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The Prophet

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  1. Did Caulking always write like a bloke at the pub, rambling on five pints deep?
  2. On a different note, it appears the new regulator will go with a licencing system, with it having the pover to withdraw or qualify that if a club falls short in the four areas of focus It all sounds good, but whether it'll be effective in practice remains to be seen.
  3. Communication from the club in terms of what their intentions are? To answer your question, it depends. Settling for being Europa League contenders is different from it being a stage in our development as a club.
  4. I appreciate everyone is different, but I'm quite content with the sustainable, long term route to success. If I see the club doing it's best to progress every season, I'm happy. If it takes another year to get stuff like a new training facility finalised, it takes another year, it'd hardly outside the bounds of an unreasonable timeframe given the planning required.
  5. The club did very well at keeping the spotlight on this during the transfer window. Eales, Ashworth and Howe all made statements to the effect of "we've got an insane injury crisis, but our hands are tied because of PSR".
  6. The Premier League has definitely being trying to behave more like a regulator since talk of legislation came about. Could be convenient timing, but they charged City the day the white paper was introduced.
  7. "The Commission's decision raises issues of concern for all aspirant clubs. The player transfer market is a highly specialised trading environment that cannot be compared to the sale of normal products and services. Of wider concern for all aspirant clubs is the disturbing effect this decision will have on the operation of the player trading model. This is the only model by which clubs outside of the small group at the very top end of the Premier League can realistically advance up the football pyramid. The rationale of the Commission is that clubs should only invest after they have realised a profit on their player development. This reasoning destroys mobility in the football pyramid and the effect of the decision will be to drastically reduce the room for manoeuvre for all such clubs, leading to the stagnation of our national game." Woof.
  8. Just making it up as they go along.
  9. It really depends on truly how independent and how well resourced it'll be. The noises are good, based on the white paper.
  10. It's Everton all over again. There's no doubt they broke the rules through poor financial management. Ultimately though, I have sympathy because all they were doing was spending capital available to them to become a more competitive club. PSR needs binning.
  11. They undoubtedly broke the rules, but the idea this has anything to do with sustainability is laughable.
  12. It's 115 charges, spanning a nine year period. A hearing this year seems about right, it'll last months too.
  13. Emery is an odd one. Brilliant cup manager, but finishing 4th with Villa will probably be his best league-based achievement in around a decade.
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