Quote from: Demitri_C on February 13, 2024, 08:04:35 PMThink we must be close to FFP limit hence why we didnt spend. But if evertons points deduction gets reversed it will be a bit of a mockery.Personally think we should look at re naming a stand for money. The Ellis one would get my voteI was no big supporter of Ellis in fact I think he held the club back over time but I wouldn’t change the name of that stand now it would seem a bit petty and somewhat disrespectful
Think we must be close to FFP limit hence why we didnt spend. But if evertons points deduction gets reversed it will be a bit of a mockery.Personally think we should look at re naming a stand for money. The Ellis one would get my vote
Penny pinching is bollocks when you've got Chelsea needing to sell £100m by 30th June, with their other shady financials to come home to roost, Forest to be docked points, Everton docked points and be docked them again. Man City to be punished back to the 19th century. This is football in 2024.
Quote from: Ads on February 13, 2024, 08:48:21 PMPenny pinching is bollocks when you've got Chelsea needing to sell £100m by 30th June, with their other shady financials to come home to roost, Forest to be docked points, Everton docked points and be docked them again. Man City to be punished back to the 19th century. This is football in 2024.I’m sure I just read somewhere that Chelsea can spend £200m this summer before any sales.
Quote from: john e on February 13, 2024, 08:23:36 PMQuote from: Demitri_C on February 13, 2024, 08:04:35 PMThink we must be close to FFP limit hence why we didnt spend. But if evertons points deduction gets reversed it will be a bit of a mockery.Personally think we should look at re naming a stand for money. The Ellis one would get my voteI was no big supporter of Ellis in fact I think he held the club back over time but I wouldn’t change the name of that stand now it would seem a bit petty and somewhat disrespectful It's what he would have wanted.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on February 13, 2024, 09:11:04 PMQuote from: john e on February 13, 2024, 08:23:36 PMQuote from: Demitri_C on February 13, 2024, 08:04:35 PMThink we must be close to FFP limit hence why we didnt spend. But if evertons points deduction gets reversed it will be a bit of a mockery.Personally think we should look at re naming a stand for money. The Ellis one would get my voteI was no big supporter of Ellis in fact I think he held the club back over time but I wouldn’t change the name of that stand now it would seem a bit petty and somewhat disrespectful It's what he would have wanted.Always and always will be the Witton Lane to me. Not that I sit there mind.
Quote from: Percy McCarthy on February 13, 2024, 11:11:53 PMQuote from: Ads on February 13, 2024, 08:48:21 PMPenny pinching is bollocks when you've got Chelsea needing to sell £100m by 30th June, with their other shady financials to come home to roost, Forest to be docked points, Everton docked points and be docked them again. Man City to be punished back to the 19th century. This is football in 2024.I’m sure I just read somewhere that Chelsea can spend £200m this summer before any sales.Chelsea might have some money to spend, but only because they have a huge commercial operation. I'd be amazed if it was £200m, but given how their spending in the last 18 months has all been on crazy long contracts (before the loophole was closed), I suspect their FFP position isn't that precarious. It's just their transfer business is going to start at about -£80m every year for the next 7 or 8 years. If they're making enough money to absorb that, lucky them.
Quote from: DrGonzo on February 13, 2024, 07:00:38 PMQuote from: PaulWinch again on February 13, 2024, 05:36:33 PMQuote from: Neil Hawkes on February 13, 2024, 05:34:11 PMWe are close to playing our second string; no choice with so many first team players sidelined.To be fair once Pau is back we have two first teamers out (Ezri and Kamara), not counting Ty and Emi B as they haven’t been involved all season. The team is still strong.That’s not really fair because we are also missing M E B and Big Tyrone, to say that they aren’t first team is a bit weird? These are all injuries that have impacted our season. If Mings has been fit we probably wouldn’t have had the other injuries in our back line as work loads would have been less. My point was more that it’s a stretch to say we’re close to second string in the context of this season. We got to 2nd in the league with no involvement from Ty and Emi B, so in the context of our performance this season we’re missing two first teamers (assuming Pau is actually back). Doesn’t diminish the value Ty or Emi B would make, but they just haven’t been a factor.
Quote from: PaulWinch again on February 13, 2024, 05:36:33 PMQuote from: Neil Hawkes on February 13, 2024, 05:34:11 PMWe are close to playing our second string; no choice with so many first team players sidelined.To be fair once Pau is back we have two first teamers out (Ezri and Kamara), not counting Ty and Emi B as they haven’t been involved all season. The team is still strong.That’s not really fair because we are also missing M E B and Big Tyrone, to say that they aren’t first team is a bit weird? These are all injuries that have impacted our season. If Mings has been fit we probably wouldn’t have had the other injuries in our back line as work loads would have been less.
Quote from: Neil Hawkes on February 13, 2024, 05:34:11 PMWe are close to playing our second string; no choice with so many first team players sidelined.To be fair once Pau is back we have two first teamers out (Ezri and Kamara), not counting Ty and Emi B as they haven’t been involved all season. The team is still strong.
We are close to playing our second string; no choice with so many first team players sidelined.
Quote from: Risso on February 13, 2024, 07:12:23 PMOn the other hand, we've had two transfer windows to do something about the strength of the squad.Only Aston Villa could be in perhaps our strongest position ever at the start of January for qualifying for the champions league and focus more on penny pinching. Some will see that as unfair and talk about a longer term strategy of recruitment and that good players aren’t usually available so you’d have to overpay. Some will say that if we overspend in January we have to make up for it in the summer. But at some point, it is about going for it and making it happen with signings. If we don’t qualify for the champions league this season we’ll have to sell anyway. We’re seemingly focused on making excuses for what we have done rather than what we haven’t. Chelsea, Man Utd and Newcastle will all be stronger next season.
On the other hand, we've had two transfer windows to do something about the strength of the squad.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on February 13, 2024, 09:11:04 PMQuote from: john e on February 13, 2024, 08:23:36 PMQuote from: Demitri_C on February 13, 2024, 08:04:35 PMThink we must be close to FFP limit hence why we didnt spend. But if evertons points deduction gets reversed it will be a bit of a mockery.Personally think we should look at re naming a stand for money. The Ellis one would get my voteI was no big supporter of Ellis in fact I think he held the club back over time but I wouldn’t change the name of that stand now it would seem a bit petty and somewhat disrespectful It's what he would have wanted.I can't remember correctly but was the naming of the stand put to a vote? If it was, I can only think it must of been the board members only.
Quote from: dicedlam on February 14, 2024, 10:41:31 AMQuote from: dave.woodhall on February 13, 2024, 09:11:04 PMQuote from: john e on February 13, 2024, 08:23:36 PMQuote from: Demitri_C on February 13, 2024, 08:04:35 PMThink we must be close to FFP limit hence why we didnt spend. But if evertons points deduction gets reversed it will be a bit of a mockery.Personally think we should look at re naming a stand for money. The Ellis one would get my voteI was no big supporter of Ellis in fact I think he held the club back over time but I wouldn’t change the name of that stand now it would seem a bit petty and somewhat disrespectful It's what he would have wanted.I can't remember correctly but was the naming of the stand put to a vote? If it was, I can only think it must of been the board members only.Put to a vote! Ha ha ha ha ha