Congrats. Russel Martin can be a good manager if given money...unlike what he had at Swansea, useless fucking owners.
Yep, they need to clear the books to comply with PSR (profit + sustainabilty rules).
Also, with Leeds being owned by the 49ers org, there's a certain quiet satisfaction as an Eagles fan that they bottled it on the other side of the pond.
He's getting out of there when City are punished, what a genius.
View: https://twitter.com/the_forty_four/status/1794821220229415399?s=61&t=dIGyQd2uIxZMzCmy42E8dQ
Excellent banter to be honest.
I doubt Arteta goes to City unless Arsenal have a nightmare season. Either Arsenal win the league and there's no reason for him to leave, or they get close again and I don't see him choosing to leave without achieving his goals.
Obviously you never know with money and all that, but right now I don't see it.
View: https://x.com/pokeefe1/status/1795030432318210158
A summary of the charges with details so far. Its beefy though. So make some tea if you wanna read it.
View: https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1795068632545775943?s=19
Enzo is the guy apparently, not sure how I feel, Leicester fans don't seem to rate him
They don't? I know Leicester had a ridiculous squad for the Championship but he still coached them well, clearly. That's surely the sort of manager Chelsea need, someone who can drill the team.
if you're gonna prop up Elon's hellsite at least make a thread reader link along with it for those without an account plz
Why? The FA have set a precedent with the points deductions levelled at Everton and Nottingham Forest and the charges levelled at City are orders of magnitude more serious.
Anything less than full relegation will see teams in the PL riot and the league fall apart.
There is no way the FA will kneecap themselves and relegate or seriously damage the only PL club that is currently able to consistently compete for the top crown in europe
Erm…what?
I highly doubt the FA gives a flying fuck about the Champions League. It's not even an FA competition. Their biggest concern is maintaining the stability and image of the Premier League. They're already gonna take a disastrous hit to their reputation if City are found guilty, for allowing their crimes to go unpunished for so long, and they'll be shot of City in a heartbeat if it stems the bleeding. They'll have no choice, the other clubs will not tolerate a whitewash.
PL doesn't want to come out and say "the last 10 years of competition were bs, our entire slogan of most competitive league in the world and everyone can win is bs" and then have to force the sale of 2or 3 teams whose (state)owners are more than happy to pay to promote the global brand of PL and English football.
The PR damage will cause money damage and make many of the (totally not sponsor countries) pull out of marketing or worse, market other football leagues. At best you will get a small slap in the wrist and some small tweaks but people expecting major fixes are living in lalaland.
The PR damage will cause money damage and make many of the (totally not sponsor countries) pull out of marketing or worse, market other football leagues. At best you will get a small slap in the wrist and some small tweaks but people expecting major fixes are living in lalaland.
Then why the heck did they bring up the charges in the first place?!
Because they cant pretend their league is actually competitive when ManCity has won 7 out of 8 and they have been flauting every single thing to show off, and the other teams also complained.
But time come to actually put a penalty, they will get a slap in the wrist and some small tweaks instead of the actual reforms and punishment that would be required to address the current situation and the proliferation of state owned sport washing operations that do not function under the same economic rules as the rest of the teams.
Kroos to win it. Otherwise just fun games really, don't care much about NT usually. Bonus points if a big nation gets eliminated early.
Juve was relegated for the match fixing scandal and they were back winning not long after. City is established with a very talented youth system and a squad so deep their backups could finish in the upper half of the table.
Hope that
Don't many high level players/stars have exit clauses if their team gets relegated?
Yes but I suspect a core group would stay but even if all the stars left, the youth and home grown players would be miles better than most championship teams. FWIW, I think it would take a multi year penalty to make any difference.
At least Juventus got stripped two scudettos. The FA has to find a middle ground somewhere. At least if they want people to take the league seriously.
See above. And that was the FIGC who are by no means angelic themselves. At some point, you can't sweep it under a rug anymore.
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Not surprising really and I'm sure he won't be the only one, wouldn't be surprised to see Vieira, Nelson, Nketiah and maybe ESR too. Arteta clearly doesn't really trust any of them.
Even that is unlikely to do too much to their overall model. A better example to look to would be Rangers, who were dropped to the bottom tier of the Scottish leagues yet were back to SPL champions in fairly short order.
The grim reality is that the owners have set up City for long term success with a strong multi club model, brilliant recruitment and scouting networks and top youth development.