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But that was Shearer recovering from injury. Shearer stays fit then you get the double boost of his goals and JDT not struggling as the number 9. It was scoring goals (or not) that killed us that season. There is a question on who would be supplying the goals mind....

If it stays like this then we've really got away with one this weekend.

CP30 is who I'm worried about

Under PSR I reckon we'd have a healthy budget in the summer if we got top 5. The problem is SCR then comes into play which limits is more than PSR would. Of course it's FMV that's the real limiting factor under with measure

That's not Teletext like

I'm looking forward to Burn shouting down the mic 'Ah've still got meee sooot, its getting cleened in the morning'

Villa have made £70m from the champions league this year, if we qualify we'll keep hold of all 4. It looks like we're currently on the limit of the UEFA rules bit fine with the current PL rules. £70m extra next year plus we will get more sponsorship deals through and we've got £50-£60m headroom minimum for wages and amortisation

We'll turn it on, got more faith in a performance against an established top 4 club than any other atm. Depends if Arsenal turn it on as well, then it comes down to who is more composed or gets the rub of the green in front of goal

Can see city pulling clear of Forest bit then it's anyone's game for 4th and 5th. Top 8 in danger of pulling away a little now but Europe comes into play for a couple of clubs so picture could change. 4th or 5th is there for the taking, right now I'd be disappointed with anything below 6th

Because there are 5 teams going for 2 places and strengthening one gives more opportunity for the other 3 to drop points when we play them

It depends on how they see him playing, he wouldn't be able to play against them but we still have games against Forest, Chelsea and Villa where City may see it beneficial in giving a greater chance to take points from those clubs

And its still more interesting then xG crap

Sales profits are spread over 3 years - so a £30m is £10m a year for 3 years, not £30m each year

Jokes on you, I'm an old bastard FCA ha

The 2 poorer qualifications then

It does make sense in a way.... Let's say you sell someone for £60m profit in June then if it was 1 year recognition you would lose it straight away. Spread it over 3 years and the club has a chance to recycle it into new signings. Still think it should be gross fee though and not profit. Maybe take any amortisation in the year you sell and the fee over 3, deterrent against flipping Edit, overall the scr are a lot easier to work out and give less room for Man U shenanigans

It's basically transfer fee divided by length of contract with adjustments for new contracts or where there is a reason to devalue the player. The rest is accounting jargon that says follow the accounting rules

Hmmm a bit of a Google search would suggest that amortisation is included in the scr for both UEFA and the premier league. It seems a tad unfair that you include it in your costs and then have to deduct any unamortized value from a transfer fee.

I See 4/5 going one of 2 ways. It either stays really tight with 4-8 being much of a muchness through to the final sprint and the points needed to achieve CL being lower that average as we all take points off each other Or 2-3 teams pull away as the grind of the season takes hold with it being close between 4-6 and a higher than average points total needed. I know that's real deep thinking there I think the second is more likely, potentially even City and us stepping up and everyone else dropping off a bit. Liverpool City Arsenal Us Chelsea Forest (3 game losing streak knocks them off their stride and then an inconsistent run in with more draws than anything else) Bournemouth Villa LC - Us, beating Liverpool in the final FA Cup - City

Disclaimer on costs continuing after the first year but we could service £100m of purchases on £20m sale profit. The key for this summer is CL, we had a bump last season on revenue for it which was then replaced with the Adidas deal this year so getting I'm again will be a good bump up again. It wouldn't surprise me if there is a break in the Sela deal after next year. We would be well placed to justify a further jump from the £25m deal with 2 cl campaigns under the belt and having one of the most high profile players on the world wearing the number 9. Fuck it, pay to break the deal this summer and go all out with a new partner or increased Sela fee for next year

Lampard ideally

What's that day called where arsenal fans celebrate finishing above Spurs? (Pettiness I'm all for). Must be on for a record in earliness this year. Also see that Southampton cannot win the league now, again isy be pretty close to a record on when the first team was mathematically out of the race

Would Kluivert be an option for a RW/striker in the summer? A lot of recent bias over the past few weeks but he's steadily grown into a more than decent premier league player and only 25.

Defending was shite but the header for their goal was decent