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He wants to play front foot, possession based football (which was his disparaging assessment of Nuno's tenure) and then on the other hand he says the owners don't want "fancy" players. Unfortunately, the "fancy" players tend to look after the ball better and control the game Jeff. Hopefully he...

Those seasons were good for the fans but not for the owners.

Palace are mentioned a bit in the interview, by way of comparison, perhaps as a benchmark club. Maybe they are bought up because they happened to stumble upon winning something (after waiting a dillion years to do so). Perhaps Jeff hopes we can stumble upon winning something too one day

At 1:16:47 he says.... I don't like the traditional ways.....a new stadium, a fancy new owner spending 1 billion, 2 billion, fancy players whatever. I think that model is OK for fans, it's OK for the Government, it's OK for the City maybe. But it's not OK for the owners. Make of that what...

Could work in our favour. Get Cunha sent off at home, serves his ban when we play them away. Happy Days

In his u21s group the 4 best players were Cundle Hodge Chem Campbell Hugo Bueno They were the best of that group and were of the same level as each other in a decent side. Hopefully Hugo has improved past the other 3.

I don't think Brian Clough would have got on very well with their current owner

The thing that rankers most is that we have sold RAN at a "low" market price, to City where money is no object (and following the rules is no object either). I see that City are in for Cherki at what is a relatively low price. He's some player. If we'd sold RAN to say Fulham, there would be a...

I'm getting secret agent vibes with Tuchel

He ought to start for Portugal in Sundays Nation league Final. He had a good cameo in the semi final and dovetailed well with Conceicao (who surely also must get a start after how he played). Then again the manager is Martinez, so they'll probably end up inverting Mendes and Dalot in some...

He's been on for 15 minutes, scored and made some killer passes. Looks a player. It's been a good day for Man City

The difference is, Kerkez probably isn't desperate to leave as there is a progressive project in place at his current club. So they can afford to all relax without the air of desperation, knowing the fee will look after itself, if and when. We, on the other hand are Garage Sale FC

And does that help them do business with you (or anyone else) in the future? It's not the mafia. The deal is what it is. And we may have done such a deal with Man City, because we see them as a "business partner" for future sales. An outlet. They've bought 2 players from us recently. And it...

If you start being "clever" with fees and doing little side deals to renege on paying the (little) club, then the next time you approach clubs like Angers to do a deal, they'll all have your card marked. That's not the way to do business, long term

Yes we made a "profit". BUT, the key is, we had use of that asset for the time he was here and then sold on. This is how the well run big clubs seem to do it (and why Man Utd are struggling so much and Man City have dropped the ball recently with their aging profile). And this is why we should...

Yes you're right, Chelsea certainly milked that to death. They are the creative accounting kings for sure

Here's one way to look at it:- If you spend £60m on a player it doesn't cost £60m (for PSR) If you buy him on a 3 year contract it costs £20m/year in the books If you buy him on a 4 year contract it costs £15m/year in the books If you buy him on a 6 year contract it costs £10m/year and so on...

Correct. In fact the team was absolutely on point in it's last pre season friendly (against Rennes winning 3 -1) and then hit the ground running in it's first game against Man Utd away being robbed by that late non-penalty assault by their keeper (1-0 defeat)

Several clubs were spitting their dummies when we were all in with Mendes (Villa, Leeds, Forest to name a few). There were even worried looks from some of the real big clubs. That in itself gives a big thumbs up to a Mendes involvement with the club

Yes he'll be fit. Betis or Villareal will insist on him being fit before they loan him