Generic small time football blather thread FOREVER

[Dr Gloom 22691]

17 hours ago, Alex said:

It’s also pretty fucking desperate stuff and you’d think they’re running out of assets to sell. There’s only players after that and they’re all on silly contracts. Plus they’ve been largely poor signings. Certainly from a value for money pov. 
The other side of it is we know we’d be held to different standards 

 

it's hard to work out how they're not in trouble with the PSR stuff. i know their commercial revenue dwarfs ours, but they've spend three quarters of a billion on transfer fees alone since the yank took over and started playing football manager in the transfer market. does the dodgy hotel sale and a few outgoings really offset that outlay? 

 

perhaps one of the so-called accountants can explain. 

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 4098]

Just now, Dr Gloom said:

 

it's hard to work out how they're not in trouble with the PSR stuff. i know their commercial revenue dwarfs ours, but they've spend three quarters of a billion on transfer fees alone since the yank took over and started playing football manager in the transfer market. does the dodgy hotel sale and a few outgoings really offset that outlay? 

 

perhaps one of the so-called accountants can explain. 

Their revenue can't be that great otherwise they wouldn't have to cover their losses over £105 million. I think personally they are in a dangerous position. A hedge fund has bought them for £2.75 bn, they have spent another £3/4 bn on players and they are losing money every year. At what point does this hedge fund let this keep going before asking where the return on the investment is?

[Dr Gloom 22691]

33 minutes ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said:

Their revenue can't be that great otherwise they wouldn't have to cover their losses over £105 million. I think personally they are in a dangerous position. A hedge fund has bought them for £2.75 bn, they have spent another £3/4 bn on players and they are losing money every year. At what point does this hedge fund let this keep going before asking where the return on the investment is?

perhaps they’re gambling on finishing top four. It would be a crying shame if they missed out on champions league money again 

[Dr Gloom 22691]

I heard a rumour, dunno if true or not, that Boehly didn’t know Chelsea wouldn’t automatically play champions league football every season before the takeover 

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 4098]

8 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

I heard a rumour, dunno if true or not, that Boehly didn’t know Chelsea wouldn’t automatically play champions league football every season before the takeover 

That sounds about right, like I said they have spent billions and they would need to make £100 million a year profit for 30 years to break even not taking into account inflation. It’s going to blow up in their faces some time.

[Gemmill 47387]

That rumour has been put on here before. In the age of social media, where pure bullshit becomes fact, who knows. I mean, it seems unlikely, but Ashley was another billionaire who consistently fails to do his due diligence every time he buys a business. 

[ewerk 31643]

1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said:

 

it's hard to work out how they're not in trouble with the PSR stuff. i know their commercial revenue dwarfs ours, but they've spend three quarters of a billion on transfer fees alone since the yank took over and started playing football manager in the transfer market. does the dodgy hotel sale and a few outgoings really offset that outlay? 

 

perhaps one of the so-called accountants can explain. 

 

I'm pulling the figures out of my arse but it's just to explain the strategy. Two years ago they were £150m short of the PSR requirement so sold a couple of hotels to their parent company, problem solved. Last year they were £150m short so sold their women's team to the parent company, job done. The problem they have is that the amortisation costs of the transfer fees they've spent are recurring at the same level over five years. Eventually they're going to run out of assets to sell to themselves.

 

At least that's how it looks from the outside. The fact that they don't have a shirt sponsor this year would suggest to me that they're still very comfortable with their PSR position and have a few more tricks up their sleeve.

[Rosco 808]

35 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

I heard a rumour, dunno if true or not, that Boehly didn’t know Chelsea wouldn’t automatically play champions league football every season before the takeover 

The yanks never knew / can’t get their heads around relegation from various sports leagues 

[Toonpack 10533]

11 minutes ago, Rosco said:

The yanks never knew / can’t get their heads around relegation from various sports leagues 

 

And as more and more yank owners arrive expect them to push for that to be a thing of the past too.

[Dr Gloom 22691]

43 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

That rumour has been put on here before. In the age of social media, where pure bullshit becomes fact, who knows. I mean, it seems unlikely, but Ashley was another billionaire who consistently fails to do his due diligence every time he buys a business. 

 

it's a social media rumour/lie that i'm choosing to believe. 

 

makes you think 

[Isegrim 10041]

1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said:

I heard a rumour, dunno if true or not, that Boehly didn’t know Chelsea wouldn’t automatically play champions league football every season before the takeover 

I like it. That’s a fact. I also can’t stand Chelsea. Another fact.

[Howmanheyman 34656]

9 hours ago, RobinRobin said:

Nkunko apparently on the market for 65m  

 

Is it a new type of newspaper puzzle?

[Alex 35979]

2 hours ago, Dr Gloom said:

I heard a rumour, dunno if true or not, that Boehly didn’t know Chelsea wouldn’t automatically play champions league football every season before the takeover 

I’ve heard that reported before too. It was when they failed to qualify the year we did / directly after he’d bought them I think 

[Howmanheyman 34656]

Sky sports news top news story at the top of the hour is sound bites from 14th placed Man Utd manager's press conference for their game TOMORROW with 20th placed Southampton. Going to go all MLF on yo asses here but just for one nano second, imagine Arsenal are about to play Spurs in a London derby trying to keep in touch with leaders Liverpool, Newcastle United are looking to go fourth just behind potentially Arsenal and Forest. Moyes is managing Everton for the first time in over a decade and this was happening TONIGHT. Then imagine if Palace were 14th instead and playing 20th placed Southampton tomorrow. I'm guessing the Palace manager's press conference might not, (just bear with me here), might not be the top news story? Just a hunch, like.

[Dr Gloom 22691]

6 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said:

Sky sports news top news story at the top of the hour is sound bites from 14th placed Man Utd manager's press conference for their game TOMORROW with 20th placed Southampton. Going to go all MLF on yo asses here but just for one nano second, imagine Arsenal are about to play Spurs in a London derby trying to keep in touch with leaders Liverpool, Newcastle United are looking to go fourth just behind potentially Arsenal and Forest. Moyes is managing Everton for the first time in over a decade and this was happening TONIGHT. Then imagine if Palace were 14th instead and playing 20th placed Southampton tomorrow. I'm guessing the Palace manager's press conference might not, (just bear with me here), might not be the top news story? Just a hunch, like.

 

stop watching that shit. it's bad for your health man 

[Holden McGroin 6996]

8 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

 

stop watching that shit. it's bad for your health man 

 
Aerobics Oz Style finished years ago so he has had to resort to knocking one out over the SSN presenters.

Edited 2 hours ago by Holden McGroin

[Howmanheyman 34656]

9 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

 

stop watching that shit. it's bad for your health man 

 

There was a Scottish lass on who was gorgeous and it's not something I watch a lot. For obvious reasons.