The Fish

Long story short, you pay for a transfer fee in instalments across the length of their contract. Extend the length of contract, you reduce the amount you account for each time.

Team buys player X for £80m and gives them a 4 year contract. So that initial fee is spread over the length of the 4yr contract, at £20m a year. That £20m comes off each years accounts and as such is marked against their FFP allowance to fall within £105m over 3yrs. Say, for this example it takes them to their limit. 1 year in, the remaining amount of that initial fee to be amortised is £60m (£20m a year), but then that contract is extended by 3 years. So the remaining amount to be spread over 6yrs is £60m, or £10m a year and halving the FFP burden of that transfer. Leaving £10m free in their FFP accounts Which would allow the club to buy a £40m player on a 4yr deal and stay within FFP boundaries.

Not his wage, his fee. £40m in 2019, £6.5m a year, add another 3 years brings it down to £4.4m a year, right? Couldn't remember how long his deal was so googled

What an absolute legend

The good news on that front is that Joelinton is underrated outside of Newcastle. We know he's now worth more than the £40m we paid for him, but others haven't caught up to that fact yet. If we can get him to agree this contract extension we've got a dominant central midfielder, who is loved by the fans, valued by the manager and deified by a man and his son in Cheshire. If he signs the deal can we amortise his cost over the length of the contract? Does it give us a little more wriggle room? @ewerk

Hoping he gets to strut his stuff in the CL with us again before he goes. He's the closest we've had to a World Class Talent™ we've had for fucking ages.

"Jawdee guys take the peees" Love that lad

It is today, yes.

Bruce went to Bramall Lane to face a side without a win in the Premier League after 20 games, he played 5 at the back, with Hendrick, Hayden and Longstaff in midfield. Allardyce went to Pride Park to face the team with the lowest pts total in the PL era, he played 4 at the back, with Geremi, Butt and Smith in midfield. Howe went to Bramall Lane to face on of the presumptive favourites for relegation, he played 3 at the back (essentially), with Anderson, Bruno and Longstaff in midfield. There are levels to this game.

and what a sweet sweet finish from the man.

Pearce I liked, Barnes I could put up with, but Rush... did he even score?

Sheffield have greater resources than Luton and Luton have taken a lot of 'big teams' to the wire. Yes there are vast gaps between Arsenal and Sheffield in terms of talent that can take the field, but Sheffield should still be able to make a game of it. That was limp, disorganised and toothless. Yes, Carragher might be going over the top with his criticism, but honestly last night's game was just as much about how bad Sheffield were as it was the chasm in resources. Mate said last night "Derby might have got the lowest points tally in the Premier League, but are this Sheffield the worst team there's ever been in the top flight"?

Says there loads use fish bladders as a fining agent. Think of the adorable Fish!

Pretty sure a lot of beers use some kind of animal product? Is Alcohol Vegan? A Complete Guide to Beer, Wine, and Spirits (healthline.com)

He was our top goal scorer with 7, one year.

I don't think it matters who we're playing up front at the minute. Due to the constraints placed upon the team through injury we're not on the ball as much as we were, and we're playing from a lot deeper than we were. Naturally this deeper, possession-less play means the striker is barely going to be involved, especially when they're not the prototypical targetman. Next season when we get Joelinton and Tonali back (maybe a new defensively minded CM?) and we'll again be able to play further up the pitch, getting the striker more involved in all-round play and creating a greater volume of chances.

There's so few shows where the Venn diagram of our interests overlap, that we end up watching the American Office, or some sports documentaries. Like, there's no way she'd watch Shogun or Game of Thrones, but we are watching Masters of the Air. Even then, I've tried to convince her to watch Band of Brothers which is much better, but she doesn't seem keen at all.

It's amazing

I don't agree those are the only options but, Bruno is easier to make up in the aggregate than Isak. Sell Isak and, like Alex says, we'd need to buy 2 strikers. And Striker tend to be the most expensive position to fill. Bruno is outstanding, but we could find a talented midfielder that meshes well with our style for <£50m.

Don't talk crazy

You mean give a style of DM or give a name? Style wise we need a mobile physical player who understands positional responsibilities but with the technique to play his way out of pressure.

The other dragging a body bag?

It goes; Robert - scores from anywhere, and does it fairly regularly, passable dribbler, devastating from set pieces, pace, Ginola - grace personified, brilliant technique HBA - incredible ball control, cannon of a shot ASM - And I will not be taking any further questions on this.