Stretford Ender

Will you rename Stamford Bridge the Potter's Field?

Will you rename Stamford Bridge the Potter's Field?

Will you rename Stamford Bridge the Potter's Field?

Will you rename Stamford Bridge the Potter's Field?

Will you rename Stamford Bridge the Potter's Field?

Will you rename Stamford Bridge the Potter's Field?

Will you rename Stamford Bridge the Potter's Field?

Right lads, get on the bus, we're off to Wales. Pick up your packed lunch from the canteen and we'll stop at a half-way house for a pint and a sandwich. You'' love the bracing air there and the quaint local customs.
They'd be demanding a transfer before you could say Jack Robinson. I know our lot would.

Not that I can recall. It wasn't until much later - and with the usual hindsight - that the press exposed Revie as a wrong 'un. But prior to 1974, there were plenty of stories out there that should have alerted the FA. Alan Ball had made it public that Revie had tapped him up at Blackpool and had offered him cash to sign for Leeds. Earlier, he tried to bribe Bob Stokoe, then manager of Bury, with £500 to 'go easy' on Leeds who were fighting relegation to the old 3rd Division. Stokoe told him to shove it. Later, when Stokoe was manager of Blackpool, Revie wanted to buy Tony Green but Stokoe refused to sell to him.  He attempted to bribe Wolves players in 1972 to hand Leeds the title. He didn't do it himself but assigned the task to two players and when it came out, the papers were all over it. All of this was glossed over when Revie got the England job. Cloughie kept on at him in his newspaper column but people put that down to sour grapes about being passed over by the FA.

Brings back memories of football how it used to be. Reaney, Charlton, and Madeley yelling at each other and Sprake after Leeds conceded. Revie must have put the fear of God into them because I saw this scene repeated at Elland Road on my first trip there in September 1969. Leeds fans were barracking Best who was having a quiet game, and Leeds were in control. Then, as he often did, he took matters into his own hands and scored a brace, the second of which had Leeds defenders all over the place. Just like in the picture, Jack Charlton was screaming at his fellow defenders and Revie was up off the bench pointing and yelling. I suppose it says a lot about how competitive that Leeds side was back then. As for Gary Sprake, on his day, he was unbeatable but man was he prone to cock-ups. He ended up a pariah there for speaking out of school about how Revie conducted his business. He should never have been allowed anywhere near the England job.

He would have made us champions by 1980. The board(s) have done more damage to United than any manager has ever done.

News has reached @Stretford Ender about McGuire absence...

And if they do sweep the board, we might as well fold our tents and move away because we'll never hear the last of it. In 1977, they were odd-on for the treble and I think that Liverpool side was even better than the one they have now. It was a one-off game like all cup finals when form goes out of the window. Chelsea are more than good enough to win on the day. It would be a nice screw you to those who've harmed the club as well.

I was at that game with my mate from school. We had Ian Ure in the team and David Sadler and Paul Edwards in defence. No wonder we lost. Funnily enough, we went to Anfield the week after and won 4-1.

And if they do sweep the board, we might as well fold our tents and move away because we'll never hear the last of it. In 1977, they were odd-on for the treble and I think that Liverpool side was even better than the one they have now. It was a one-off game like all cup finals when form goes out of the window. Chelsea are more than good enough to win on the day. It would be a nice screw you to those who've harmed the club as well.

Try Conference.

And if they do sweep the board, we might as well fold our tents and move away because we'll never hear the last of it. In 1977, they were odd-on for the treble and I think that Liverpool side was even better than the one they have now. It was a one-off game like all cup finals when form goes out of the window. Chelsea are more than good enough to win on the day. It would be a nice screw you to those who've harmed the club as well.

What has happened to Chelsea is a disgrace. I'll say no more about that but on the pitch, you've got the edge. Our lot can't play for toffee. Getting dumped on by Lego Pep was the last straw for me.

Right lads, get on the bus, we're off to Wales. Pick up your packed lunch from the canteen and we'll stop at a half-way house for a pint and a sandwich. You'' love the bracing air there and the quaint local customs.
They'd be demanding a transfer before you could say Jack Robinson. I know our lot would.

You can probably pick me out if you look hard enough. No colours, green combat jacket and jeans. You gave him a great send off that's for sure. That looks like Mick Martin with his hands on his hips. Didn't move much did our Mick.

Right lads, get on the bus, we're off to Wales. Pick up your packed lunch from the canteen and we'll stop at a half-way house for a pint and a sandwich. You'' love the bracing air there and the quaint local customs.
They'd be demanding a transfer before you could say Jack Robinson. I know our lot would.

I wonder what modern players would think about training in Aberystwyth?

This is exactly why football in its current form is living on borrowed time. The game is spending money that it doesn't have, and right now is only being propped up because of TV money. That is ultimately what led to the move for a super league. The big European clubs were lured by the promise of even more TV/sponsorship money, and that is the only way they can increase their income and possibly continue this spending practice. I fully expect them to attempt this again and ultimately be successful. But that super league too will ultimately fold when the money runs out.

Debt in football is a very very interesting one because for me it’s the Elephant in the room that is conveniently ignored
I posted an article yesterday that was talking about the debt that we seem to have in relation to Lukakus transfer and anyone with an ounce of common sense would readily acknowledge that as being likely but the counter to that is that are nett transfer debt is close to zero. There are very very few PL clubs that don’t have to pay  nett significant sums from cash flow in respect of historical transfers indeed again as I pointed out if you look at just Arsenal they  owed over £200 million and that’s before you talk about the £200 million they owed the owners in respect of the fact they had to refinance the stadium debt and in all likelihood, according to Arsenal Supporters Trust had to inject more money and had also to use the £70 million facility they have at Barclays.
For me close season, which we will get to we really have to move on the really big earners such as Kepa, such as Lukaku, such as Kante and indeed Jorginho. If we can sell them great but the first two may well have to be on loan.
If we can cut our wage bill by £30 -£50 million that will significantly change the landscape similarity we have to accept that we  can’t carry the levels of amortisation we have seen in the past . In other words we are going to have to trust the academy even more and the transfer mistakes we have witnessed such as Drinkwater, Bakyoko and yes Kepa can not be repeated.
But back to transfer debt.  It really isn’t much talked about but fair few number of PL clubs sell on the out saying sums they are owed. In business it’s known I believe in factoring Chelsea haven’t ever done that.
 
In effect how it works  .Leicester are one such club that adopts this practice say made a  down payment of say £15 million  when they sold Mc Guire to Utd  but the balance of say £70 million , was sold for say £65 million  cash to a company who Utd continued to pay the balance.
But it goes further than that because some clubs sell in advance the central TV monies that they will receive 
We have been totally insulated because of RA but I suspect not just at Chelsea but things are going to change everywhere
 

They were happy to sponsor the world cup in Russia too.......oh, and they will be doing the same in Qatar at the end of the year too, a place with some of the worst human rights in the world. Hypocritical bandwagoners.