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that would be different, he’s got a contract already and we’d be a very sticky wicket trying anything there

the change in formation. Is welcomed, May as well try something different. Dan Burn at wingback beggars belief mind, but watch him now have an absolute stormer

It would be brand ambassador type of work, but yes. it’s happened since day dot, look how many of our players wore Asics back in the day. This would simply be totally coincidental partnerships with companies who are willing to pay too dollar for premier league footballer endorsements.

the allegation here though is that he was being paid by a related party for work done for the club. all we would have to do is to not have restrictions in contracts on who they can do work for and the link is broken. it may be incredibly grey but it would be almost impossible for the league to legislate against

I don’t see how. players currently have 3rd party sponsorships etc and act as ambassadors for brands. that relationship is outside of their contract with a club. if they tried to go down the line of restricting what players can do they’d be straight in court. The stumbling block would be getting players on board with it edit and if they tried to set an artificial salary it causes all sorts issues with them essentially setting a minimum premier league salary

I don’t see how they can. as long as the salaries aren’t funnelled back into the club and there are 2 contracts in place there is nothing that could be done. theyd be telling players what they can earn and also telling clubs that footballers have a minimum wage. Good luck with that in court

I half in jest suggesting that we half all of our player wages but allow them to be ambassadors for pit companies who can pay them whatever they like. would be untouchable by the premier league

if it’s found to be against competition law in the uk it is bound to also the case in a EU court

Forest and Everton will be waiting for a punishment and then will challenge it. most challenges to laws come from defending a position or a penalty, it’s much more difficult to take a concept to court. theres probably something under the bonnet of most clubs that isn’t totally on the level so why put your head up until you need to? City in particular will have practices that they don’t want out in public, so they just tie the process up in knots

The exact scenario I hope the club would avoid this time around. They came out and backed Eddie for the long term a few weeks ago, they either have to stick to that or if they now have concerns act at the end of the season. none of this 5-10 games next season bollocks

We should reduce the weekly wage of our players by 50% and allow them to act as ambassadors for various PIF related companies independently of their contract with us for whatever value these companies feel they are worth. I'd like to see the premier league go after individual players and tell them what they can earn outside of the league they administer. They also couldn't touch us as that would be artificially inflating everyone's salaries. I do also wonder if the long game for the likes of us and City will be to go after transfer fees rather than the concept of FFP

There's something about him and Chelsea though.

Its a slight worry that we've been saying there is a favourable run for the last couple of months and haven't taken advantage of it. It does however have the feel of a cup final (and loss) season

Now I'm still on the Howe train for next season, but I do think its fair to ask if last season was the blip for him and what we are seeing now is more of the norm. It's not the results, injuries see to that, but its the manner of defeats and a seeming lack of something from some of the players on the pitch. I'm not saying they aren't trying, they all look knackered coming off but there is something not quite there from the eye test

He's going to back to Chelsea, and I reckon he'll have them back in the top 4 next season. He'd be a disaster for us though

they won’t though. they are the closest potential elite players in our squad at the moment, yes they can see the injuries etc but they also know that they could be in a team challenging for league titles in any league. Their agents will be looking for signs that next year will be 3 steps forward from this or they will be off. It’s not like they are local lads with 10 years of affinity from the academy to keep them here. build it slow and steady is great, but if we continue on that path it will be full of recycling players who are better than the level we are currently at

I’d like to see him RWF against one of the ‘weaker’ teams, see if he can absolutely bully a left back cutting in constantly. it wouldn’t be for every game, but a good mix it up option

The crowd could turn tonight if we start well and edge infront. hoping for an aggressive start and not one where we try to play our way into the game

5 including this one. spurs is the last game

works better without the ‘that’ tbh 8/10 for effort

it’s not just abuse to officials, the winning is all that matters mentality that some parents put on 5/6 year olds is crazy. You can see how much pressure some of the kids are under, to the point that they have a meltdown when they miss or the other team scores. It’s pressure to get them into ‘academies’ driving it. im no Pep and don’t claim to be a great kids coach but I make sure that each of the kids on the the team get equal time on the pitch, equal time playing ‘striker’ and ultimately try and get them all to score each week so they can go nuts with a celebration. we’re in a u6s set up and there is a u5s team joined for the last few weeks, there are some teams sticking 20 past them and I’m getting pelters from our teams parents when I slow my lot down after 5 or 6 to make sure the little ones get to pass the ball around and hopefully get a goal or 2 to keep them wanting to come back. basically attitudes stink right down to the very first level that kids get into, and it’s at the point I’m probably going to knock it on the head at the end of the season

Bebeto celebration coming up on monday

but the fmv and linked club rules came in mid season

Yes but it has a value that could easily be defined if you wanted to and then transfer fees become more rigid. You could even go registration value plus the remaining value of a contract etc. It would never happen anyway

Player values are interesting if you break it down. what you are paying for is a registration and not actually buying the player (that would be slavery!) A registration for a league should be valued the same regardless of the player - you could maybe argue different tiers for positions so should the additional value of the player based on ability etc be paid to the selling club or just factored into what you would pay them in wages / signing on fee?