FFP

[lovejoy]

This is really happening, isn't it? As if it wasn't bad enough that people waste months of their lives on a game pretending to be a football manager, people are going to start pretending to be accountants. That's what's going to happen. FFP SOS FFS.

For some thats a career.

[pablo_picasso]

This is really happening, isn't it? As if it wasn't bad enough that people waste months of their lives on a game pretending to be a football manager, people are going to start pretending to be accountants. That's what's going to happen. FFP SOS FFS.

To be fair, I think a lot of people are just trying to gain an understanding of something which seems pretty complex and is impacting massively on clubs.

This...

[Sexual Ealing]

This is really happening, isn't it? As if it wasn't bad enough that people waste months of their lives on a game pretending to be a football manager, people are going to start pretending to be accountants. That's what's going to happen. FFP SOS FFS.

To be fair, I think a lot of people are just trying to gain an understanding of something which seems pretty complex and is impacting massively on clubs.

This...

There's no need for them to show their workings out though. It's dull enough when someone who knows what they're talking about goes into it without armchair auditors 'having a go at it'.

[Risso]

This is really happening, isn't it? As if it wasn't bad enough that people waste months of their lives on a game pretending to be a football manager, people are going to start pretending to be accountants. That's what's going to happen. FFP SOS FFS.

I'e been pretending for over 25 years now!

[pablo_picasso]

This is really happening, isn't it? As if it wasn't bad enough that people waste months of their lives on a game pretending to be a football manager, people are going to start pretending to be accountants. That's what's going to happen. FFP SOS FFS.

To be fair, I think a lot of people are just trying to gain an understanding of something which seems pretty complex and is impacting massively on clubs.

This...

There's no need for them to show their workings out though. It's dull enough when someone who knows what they're talking about goes into it without armchair auditors 'having a go at it'.

Just fucking ignore it then...

Jesus Christ, how hard is that to understand?

[PeterWithesShin]

Back in the Speccy days

[Risso]

There's no need for them to show their workings out though. It's dull enough when someone who knows what they're talking about goes into it without armchair auditors 'having a go at it'.

Armchair auditors would be at least as good as the so called real thing. It's the world's most boring job.

[Sexual Ealing]

This is really happening, isn't it? As if it wasn't bad enough that people waste months of their lives on a game pretending to be a football manager, people are going to start pretending to be accountants. That's what's going to happen. FFP SOS FFS.

To be fair, I think a lot of people are just trying to gain an understanding of something which seems pretty complex and is impacting massively on clubs.

This...

There's no need for them to show their workings out though. It's dull enough when someone who knows what they're talking about goes into it without armchair auditors 'having a go at it'.

Just fucking ignore it then...

Jesus Christ, how hard is that to understand?

Just fucking ignore me then...

Jesus Christ, how hard is that to understand?

[edgysatsuma89]

This is really happening, isn't it? As if it wasn't bad enough that people waste months of their lives on a game pretending to be a football manager, people are going to start pretending to be accountants. That's what's going to happen. FFP SOS FFS.

To be fair, I think a lot of people are just trying to gain an understanding of something which seems pretty complex and is impacting massively on clubs.

This...

There's no need for them to show their workings out though. It's dull enough when someone who knows what they're talking about goes into it without armchair auditors 'having a go at it'.

Just fucking ignore it then...

Jesus Christ, how hard is that to understand?

Just fucking ignore me then...

Jesus Christ, how hard is that to understand?

It's Ignore Inception.

[pablo_picasso]

This is really happening, isn't it? As if it wasn't bad enough that people waste months of their lives on a game pretending to be a football manager, people are going to start pretending to be accountants. That's what's going to happen. FFP SOS FFS.

To be fair, I think a lot of people are just trying to gain an understanding of something which seems pretty complex and is impacting massively on clubs.

This...

There's no need for them to show their workings out though. It's dull enough when someone who knows what they're talking about goes into it without armchair auditors 'having a go at it'.

Just fucking ignore it then...

Jesus Christ, how hard is that to understand?

Just fucking ignore me then...

Jesus Christ, how hard is that to understand?

Ignoring something that one finds boring & tedious?

That is great advice.

I wish I had thought of it...

[Sexual Ealing]

FFP, and accountancy more generally, is boring. Moaning about other people's interests is a pure pleasure.

[Dave]

I can understand them having to bring in players after promotion because of the loans etc, we were in the same boat when we came up. They didn't have to sign 30 players or however many it was though. And then bring in another dozen this summer. Pretty sure that outside of Johnson in the same period they were bringing in 40 odd players they sold players for about £10m.

For example, they brought in six goalkeepers in the period summer '22 - summer '23. That seems distinctly unnecessary.

Now a seventh, with another £6m spent on former Newcastle keeper Mat Sels from Strasbourg.

[Dante Lavelli]

Has anyone confirmed if our new youngsters qualify as youth players so excluded from FFP calculations?  Seems an obvious place we can throw cash if that loophole exists.  Our Spanish/Portuguese partners hoovering up the European talent.

[Risso]

Has anyone confirmed if our new youngsters qualify as youth players so excluded from FFP calculations?  Seems an obvious place we can throw cash if that loophole exists.  Our Spanish/Portuguese partners hoovering up the European talent.

Mate, it really doesn't work like that. If you spend money on a player, then they go into the FFP calculations, simple as that, regardless of their age.

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Chelsea are fucked.