WESTERN Sydney Wanderers chief executive John Tsatsimas has laid down the gauntlet to the club’s troublemakers, telling them: you are not welcome.

The A-League club on Thursday accepted Football Federation Australia’s sanction of a $50,000 fine and suspended three competition point deduction.

While disappointed for the club’s players, staff, owners and the majority of supporters, Tsatsimas re-iterated his comments from earlier this week, telling troublemakers to stay away.

“Show your passion as any true football fan would, but don’t do it as a hooligan,” he said on Thursday in response to David Gallop’s earlier announcement.

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He added: “For those who do not and cannot comply, do not come back.

“You are not welcome...

“Stop using our club as a promotional vehicle for your own selfish narcissistic purposes.

“You’re not wanted, you never will be.”

The Wanderers came out strongly ahead of their 5pm Wednesday deadline set by the FFA, and Tsatsimas continued that theme. However, he continued to be sure to differentiate the club’s famous RBB active support group from the minority grabbing the headlines.

“It’s unfortunate that those who conduct themselves inappropriately put themselves in that group and it tarnishes that group,” he said.

“The RBB have been nothing but fantastic. We just hope (the minority) are weeded out.”

He also implored fellow attendees to be vigilant in helping to weed out the perpetrators.

“To the rest of our fans in this, please do not encourage them.

“I would expect our members not to encourage this cowardly behaviour.

“It’s a cultural thing. We need to get into people’s minds that this type of behaviour is … not acceptable.

“(If you see something untoward) tell the police offer ‘there’s an issue here’.”

With a Sydney derby imminent, he added: “It’s incumbent upon us to make sure it’s a safe match. Protocols have been addressed and reviewed.”

While strides have been made at Pirtek Stadium, he acknowledges there are issues to be resolved away from home. But he added he found the timing of the incident, close to a verdict being reached on the fan banning process, “mind boggling”.

“There’s a new process coming down next week, certain advocates pushing the process of the fans, but we find this the week before (that’s) handed down. I can’t fathom it and neither can many in the game”.

The Red and Black Bloc released a statement on its Facebook page on Thursday, saying the supporters group did not “encourage anyone to participate in any prohibited activity.”

The RBB, however, did not condemn the use of flares, much to the bemusement of fans on their site.

“The consequences are known to all,” the statement read. “The RBB supports the notion of personal choice.”

The statement also suggested the flares issue was “exacerbated in the media, and that if it was not flare use, the Wanderers fan base would have been targeted over other issues.”