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True swap deals are very rare, but we’ve seen some European clubs starting to use them, inflating prices of both players to short term get around FFP…because they spread the new player fee over the term of the contract, but the sold player profit gets realised immediately. A true swap deal should be completed using transfer fees reflective of market value….not to kick FFP down the road, nor to avoid paying sell-on percentages. But they are in effect two separate transactions.

I think refs should be assigned to a club for a month (in a different division to the one they operate in), and move each month. They should learn from footballers / managers what a foul is, and on the flip should impart the rules / laws back onto the players / managers. They are currently aloof, show no accountability, etc. They are now pros, yet still behaving like amateurs.

Don’t know, but if mic’d up, there’s no need to flag to inform the ref. It was on a Sky tv masterclass with Colina. Great ref.

No, the point I’m making is that Palmer is injured, he said it isn’t something that needs an op…I.e. not that bad. Yet the speculation is 6-8 weeks. That speculation appears to have come from “nowhere”.

Mike - if as Graham says we get just one of those big-2 (Kelly or Webster) to move on at the kind of money suggested, that brings us back inside FFP based on my estimates, and starts to give us some room to recruit. It would mean we could resists bids for our best players too. An interesting summer ahead.

As much as me, though? ???

You can if you don’t ask him to play so narrow. If you allow his to play a bit closer to touchline, it becomes a hopeful diag, prone to being intercepted, or over hit, or a long time in the air that you can adjust your defensive position(s) horizontally. it becomes a higher risk pass. But you’ve also got to get pressure on the ball-player too. Early season, when Atkinson was settling in Jay played narrower than normal, and I hoped they would sort distances out. We changed it up with Baker at LB for Cardiff and the few games after. Then they both got injured soon after each other. Jay is short, don’t get me wrong, but he’s proven (when properly fit) in previous seasons he can play LB and not get exposed. That’s not to say he won’t get targeted, but he has held his own in the past…and I also see Klose happy to be drawn into wider areas than most CBs are usually.

I don’t believe Nige gave a time frame, but it seems to have become 2 months / 6-8 weeks??? I don’t recall Nige even saying it was that bad. ??

Why do goals suddenly appear Every time Zak is near? Just like me, he longs to be Klose to you ???

The assistant is mic’d up to the ref, therefore the flag is mainly for the crowd (once they agree on decision where a decision is required), not to tell the referee which way to give it.

miles inside, because of 18/19’s profit agree, but I don’t think we will be too badly over, and we’ve 15 months to sort it, including two transfer windows, with sellable assets. yes, a nonsense…but let’s see what the likes of Stoke and Forest and Boro put in their 20/21 accounts, let alone this seasons! it doesn’t fit, it was an arbitrary figure plucked out of the ether and latched onto. Back to 3. We need to be smart, but not care-free. If someone genuinely wants Palmer (for example) then there needs to be give and take. As it stands his amortisation will be £0.875m next year and his wages £1.200m (allegedly). Let’s not forget the “buying” club will be spreading any fee over the term and that might be the way to cover a bit more in wages. We have to recoup (avoid spending) as much of that £2.075m as possible. Similar debate with Wells, lesser extent with Moore and whoever else.

Free transfer, re-signed on possibly lower wages to his initial contract…with the hope of getting us through to this summer. It hasn’t worked, but let’s hope he’s added value off the pitch at least.

Usually goes away anyway, as we concede a goal ?

That’s a fair post. Same thing said of LJ - what a wonderful coach….but nothing said about the ones who didn’t improve. FWIW I think we are showing some signs of improvement, but he hasn’t got the balance right.

Personally I’d rather go back to the perceived boring football of August and September….with the advantage that we have Semenyo.

This was Southgate’s problem with England. His 2 CBs weren’t great, so let’s play an extra one…which meant taking a player out somewhere else. He ultimately ended up with 3 CBs that weren’t great. Sometimes the solution isn’t to have more bad thinking it will equal good.

Was having this exact conversation on twitter DMs the other day with @GrahamC.

Isn’t one of the fundamentals of accounting that you should keep your policies the sane, so year on year evaluation can be done in a consistent manner? Only changing them for very good reasons. I’ve wondered about exactly the same point as you.

It is for the manager to manage. And it looks like he will do so in the summer. He’s brought in a sticking plaster in Klose during the Jan window. Whether it still has its stickiness beyond the summer I’ve no idea. You can’t always “coach it in”….looks like he’s tried that, given players enough of a chance. He’s trying to do what he can on a limited budget.

I agree…..I just don’t think we should be doing much better. Maybe 4/5 points better, enough to be a bit higher in the table. I do think injuries are a part of the reason we aren’t higher.

Last night I posted on twitter in response to someone: @Numero Unoto add to your post…I don’t expect it City to remain at this level, I expect Nige to improve things, through changing the personnel and coaching.

A darn sight cheaper flop! In a perverse way I hope that is the case….and I hope it’s changed as relationships build. This summer is gonna tell us a lot.

But less than 6 figure, means less than £100k???

Wayne Rooney is averaging 1.17 ppm in his time at Derby. Nige averaging 1.16 ppm this season (1.00 ppm in his time here). There are other managers who you can include. - Paul Warne 0.89 ppm (currently in Lg1) - Gareth Ainsworth 0.89 ppm (currently in Lg1 46/54 were with Wycombe) - Lee Bowyer 1.15 ppm (42 of his games are Brum)