TheBrownBottle

You’ve been consistent tbf ETB

Losses to the accounts ledger - they’re not losses based on player wages & transfers. The 70% of turnover rule doesn’t allow for going over that

And they definitely are. As you’ve stated, I’m just not seeing how the club voting the rules in ties with their publicly stated ambitions. Wonder if certain parties got themselves a wee bit carried away and were unguarded with a microphone in front of them. Wouldn’t be the only time.

I’d happily play at the SOS. Gateshead would need us to build an entire new ground there, then move back a couple of years later.

Don’t be shy - which tweeter?

Agreed re middle ground on rules, but Spurs’ success was still built on huge income. The year they reached the Champions League final - five seasons ago - their income was roughly double ours was in 22/23. In fact you have to go back a decade before their income was the same as ours last season - well before the explosion in income levels. We’re not likely to hit £400m in income any time soon with the current rules in place and no new stadium - I just don’t see how we do that. Depressing or not, that is the current position. We can’t compete without being put on financial steroids for a period to bring in sustained success - that’s how you get the big sponsors and international revenues. Sad cases the world over need to buy the merchandise and consume shite with our badge slapped on it.

With no acceptable losses - it is stricter edit: completely agree re ‘luxury tax’ element

Your guess is as good as mine. The fact that they’re simply mirroring UEFA’s rules puts me in the mind of ‘resistance is futile’. What would be the point of the PL having different FFP rules? Or perhaps our owners know of other changes coming? Or perhaps … they’re not actually all that fussed about being hemmed-in.

No, the rules are stricter

Yep, hope I didn’t seem disappointed

England not getting that 5th CL place at this rate

It has to, otherwise the league will stagnate under the new rules. They offer far less leeway than the existing rules, so if clubs are hemmed-in in terms of earnings then we might as well give up

There won’t be allowable losses under the new system

Nothing. We would need to sell to buy. That applies at the moment too - our turnover is unlikely to increase next season. We’ve taken most of the low-hanging commercial fruit at this point. Growth is likely to stagnate unless something extraordinary occurs.

The vote was unanimous on the new rules - all twenty clubs were in favour. Our owners aren’t as unhappy about this as our support imagines, would be my conclusion.

‘Put your knickers on and go get me a cup of tea’

It is if the player has basically never played a full 90 mins in a six month pro career. Minteh’s develop was well beyond Kuol’s when they arrived

One day my friend. One day …

Is it that they’re a rugby league city?

I’m with you 100% on travel. Always preferred Northern clubs in the PL over Soton or Ipswich. I just hate Leeds

Well, his role as professional Ashley apologist did end a couple of years back so he must be doing something …

Do we really think that Saudia, noon and Sela had anything to do with Silverstone?

Nah, Leeds can fucking well stay put for me. No love lost.

Barcelona vs A-League XI. Meaningless kick around. The lad was extremely raw and wasn’t even a starter at CCM. He should’ve been shipped to a lower league club to give him experience at a level where he’d get minutes. Instead Ameobi sends him to the SPL and Eredivisie. Absolute madness

It already was a record - their longest previous spell was six years. They’ve beaten our record now though - ours is seven years.