Agreed - but as I said - for those with billionaire owners that safeguarding can be achieved without constraining ambition ...
No - the safeguarding needs to be there, but it can be an either / or ... i.e. if the owners aren't rich enough to give a legally binding guarantee or monetary bond (derivative) then fine to have a 'PSR' calculation ... but most clubs currently in the top 2 divisions do have ownership capable of providing the former - as do Birmingham and Wrexham...
Have edited to better explain ... the reality is that the most successful clubs in our football history have been built on legacies of (unrestricted) financial clout ... i.e. having the money to buy the best players - FFP and PSR primarily ensure that only a handful of our clubs are now able to do that... It is quite absurd (not to mention anti-competitive) that the current richest club in our country (by ownership wealth) Newcastle United can be effectively barred from competing for the signatures of those players (to the advantage of clubs like Arsenal, Liverpool and United) ... because some accountant has come up with a formula and rules that favour (and give a distinct advantage to) the already 'big clubs' ...
I'll be honest mate I can't be arsed with it. It's been done to death and almost as dull as watching a Russell Martin team. I only really mentioned it tonight in reply to solid and luv and was making specific points rather than discussing the entire thing. I'm just looking forward to next season which will be much more enjoyable.
We'll get there... Too many cards in world economics. Actually the apt2 case could be huge for football and that decision can't be too far away.
I know ... but to give a broader perspective, your current goalkeeper cost twice as much as the Leicester City squad that won the Premier League in 2015/16 ...
Even as a Saints fan I'm impressed by the levels of **** for Leicester going 9 games at home without scoring. Fosse loves the number 9 too Guess who they've got next at home though...
Burnley will beat Sheff U anyway. Stoke have hit a bit of form but they’re safe now and are the sort of team to roll over and be on the beach now it’s all over.
We've a good record against Stoke but a crap one against Mark Robins, plus we've lost 7 of our last Easter Monday games. But yeah, Burnley should beat Sheff utd A win for us and a draw in the other game would be nice
