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  1. 7 minutes ago, myol'man said:

    Manning and Tinnion clearly want to leave the Pearson era in the past. Severing all ties.

    Matty James is a big loss and will go on to play a starring role for another Championship club next season. 

    Twine gone too?

    Tinnion had better pull some big signings out of the bag this summer. 

    Manning and Tinnion clearly want to leave the Pearson era in the past. Severing all ties.

    Matty James is a big loss and will go on to play a starring role for another Championship club next season. 

    Twine gone too?

    Tinnion had better pull some big signings out of the bag this summer. 

    My view is moreso Tinnion and Jon Lansdown, probably Tinnion than Manning per se but a combination would make sense unless those two pull rank somewhat.

  2. 14 minutes ago, Shauntaylor85 said:

    Shocking to lose Matty James. But not surprising that good experienced pros who have achieved more than the Head Coach and Technical Director in football are going. This club is going nowhere. 

    I agree.

    James, King, Weimann a lot of experience and good habits to lose in one summer- James 2 year deal and careful consideration for King in a coaching role would've been, would be my preferred option.

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  3. King, James and Weimann is a lot of experience, know-how and good habits to lose in one hit.

    King we knew about playing wise, albeit coaching wise efforts could have been made.

    Weimann obviously we know.

    James big one for me- still think he has plenty to offer, both ability and the experience and know-how

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  4. 1 hour ago, Sleepy1968 said:

    The PL should send them a legal bill.

    Pittance in the grand scheme.

    I've said it before, it genuinely feels like maybe not everyone and maybe I'm wrong but people or some bodies are bending over backwards to try and avoid Everton going into administration..-2 for a 2nd Breach, I'd actually have appealed that as the PL- wider financial consequences be damned. 

  5. Knight, Scott and AN Other would have been perfect. Sure add TGH and latterly Bird as we go along perhaps..For some games, Naismith as the deepest of the 3 could have been one way to go with Scott dribbling, breaking the lines, winning fouls to relieve or build pressure depending on match phase and half of the field. Knight doing what Knight does at number 8, Naismith pass before the key pass or similar.

    James, Williams, King plus potentially even TGH also on the books- good range.

    Some of that is caveated by availability of course.

    Anyway the premise of Piercy is unusual given that our possession and intent in this respect was steadily improving last season, especially vs bottom 3rd sides or lower sides. Possession and control..

  6. Everton have withdrawn their Appeal vs the-2 for the period ending 2023.

    To me, their behaviour since Spring 2023 if not before, but certainly since the Sanctions were handed down..they've got off lightly on one level.

    The equivalent of wasting police time, the PL if anything shouldn't have let them off without appealing -2.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13403991/Everton-officially-withdraw-appeal-against-two-point-deduction-breaching-Premier-Leagues-Profit-Sustainability-rules.html

  7. 40 minutes ago, Hxj said:

    Not one to worry about.  It's a private members' club.  The members can set the rules as they like and can also set the punishments for failure as they see fit.

     

    Well yes, if it hits the majority threshold- rising tides lift all boats.

    It is a shame that the Football League via the CFRP couldn't nail Leicester although we debated this before and you thought that a sanction based on a 3rd year in-season Projection may not be so fair. I wonder why they couldn't refer that to the CFRP this season.

  8. 32 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

    Given them £2.5m per year in Tv deal (£7.5m over 3 years) and give them another £2.5m allowance too…£10m in total in effect.

    Seems like it is being framed as more of a offsetting losses this £2.5m however it will ultimately increase by £10m as you say.

    IMO the £2.5m per year less the potential impact on attendances, ST sales, Matchday Revenue etc caused by he new TV deal.

  9. I may have missed this one @Davefevs @chinapig @Hxj  @ExiledAjax

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13396743/Championship-clubs-increase-permitted-lose-three-years-2-5m-following-rise-operational-costs-staff-wages.html

    Dunno how I feel about this one. Quite a few clubs have started spending a bit again so this seems to reward said expenditure. We cut back and showed restraint quite brutally, surely we didn't vote for this. Seemingly linked to operational and staff costs.

    Now appears without having read the article in depth to be £41.5m Upper Loss limit in 3 years.

    Also @downendcity

  10. 1 minute ago, RedRoss said:

    It is strange that the money is so low in a role that could have considerable impact on results. Yet the contrast to players/managers wages is huge. I guess because it's a fashionable job so they can pay less.

    The club/organisation seem penny wise pound foolish in some ways.

    The commercial side I imagine they could push a lot more e.g. this could be another example. Build up the data and analysis albeit if it makes Cash Losses as most Championship clubs persistently do, that us up to SL really.

  11. 15 minutes ago, pongo88 said:

    The fact that Byfield was our top gol scorer was one of the reasons we didn’t go up automatically. Promotion teams need goals 

    Aah imagine an in-form, well adjusted Maynard in that side...all clubs could do it, composite putting players from different phases.

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  12. Playing albeit the Dutch League isn't quite what it was, an Eredivisiei side to round off the Pre season seems a decent end to preparations- potentially decent opposition nut one we could have a crack at winning too? Plus the connection between some City fans and Willem fans.

    Interesting that it should arise when there are doubts about the hierarchy but even that notwithstanding it feels a positive move.

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  13. 6 minutes ago, Rob26 said:

    yeah add ons have to be included in any profit share/sell on %, otherwise you would hear about clubs just making deals 1m with 50m of add ons for his first start to dodge the payments

    Interesting, didn't know that- thanks.

    Bellingham Baseline Profit was 15% of £63m or similar based on reported fees then there were a clutch of not too difficult to hit add-ons. 15% of those?

    A bigger issue is Birmingham and their Related Party deal. That seems exorbitant at time of fee for a club who at point of agreement had not been in the PL since 2011 or even the top half of the Championship since 2015-16.

    Could say ah expensive flashy well attended Ground and Training Ground but St Andrews averaged between 15-20,000, sold for £22m and Wast Hills appears not to he a high end Training facility.

  14. 4 hours ago, Lorenzos Only Goal said:

    He does from me, he knew hard times were incoming and having made a shit appointment through a vigorous process jumped the sinking ship like a rat.  Leaving us with a 3 year rebuild project and then Brian and father and son Lansdown gets the blame for the Pearson debacle.  Both things can be true, he can be a *** and the Lansdowns can be useless.

    Still can't believe the debacle of October, the seeds sown in late Spring to late August (Scott and failure to replace via the bizarre nest egg interview). Oh and the lack of a dedicated CEO.

    Even if and I'm stretching here, there was some sort of overhanging restriction due to FFI in Summer 2022, a new contract, backing and some January funds would have resolved many issues.

    Good luck to Manning and Hogg- they'll need it with our hierarchy but it still to this day seems a great self-inflicted own goal even now. A self-inflicted blow after in particular Gould and NP steered us out of a storm to calmer waters.

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  15. 16 minutes ago, The Coach said:

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    A possible unbeaten treble at that?? Albeit Europa League rather than CL.

    Ironic that after selling Bellingham and Haaland plus Sancho that said loaned back, that Borussia Dortmund reach a CL final.

  16. 2 hours ago, Barrs Court Red said:

    I did think that, but season ticket sales were strong, so perhaps it won’t have the impact I feared. 

    Could be the following year when everyone has had a season of it. When exactly were full details released.

    1 hour ago, westonred said:

    What do people make of the new EFL TV Deal named SKYSports+ ?  Every weekend 5 championship matches will be moved from Sat 3pm to accomodate the TV.  Friday 7.45/8pm Sat 12.00 and Sat 5pm Sun 12.00 and Mon 7.45/8pm They say there will be an agreement that there is a more equal spread of club picks, with Championship clubs live up to 24 times per season.  Sky are turning football into a TV show rather than a live sport and the greed of club clubs wanting the money voted for this without consideration of the fans

    It's not even that much momey considering all the inconvenience and upheaval plus potential hits to fanbases.

    1 hour ago, phantom said:

    Sadly as Championship clubs are getting an additional £2.6m a season I'm not sure how bothered some clubs will be 

    A lot to us of course but to clubs turning over £20-35m plus losing maybe £15-20m o4 above in underlying losses?

    58 minutes ago, Sleepy1968 said:

    Yep. They voted for it.

    Remember that when City claim that 'its all Sky's fault' when there's that one game that got moved in the promotion race so that you can't attend in March 25 .

    Not convinced by the merits of the deal.

    Pro- More money.

    Con- Disruption to fans and or medium term, the attendances in  the ground.

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