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Libby said:
Having 9 clubs in Europe is a joke btw.
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It's where the money is.

Keiran Maguire recently wrote a very interesting article about the widening gap between the PL and the whole of Europe bar five or six teams.

Chelsea's squad that won the Conference League last year cost more than the combined total of all the other teams in the competition.

Villa's revenue is three times higher than Freiburg's. Palace's is four times that of Vallecano. There are teams in the Championship generating more income than some of the best teams in most of Europe's top divisions.

The new FFP rules coming in are supposed to level the playing field, but it'll probably just increase the gap between PL teams and everyone else. Teams like Chelsea, Newcastle and Spurs are now allowed to spend up to 115% of revenue on their squads by dint of the fact that they are not in Europe (although Spurs are limited by our stadium loan covenants so it'll make little difference). That's just silly money to spend and still be compliant.

Ironically, the likes of Bmouth and Sunderland actually come out worse as they are now governed by UEFA rules which limit spending to 70% of revenue, which is relatively small to begin with.

I know a few Brentford fans who were relieved that they didn't make Europe for this reason, which was astonishing to me but also understandable when you analyse the regulations.
 
Citizen Kane. said:
It's where the money is.

Keiran Maguire recently wrote a very interesting article about the widening gap between the PL and the whole of Europe bar five or six teams.

Chelsea's squad that won the Conference League last year cost more than the combined total of all the other teams in the competition.

Villa's revenue is three times higher than Freiburg's. Palace's is four times that of Vallecano. There are teams in the Championship generating more income than some of the best teams in most of Europe's top divisions.

The new FFP rules coming in are supposed to level the playing field, but it'll probably just increase the gap between PL teams and everyone else. Teams like Chelsea, Newcastle and Spurs are now allowed to spend up to 115% of revenue on their squads by dint of the fact that they are not in Europe (although Spurs are limited by our stadium loan covenants so it'll make little difference). That's just silly money to spend and still be compliant.

Ironically, the likes of Bmouth and Sunderland actually come out worse as they are now governed by UEFA rules which limit spending to 70% of revenue, which is relatively small to begin with.

I know a few Brentford fans who were relieved that they didn't make Europe for this reason, which was astonishing to me but also understandable when you analyse the regulations.
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Should just be called Spending Constraint Rules ... there is little about 'Fair' in them ... and 'Sustainability' needs dropping from the other load of bollocks...
 
Another massive day for us.

Chance to win our first Champions League trophy

I'm strangely not that nervous about this one (yet) we are massive underdogs and everybody is expecting PSG to steamroller us.

The Premier League was the big one, and the one I wanted us to win, but if we do win this one too, it's going to turn an amazing season into an absolutely incredible season.
 
PINKIE said:
Another massive day for us.

Chance to win our first Champions League trophy

I'm strangely not that nervous about this one (yet) we are massive underdogs and everybody is expecting PSG to steamroller us.

The Premier League was the big one, and the one I wanted us to win, but if we do win this one too, it's going to turn an amazing season into an absolutely incredible season.
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Bookies have it pretty close. Just over Evens to win in some way. 2/1 to win in 90. Would’ve quite fancied it if they’d made you more like 3s.
 
Star of David Bardsley said:
Bookies have it pretty close. Just over Evens to win in some way. 2/1 to win in 90. Would’ve quite fancied it if they’d made you more like 3s.
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If we can keep the first 15-20 mins at 0-0 then I think we have a chance.

PSG are an incredible attacking talent, but we are also very strong defensively

If we win it, the scenes in North London tomorrow are going off the scale
 
PINKIE said:
If we can keep the first 15-20 mins at 0-0 then I think we have a chance.

PSG are an incredible attacking talent, but we are also very strong defensively

If we win it, the scenes in North London tomorrow are going off the scale
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The Morley’s mandem are going to turn the place into 80s Harlem while Isaac from Bushey gets his phone nicked at knifepoint.
 
PINKIE said:
Another massive day for us.

Chance to win our first Champions League trophy

I'm strangely not that nervous about this one (yet) we are massive underdogs and everybody is expecting PSG to steamroller us.

The Premier League was the big one, and the one I wanted us to win, but if we do win this one too, it's going to turn an amazing season into an absolutely incredible season.
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I reckon you’ll stink the place out and win 1 nil or 2~1
 
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