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Yeah I know that re PSR and paying up front, I was more getting at the praise for Monchi in this instance

Chelsea right now working on Bubonic Plague, Small pox and Giant meteor wiping out the dinosaurs allowances.

Or someone's offering them a massive mark up on a player who was a bit meh last season? Like someone offering us 70mill for Barnes.

Doesn't have to be. It just has to be seen to be a legitimately fair value. Galatasaray owe us no favours but if they offered us 40mill for Callum Wilson the Premier league would be all over it.

Explain that one under FMV.

Eze can do it and so can Bowen......all 3 were misused by their underuse.

I'm not sure if it is effective, yes we've made 2 finals and a semi but we've not been convincing and been lucky in the draws, especially given the strength of squad he has at hand.

Really ? How come other teams manage a high press ? And to think most of the players he has play for teams who use a high press ...... so why wont/can't he ?

It seems to be part of the footballing cycle, Argentina aren't anything special yet won the World Cup and have been beaten something like 3 times in 3 yrs or 100bgames or something like that. Current national teams just don't look all that good.

I thought they did and they didnt have many more gears to go. They arent a patch on the great recent Spanish teams of Xavi, Busquets etc.

They weren't but they were the better team on the day and the best team in the tournament.

Come on, sometimes it's really obvious.

Oooh well put.

Depends on the circumstances. I think those in charge understand about last season and how much was out of his control.

Got to hope it's not due to a deterioration in her Huntingtons disease.

Nah, it was Unbelievable.

Both.

Yeading. Girl 1's first game.

Nah, it's a Cesena.

Watch it on YT, the Luton players took it on the chin, didn't lash out or anything. Bloody hell, that Newcastle team had it done to them enough times and not to be all Max Boyce (Google him) about it but "I was there".

It's not normally taking the piss out of worse players, it's taking the piss out if beaten players (see Kenny Wharton V Luton Town)

I'm not sure as teams can break the rules whenever they want without breaking the law but they would face a sanction by the sports governing bodies. Could a player claim it's against the law because he's been sent off and banned for two games, losing appearance money ? No, it's a sporting sanction not a restriction of trade I guess.

I'm not so sure. In English Cricket there are rules on the amount of overseas players which would seem to be in contravention of UK employment law. Similarly both Rugby codes have salary caps.

Will we know ? Wasn't it to be held in secret and no outcome made public ?

What a life you must have to hate someone because you dont think they are great at football. Jeez you must have hated 99% of the players we've ever had.