Generic small time football blather thread FOREVER

[Dazzler 11683]

1 minute ago, LondonBlue said:

 

ooh no, there is no "fraud" investigation.

 

they avoid the word fraud as that would enable city to take it out of the hands of the PL kangaroo court and into the law courts.

 

Could you not do that anyway? However they try to label it, they've accused you of fraud by it's very definition.

[Dazzler 11683]

1 minute ago, LondonBlue said:

 

actually i'm looking forward to seeing the red top media meltdown and associated boiling piss when we're cleared and awarded liVARpools 1 PL title as compensation

 

I'd take it if it meant Klopp had to quit knowing his one PL title was being taken away from him.

[LondonBlue 1021]

Just now, Dazzler said:

Could you not do that anyway? However they try to label it, they've accused you of fraud by it's very definition.

 

the premier league is a club and they've accused of breaking club rules.

 

we're not accused of breaking the law. it wouldn't be illegal for Sheikh Mansour to deliver a lorry load of gold to the Etihad but it would be against the PL rules.

 

if we could do that we would. IF the kangaroo court negligently ignore evidence and find us guilty then we can possibly take it to court based on negligence.

 

 

[thebrokendoll 10237]

1 hour ago, LondonBlue said:

 

actually i'm looking forward to seeing the red top media meltdown and associated boiling piss when we're cleared and awarded liVARpools 1 PL title as compensation

 

 

 

there wouldn't be enough candles in the world.

[aimaad22 4659]

6 hours ago, LondonBlue said:

 

I think these new rules make the boardroom almost more important than the pitch. Which feels crazy.

 

Ummm. That happened way before PSR or any financial rules came into place. The only reason Chelsea and City have any success in the last 20 years is because you got wealthy owners that wanted to have some fun. Everything good on the pitch happened as a result of it.

 

I don't blame you for it, it's just the modern game, and we're now hoping for the same thing. I also think PSR is protectionist bullshit. But it's not like money was not the most important thing in the game before that. 

[LondonBlue 1021]

23 minutes ago, aimaad22 said:

 

Ummm. That happened way before PSR or any financial rules came into place. The only reason Chelsea and City have any success in the last 20 years is because you got wealthy owners that wanted to have some fun. Everything good on the pitch happened as a result of it.

 

I don't blame you for it, it's just the modern game, and we're now hoping for the same thing. I also think PSR is protectionist bullshit. But it's not like money was not the most important thing in the game before that. 

 

oh 100%.

 

but with the slight difference that you used to be able to freely use your own money.

 

now you have to beg sponsors for it or use income from winning stuff. we get loads from the champions league and that's set to rocket next year. hardly fair.

 

 

[The Fish 11313]

4 hours ago, LondonBlue said:

 

oh 100%.

 

but with the slight difference that you used to be able to freely use your own money.

 

now you have to beg sponsors for it or use income from winning stuff. we get loads from the champions league and that's set to rocket next year. hardly fair.

 

 

 

What I don't understand is that PSR/FFP has strayed so far from it's original remit, I don't see why it's still being spoken about like it's anything other than a way to stymie ambitious clubs with wealthy owners. 

 

It should be a measure to prevent clubs spending more than they can afford. There are better, more flexible ways to achieve that. If Forest want to spend £60m on a Brazilian left back, they should be forced to prove they have those funds liquid, and the funds to cover his wages across the term of his contract.

 

If they can? Then all power to them. 

 

Is it buying success? Well yes, just as it's always been. But for any club to launch a serious assault of the increasingly entrenched 'elite', they must be allowed to flex whatever advantage they may have. To deny them that right is to be anticompetitive.

Edited April 12, 2024 by The Fish

[Howmanheyman 36442]

Just sitting on my break with sky news in the background, just saw a clip of a grinning Klopp giving a Liverpool shirt to a sports presenter with 'Jacqui' on the back and she's squealing like a little girl shouting 'no way!' before hugging him. She's been around for years and is an experienced sports journalist. Think I've just added a little bit of sick to the cappuccino I was drinking. 

[Alex 36667]

3 hours ago, Howmanheyman said:

Just sitting on my break with sky news in the background, just saw a clip of a grinning Klopp giving a Liverpool shirt to a sports presenter with 'Jacqui' on the back and she's squealing like a little girl shouting 'no way!' before hugging him. She's been around for years and is an experienced sports journalist. Think I've just added a little bit of sick to the cappuccino I was drinking. 

 

[Howay 12496]

I see Chelsea sold one of Boehlys hotels for £75m from “blueco” to “blueco 22” both Boehly owned holding companies, and it’s apparently counted as a £75m gain for FFP 

[Guest MrRaspberryJam]

https://twitter.com/GGFN_/status/1779158758687449403

[Gemmill 49715]

 

@Howayre Boehly selling a hotel to himself to get out of PSR bother. Sounds like that shit is not gonna fly. 

 

[ewerk 33103]

Putting aside how dodgy it is, you can’t keep doing it because eventually you’ll run out of family silver to pawn.

[PaddockLad 18954]

@wykikitoon is this you and your mates this weekend? 😆

 

 

[Howay 12496]

4 hours ago, Gemmill said:

 

@Howayre Boehly selling a hotel to himself to get out of PSR bother. Sounds like that shit is not gonna fly. 

 

Good, fucking disgraceful by those charlatans. It’s honestly hilarious that they’ve done all this to end up with a squad that’s probably worse than they started with. 

[wykikitoon 22727]

36 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

@wykikitoon is this you and your mates this weekend? 😆

 

 

😂

[Kid Dynamite 7606]

 

[Monkeys Fist 45063]

1 hour ago, Kid Dynamite said:

 

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-68806386

 

South Shields fans on the way home from Tamworth. 
 

No fatalities but some serious injuries. 

[Gemmill 49715]

I see Mike Ashley has failed in his attempt to stop us having an exclusive kit deal with JD Sports. So sad. 

[Alex 36667]

It’s a shame sports direct is such a successful model. Everything else he touches turns to shit. 

[Dazzler 11683]

2 hours ago, Gemmill said:

I see Mike Ashley has failed in his attempt to stop us having an exclusive kit deal with JD Sports. So sad. 

Almost as if exclusive lines are a common thing in the sports tat industry

[MMXXVIII 1296]

[Alex 36667]

Would like to see him resurrect his career. But when I read that I thought it’s something he should have kept to himself. It’s not exactly realistic given how little football he’s played recently. 

[Dr Gloom 23567]

Whose books is he even on now? Everton or that Turkish side?

[Dazzler 11683]

8 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

Whose books is he even on now? Everton or that Turkish side?

Everton's I believe. He was only on loan in Turkey. He's been injured I think though, so no idea if and when he'll be back - but he's not kicked a ball in at least a year.