I haven’t read the last 40 odd pages so apologies if I’ve missed this; Skybet have got Gallagher to Spurs at 1/1, which sounds to me like they know something. Is this happening?
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Some people believe in Santa Claus, too.
In all fairness; it doesn't sound like you can relate to old school or grassroots footy culture if that's your attitude.......
My local non-league club..... Every pint you drink in the club-house matters.
My point is that the PL is not grassroots and the myth that it operates at a scale anywhere near that is actively damaging the sport and making it less competitive. As is the fantasy romanticism of the pyramid.
So long as the system is kept open to unregulated capitalism, the trophies will continue to be held by ever fewer hands. We focus on doping, but it's not like the sport was healthy before doping when it was United's sponsorship revenue basically hovering up everything.
Money has broken the competitive balance of football in every nation in Europe. FFP by its nature only encodes the financial advantages of the richest clubs - its not the solution to the problem.
Posted this in another thread but not sure many saw it so will post it again here, basically the UEFA squad status of the players next season:
Thought I would do this quickly to give an idea of what we might need or how many spaces there could be. Hopefully not missed anyone. This is players with contracts that go beyond this summer so including players that we know will likely not be here next season. Hopefully useful...
2024/25 UEFA
List A:
Max squad size: 25
Max non-club trained players: 21
Max overseas players: 17
List B: (Players born after Jan 2003 that have been at club for 2 years or 3 years with a 1 year loan): Unlimited number
List A: Possible club trained (~4)
Skipp
Whiteman
Tanganga
Parrott
Robson
Notes: Austin and Lyons-Foster contracts expiring. Possible buyback clause on Cirkin expiring early in summer. Could see likes of Tanganga and Parrott being sold.
List A: Non-club trained, non-overseas (~4)
Forster
Davies
Sessegnon
Maddison
Johnson
Rodon
Spence
Phillips
Soonsup-Bell
Notes: Likely a few of these sold or loaned again. Phillips and Soonsup-Bell not been here long enough to be on list B but could be loaned out next season
List A: Overseas (max 17)
Son
Hojbjerg
Lo Celso
Bentancur
Bissouma
Emerson Royal
Gil
Romero
Richarlison
Vicario
Solomon
Kulusevski
Porro
van de Ven
Veliz
Udogie
Dragusin
Sarr
Ndombele
Reguilon
Keeley
Notes: Likely a few of these sold or loaned again. Keeley and Veliz not been at club long enough for list B and bought from overseas clubs
List B: (unlimited)
Devine
Scarlett
Donley
Dorrington
Santiago
Craig
Gunter
Moore
Hall
Olusesi
Black
etc.
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Which is moot cos it's all part of the same eco-system here.
(There certainly wasn't a claim being made that it is at the same scale either.)
So long as you've got non-league clubs fighting their way out of obscurity and into the football league or a club like Bournemouth gaining multiple back to back promotion to eventually mix it up in the prem then the romance of the pyramid isn't a "fantasy" either.
Money has broken a lot of 'beautiful' things in this world/society (I'm sure we could both make a list), but certain things (like this capitalist society itself) are simply too far gone.
It's not THE solution, but there's not a better one on the table, bearing in mind the one you propose would mean trashing the entire fabric and roots of the game in this country (and presumably others).
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I agree with KWP but there is a bit of revisionism going on here.
Poch didn't refuse to give Onomah a chance, in fact he gave him 518 minutes when he was just 18. He also went on 2 loans aged 20 and 21 but didn't impress and eventually lost his place in the team on both loans. Poch can't be blamed for how his career went
Bentaleb didn't fall out with Poch, he forced a move after an in jury hit season meant he lost his place to Dembele. He has since admitted he made a mistake and should never have left.
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Davies is HG (like Rodon).
Its possible Sarr will count as HG Club Trained, as we registered him for the PL whilst he was on loan (like Woolwich did with Saliba), so he will he HG for the PL, but I haven't seen it confirmed if the loophole works with UEFA comps too or not.
Oops, didn't realise I put Davies on both. Cheers! Sarr won't be club trained for UEFA because we signed him after the start of the season for the first year.
Kane scored and got an assist in a 4-0 win, so can't have been that tough.
More options though as well, which is the risk. If they win promotion perhaps they set their sights elsewhere.
Much like Royal. Very sold professional.
Football fans are just fucking idiots a lot of the time.
Huh? He's very solid at both of these attributes. And shown it many times. He's not as good as Porro but not many are in that role. But then Porro is half the defender Royal is.
I think they complement each other very well and that's what works about having him as 2nd choice. The real question is how long he's prepared to remain 2nd choice once we're fully fit. Other European clubs will definitely come in for him in the summer.
I agree. You just don't want to be able to pencil in the top six every year before a game is played. If it's 4 of the usual suspects and 2 climbers that's healthy. I don't think there have to be 20 teams on an equal footing, but over a three year period you should get maybe 7 different teams in the top 4. The history and excitement around the big teams (and I include Spurs in that) is good for the sport. That said, I don't think the quality of the league has been all that great this season.
The IRS took down Al Capone. Just saying...
There seems to be some buzz around a 24-year old midfielder, Sebastian Szymanski at Fenerbache. As a backup to Maddison.
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I remember thinking Bentaleb would be our captain.I agree with KWP but there is a bit of revisionism going on here.
Poch didn't refuse to give Onomah a chance, in fact he gave him 518 minutes when he was just 18. He also went on 2 loans aged 20 and 21 but didn't impress and eventually lost his place in the team on both loans. Poch can't be blamed for how his career went
Bentaleb didn't fall out with Poch, he forced a move after an in jury hit season meant he lost his place to Dembele. He has since admitted he made a mistake and should never have left.
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Its seems that there is a collective belief that oil and gas money can buy their way out of anything.