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59 minutes ago, Jubbs said:

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Depends what "Exits" mean. Is the "Prevented goals per 90" only related to the "Exists" or overall play?

Because the graph doesn't say if the Goalkeepers are successful in their "Exists"

Why is it they mention every other club as a past winner if they are, but when we get drawn they just say: "managed of course by Wayne Rooney, they're struggling in the league at the moment". ?

12 minutes ago, Chris_Martin said:

I'm 100% categorically and conclusively not entertained.

33 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said:

Not sure who could have done a lot worse…….

Ask @RoyMac5, he seems to think no one could have done better.

It's impossible to tell how good/bad he's doing because the circumstances are so extreme.

I still stand behind my opinion that he should have been sacked last season though.

0-2 loss

12 hours ago, Jubbs said:

Norwich, Fulham and Bournemouth are interested, but noooooo our fans say he's rubbish. Almost as though he's a good goalkeeper... but our fans aren't willing to admit they're wrong.

I'd imagine he'd be 2nd choice, possibly even 3rd. 

and yes, he is rubbish

Might become a Man City "fan"

4 minutes ago, Silko said:

So goddam annoyed with a very negative second half time and time again we get a boost against the two top teams and play that poorly second half losing so many points from a winning position it’s not funny anymore 

Why care about points so much? You do realise every game is meaningless?

2-0 loss

2-0 loss

On 22/11/2021 at 13:00, Chris_Martin said:

a good captain goes down with the ship?

 

0-1

1 hour ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

I'm behind every single player from now until the end of the season. All for one and one for all. 

Why though? what's the point?

You don't think half the squad aren't already begging their agents to find them new clubs?

45 minutes ago, Mr. P said:

Remember when football was decided on the pitch? They were fun times. 

4 minutes ago, Chris_Martin said:

you also forgot QPR

Who? never heard of them

List of recent past top 6 teams who cheated:

Derby

Leicester

Leeds

Villa

Cardiff

Wolves

Sheff Wed

Reading

Brighton

Fulham

in 2017/18 all four teams who finished above Middleborough had recently cheated in some way

13 hours ago, TigerTedd said:

The answer is so frustratingly simple, it makes me angry that it’s not been implemented yet.

The hit the nail on the head here. This is exactly why parachute payments were created in the first place. But they’re clearly not fit for purpose.

In order to fulfil the original brief, without the unintended consequence of giving relegated teams an unfair advantage, all that needs to be done is to ringfence the parachute payments to only be spent on paying off premier league contracts, and not on new purchases.

in fact, you could take it to the next level and just say that all premier league contracts must be paid off in full upon relegation, using the parachute payments. Premier league players then become free agents and can find their own club, or sign a new, reduced contract, within ffp, with their current club. But that solution is a bit more extreme and might encourage players on big contracts to welcome relegation. 

Change will never happen though. It would require the Premier League to do something for the good of the game which goes completely against it's nature. If something doesn't benefit the Premier League financially they won't do it.

The problem with the PL is it combines the ability to make money with the natural competitiveness of sport. When those two things combine it creates something horrible.

4 hours ago, GenBr said:

Just insert relegation clauses into players contracts. There you go i've solved the problem for you.

But what's to stop one of the three promoted gambling and poaching all the best players by not putting in relegation clauses? Also would the necessary quality of player join if a relegation clause was there?

4 hours ago, Macintosh said:

I don't think anyone would argue if these teams were given a helping hand, maybe the difference between the highest wages paid by a team in the Championship and what they are going to have to pay. But a team like Norwich, their wage bill was one of the lowest after relegation, smaller than ours, they also sold two players for a lot of dosh. The £42.6m parachute payment totally covered all of Watford's wages and double what Bournemouth required, it was triple Norwich wages cost. It would be fair if Norwich and Bournemouth were given nothing, and Watford around £20m, a sliding scale of what is needed, and paid at the end of the season. The rest of the £365m divided equally to all teams in the Championship, around £15m each, then you have a competitive league at last.

The £34.9m second payment again covers all of Bournemouth's wages for this season with £15m to be added to the £25m they didn't need the previous season.

Callum Wilson sold by Bournemouth to Newcastle for £20m, Aaron Ramsdale to Sheffield United for £18m. Nathan Aké for £40m. Not sure how much for Harry Arter, Josh King and Dan Gosling. Total £78m

Jamal Lewis to Newcastle £15m, Ben Godfrey to Everton £20m. Total £35m

Pervis Estupiñán to Villarreal £15m, Abdoulaye Doucouré to Everton £20m, Luis Suárez to Granada £10m, Gerard Deulofeu for £17m, a few other deals difficult to work out because they were to parent clubs in Spain. Total £62m

 

 

If I'm understanding you correctly, then you're saying each relegated team should be given a proportion of the parachute payments relative to there wage bill. Wouldn't that just encourage clubs to spend as much as possible? Also if a team didn't spend much on wages and got relegated, wouldn't that mean their lack of wage cost would mean more money going to another of the relegated teams an now Championship rival?

Yes teams like Norwich are well run but the parachute payments give them stability which most Championship teams don't even have anymore. Just existing in the Championship now is causing teams to go into debt.

I don't see why the PL would distribute the money out to other Championship teams. Their whole existence is based on making money. They don't do anything to help the wider game. They view the sport as a product. The money men behind the PL would be happy to scrap promotion/relegation if they could get away with it as it would make their product more stable.

But promoted clubs need to spend to compete in the PL. If they got relegated into the Championship in their first PL season and didn't have parachute payments they'd be stuck with a bunch of players on high wages and got out of business.

The source of the problem is the Premier Leagues never ending greed and 'profit above all else nature'. Football died in England in 1992.

5 minutes ago, Chris_Martin said: