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RE: Covid's financial fallout threatens to let rich clubs muscle in on EFL

Here's a link to David Squires take on the PL proposal in his Guardian cartoon strip (All hail the saviours of the English football pyramid) - which i...

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RE: Covid's financial fallout threatens to let rich clubs muscle in on EFL

@andy-r I'd agree that the Carabao cup may as well go given nobody takes it seriously any more and the Charity Shield is not the season's curtain-ra...

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RE: Covid's financial fallout threatens to let rich clubs muscle in on EFL

@chris-hunneysett Clearly it's big six in terms of wealth and why the rest of the PL clubs would go along with any plan that put them in charge. App...

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RE: Covid's financial fallout threatens to let rich clubs muscle in on EFL

I've been out of the loop for a few day but have just been catching up on this new proposal put forward by Liverpool and Man Utd. I was interested to ...

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RE: Covid's financial fallout threatens to let rich clubs muscle in on EFL

@andy-r Yes clearly football has been broken for a long time now and that has been a consequence of the wealth gap created between the Premier Leagu...

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RE: Covid's financial fallout threatens to let rich clubs muscle in on EFL

@andy-r I did think about that could be their counter-argument but that would most likely result in Premier League clubs signing up even more of the...

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RE: Covid's financial fallout threatens to let rich clubs muscle in on EFL

Interesting Tweet from the EFL midweek after the England v Wales game in response to calls to restructure the Football League... 24 of @England's ...

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RE: Covid's financial fallout threatens to let rich clubs muscle in on EFL

It seems the PL have found a new way to make some cash during Covid and it's been announced that all previously non-televised games will now be availa...

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RE: Covid's financial fallout threatens to let rich clubs muscle in on EFL

Let's hope he wasn't infected - but perhaps a sign of things to come with the Scotland u19 manager receiving news of a positive test during the game a...

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RE: Covid's financial fallout threatens to let rich clubs muscle in on EFL

@andy-r Could well be Saville who is dropped - though it depends how much he plays for NI. Anyway, I can't see Roberts playing in a position that re...

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RE: Covid's financial fallout threatens to let rich clubs muscle in on EFL

@redcarred OK, we may be getting slightly ahead of ourselves over how we could afford Patrick Johnson after he's priced himself out of a permanent m...

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@ken Great research Ken and I'd agree that it would be a backward step to ditch the UK's long-standing tradition of having such a strong pyramid str...

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RE: Covid's financial fallout threatens to let rich clubs muscle in on EFL

@andy-r I agree that our younger players need to become more consistent - indeed as do the more experienced ones - if they are to deserve a start. O...

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@jarkko I suspect Steve Gibson will need to upstage the Warnock BBQ quite dramatically and go the whole hog if we are somehow promoted this season -...

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RE: Covid's financial fallout threatens to let rich clubs muscle in on EFL

@grovehillwallah I suspect the arrival of Roberts will mean one or two of our younger players will have their development stunted - while he may ind...

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RE: Covid's financial fallout threatens to let rich clubs muscle in on EFL

@ken I wasn't confident the season would be completed before it started and unless cases start to fall it's probably a matter of when rather than if...

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RE: Covid's financial fallout threatens to let rich clubs muscle in on EFL

@powmillnaemore The problem is football has essentially become a business rather than a sport and the chief executives of the rich clubs only look a...

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RE: Covid's financial fallout threatens to let rich clubs muscle in on EFL

@grovehillwallah I think supporters can only do so much and we now know the consequence of supporters boycotting turning up at stadiums. Perhaps sup...

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RE: Covid's financial fallout threatens to let rich clubs muscle in on EFL

@powmillnaemore It's clear that clubs who depend on gate income cannot survive a prolonged period without supporters - though if restrictions last s...

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RE: Speculation on Appointments and Players

@stircrazy That was just the deadline for international transfers deals but the PL and EFL have agreed to extend the domestic transfer deadline unti...

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RE: Transfer Deadline Day

The only possible driver to sign a player is that's it's probably the last chance to sign an EU player before they will need to qualify for a work per...

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RE: Boro v Barnsley

My mistake, scrub the mid-table obscurity and put us down as obscure play-off contenders!

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RE: Boro v Barnsley

So Boro got their first much-needed win and despite scoring either side of the break they failed to push on to make it a more comfortable victory. Bar...

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RE: Boro v Barnsley

It can only have been Akpom as the ball deflected in off him when he was stood in front of he keeper - if it had been Tav then surely he won't have be...

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RE: Boro v Barnsley

@k-p-in-spain I'd agree with it being a poor game and perhaps it's down to lacking width and playing too many hopeful long balls again. The problem ...

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RE: Boro v Barnsley

Thanks Pedro, though I'm probably agnostic when it comes to believing in Boro 😉

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RE: Boro v Barnsley

@andy-r Typical, I go in search of a formation to suit the squad and end back where we started - perhaps I've just proved why we play the formation ...

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RE: Boro v Barnsley

@deleriad It's going to be hard to find an alternative formation that provides the balance between defence and attack that also offers width and pac...

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RE: Boro v Barnsley

@andy-r Thanks Andy and it appears Roberts is going to be that man to play in the hole - though you'd normally want your number ten to bring other p...

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