FFP

[Risso]

Popped on OTIB after Pearson being sacked, I see Mr Popodopolous is still obsessing over Villa 'cheating' FFP regulations.
https://www.otib.co.uk/topic/198743-the-championship-ffp-thread-merged/page/149/

Christ almighty, he makes Villadawg look relatively sane.

[john2710]

I wouldn't be surprised if the government aren't putting pressure on the PL to brush the whole Man City thing under the carpet. Claiming, under the current circumstances that it could upset diplomatic relations.

[pauliewalnuts]

I wouldn't be surprised if the government aren't putting pressure on the PL to brush the whole Man City thing under the carpet. Claiming, under the current circumstances that it could upset diplomatic relations.

Did you see that stuff about government level discussions abotu this with Abu Dhabi?

Of course they are.

[algy]

I’ve been thinking about how we seem to have done really well in terms of FFP/P&S lately. Not an expert by any means, but have we fully amortised the fees of people like Emi1, Konsa, Mings, Dougie and Ollie since they’ve signed longer contracts after their first ones? Then there’s the academy grads that have been sold and the clawback on Ings & Targett. I’m not sure, but it feels like we’re in a strong position on this at the moment.

Stick or twist is a constant conundrum but it shows that sticking has its benefits despite it arguably being a lack of ambition.  Finally being able to stick with the same manager can only help with this too.

Just to add to this, if the Manager feels he can deliver the ambitions of the board (and fans) with the majority of his existing squad then that massively helps with P&S as you may need to up wages for improved contracts as Risso says but you’re avoiding huge transfer fees and the need for huge Chelsea type splurges to improve your squad. We maybe need to cut this link between big transfers being seen as ambitious when in fact the approach this summer of 2 or 3 strategic squad acquisitions is actually what you need to advance.

Absolutely. There's some kind of crazy cult of the new thing when it comes to transfers, wanting 5-7 new players every single summer, plus another 2 or 3 in January. It's crazy.

[Rory]

Popped on OTIB after Pearson being sacked, I see Mr Popodopolous is still obsessing over Villa 'cheating' FFP regulations.
https://www.otib.co.uk/topic/198743-the-championship-ffp-thread-merged/page/149/

Christ almighty, he makes Villadawg look relatively sane.

Haha, you're right, but 'relatively' is doing a lot of work there.

[Jon Crofts]

Popped on OTIB after Pearson being sacked, I see Mr Popodopolous is still obsessing over Villa 'cheating' FFP regulations.
https://www.otib.co.uk/topic/198743-the-championship-ffp-thread-merged/page/149/

Christ almighty, he makes Villadawg look relatively sane.

Haha, you're right, but 'relatively' is doing a lot of work there.

What is it with Bristol City and their fans and former manager’s beef with Villa?

[AV82EC]

Popped on OTIB after Pearson being sacked, I see Mr Popodopolous is still obsessing over Villa 'cheating' FFP regulations.
https://www.otib.co.uk/topic/198743-the-championship-ffp-thread-merged/page/149/

Christ almighty, he makes Villadawg look relatively sane.

Haha, you're right, but 'relatively' is doing a lot of work there.

What is it with Bristol City and their fans and former manager’s beef with Villa?

When we were among the bottom feeders trundling around in the Championship, Bristol City’s Manager and their fans seemed to think there’d been some changing of the guard (think even more tragic than Blues levels of obsession) and they were now “a bigger club” than us. In addition their Manager at the time, vertically challenged short man Lee Johnson was bitching about us having fans at both ends of the ground when we beat them 2-1 in the 10 game win streak. Oh and they’ve been banging on about our FFP on that board of theirs since we got relegated.

[Jon Crofts]

I knew about the Lee ‘two home ends’ Johnson bit but wasn’t aware of their delusions of grandeur.

[Monty]

Popped on OTIB after Pearson being sacked, I see Mr Popodopolous is still obsessing over Villa 'cheating' FFP regulations.
https://www.otib.co.uk/topic/198743-the-championship-ffp-thread-merged/page/149/

Christ almighty, he makes Villadawg look relatively sane.

That guy needs some help.

[AV82EC]

I knew about the Lee ‘two home ends’ Johnson bit but wasn’t aware of their delusions of grandeur.

Not that at times in the last 10 years it hasn’t been warranted but it does seem to be an affliction of southern based clubs desperately trying to be relevant, Brighton, Southampton, Bristol City, Reading, Bournemouth to name a few.

[pauliewalnuts]

Popped on OTIB after Pearson being sacked, I see Mr Popodopolous is still obsessing over Villa 'cheating' FFP regulations.
https://www.otib.co.uk/topic/198743-the-championship-ffp-thread-merged/page/149/

Christ almighty, he makes Villadawg look relatively sane.

Haha, you're right, but 'relatively' is doing a lot of work there.

What is it with Bristol City and their fans and former manager’s beef with Villa?

When we were among the bottom feeders trundling around in the Championship, Bristol City’s Manager and their fans seemed to think there’d been some changing of the guard (think even more tragic than Blues levels of obsession) and they were now “a bigger club” than us. In addition their Manager at the time, vertically challenged short man Lee Johnson was bitching about us having fans at both ends of the ground when we beat them 2-1 in the 10 game win streak. Oh and they’ve been banging on about our FFP on that board of theirs since we got relegated.

Johnson was also, immediately prior to the game at our place in 2017-18, that night match, talking about our delusions of grandeur etc etc, and being really sneery about us, pretty much a 'you're not famous any more'. They were 4th and we were 5th at the time.

Then we absolutely took them apart 5-0, and of course, they got renditions of '5-0 on your big day out' and other similar songs, and he was moaning about how condescending we were.

I honestly can't stand that little ******. I was glad we got the chance to say hello to him again beating Hibs 8-0 on aggregate.

[Clampy]

He's managing Fleetwood now.

[ian c.]

Popped on OTIB after Pearson being sacked, I see Mr Popodopolous is still obsessing over Villa 'cheating' FFP regulations.
https://www.otib.co.uk/topic/198743-the-championship-ffp-thread-merged/page/149/

The only useful information I got from that was that the Reading owner's name is Dai Yongge. I assume he's not the one who comes from a village near Abersoch.

[eamonn]

He's managing Fleetwood now.

Mick personally, or the whole Mac? They treated Buckingham like shit so they deserve to be lumbered with Lee Johnson.

[Brazilian Villain]

The only useful information I got from that was that the Reading owner's name is Dai Yongge. I assume he's not the one who comes from a village near Abersoch.

I'm just surprised he hasn't made the 'Deathwatch' thread yet.