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Means literally nothing. All it has done is earned advertising revenue for the times or helped them gain subscribers. Qatar lining the pockets of a politician to speak up

The PL have loads going on that’s why it’s delayed, look at the quality output they’re providing

Must’ve remembered the order wrong then but the message is still the same

Some shite on the Chronic website about legal docs not coming from Bein sports. Link was on FB refuse to give them a click.

I’ve told the story a few times but a Liverpool supporting mate invited me to a Carragher talk in here in Perth years ago. He basically said that Benitez’ tactics and understanding were amazing, he just didn’t have the big connection to the players. Houllier took over and the the tactics fell off a bit but he was a people person. As far as his players etc go then I don’t think he’s any worse than most top managers and certainly when he was here he made do with what he could get. Perfect, no. A plan for the future and connection to the city/region, absolutely.

Yep. They know it’s pretty much going to happen, just causing as much shite as possible. The bidding war for the TV rights should be interesting

No. They’d have to mention it at some point. What difference is delaying the announcement a week or two going to make? Week or two Boris says: herd, Dom says: immunity

Been here since October 2007 and still managed to send the fucking wrong person a pm mere minutes ago

Yeah me too. I seem to remember there being a lot of running around but not Buch end product from him

Nope. Anyone gets a role then it’s part of a strategic plan on merit.

PR maybe but if you want him in Chief exec then that’s a big call. No experience at all.

Ian man

You realise that you will extremely offend him? Yeah I’d miss the Pitcher out to be safe Maybe take him up pink lane

3pm on Friday

First game was when I was 7. Dad took me 31/3/83 2-0 v Swansea. Wharton and Beardsley scored

Bruce not being a puppet replaced that attack with a £40M striker, and unlike Rafa plays nothing but attacking football. Surely the results should be better then? Buying someone for 40m doesn't always equal success, no matter who the manager is. Look at Klopp and Guardiola. They've spent hundreds of billions on flops over the last few years, especially Guardiola. Reckon Bruce would have done even better with Rondon/Perez up front. Should’ve been in charge of expanding the metro instead

Spot on Luddy. Not sure where people think the good defence came from

The stories from last Thursday were that the piracy was the issue. So assuming that there are not new issues it will boil down to whether the premier league can prove that the owners were involved in this. Given a French court said they were not I guess that will be hard to prove. The takes as long as it takes line makes me far less confident we’ll hear anything this week. Hopefully this is not just delaying tactics. They weren't convicted of direct involvement but the French court agreed that beoutQ was using Arabsat satellites, which could be an issue. They may just want assurances this won't persist or they'll do more to stop it. it's already been shut down and has been for some time The premier league check is whether the owner has been involved in criminal activity. I cannot see how the conversation could be along the lines of ensuring that something does not happen again. As soon as there is anything along these lines it implies that they were involved or have that influence to change it. I’d imagine the conversation is exclusively regarding proof that the actual owners and directors were involved. As some have pointed out previously, it more likely the PL are leveraging this to get the Saudis onboard for the the next TV rights package. There'll not be as much money floating around and the Saudis provide a good source of ready cash and a relatively untapped market. The PL isn't going to cut of it's nose to spite it's face. Wouldn't be surprised if what was actually happening was the basics of the TV deal being thrashed out which is taking the time. The Qataris don't hold much sway other than the TV deal they have. They bought the wrong club in the wrong league. Quite possibly. This way no one has to admit that they have any links to the piracy. It does sound almost like blackmail mind! Either the premier league can prove some thing and it should be blocked or they can’t and holding a threat of this to secure a potential billion pound contract would look corrupt as fuck. It's not blackmail it's just standard negotiating. If the Qataris throw their toys out of the plan the PL would want someone to plug the gap.

Someone probably ratted her out. If that was on purpose it deserves recognition

The stories from last Thursday were that the piracy was the issue. So assuming that there are not new issues it will boil down to whether the premier league can prove that the owners were involved in this. Given a French court said they were not I guess that will be hard to prove. The takes as long as it takes line makes me far less confident we’ll hear anything this week. Hopefully this is not just delaying tactics. They weren't convicted of direct involvement but the French court agreed that beoutQ was using Arabsat satellites, which could be an issue. They may just want assurances this won't persist or they'll do more to stop it. it's already been shut down and has been for some time The premier league check is whether the owner has been involved in criminal activity. I cannot see how the conversation could be along the lines of ensuring that something does not happen again. As soon as there is anything along these lines it implies that they were involved or have that influence to change it. I’d imagine the conversation is exclusively regarding proof that the actual owners and directors were involved. As some have pointed out previously, it more likely the PL are leveraging this to get the Saudis onboard for the the next TV rights package. There'll not be as much money floating around and the Saudis provide a good source of ready cash and a relatively untapped market. The PL isn't going to cut of it's nose to spite it's face. Wouldn't be surprised if what was actually happening was the basics of the TV deal being thrashed out which is taking the time. The Qataris don't hold much sway other than the TV deal they have. They bought the wrong club in the wrong league.

Peacock retweeting as well man. Next couple of years then football lost contact with the fans when Keegan left for me. Pretty sure you needed a Millwall away ticket stub to get a Grimsby away one. Bit different from the Anglo-Italian cup game where you could sit down with cod and chips in the away end

That Robert free kick