Liverpool are awful

7 hours ago, Jol_BWFC said:

What’s the level below a farmers’ league?

Fuck all below the Jock League 

7 hours ago, Zico said:

Speaking of Chelsea and long contracts 

They've given Palmer a pay rise after one season whilst getting him to extend his contract from 7 years to 9 

 

Longer its till 2033

22 hours ago, Traf said:

Rude.

Not you obviously lol.... Was aimed at the C & B bastards

This new VAR bollocks... 

They've announced 70% of fans are happy with it.

They asked 349 people

What a bunch of wankers. It will be the death of football. Genuinely no interest in watching a single Premier League game solely because of it.

2 hours ago, gonzo said:

This new VAR bollocks... 

They've announced 70% of fans are happy with it.

They asked 349 people

What a bunch of wankers. It will be the death of football. Genuinely no interest in watching a single Premier League game solely because of it.

Pretty sure I heard on the news the other night that one of the 'improvements' to it will be social media updates during the game to let fans know what is going in. 

WT actual F.

1 hour ago, DazBob said:

Pretty sure I heard on the news the other night that one of the 'improvements' to it will be social media updates during the game to let fans know what is going in. 

WT actual F.

Be no good for us with our lack of signal in the ground

On 14/08/2024 at 06:15, little whitt said:

Longer its till 2033

That’s 9 years away.

20 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Be no good for us with our lack of signal in the ground

not true, the bond money was sorting the wifi out 

1 hour ago, freds dad said:

That’s 9 years away.

That's what I thought initially 

Though looking at the dates:

If he signed before last season, ie 2023, on a 7 year deal, that's until 2030.

A 2 year extension- 2032.

God knows!

Anyway, this is him in the final year of his contract.

On 14/08/2024 at 06:15, little whitt said:

Longer its till 2033

 

6 hours ago, freds dad said:

That’s 9 years away.

 

4 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

That's what I thought initially 

Though looking at the dates:

If he signed before last season, ie 2023, on a 7 year deal, that's until 2030.

A 2 year extension- 2032.

God knows!

Maybe I phrased it wrong 

When he signed last season it was a 7 year deal which had 6 years left

They wanted to reward him with a pay rise so gave him a new contract, not an extension 

So he's just signed a new 9 year contract from now till 2033

5 hours ago, Steejay said:

Anyway, this is him in the final year of his contract.

Still on the bench for England

20 hours ago, DazBob said:

Pretty sure I heard on the news the other night that one of the 'improvements' to it will be social media updates during the game to let fans know what is going in. 

WT actual F.

The pub super fans will be all over this

9 hours ago, Traf said:

Still on the bench for England

Two tier Stalin cut his heating allowance too by the looks of it. Mon looks freezing 🥶 

2 hours ago, gonzo said:

Two tier Stalin cut his heating allowance too by the looks of it. Mon looks freezing 🥶 

Cold Palmer, innit

On 13/08/2024 at 13:20, Duck Egg said:

Only difference this time, is the club isn't sat on reserves of millions.  It was a reverse takeover where all the debt has been shifted onto the club.  First time they don't bounce back up and end up in a downward spiral (which will happen eventually) they're fecked. 

Burnley just sold 19 year old Odabert to Spurs for £25 mil up front + £5 mil add-ons + 10% sell on fee.

A fat 15 to 20 million profit.on one player with more to come.

Plus they got £10mil from Bayern compen for Kompany and are set to cash in on other young players. Ain't going bust soon and the strategy of buying quality young players seems to be paying off.

Their financial reserves are in their player stock.

 

5 hours ago, Wanderlust said:

Burnley just sold 19 year old Odabert to Spurs for £25 mil up front + £5 mil add-ons + 10% sell on fee.

A fat 15 to 20 million profit.on one player with more to come.

Plus they got £10mil from Bayern compen for Kompany and are set to cash in on other young players. Ain't going bust soon and the strategy of buying quality young players seems to be paying off.

Their financial reserves are in their player stock.

Bolton's biggest mistake in our heady days was not to develop a strong youth policy. 

44 minutes ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

Bolton's biggest mistake in our heady days was not to develop a strong youth policy. 

Aye although it was a model that bought us instant success it came with no longevity at all. It was unsustainable.

Hence we ended up moments away from being gone forever.

7 hours ago, Wanderlust said:

Burnley just sold 19 year old Odabert to Spurs for £25 mil up front + £5 mil add-ons + 10% sell on fee.

A fat 15 to 20 million profit.on one player with more to come.

Plus they got £10mil from Bayern compen for Kompany and are set to cash in on other young players. Ain't going bust soon and the strategy of buying quality young players seems to be paying off.

Their financial reserves are in their player stock.

 

Don't know anything about him, but those figures suggest they bought him initially. 

You also say the strategy of buying good young players is paying off.

Which is more akin to what we are doing. Just higher up the leagues.

Curious to know how many are actually coming through their own youth set up.

 

7 hours ago, Wanderlust said:

Burnley just sold 19 year old Odabert to Spurs for £25 mil up front + £5 mil add-ons + 10% sell on fee.

A fat 15 to 20 million profit.on one player with more to come.

Plus they got £10mil from Bayern compen for Kompany and are set to cash in on other young players. Ain't going bust soon and the strategy of buying quality young players seems to be paying off.

Their financial reserves are in their player stock.

 

Yep, they're doing well right now.

The difference will be when they inevitably drop and if they've had a manager who's not invested much in the way of saleable assets in the side.  The millions involved now at that level and FPF mean the PL is becoming like a cartel. Fall out of it and you're falling hard, particularly if all your debt is loaded onto the club.

12 minutes ago, Duck Egg said:

Yep, they're doing well right now.

The difference will be when they inevitably drop and if they've had a manager who's not invested much in the way of saleable assets in the side.  The millions involved now at that level and FPF mean the PL is becoming like a cartel. Fall out of it and you're falling hard, particularly if all your debt is loaded onto the club.

See Southampton - period of real success in the prem, followed by selling plenty of players for big profits which should have set them up for a long time, then slowly made some bad investments and that cash gets eaten up, followed by relegation and I’m pretty sure they were close to being in real financial trouble either just pre or post the relegation.

Other than the top 6 or so teams, football goes in cycles and it just depends how long you can extend the peaks and limit the damage of the drops.

2 hours ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

Bolton's biggest mistake in our heady days was not to develop a strong youth policy. 

It was all about the big names apart from Nobby who had already become a first team regular but we had some cracking kids in those days - but the big money stars inhibited their chances so they moved on and had good careers elsewhere. And because of their lack of first team game time, we didn't get much for them. Two that spring to mind immediately are Blerim Dzemaili (mostly injured with us TBF) who went on to play in Serie A and captained Switzerland and former triple Aussie PFA Player of the Year Aaron Mooy.

Ipswich look tidy 

Anyone else watching the Charlton v Orient game.

Orient have just knobbled a Charlton player who had to be strechered off. Only shown a yellow, when it should have been a red imo.

Two players injured in two games by Orient.

11 minutes ago, Popeye doyle said:

Anyone else watching the Charlton v Orient game.

Orient have just knobbled a Charlton player who had to be strechered off. Only shown a yellow, when it should have been a red imo.

Two players injured in two games by Orient.

They were flying in all over the show on Saturday too.

Down to that wanker Wellens.