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Joined in Feb 2005 and still on the waiting list to get into the top clique.

Aye, the RAF etc didn’t give Iraqi kids or Syrian kids much opportunity to reach 69 either. So why doesn’t the UK stop selling arms around the world then. UK government aren't buying football clubs UK Govt can't even buy PPE properly

link=topic=104153.msg7214256#msg7214256 date=1588748048] In my limited view we all seem to be missing the reason for what we all perceive as human rights abuses in saudi, is their religion which requires medieval punishments, i.e removing hands for theft etc. Radically altering the punishments for transgressors would be tantamount to denying the validity of their religion. In that circumstance the religious leaders would almost certainly stir up the populace to oust the House of Saud which would then in all likelihood be replaced by even harder line rulers opposed to western influences. The western government view seems to me to be it's basically better devil you know! You could also argue similarly for the role of women in society. Seems to me like the West likes to eat cake; treat women equally AND be free to worship how you want. Tough to modernise SA to Western standards when you are the centre of Islam. Additionally I'm not sure the EPL is going to get far with owners / sponsors coming to the table with snowflake ethics and a transparent and virtuous moral history. As well as as Arab states we'd probably have to exclude Chinese and Russian money for democratic reasons. Half of Europe for flirting with fascism / colonialism. Alot of UK and US wealth for historical links to slavery / colonialism etc. We'd be left with recently self made people, but then have to exclude those with £300m to spare who got that money in a totally immoral way. Haven't mentioned only allowing sponsors that are not selling vices. IMO the nufc bid will go through because the EPL has built a greenhouse.

and if the EPL try and day 'no' for whatever reason then you know SA will be on the phone to Boris to remind him he needs friends with money, post Brexit especially.

Approve the deal and the EPL have a route into stopping the piracy

I think footballers are just an easy target. Their salaries are no more or less obscene just because we have a pandemic. If the government wanted to do this fairly they could introduce a high end income tax, say 90% if you earn over £2m pa. If they wanted to they could introduce a wealth tax or a land tax but then what's the point of voting Tory if you don't look after your own.

Cant even get a cash refund from SD.

The problem isn't the distance you are measuring but what you are measuring. It makes no difference if you set the rule as a striker being level or clear daylight if there is no consistent and speedy measurement available. Even if FIFA say clear and obvious then what is 'clear and obvious' to one set of eyes will not be the same as another. I would suggest a gps tracker in the shirt (or boots) so that a computer can quickly say if a player was onside or not. Use goal line technology to track whether a ball is in-play or not and then you don't have to have linesmen, but maybe additional referees. The problem isn't the technology but the humans using the technology.

Brought Sissoko in!

4 for the Munich QF. Happy to drink there for the weekend.

In a dream scenario then BZG have agreed a contract with Rafa should they purchase the club. Rafa not signing a contract puts pressure on MA to agree the sale. We all live happily in the ever after...

It takes a week. My understanding is that the process needs to be instigated by nufc. It could be that BZG have submitted paperwork to nufc have not sent it on to the EPL.

Ashley was happy enough to discuss Debenhams in public. He just likes to play games to his rules as suits.

MA backed into a corner by Rafa. Gets Bishop to plant an article using his classy contacts with the aim of flushing out other potential buyers and giving him time to not deal with Rafa.

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Totally agree. Take Colbeck for example and assume he is on £2.5m pa. The 2016/17 accounts made provisions for players with no economic value. He had two years of his contract left so they may have written down £5m in the 2016/17 accounts, inflating wages in that year. In 2017/18 we actually loaned him to Forest; say for £1m fee. His wages are already written off so we then make a surplus of £1m on wages in that year. In short, the write down not only inflated wages in the promotion season but probably reduced the wage bill in the last accounts for all the players on loan.

If LC wants to include the total costs of a player purchase he needs to compare this to the total savings from player sales, transfer fee and saved future salary. Notwithstanding that it is difficult to make true year on year comparisons with the way they put provisions in the 2016/17 accounts I see that the wage bill has fallen considerably from £112m to £93m pa. In the clubs own words we have a very low wage to turnover ratio (52%) and enough spare cash to pay back MA £33m so there is no excuse for saying we don't have the financial clout to back Rafa going forward. Also note that LC's pay doubled from £150k to £300k between the two years.

Hope you had a yellow card handy.

But I thought Warnock voted 'Britain is best' Brexit. Surely we have nothing to learn from Jonny Foreigner.

In these days of technology it's ludicrous that the referee's watch isn't visible to the public for top games.

Something and nothing. Never been ITK but met two guys here in South Africa who are selling automated warehouse technology to SD. There thought MA was easy to get out his cheque book and had just upgraded their contract from £15m to £54m. Apparently he is worried about losing his cheap Polish workforce.

In a depressing time for the club it's hard to think of a better centre back pool than the five we have at the moment. I like the look of the three we started today but it is harsh on Fernandez who has been excellent. Clark has had his moments and goals too. Added to this we have an excellent keeper. Praise to Rafa too for moving away from his preferred formation and playing to our strengths with 343 / 541. A couple of signings and we will be a good mid table team that may even be worth £300m.

Just put my complaint into Ofcom about BT Sport. I can handle Ferdinand being an idiot but what is unforgivable is BT paying him and giving him airtime to spout his wisdom. They have a responsibility to society as a trusted broadcaster.

Brexit is going to cost each person £4000 according to the Treasury. If we all just switch to Remain we could use the money we've saved to buy the club. Simples.

He had the title in his hands....and then it just disappears