downendcity

I think the old adage applies to Scott. " Form is temporary, class is permanent".

Surely that is why any properly run business has contingency plans - for when things go wrong. Then again, I've said many times before the wealthy owners of football clubs would almost certainly never run the businesses from which they made their wealth the way they run their football clubs. Mind you, the businesses from which some wealthy club owners made their money might not bear too much scrutiny! Do they not understand that football's financial rules are in place for exactly the situation that fan describes. It was Portsmouth's relegation from the premier league, having overstretched themselves financially, that almost saw the club go out of business completely when their owner was no longer prepared to foot the bills. We saw it in the championship when Derby overstretched themselves attempting to gain promotion - and let's be honest, they really did breach ffp in so doing- and having failed to do so their "lifelong fan who'd never leave them in the 5h!t" owner decided he was no longer going to support them, letting them go into administration and within a whisker of liquidation. Fans of every club, and especially so those with very wealthy owners, thinks it could never happen to them - until it does! If Leicester don't get promotion, languish in the championship and then, as a result of much reduced income, let's say they go into administration, suffering yet more points deduction, you can bet those same fans will blame football's authorities for not protecting clubs from profligate owners!

It keeps Bournemouth in the premier league!

So had Pearson stayed, would you have wanted him to not be able to add to the squad in the summer so that we could perhaps be more than just a counter attacking team?

Hello my darlin'!

Looks nothing like him!

I admire Pep's Man City because they play highly controlled and effective football, but enjoy watching Klopp's Liverpool because they play exciting football. If I had to choose between a season ticket at The Etihad or Anfield, it would be Anfield.

The EFL have added to their April 1st bulletin by announcing the new championship VAR panel.

Just what I was thinking China. Everton fans bemoaning the punishment meted out for P&S breaches, are kidding themselves and missing the bigger picture. How far away are they from being insolvent? It seems everything hinges on the 777 takeover ( although from the little I've heard/read about 777 it seems to me that their track record would seem to indicate a case of out of the frying pan into the fire). Also Everton is looking increasingly like a basket case that's only getting worse, and there has to be a danger of any party interested in a takeover getting cold feet. At the very least Everton's sale price must be taking a nose dive!

Everton fans' response. It's not fair...........

We named our cat Jordan because it's not often you see a bankrupt cat with huge enhanced boobs!

Are you Suzy Dent and is this dictionary corner ?

" On me head son"

It's when you have not gone for a slash but still find yourself standing with piss all over the floor that you have to worry RR!

Yes, City fans are the most fickle in football. No, City fans are not the most fickle on football.

We certainly wouldn't have got the winner today under Nige, as he wouldn't have played Mehmeti!

Completely agree it's bonkers that they didn't round it down to £240m.

What, the porn?

Dewsbury Hall is in Ashton Vale?

Do you need National Trust membership to see him?.

Birmingham village green and dog walkers paradise?

JB: " do you expect me to talk?" Goldfinger: " no, I expect you to die......................but to return reincarnated in your next film!"

They will if it's posted on the OS!

It'll be like Bobby Ewing's death in Dallas. The next film will open with Moneypenny waking up with Bond in the shower and the events of No Time to Die will turn out to be just a dream.

That was before Mark Ashton went there!