Forest points deduction, Wales Euro 24 play off, Swansea v Cardiff, FA Quarters, Non League Day - Directors' Box Ep6

Directors’ Box Podcast

Craig and Kevin chat about the biggest events of the last week, starting with Nottingham Forest's 4 points penalty that has dropped them into the relegation zone, just behind Luton with 9 games to go.

Forest are paying the price for the mass signings when they got promoted to the Premier League. Forest have the option to appeal, the big concern is the appeal is unlikely to be heard until after the 23/24 season has ended, which could put doubt over who gets relegated.

Forest are yet to confirm whether they will appeal. Does the risk of points deduction concern money bags clubs like Chelsea and Newcastle when the points penalty is low in relation to the quality of squad they can build very quickly.

Has the FA Cup lost its magic, at Directors Box we think not!

Starting with the FA Cup Quarter Final between Man Utd and Liverpool. A great game of football and an unexpected result. Man Utd played a great attacking game, all out for the win and they got their rewards.

It will be interesting to see the outcome in a few weeks when the two rivals meet again in the EPL. It was a disappointing end to the game with the sending off, we feel the ref should have taken into consideration the goal, the emotions and the game coming to an end, but they are following the laws of the game, so are their hands tied?

Another great game between Wolves and Coventry, 2 - 1 up into injury time, two late goals gives an incredible finish to the game. Another red card which the ref could certainly have shown leniency with possibly? How can the Coventry players be expected to control their emotions with such a late winning goal against a Premier League side? The laws of the game really need to be looked at.

The Welsh derby between Swansea and Cardiff is reviewed, a huge clash in the Wales football calendar, resulted in a deserved win for Swansea easing their relegation fears and denting Cardiff's play off hopes.

The first half was dominated by Swansea, supporters expected Cardiff to be a different and better proposition in the second half, but Cardiff's performance didn't improve and the Swans went on to win 2 - 0.

Wales play Finland, in the Semi Final, with the winners playing Poland or Estonia in a play off final to reach Euro 2024. Wales have home advantage in front of a passionate Welsh crowd.

Finland are a tough team to beat, they don't concede many goals, but don't score many either. Aaron Ramsey is in the squad but unlikely to play with his current fitness.

Craig and Kev think this will be a very close game, but that Wales will edge the game by a single goal.

Non League Day is this weekend https://directorsbox.app/non-league-day-a-day-for-the-calendar/

Chesterfield should be rightly promoted back to the football league very soon, with the teams in 2nd to 7th competing for the second promotion place.

At the bottom, Oxford City look like they are going down, but then there are 11 teams at risk of relegation, hoping to avoid the three other relegation positions.

The Directors' Box weekly poll is discussed, who will be the player of the season for 23/24 Premier League.

Download the app from https://onelink.to/tf8udg and vote now. The results will be announced in next weeks Podcast.