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

@k-p-in-spain I agree with most of that and I think it's important to get to the bottom of what is driving all this unsustainable spending and debt ...

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

@k-p-in-spain It was no surprise to see the deal unanimously rejected and everyone seemed to agree to continue discussions on restructuring the game...

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

From the soundings of other PL club, such as David Cameron's teams West Ham and Villa, it doesn't appear that 'Project Big Picture' has canvassed much...

6 years ago
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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...

6 years ago
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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...

6 years ago
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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...

6 years ago
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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 ...

6 years ago
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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...

6 years ago
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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...

6 years ago
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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...

6 years ago
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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...

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

@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...

6 years ago
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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...

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

@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 -...

6 years ago
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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...

6 years ago
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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...

6 years ago
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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...

6 years ago
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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...

6 years ago
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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...

6 years ago
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RE: Boro v Barnsley

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

6 years ago
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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...

6 years ago
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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...

6 years ago
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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 ...

6 years ago
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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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