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Early last season, when I was saying I thought they would be chasing top 10, he said they would struggle. He also said it's the worst football for years. They don't seem to have a lot of money and Ainsworth is the equivalent of Tins here. Legend of a player , but has to start again as a manager. He did a great job at Wycombe but QPR is another level. I hope they do OK, I enjoy going there and my Brother in Law is QPR too so I enjoy beating them. I do worry for them though.

The last word from my QPR mate ... "We l must be favourites to go down"

We need cover, probably 4 to rotate into 2/3. Remember last year with Atkinson, Kalas, Baker & Vyner , we ended up with Pring at CB. We need to fill the squad with numbers as well as quality , possibly 2 for every position with players being able to cover multiple roles. IMO I think we were always in the market for 2 CB's, even if one was Kalas.

I am disappointed. When they signed Lingard I thought that would tip them over the edge to relegation Who the actual **** thought paying someone that didn't want to be there, £200k a week ? Utter madness. I don't blame him, it's like a painter not wanting a job so putting in a ridiculous quote, then they say yes !

One thing to think about, as we like a player with a good song. My mate added .... You can Nick our song “ big ******* Dickie, we’ve got a big ******* Dickie” and repeat

Chatting to my mate , QPR fan , he has an interesting take on this. Also he heard the link 2 days ago. "Great first season , pretty awful season just gone but to be fair his nose got put out of joint as he wasn’t first choice after previously being player of the year . Beale didn’t fancy him Played really well in a 3 with Dunne and Barbet previously New challenge might suit him , don’t particularly want to see him leave but think Ainsworth is after some pace in the team, he ain’t the quickest which has probably stopped him going further, early days at Rangers and he was linked with Newcastle amongst others."

Did you arrange to pick them up ? If so might be worth ringing the shop. I just went on to link a card to get some points for next year, says the site is preparing for the 23/24 Season. Probably not worth looking again until after Christmas, if this season launch was anything to go by.

We have two months to get them, they've been on sale for almost an hour. I'm not feeling a need to rush just yet

In the grand scheme of things that pop up on Instagram, it's not the worst. Interesting to see new places to go, but I don't think I've seen him do a bad review, not looked too closely though.

Not sure how many followers constitute "Influencer" . Bosfinesse has 26.3k followers, going around Restaurants/cafes/street food outlets and reviewing them, sort of. Plucking an account out of the air, Joe Bryan has 37.2k , TBF he may not need free shirts soon.

I thought the whole team looked better after the subs. I hope there was no pandering to the "big Cubs" thinking.

I would bet they are forced to sale the Club at worst , no sanctions on the Club itself.

Personally, I think something is needed, but I do wonder if it was 6 Spanish/Italian Clubs dominating the top 10 rich list would they bother. I'm no expert, but non French Monaco players don't pay tax. Didn't Barcelona sell their training ground to the local authorities but still keep it , plus they signed player they weren't even able to register. Anyway, if the same rules were enforced throughout football, I think that would be good, but it has to been evenly administered across all Federations. Uefa wants a cap on the total amount that clubs can spend on player wages and transfers in a single season and is working on a proposal that could satisfy the European Union. The plan, which is being assessed by a new working party for European football, comes amid fears that English clubs could become even more financially dominant under Uefa’s new Financial Sustainability Regulations (FSR), which from this year will restrict clubs’ spending to a percentage of their annual revenue. If approved, the cap would run alongside the new regulations, under which clubs in European competition are only allowed to spend 90 per cent of revenues on wages and transfers in 2023, dropping to 80 per cent next year and 70 per cent in 2025. Some leading continental clubs have pointed out that the FSR could perpetuate the financial dominance of English clubs, who make up six of the top ten richest teams, and 16 of the top 30. The Premier League has also become the biggest force in the international transfer market. The solution being favoured by Uefa’s leaders is for a fixed cap every season to run alongside FSR, setting a cash limit on the amount that clubs can spend on wages, transfers and agents’ fees — similar to the hard cap in operation in the NFL in the US, where teams can spend a maximum of $224.8 million on player contracts. The transfer cost is assessed by Uefa on amortisation, which is the transfer fee spread out over the length of the contract up to a maximum of five years. No absolute level for a cap has been discussed but if approved it would mean that a club could not spend more than the cash limit, even if it was within the 70 per cent of total revenue. A senior source told The Times that Uefa believe the plan is “the solution” to the issue and was “working on it” to ensure it could get EU approval, but that may mean having to get the agreement of all of European football’s stakeholders. Although the European Club Association (ECA) headed by the Paris Saint-Germain president, Nasser al-Khelaifi, is understood to be in broad agreement, the European Leagues and players’ union Fifpro have concerns. The plan has been submitted to a new working group set up to examine ways of increasing the sustainability and competitiveness of European football, and it has been given the task of exploring the cap. The working group includes representatives from Uefa, the ECA, the European Leagues and Fifpro. It is also looking at the impact of different corporation tax levels in different countries, as that could have a big effect on how much clubs have to spend — for example, the tax large firms have to pay is 13 per cent in Switzerland, 25 per cent in the UK and 27.5 per cent in France. Last month Aleksander Ceferin, the Uefa president, hinted at the possibility of imposing a fixed spending limit, telling the US media outlet Men In Blazers that “in the future we have to seriously think about a salary cap”. Ceferin referenced concerns over “competitive balance”, adding: “It’s not about the owners, it’s about the value of the competition, because if five clubs will always win then it doesn’t make sense any more.” The Professional Footballers’ Association’s chief executive, Maheta Molango, said last month that players would “rightly be angry” about any move towards a salary cap. He added: “Football’s leaders are quickly going to create a real problem if they continue to treat players like this.” Spending caps in sport Premiership Rugby £5 million squad salary rising to £6.4 million in the 2024-25 season. Excludes salaries for two “marquee” players ADVERTISEMENT Rugby league RFL Teams are limited to a squad salary cap of £2.1 million per season, with two marquee players who can be paid up to £150,000 American football’s NFL A hard cap sets the maximum an NFL team can spend on player contracts (including base salary and bonuses) at $224.8 million (about £181.7 million) Basketball’s NBA Has a soft salary cap of $123.7 million (about £100 million) per team. Teams which breach the cap have to pay a luxury tax and have reduced privileges when it comes to signing players Football EFL clubs agreed a squad salary cap of £1.5 million in League Two and £2.5 million in League One but this was scrapped in 2021 after a challenge from the PFA

Very poor decision won it in the end, but I thought we were far too scrappy again. Lost count of the times we over ran a ball trying to dribble or let a ball bounce up through miscontrol. The pitch looked very poor, but Italy seemed to manage a lot better. VAR and a Ref loving the limelight grabbing the headlines again.

The Ref really wanted to give that, very theatrical announcement. And what's with giving the Ref an offside to look at ?

Now that was a centre backs shot

Ignoring Swansea he did ok, not great , but ok., One year 1 in 2 almost, then around 1 in 3. 25 in 74 in Serie A is none too shabby.

Got to feel your luck is in . Not only hits the post but misses the keeper on the way out. Good strike though.

There you go

They are a good footballing side, he will fit in nicely in that respect. I like him, technically very good, but crossing/final ball leaves a lot to be desired. His wages made the decision easy, his lack of stature and physicality too. Cam Pring pretty much sealed his fate with his performances, much more the sort of player Nige wants going forward. Another one we don't get any money back for, but hopefully one of the last.

Good scoring record ,21 in 48 for us . Must say I don't think I'd heard of him before.

They were moaning about the safety of their fans , which is a joke . A statement on Barnsley's official website read: "Barnsley Football Club is disappointed to learn that the English Football League (EFL) has reallocated the total amount of tickets for the Sky Bet League One Play-Off Final. "The EFL requested 6,000 of Barnsley FC's allocated tickets to be available to Sheffield Wednesday supporters in Tier 5 on Wednesday, which was opposed by the Club. "Whilst we acknowledge the reasons offered up in terms of the current sales totals of both clubs, the potential risk to our supporters was our main concern. However, the EFL are confident that the safety measures put in place are sufficient.

Apparently, though context is everything.