Brentford are in a bit of a trouble - even with the return of Toney. They've lost 9 of their last 12 matches in all comps with their only wins being at home to Luton and Forest and are only 4 points above the drop zone. Next 7 games are:
Man City (H) Wolves (A) Liverpool (H) Man City (A) West Ham (A) Chelsea (H) Arsenal (A)
They will do well to pick up half a dozen points from that lot.
If Luton stay up, it has to go down as one of the greatest PL achievements in all honesty. The signing of Ross Barkley has been an absolute masterstroke.
Rob Edwards only mistake was going to Watford for a season; I believe it was Autumn ? Though the payoff would've been decent.
A man who wears his heart on his sleeve and his tears on his face when Tom Lockyer had his cardiac arrest. Edwards skill to get everybody believing and playing with a great spirit is testament to his man management ability and his football nous. A human being not a robot; how long will we be able to say that in the world of AI ?
Most of us had Luton to be 22nd behind Sheff United and Burnley just staying up.
Amazing effort from the Manager, Boardroom, staff and fans to join together as little Luton fight against the behemoths of super clubs with super wealth.
I thought they would struggle but had them a little higher than that…
Brentford are in a bit of a trouble - even with the return of Toney. They've lost 9 of their last 12 matches in all comps with their only wins being at home to Luton and Forest and are only 4 points above the drop zone. Next 7 games are:
Man City (H) Wolves (A) Liverpool (H) Man City (A) West Ham (A) Chelsea (H) Arsenal (A)
They will do well to pick up half a dozen points from that lot.
I had a long chat with my Brentford mate this morning. He's nervous. If they play like that did first half last night for the rest of the season then they've got nothing to worry about. Just dont defend like they did for the first 15 mins of the second half though!
An interesting question just posed in the office this lunchtime... What with FFP and all that follows, could Chelsea actually financially afford to sack Poch now if they wanted to get rid of him?
(followed by giggles me and a couple of others at the resident Chelsea fan who I get to see once every 4 weeks looking like a bulldog that has chewed a wasp!)
Enjoyed the Maddison and Maupey back and forth. Prem could do with a few more characters.
Yeah, I enjoyed that too. Maupay was a bit too quick to give it the biggun when he scored…😂 He strikes me as one of those annoying little buggers that enjoy rubbing the oppo’s nose in it - a bit like Craig Bellamy was. Trouble is, he’s not really good enough to do it at prem level as he’ll invariably end up looking silly.
An interesting question just posed in the office this lunchtime... What with FFP and all that follows, could Chelsea actually financially afford to sack Poch now if they wanted to get rid of him?
(followed by giggles me and a couple of others at the resident Chelsea fan who I get to see once every 4 weeks looking like a bulldog that has chewed a wasp!)
Aren't they supposedly ok with FFP for now, through a combination of some big sales in the summer aligned with long contracts and spreading payments?
For example: They sell Mount for 60m = 60m profit on the books as he's homegrown. They then sign players for 300m but all on 5 year deals = 60m on the books per year. So for FFP it levels out.
It's why they'll probably have to continue to sell homegrown players, Chalobah, Gallagher, Broja etc. As those are the players who will yield the most profit for FFP purposes.
Their problems will come the longer they take to get back into the CL. They also have problems in that some players like Mudryk, Jackson etc have turned out to be rubbish and are on massive long contracts.
An interesting question just posed in the office this lunchtime... What with FFP and all that follows, could Chelsea actually financially afford to sack Poch now if they wanted to get rid of him?
(followed by giggles me and a couple of others at the resident Chelsea fan who I get to see once every 4 weeks looking like a bulldog that has chewed a wasp!)
Aren't they supposedly ok with FFP for now, through a combination of some big sales in the summer aligned with long contracts and spreading payments?
For example: They sell Mount for 60m = 60m profit on the books as he's homegrown. They then sign players for 300m but all on 5 year deals = 60m on the books per year. So for FFP it levels out.
It's why they'll probably have to continue to sell homegrown players, Chalobah, Gallagher, Broja etc. As those are the players who will yield the most profit for FFP purposes.
Their problems will come the longer they take to get back into the CL. They also have problems in that some players like Mudryk, Jackson etc have turned out to be rubbish and are on massive long contracts.
To be fair, having seen a post on Twitter by an expert who I've never heard of on Talksport talking about their potential problems, the knowledgeable Chelsea fans on the thread have pointed out there has been an awful lot of home grown talent sales that haven't been taken into account etc. Perhaps they'll be ok.
Was surprised they didn't sell Gallagher in the end , thought they might have cashed in. Just find their entire model under Boehly to be completely nonsensical.
Was surprised they didn't sell Gallagher in the end , thought they might have cashed in. Just find their entire model under Boehly to be completely nonsensical.
Well, the next FFP 'window' goes up to 30th June 2024 apparently. So any clubs potentially in trouble will have to sell players in a very small window at the end of the season, because of the players disappearing for the Euros, according to the fella on Talksport.
Was surprised they didn't sell Gallagher in the end , thought they might have cashed in. Just find their entire model under Boehly to be completely nonsensical.
Well, the next FFP 'window' goes up to 30th June 2024 apparently. So any clubs potentially in trouble will have to sell players in a very small window at the end of the season, because of the players disappearing for the Euros, according to the fella on Talksport.
If Spurs really do want Gallagher who's been quoted in the £50m bracket, hold off until the summer when he's only got 12m left on his contract.
Thanks John , that makes a lot of sense from Spurs perspective to hold off and wait for the summer where there's a better bargaining position. Going to be some panicking at some clubs when they can't sell fringe players for what they expected to.
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Man City (H)
Wolves (A)
Liverpool (H)
Man City (A)
West Ham (A)
Chelsea (H)
Arsenal (A)
They will do well to pick up half a dozen points from that lot.
What with FFP and all that follows, could Chelsea actually financially afford to sack Poch now if they wanted to get rid of him?
(followed by giggles me and a couple of others at the resident Chelsea fan who I get to see once every 4 weeks looking like a bulldog that has chewed a wasp!)
He strikes me as one of those annoying little buggers that enjoy rubbing the oppo’s nose in it - a bit like Craig Bellamy was. Trouble is, he’s not really good enough to do it at prem level as he’ll invariably end up looking silly.
For example:
They sell Mount for 60m = 60m profit on the books as he's homegrown.
They then sign players for 300m but all on 5 year deals = 60m on the books per year. So for FFP it levels out.
It's why they'll probably have to continue to sell homegrown players, Chalobah, Gallagher, Broja etc. As those are the players who will yield the most profit for FFP purposes.
Their problems will come the longer they take to get back into the CL. They also have problems in that some players like Mudryk, Jackson etc have turned out to be rubbish and are on massive long contracts.
Here's the tweet I saw...
https://x.com/talkSPORT/status/1753201289310183611?s=20
If Spurs really do want Gallagher who's been quoted in the £50m bracket, hold off until the summer when he's only got 12m left on his contract.
https://x.com/spursofficial/status/1753408250869903771?s=46&t=D5gOsi83yPP6QthC2zid6A
Thanks John , that makes a lot of sense from Spurs perspective to hold off and wait for the summer where there's a better bargaining position. Going to be some panicking at some clubs when they can't sell fringe players for what they expected to.