he was going to unilaterally overrule those bodies and allow it. All the due consideration given to each and every angle of the case by the appropriate and elected bodies was disregarded on the whim of one council employee on that one day that it crossed his desk. We had no right of appeal over this decision and, frustrated beyond belief by the experience, we sold the house we'd lived in for 20 years and moved away.

So my disheartening message is this: it doesn't matter if right, fairness, history and proper procedure are on your side, it only takes one person on one day to screw you over. So yes, I'm nervous.

 

Oh I agree sir, more than happy we play by the rules!

 

Sounds like the sickness panel at work. If you have three periods of sickness a year. The supervisor politely mentions to you that if you have another you will be starting disciplinary proceedings. You have a panel with a HR member and your supervisor. The outcome can be a notch on the ladder or no further action. The final decision is your supervisors.

They ask you to leave the room and come to their decision. Like you say this is flawed because you're supervisor might have only referred you to the panel because they had to go out of their way to arrange cover and they were pissed off when you initially phoned in. In this case no matter whether you'd had your leg amputated it won't make a difference to the outcome.

That said on the morning of the hearing your supervisor could have had the best sex of her life and you get away with it. All on a whim. Spot on mate.

 

I really really really hope you are right on this. However, it saddens me to say that I think we won't. :/

 

I hope I’m wrong but I honestly think they’ll win the appeal.

I’m not a lawyer or expert in EFL rules to have any confident opinion to ease my fears. We can all google the rules but as with any law/rule it’s all about interpretation - things are rarely black and white; rather various shades of grey.

 

I'm that nervous, I've screenshot the Championship table for posterity, in case it looks different tomorrow morning.

 

But where is wendy's decision there appeal was weeks ago and all the EFL say it is an independent panel, but surely they know the verdict, but are frightened to death Barnsley and several other clubs are going to take them to cleaners

 

Hoping Wigan get rejected, then can give SW slap on wrist.