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We can't copy Brighton's model as it requires putting these into the first team to build their value. We might get the odd one or two that happen to follow the profile, but its not the strategy to follow. In a way Isak is the example on how we can work something similar, and then Tonali/Tino if they go for mega money. The cartel six use a different model which is to recycle players through their u23s and loan moves to build value, again anyone touching the first team is an anomaly. That's our Minteh move

I thought I heard it was Anderson on loan for the duration of his contract, Forest covering 75% of his wages. Willock was a straight £35m transfer

How can you trust the judgement of this guy?

I'm thinking Razvan

Romanian?

Any suggestions for a DHGate seller atm? Soccer02/3/5 has pretty much doubled in price and looking to get a bit of a random job lot of shirts for the kids for Christmas

Stephen Carr wasn’t his pick.

Also Mexican

No it was brought in because there always a technology that could be monetarised. Doesn't matter if it was something that was valuable, it was something that was there and something people had a vested financial interest in. It's just an extension of the modern world where you need to have some form or tech, automation or AI even when it is a net negative

Yes, but it should be broken for our players who have proved their worth and not on new signings in the immediate future

At 25 you'd think he has this and then maybe 2 more seasons with us before heading off to Real, Barca or PSG. Although he is also in the unsexy midfield role in that he just gets shit done and sets the tone rather than being the main midfield goal threat or a real dedicated holding midfielder so it is possible that the mega clubs overlook him and we get Sandro until he retires (wishful thinking of course)

You'll never see a Mackem in Milan And you'll never see Milan in the Mackems

It gets complicated... You need to start by factoring in the save mf on Isaks depreciation and wages which is somewhere between £15m and £20m. This is a permanent thing, without any sales profit our P&L has this headroom added to it (when compared to 24/25) For the sale you can put £30m profit/revenue for 25/26, 26/27 and 27/28. Under the current PSR calcs you get some benefit for 5 years (£30m, £60m, £90m, £60m, £30m to offset the losses), under UEFA rules it's £30m a year for 3 years - the rest of this is UEFA rules as simpler So that's £45m+£50m a year in the P&L for 3 years. The Wissa and Wolt (great cop duo name) costs are about £30m-£35m so there is plenty of 'money' left for 3 years. Year 4 and 5 there is £20m on the P&L (no Isak cost) compared to 24/25 so a shortfall on Wissa and Wolt that needs filling. Likely scenario is we flip Wissa to Saudi at this point

So I'm housing Deirdre in the box room for nothing?

Nope, its utter woke nonsense (I believe the phrase is) that we now have player of the match announced. well certainly the broadcasters use the term. Its a tiny thing, and totally inconsequential to anything but POTM winds me up. It shouldn't but I'm allowed one petty gripe in this life

POTM surely

Strange to miss Ekitike off, seems like a selective list. You could make the same point by including him and adding a goals/game ratio where Big Nick comes out on top.

Neither I or his slightly misspelled (FA Cup final penalty saving then NUFC number 1) namesake were bad enough to wait 7 years for a clean sheet and thankfully neither is he 🤣

And my 7 year goalkeeper son got his first clean sheet for his academy at a festival yesterday.

Reckon he'll have a taster of the armband in a gam before the end of the season

The hurdle with both of these is you are shrinking the overall league spend year on year. That wouldn't be a bad thing if it resulted in lower access costs for fans, but you know that isn't happening

You must have been 12 pints in if you were getting swellings from the lasses on Donnies

The simplest method in theory is to set a spending cap on the development (so including fees, wages, signing on bonuses, agent fees etc) at a predetermined level for everyone based on a league average for the last 3 years. Owners have to underwrite deficits though capital injections (not loans as these could be pulled back) Would never get through the cartel voting bloc

What are you capping the highest spender at? It just becomes a who got the biggest dick competition if you don't have some cap. The idea on everyone being able to spend the same absolute pounds and pence isn't a bad one at all but you need something else to peg that to, and then provide incentives to work outside of the transfer market to develop players - and in effect capping the transfer market will not be an easy thing to do with the vested interests in play