I think so too. Everton pulled together after their deduction, pretty sure they won 4 in a row.

Suspect this will make the Forrest game a fair bit harder. They will be looking to claw most of those points back at the first chance.

Assuming Everton are punished again that would make three teams alongside Luton and Forest, substantially behind us with the number of games left.
I would have thought it unlikely all 3 could overhaul us - even though I still remember vividly the final day of the 1992-93 season, losing at Arsenal and Oldham staying up !
And besides, It looks like there are some green shoots of improvement coming up under OG, which could well mean we pick up points against the likes of Newcastle, Wet Spam and Villa, teams that when we play them, may have little to play for too.

I can see a time when we end up with a kind of fixed price menu for profit & sustainability indiscretions - then we will see clubs gambling on how many potential match winning points its worth in the effected period if the buy player(s) x or x & y as opposed to points deducted / the penalty imposed.

The guy from sky explained this situation really well , he stated that 3 points of the penalty issued is automatic for breaching the rules , the league then issued a further 3 points for the amount of money that they breached the regulations by , however as Forest co operated with the investigations they took away 2 points of this penalty (good behaviour) . So if Forest appealed they can only appeal against the discretionary penalty of 1 point ,given the costs involved for launching an appeal i believe they will not bother even though they will use loads of blustery comment. Moving on as Everton are guilty of the same discretion they too will get at least 3 points deduction , but whether the league issue a discretionary penalty on top Gpd only knows

Agreed

You know, I have been as self righteous and self serving as the rest on here in condemning those who voted for rules and then broke them.

However, if only to be Devil's advocate, some balance.

Forest came up with a team worth £12M (I know!) and were expected to compete on equal terms with teams worth £billions. It just isn't fair. They sought to "stretch" the rules to stand a chance; and they only just scraped it. And now, the vested interests who profit from this unfairness are punishing them for their nerve of seeking to eat at the High Table and are sending them back to the lower, impoverished obscurity where they belong.

As an aside, makes you proud to be Palace. Sustainable and rule compliant, we should be heading into our 12th season. That said, the gap is now much bigger than 11 years ago. I am pretty sure we would not have survived.