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We do like the buddy system. 2 Germans, 2 swedes (and a turnip), 2 Brazilians and maybe 2 Italians

Do Inter need a striker on loan for a season to sweeten the deal?

What would have stopped Villa, Forest etc from having related party deals to find their growth ambitions? If the APT rules weren't in place then it couldn't be FFP, it would only be the ability of the owner to bring revenue on to find the losses. That's a size of owner issue, not a FFP one.

But infrastructure projects were not included in the allowable losses. and prior to our takeover owners could subsidise losses over the £105m through funnelling revenue in from related companies. now we’ve a position where that is essentially banned, and a knock on from the challenges to that is that the cost of servicing infrastructure is now (at least in part) included in the allowable trading losses

There’s nothing fundamentally wrong with FFP/PSR/SCR etc, and even when they were implemented the £105m loss limit wasn’t overly restrictive and owners had routes to increase club revenues. It’s what has happened in the interim with the loss cap remaining static and owners actions being restricted that has brought us to the position where it’s a mechanism purely to protect the status quo and not protecting clubs. oh and guess who has ensured that this is the case.

Appropriate response - media content obviously. Proper response, I want clips from his debit in Monday's media release

I think Osula makes it ahead of Murphy or Barnes as he can cover striker or out wide. Bit more likely horses for courses and the chances of having everyone fully fit and not suspended for more than a game or 2 at a time is pretty remote.

I think we could create a market pretty damn quickly if we put feelers out for a loan with obligation for a transfer next summer, or even a 2 year loan plus obligation with the total package being worth £150m plus over the 2 transactions. Even more so if we looked at taking players the other way to help eachother out with PSR. You've got Barca, Bayern definitely on the market for a striker purchase on 12-24 months, PSG would likely bite as well.

I'm 100% not saying it's anywhere near the Oasis version in terms of quality, but the MFP version does fit the song really well on terms of style

Love the draw personally, a glamour tie home and away, the rest are competitive but you'd give us a decent chance in all of them. And no horror away trips to contend with. The 7 year old is disappointed we haven't got Real (his Spanish team) l, told him well get them in the final.

Hope we aren't paying him by the inch, he'd be on twice Targetts wedge

They probably wouldn't be on that JSL is young enough that we'd be able to make a small book profit in a couple of years assuming he retains a mid teens goal record. Wissa we'd do well to break even unless there is a sale to Saudi, bit probably looking at either him stocking around for 4 years as backup or moving him on for a small loss. All dwarfed if we get 3 years of CL qualification. On the spurs point, probably is true that they used the Bale and Kane cash to become the club they are today. But that's because they bought (in the main, and both times) shite with the cash. A lot of players but shite ones. Using it for 2-3 players who improve the squad is a more sensible approach then looking for 4-5 gambles

We get one of JSL or Wissa and take Ramos on loan, PSG take Isak on loan. Not exactly fucking his career bit it works out well for us and we could probably weight the loan fees so we come out £10m up

Am I right in my memory saying the last time Man I played in the second round of the league cup they got dicked 4-0 by MK Dons?

I'm guessing that the punts we would be taking will be at a Bruno/ Botman level and not dropping £30m on a relatively unknown from Germany or the Belgian league. That's the top 6 + Villa approach. How much would we be looking at for Bruno (at the profile when we bought him)? £50m probably on today's market. Isak would be £80m plus of we were buying him this year. Wilson would be £60m etc etc

Question here. Most people seem to think either this guy or Wissa will post high terms, maybe 20 goals in our team. So take away the name and how much is overpaying for each of them? £60m for someone on their mid 20s for those goals seems pretty decent, and we'd get close to that back is 2-3 years of another approach is then taken. Wissa maybe a little lower due to age, but again I'd expect to get £30-£40m from Saudi in 2-3 years so is a £20m cash hit, PSR neutral deal be the worst thing in the world? Even Jackson i see holding a £60m value

I also think there is a world of difference in the strikers you get as a definite number 2 behind Isak and a striker to be a number 2 behind another good/very good striker. No matter which way you look at it Isak wanting away has fucked our striker search, the question to the club is how real was the possibility of Isak being away back in June, that answer shapes the striker search over the summer

My sister's next door neighbour. Does a decent BBQ by all accounts

Swansea away please so I can get to a game

There's also an argument that as a club we aren't ready to have a £150m player. As much as it is of course an asset to have one of the world's best it can also be a distraction and negative. It's a real delicate balancing act to get it right but in this case it unfortunately seems like the £150m ego and Scouse tapping up cunts have taken him away from the club.

After Saturday of course

I keep telling myself that the team with the best striker doesn't always win the trophies. Wissa and Larson were something like 33 goals on the PL last season between them. Yes they would see less combined time on the pitch for us but if we could get 2 players combining to be 1 on 3 each it's a better return than one superstar hitting 25 goals. You're also at lower risk of your strikers being out of form. Our case is skewed with Wilson contributing nothing last season but as a team I think we'd be better off and also have some cash to get a CM in. For his career id rather see Isak in Turkey on loan though. Or Saudi, and it's unlikely to be a PIF club now so the plan fee would count to SCR

Pafos away would be lovely for the dedicated away fan contingent.

captain hindsight reporting for duty here but starting Osula against Villa probably gets us the 3 points there. it’s why I’m not concerned about replacing Isaks goals, we create enough for 2 decent strikers beating Isak and Wilson’s efforts from the last 2 years. there is the link up play aspect where we will struggle, although we have looked decent enough in getting the ball forward with purpose in the 2 games so far.

Or if he was going in like that do it properly and make the red worth it 🤣