Stifler

Going fucking nowhere under him now. Not played well for ages. Finishing is non-existent, defending is piss poor. No domination, we can’t break down teams unless they come on to us and hope Gordon is faster than their fullbacks. Absolutely no intensity. He’s had a year and a half of us being like this now.

Fuck off.

Would explain why he’s always calling in sick.

Can we bring on Wilson to give us something upfront please?

Never does anything of note, until he comes up against us and looks like Zidane.

Got to say like, it’s fucking generous of Palace to let us borrow Guéhi for our set piece training.

Get in!

We need a set piece coach like, fucking shambolic that we don’t have one.

Fucking poor. No one to target too, nothing created, we get in the final 3rd and play it back. We had a throw in deep on their own half, in line with the box, and within 2 touches it was back to Pope.

The proposed amendment also makes it illegal for anyone in a government role, and their immediate family members from owning a football club, or being on the board, with no distinction between British government, or foreign governments, and no description of what is and isn’t classed as government. This amendment would mean that Karen Brady would either have to give up her role at West Ham, or give up her role in the House of Lords.

I’ve not seen the Southampton goal, but I’m guessing this is what you get when you have officials doing spice before a game.

Why does it sound like Sunderland are at home?

Do Sheffield United only have 3 players on the pitch? Absolutely fucking no one anywhere.

This proposed amendment would make it against the law for a foreign state to own a club, including sovereign wealth funds.

Yeah, I have mentioned this many times on here, but new mega stadiums will soon be the norm in the Premier League, and I think it will lead to closer league. The American owners want it, and people financing these stadiums will want it, and the finances raised through these stadiums will create it as other clubs won’t be able to compete.

It is worth pointing out that this is only a proposed amendment, made in the House of Lords, by a Lord after its second reading. We are now in the committee stage where proposed amendments are discussed, and potentially voted upon. It would only take 1 dissenting voice/vote at this stage to block this amendment.

They seem to be indicating that it would apply to the top 5 leagues in England only. It won’t happen though. In the same proposed amendment, it forbids anyone from government being an owner and/or a board member of a club, with no distinction between foreign governments, and our own. This means that Karen Brady would have to choose between her daytime job at West Ham, or her role within the House of Lords. She alone obviously isn’t going to vote for it, and she would be supported by others who would see it as overreach.

It would really even force a sale per se. All it would mean is that control is handed from PIF to a private equity firm, like Man City is. Man City would only fall foul of this rule because a director has a role within the Abi Dhabi government, if he was either removed as director, or his role, then they would comply. All of this is assuming that this amendment passes. Just 1 Lord or Baroness objecting to it within the House of Lords will be enough to block it, and then it’s still got to go to the House of Commons to pass there as well. The article even says it is very unlikely to pass, and it’s just a Lord who is a Liverpool fan pushing his luck. I was watching them talk about this bill last night, and they were arguing over what it should be titled, and then some Lords and even Karen Brady reminded everyone that some aspects could lead to litigation, and also wouldn’t be in compliance with UEFA, and FIFA laws. This was a discussion over the title of the bill, and the inclusion of the word ‘sustainable’.

I told you all about this last week. The amendment still hasn’t passed review in the House of Commons, they started debating amendments yesterday, but didn’t get past what the bill should be titled as. Anyway, one of the most prominent Lords speaking in the House of Lords and debating it, is the Lord of Whitley Bay, who is a Newcastle United fan. I told you all that I had emailed him, and emailed another Lord about this amendment, but all I got was ridicule.

I was more on about how they have made an image of what the SOL would look like if it was expanded, and there is hardly anyone there.

Aye lads, that’s you at full capacity in a 63k seater stadium alright.

Falcons, and Kingston Park has been put up for sale. I wonder if PIF will go in for them.

I don’t actually recall any Black Friday deals by Castore. I’m sure the shirts didn’t get reduced until after Christmas, I remember because I’ve been waiting for deal on them in the last couple of years. It seems odd to offer deals right now as well, as plenty of people by football shirts and merchandise as Christmas presents.

If they fall foul, they’ll either introduce a rule where new owners have a time period of ‘investment’ that only goes back 18 months, or they’ll let them off with a fine claiming they won court case like Leicester.

Sundddddrawland.