Jonas

Was loads back in the day. Bayern Munich, Milan, Inter, Juventus, Real Madrid,Barcelona, Liverpool.

Proponents of these rules intimate that growing revenues naturally is the right thing to do, like the 6, but they've deprived other clubs - Villa here - of the means to do exactly that and exactly what those 6 did to grow their revenues by spending, having relative success, sustaining and buiilding on it with more spending then reaping the rewards. Knowing full well that if Villa spent more on top of finishing 4th, building the way they all did, the way you're supposed to apparently, they'd take a place at the trough and we cant have that. Its an absolute swizz

Was just about to post 'Since they've been mentioned (Didn't check page2) - Ginola's Nelinho at Bolton, Albert's volley at Stoke narrowly missing the angle of bar/post, John Bez with a volley from a corner in the 92/93 promotion season' Its my go to memory for a hot summers night. Was at the Platinum club for that and they ran out of beer at half-time, windows were open but was hotter outside than in. but any of those chances against Man United in 95/96 not just for title purposes but just to experience a goal reaction in that atmosphere would have been something else, remember thinking at the time that there would have to be a mini-earthquake or something, cant imagine it would ever have been matched.

When revenue streams are all important and everyone is trying to grow them instead of incremental increases think clubs are bound to push ticket prices as far as they can go. Fans were never going to benefit from these rules, especially in a sort of pardox, at ambitious clubs.

David Batty against Manchester United in the 5-0. Iirc Beardsley typically scampered back to win the ball, Ginola got it on the left and skinned Neville before floating a cross in that Ferdinand deftly headed into the path of Batty who chipped Schmiechel but it fell just wide of the post. If he'd toe-poked it or blasted it, it might well have been a goal but think he knew what a beautiful goal it would be to finish it in style and went for it. Was great play all round and vintage Beardsley, Ginola, Ferdinand. Rob Lee of course came to mind like everyone has mentioned. Seemed such killjoy officialdom to disallow it, even annoyed at the season video pointing out Venison calling for a foul - some season videos (scousers) didn't even show the oppositions goals nevermind minutia like that. Duncan mackem Woodhead doing the report revelling in it I suspect.

I know. I heard an intro to a conversation on TV tonight talk about the Premier League urgently coming up with more rules to close loop holes, and I can see that but its almost normalised that a league would be desperate to punish clubs in it, rather than absurd and maniacal. Nobody can genuinely think they're toiling over this or anything else for 'the good of the game'.

Al-Rumayyan I dont think factored in PSR/FFP. In those days it was still in the form of a threat and I don't think even those of us that knew more about it thought it would be so hobbling and all-reaching to where building slowly and steadily, as we were, isn't even allowed. There's nothing they can do about it unless the rules change. Doesn't matter how ambitious they are, were on the bubble of how ambitious were allowed to be.

It would still cost £25-35m to sign a better player than any of those that could be a feature going forward rather than a cheaper panic buy that might be an improvement - either way it comes out of the kitty for players we think will move us forward. Buying players just because they are improvements on those players isn't going to do that with the rules as they are. Its like teams that survive relegation buying a relegated teams players just higher in the league, and you go nowhere.

Poor but don't blame the club, PSR working just as intended - all the more so for ballsing up this season and knocking the project back years, played a blinder really, not like its hard with rules designed and brought to do just that. Think what it is is I've made my peace with only being a club that can challenge and probably get more often that not European football a long time ago, until such times as these rules change, and its just dawning on others. Just wait until you see next summers window if you think this was bad

Basically we have both hands tied behind our backs by PSR which has scuppered this window and our momentum and probably the project because there's no way were getting Champions League this season. Don't know whether its more or less sad that its outside forces doing to the club what traditionally clubs usually to do themselves (the Bowyer summer, wasting the Gascoigne money, Dalglish's desecration) There were people at the club to be held to account for that. I really don't know what they should have done other than massively overpay for Guehi who'd likely have little effect on this season or buy players they didnt fancy or in positions they're not needed in even if the current incumbents aren't up to it, given how particular we have to be with the money.

Signing a centre-back on a free-transfer whilst we had two-centre backs out injured for several months ahead getting thrown under the bus now too is it.

We did with Shearer. Worked out okay.

In all honesty and frankness its just delusional to pretend PSR isn't the predominant factor by far. In our delicate situation, entirely because of PSR, you cant dick around now like before taking punts on players that were down your shortlist that only might improve the team when its taking money off the table for purples you think will improve the team in the future and if they don't work out its storing up more of the same problem with dead wood which will restrict us.

Always wondered where that story came from due to the deliberate and/or ignorant conflation thats become reality to a lot of them and like the general hounding out just never actually having happened whilst he was with us. So it was an incident that happened 17years before he actually managed us.

Got buyers remorse already.

The new/old camera angle at Ipswich.

Thats part of the reason for having them on the bench. To instantly come on and change the game. If we'd needed Murphy and Longstaff to come on and change the game we'd be pissing up a rope. The problem is that some of the players that started aren't good enough.But because of it being a squad game, until they're replaced by better, they have to get minutes

About as much as can expect down there. Its the new Wimbledon for us (or Southampton at the Dell). You know a point and a shit game is the maximum. Have no hope of improving on last season without changes in the next few days though

Whatever they've done for us Longstaff, Krafth, Murphy, Burn probably Kelly are sub-average PL players and this is the manifestation of that. Really has to change.

Were a midtable side ourselves.

WIth a scratch defence, Murphy and Longstaff were not much better than them on average. Just takes a couple purples to be under par, home advantage at a place we've had only ever had one non-bad performance at (Bruce/pandemic) things are deflatingly par for the course.

Cant see the three newly promoted teams finishing above Everton, unfortunately in Ipswich and Leicester's case

Palace, Everton and Southampton - one goal and no points between them in six games, keep up the bad work

Prized asset plundered by Ipswich for £15m. Puts the rest of them, any subsequent fees and any subsequent suitors into perspective.

Never did like the cut of his jib. He's alright on the TV from what I see except for the fact he's as boring a human being to look at as he was to watch play