"No comment."
"Stupid."
"Inexplicable."
"Everyone is telling me they were penalties."
The procession of statements from Kevin Blackwell as it slowly dawned on him that the Premier League don't want the likes of Sheffield United in the lodge, thank you very much.
An anonymous voice in ScudamoreWorld: "Oh hosanna! It's the lesser of two evils."
Caught between the rock of an eighth Premier League club from the North West of England and the hard place of the promotion of a team primarily responsible (in Our Great Leader's eyes) for the public exposure of the lack of self-regulation at the top of the Premier League, the very important people decided on the former.
Sheffield United have only themselves to blame.
Well, apart from the Premier League, West Ham United, Richard Scudamore, Sir Richards, Kia Joorabchian and a couple of British-based Russian oligarchs, that would be...
But the point is, if you are in waters infested with piranhas, you tend against self-harming.
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