The glaring omission from the statement is:
"We recognise that we have all behaved like children, we sincerely apologise to all fans for the unnecessary anxiety that we have caused them & we pray that Poole don't get humiliated again."
WRONG!!!
That rule is to stop mid-season cheating like Poole's in 2009.
WRONG!!! Each new season there's a new declaration:
17.4 TEAM DECLARATIONS
17.4.1 Teams must declare their Team prior to the start of the Season.
Grasping at straws, Steve!
More fool them: you should never start team-building before
..the last season ends
..the pre-AGM
..the AGM
..the bribes & brown-envelopes
..the legal challenge
..the arbitration
..the reconciliation
..& Shovlar sings (or croaks)!