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This has been an exceptionally good matchday for us. 3 players scoring double digits, both matchday winner Coma and Michael bettering the old season high score in the process, and nobody scoring less than 5 points. While we all predicted well by our standards Viva's Kiel 1-2 Braunschweig perfect score prediction is still standing out. Matchday 18 1) Coma 15 points 2) Michael 14 points 3) Bluewolf 11 points 4) Tommy 8 points 5) CaaC(John) 7 points 5) Rucksackfranzose 7 points 7) Viva la FCB 6 points 8- Stan 5 points Viva la FCB remains in pole position, there were many changes in the other spots, though. Table after 18 matchdays 1) @Viva la FCB 115 points 2) @Michael 110 points 3) @CaaC (John) 108 points 4) @Bluewolf 104 points 4) @Coma 104 points 6) Rucksackfranzose 102 points 7) @Stan 96 points 8- @Tommy 94 points 9) @nawoo 75 points 10) @londonerlilie 50 points

The Athletic piece on Forest is eye watering! This was my favourite bit "There is the story of Omar Richards, who joined from Bayern Munich without anybody realising he had a fractured leg. Somehow, Richards passed a medical he underwent in Greece. He cost £8.5m and, 18 months on, has not played a single minute for the club." " By the time Forest signed Chris Wood and Jonjo Shelvey from Newcastle United last January, they knew the numbers contained all sorts of risks. They went ahead and did it anyway. Wood signed on loan with a clause in his contract that triggered a £15m deal, on £100,000 a week, as soon as he was named in the matchday squad three times. Shelvey was given a two-and-a-half-year contract on roughly £75,000 a week and, within St James’ Park, the two transfers created something bordering on amazement. Put bluntly, they could not believe Forest thought it was good business.

There's ways to push the envelope though. Lying about stadium finance when the Premier League has already given you a massive win there is beyond stupid. Claiming a Covid exemption on a player you've never actively tried to sell is also pretty silly. The Sigurdsson one might have had legs if they'd opened a dialogue with the Premier League when it happened and sought relevant legal advice. Likewise the Youth Dev one could have legs but only if they'd got the rest of the League to agree to the same thing. Dumping those two in at the last minute with zero consultation does nothing to help your argument. My guess is that the total deduction will be between 15 and 20 points for both seasons. It could be a tight battle with Luton but I really don't see you going down even with a 20 point deduction. As for Forest, i've heard that their argument is going to be that they could have sold Johnson for £20m and stayed within PSR limits but chose to wait for a bigger fee. That suggests they are around £20m over budget, which is in a similar ballpark to Everton's 21/22 breach. You'd expect that they'd get a 10 point penalty as well if that is the case. I suspect though that there is some dodgy accounting in there between Forest and Olympiakos which might make the situation worse.