1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

On peak? Essien.

Lampard 2004-2006 was arguably the best CM the Premier League has ever seen. 

2 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Does he start Friday?

Hopefully not. With all the stress from the transfer and him just landing in the country 48 hours before kickoff, it will be a risk starting him especially with our luck with injuries. I know he is match fit but let's give him a week to settle in. I doubt he even speaks any english

5 hours ago, venom2011 said:

 

Thanks for posting that link. A good listen. 

1 hour ago, Valerie said:

Come on! Ditch the honesty, @Gol15 is not coping well 

I know it can be hard moving to a new job and trying to settle in with the new colleagues but @Gol15 will be fine in North London. 

I thought Gol said he’d stick with Enzo now!

ENZOOOOO

 

The spirit of FFP is "don't let the biggest 1% of clubs do whatever they want in the market". The rules are not complicated and clubs like us, City, RB clubs and Real have the means to go against the spirit by finding ways to channel money through to different companies and so on.

We just went around it with giving our new players 8,5 year deals. We didn't break any rules but it was against the idea of the FFP so we will see this being the last time to do those long deals so we can amortize massive amounts of money to number of years. 

One clear thing that has come from us Juggernauts throwing money around is the rise of moneyball sides that have a business model of buying smart and selling to us with massive profit. Dortmund, Benfica, Ajax and so on.

The FFP rule is simple because the idea was to basically say "come on let's play nice, we all agree the amount of money is getting silly. Come on guys..." Clubs like us just nodded in silence and did whatever we are doing.

15 hours ago, OriginalS said:

So funny to me that UEFA decided to close that loophole with spreading the fee over the full length of the contract from next summer so then we just decided to basically finish our rebuild in January. Also ensures no other club can follow us and do the same which obviously makes it even better.

Top work from the club. I also don't want to hear any excuses for Potter now. I hope he gets us going but with the squad he's now got we better look like one of the very best sides in the league. And we should challenge for the title next season already.

Yes indeed Sindre. But then a lot of people were saying the same after Tuchel got Lukaku for 115 million euros and he was fortunate enough to be able to pair him with the reigning UEFA Player of the Year to run the show for him.

Lots of people thought it would be cakes and ice creams all round, but it wasn't was it? Football has a habit of doing that.

46 minutes ago, evissy said:

The spirit of FFP is "don't let the biggest 1% of clubs do whatever they want in the market". The rules are not complicated and clubs like us, City, RB clubs and Real have the means to go against the spirit by finding ways to channel money through to different companies and so on.

We just went around it with giving our new players 8,5 year deals. We didn't break any rules but it was against the idea of the FFP so we will see this being the last time to do those long deals so we can amortize massive amounts of money to number of years. 

One clear thing that has come from us Juggernauts throwing money around is the rise of moneyball sides that have a business model of buying smart and selling to us with massive profit. Dortmund, Benfica, Ajax and so on.

The FFP rule is simple because the idea was to basically say "come on let's play nice, we all agree the amount of money is getting silly. Come on guys..." Clubs like us just nodded in silence and did whatever we are doing.

I could care less when they allow clubs who make comparatively less broadcast revenue and matchday revenue to declare greater commercial revenue as legitimate. Speaking of moneyball, we seemed to have 2 very different transfer strategies this window and the cheaper/younger signings are exactly the kind of transfers Dortmund etc make. Very cleverly done, these are perfect hedge transfers that will cover any losses made on the big transfers if a player flops. Santos is probably already worth double what we paid.

3 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Lot of excitement on here, rightly so. Let's not set the fella on too high a pedestal though eh? This is a new team again, and a new league to him. 

Is not like bringing in Cesc who knew the league inside and out.

My friend, this here is the internet. Level-headedness is not welcome. 

 

Waking up to see we've sold Jorginho to Arsenal and signed Enzo Fernandez is a wet dream come true

We are limited to 3 of our new signings going in to the CL squad.

 

Seems obvious to me that Enzo and Mudryk will be 2 of them. Who is the third going to be?

 

Felix?

Badiashile? 

Madueke?

12 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

We are limited to 3 of our new signings going in to the CL squad.

 

Seems obvious to me that Enzo and Mudryk will be 2 of them. Who is the third going to be?

 

Felix?

Badiashile? 

Madueke?

Felix. 

Use Silva + Fofana for Champions League. 

45 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Felix. 

Use Silva + Fofana for Champions League. 

You reckon Fofana can stay fit?

we need Badiashile

to have a chance in ucl we need to have a good defense 

Could maybe use Koulibaly in CL and put Felix in. Not an easy decision that.

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

You reckon Fofana can stay fit?

If used sparingly for CL, Yes. 

1 hour ago, Mário César said:

we need Badiashile

to have a chance in ucl we need to have a good defense 

As much as this is true, there is no way Felix (after the hefty loan fee) cannot be involved in the UCL, it would be inconceivable.

25 minutes ago, Term_X said:

As much as this is true, there is no way Felix (after the hefty loan fee) cannot be involved in the UCL, it would be inconceivable.

Yeah and we want him to stay long term too.

3 hours ago, axman2526 said:

We are limited to 3 of our new signings going in to the CL squad.

 

Seems obvious to me that Enzo and Mudryk will be 2 of them. Who is the third going to be?

 

Felix?

Badiashile? 

Madueke?

Are you certain that applies to players that were 21 and under at the start of the competitive year?
I’ve played a good few decades of champ/football manager and always navigated this one - given our issue with paperwork I’d be happy to help. 

Edited February 2, 20233 yr by PhilH930

"I watched 3 of his world cup games. He is only a decent midfielder but not a 100mill player. He's no Rodri, no Casemiro. They are massively overpaying and getting their pants pulled down." Danny Murphy.

38 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

"I watched 3 of his world cup games. He is only a decent midfielder but not a 100mill player. He's no Rodri, no Casemiro. They are massively overpaying and getting their pants pulled down." Danny Murphy.

Maybe he should've watched his games playing for Benfica too...

2 hours ago, PhilH930 said:

Are you certain that applies to players that were 21 and under at the start of the competitive year?
I’ve played a good few decades of champ/football manager and always navigated this one - given our issue with paperwork I’d be happy to help. 

It does. That video of the sky sports journo is funny, he didn't read the part of the rule that says the players has to have been at the club for at least 18 months. 

8 hours ago, axman2526 said:

We are limited to 3 of our new signings going in to the CL squad.

 

Seems obvious to me that Enzo and Mudryk will be 2 of them. Who is the third going to be?

 

Felix?

Badiashile? 

Madueke?

Badiashile, Enzo and Mudryk are all young enough to enter our B-squad aren't they?