Jackie Broon

Lets see what division we're in next season before worrying about that. It should still be possible to extend the Gallowgate.

And your reckoning is based on exactly what knowledge of the planning system? If Leazes Terrace could somehow be relocated (which is pie in the sky in itself because, even it it were physically possible, and they could voluntarily or compulsorily purchase all the the individual properties, the cost would be astronomical) it would need to be pushed further into Leazes Park, which would harm the significance of the park (which is also listed). Moving the building would also inevitably impact on its significance, it would change both its setting and the setting of the park and would inevitably alter the fabric of the building. Also, it would involve the demolition of St James' Street, which is also listed. This would all also cause substantial harm to the significance of the Leazes conservation area. There is no redevelopment of Leazes Park that could offset that, there was an extensive restoration of the park in the early 2000s. It would result in at least substantial harm to the significance of Leazes Park, Leazes Terrace and the conservation area and complete loss of significance of the listed buildings on St. James' Street. Planning policy dictates that substantial harm or complete loss of a heritage asset an only be acceptable if it is necessary to achieve substantial public benefits that outweigh the harm caused. That just wouldn't be the case here. No chance, pie in the sky, end of story.

It has been extended until next Tuesday. Presumably the PL clubs will meet before then to either extend it again or decide on new rules.

I'm not saying there haven't been some signs of improvement, particularly against Brentford, but miles better? I haven't seen that yet.

Have we? Against Brentford we were better going forward but but a shambles defending, our performance against Arsenal was as bad as anything Bruce served up, as was the performance against Norwich (although hard to judge anything form that being down to ten men).

It shouldn't take Darlow and Clark costing us four points for them to be fucked off, with the research he's supposedly done on the squad they should've been nowhere near the pitch.

That's what Man City thought... until their emails got hacked. Hopefully our owners will be more careful than that.

It depends what's in the legal agreement they made. Just based on PL rules they can't remove them as owners of the club but they could suspend the club from the league if they didn't sell it in that circumstance. Realistically though, it's unlikely they would ever be able to actually prove state control of the club.

Well this guy is probably in charge of our PR now...

I think that's probably likely, unless the clubs meet before then to change the rules. The current rules are: E.46 The Board shall determine whether consideration included in the Club’s Earnings Before Tax arising from a Related Party Transaction is recorded in the Club’s Annual Accounts at a Fair Market Value. If it is not, the Board shall restate it to Fair Market Value. E.47. The Board shall not exercise its power set out in Rule E.46 without first having given the Club reasonable opportunity to make submissions as to: E.47.1. whether the said consideration should be restated; and/or E.47.2. what constitutes its Fair Market Value.

I don't think that's how it works. The rules allow the PL to adjust the FFP calculation to reduce what is taken into account from related party transactions to fair market value. The club only has to submit accounts for FFP once per season. The current situation is that the PL have temporarily banned all new related party transactions until 30th November.

simple mistake or unconscious bias

In FM terms, something like this I reckon

I just can't see it being something that would appeal to him. He clearly loves being on the training pitch, working with the players every day, I don't think he'd be interested in international management at this stage in his career.

I'd laugh my cock off if Nicolson pursues this, Keith would be screwed. For someone who claims so much familiarity with the legal system he seems incredibly naive about it. He doesn't seem to realise he is legally responsible for the content of a retweet and he would be a much easier target for a defamation action than someone in America. In such a case the responsibility would be on him to prove the truth of the claim he retweeted, and it's incredibly unlikely that he could do that.

Isn't virtually every other thread on that forum basically filled with people arguing against moral positions there is general agreement on?? Such as taking the knee, the duty of wealthy nations to offer safe haven to refugees, whether it's wrong to throw homosexuals from the top of tall buildings...

I agree with all of that, but I guarantee that the PL won't. They will make us fight for every penny.

I think that will probably be one of the legal battles, the PL will probably say our fair market value for shirt sponsorship is something like £7-10m.

I think some kind of financial control is necessary for the game but the current controls are just designed to keep the status quo of the big six. How is anyone out of the big six ever going to be able to consistently compete with them when their sponsorship deals are 5-10x that of the any club outside of the big six. Despite their success Leicester still get nowhere near what the big six get in sponsorship at 'fair market value'.

I doubt it, but their rules allow them to reduce the figure taken into account in the FFP calculation from any related party sponsorship to a fair market value. Determining what is a fair market value and/or related party is probably going to be a legal minefield for them.

He didn't actually refuse to play as such, his Bournemouth contract expired in June. He was offered a contract to play the rest of extended season and turned it down.

There is actually more genetic diversity between different African populations than there is between the rest of humanity. Western Europeans are more closely related to Australian Aboriginal people than people from western Africa are to those from eastern Africa. That we bundle all black people into one race is actually the result of racism.

Fraser was also a key plyer for Howe when Bournemouth were doing well.

Although it could just be a case of philosophy, his philosophy is that attack is the best form of defence, a mid/lower table team with that approach is always going to look a bit shaky at the back. That doesn't necessarily mean that the defensive coaching is poor.