chinapig

A good brief explainer here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/06/manchester-city-premier-league-charges-key-questions-answered

I've certainly seen it alleged that one manager was paid a second, secret, salary off the books.

Quite, a classic straw man argument.

, No doubt you're right, I was illustrating the victim attitude of their fans. Hence them booing the Champions League anthem.

Man City can afford the best lawyers. They could drag this out for years. Their fans like to claim they were cleared of the UEFA charges but iirc CAS found one offence to be time barred and another not proven. Not quite the same as not guilty then.

And to all intents and purposes was working for Ipswich.

De Bruyne doesn't so much pass to a teammate as pass to where the teammate is going to be at the end of his run. Alex did the same there.

I think it depends whether their priority is football, money or the image of the club. My guess is that Ten Hag will want him out but it's not entirely his decision. The dilemma is discussed here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/02/manchester-united-mason-greenwood-huge-decision

See also here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/02/mps-urge-football-clubs-to-back-fan-recommendations-over-sustainability @ExiledAjaxthe Sustainability Index also gets a mention.

And Danjuma doing a runner to Spurs after Lampard was sacked.

@ExiledAjaxhas already covered and been involved in this here: https://www.otib.co.uk/index.php?/topic/219464-bristol-city-ranked-for-sustainability

They may not be able to tell the time because they spend all their time on Tik Tok.?

Given they have just borrowed £20m just to pay the bills and their owner still hasn't paid back the £5m he borrowed from the club I doubt they will be making a bid any time soon!

I read the Guardian piece the other day but thanks for flagging up the detail. Fantastic and worthwhile piece of work. Just another example of the value you add to the forum and well beyond if I may say so.

Plus we may be seeing the post-Covid effect on the fees Championship clubs can realistically expect to get.

Potential progress between the PL and the EFL. Though I'm not holding my breath: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jan/27/efl-urges-premier-league-to-halve-financial-gap-with-championship

Tracey Crouch may get a few cards from secret admirers then.?

White paper now expected in February: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64411515

As a result of his court case it's been reported that Joelinton's basic wage is £43k. So a good deal for Antoine, if true!

You might like this then. https://www.theguardian.com/football/when-saturday-comes-blog/2023/jan/18/lower-league-football-premier-league-pyramid Though the piece as a whole is ludicrously overstated (has he never seen Plymouth play for instance?) how about this bit?!? During those rare passages of actual play, prevailing tactics have done little to increase the entertainment value. Whereas tiki-taka has been used by elite clubs to elude opponents with snappy, progressive passes, the lower-league parody has seen the centre-back pass to the other centre-back, to the goalkeeper, to the deep-lying midfielder, to the centre-back, to the goalkeeper. Bored yet? If you’re not, try a stab of acute despondency instead, as that same centre-back is caught in possession and the ball gleefully thrashed into your team’s net.

Now being denied: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64396928

Interview with Anita Asante in The Guardian today: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jan/25/coaching-has-given-me-months-of-headaches-but-also-bags-of-joy-anita-asante

Club now up for sale: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jan/24/everton-for-sale-farhad-moshiri-asking-price-more-than-500m

He certainly shouldn't have control over all day to day football activities as he did here. Though he seems to have the same power at Ipswich, astonishingly.

Dave, perhaps you could persuade the mods to pin your analysis of the accounts over the relevant period? Only it gets a bit tedious to have to repeatedly explain the financial disaster Ashton presided over, apparently with Steve's blessing, to those who still don't or won't get it.