Blueberries on sourdough??I can’t shake the feeling this the start of something rather than the lowest point.
I just don't understand many football club owners. In our everyday lives we are always told to live within our means. When the money comes in each month you pay your mortgage/rent, then your utilities and any other bills. If you own a business, make sure you pay the taxman on time and any money owing to suppliers. It seems like football club owners would go out and by a porsche, not pay bills and re
Spot on. The majority of us, if we had a football club, would ensure we paid our bills on time. What's left you can invest in the squad and hope that it gets you in a position to compete near the top. There would be no talk of 6 or 7 million spends on players, whilst bills were not being paid. It's like us not paying our mortgage or utility bills in the hope that we get 6 numbers on the lottery and that will sort everything out.
I don't think that particular situation was incompetence or naivety, if it was me, I'd have a go at getting that loan fee deducted from the permanent fee as well.
The one I don't get is TSF. Couldn't get off the bench at Gateshead and 1 goal. Hopefully, he kicks on and we see improvement.Some of the young 'uns are training with the first team.
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Next time I win the lottery I'll nip up to the one in Byres RdI wouldn't either tbf. They sell Jacksons in waitrose in Glasgow, very nice loaves!
But if multiple clubs want the player you need to stand out..Exactly this. It used to be that when a young player wasn't good enough to get into the squad at a team, he would be loaned out to a weaker team with the hope that the experience of first team football makes him a better player.
The PL club gain experience for their player, and the lower club get access to a player who is potentially better than their average.
Now it seems the norm that lower clubs have to pay a fee to borrow, and we're getting ****ed over by Villa for a million quid for a player that played 165 minutes for us.
Last season we were rumoured to be in for Rak-Sakyi from Palace, but they wanted a 1.5m loan fee.
I dunno if we paid to loan Carvalho, but according to Transfermarkt, his value more than doubled between Liverpool buying him in 22/23 and them selling him to Brentford in Summer 2024. THAT should be the benefit in loaning players.
This sounds very viable to me !!!As far as Villa goes, maybe Acun was trying to include the loan fee as part of the deal to buy Barry. Arguing that the player was injured for most of the loan period, so Villa should be at least flexible. In addition using money due for Philogene as part of the Barry deal.
Villa have their own issues with FFP, so maybe they just got pissed off with Acun trying to do the deals as above, so pulled the deal.
I guess we will just have to wait and see what transpires.
Just seen they're an M&S product,£2.80 apparently!!!It’s not normal bread, it’s sweetened. It’s basically a dessert made to look like a sandwich to avoid charging vat on it.
Some of the young 'uns are training with the first team.
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If multiple clubs want the player, then you take on board how closely the playstyle of the team aligns to your own, whether the club have a good history of playing and bringing on loan players, and also the wishes of the player himself.But if multiple clubs want the player you need to stand out..
To me it would seem an insanely cheeky thing to ask. Why would they ever agree to it? Obviously we feel we got poor value from that £1m but it isn't their fault or their problem. They'd be writing off £1m when they don't have any need to.
When do the squad go to turkey?
why we paying 1 million to loan a player anyway, is that a standard amount? seems a lot to me for a short loan
surely we should be investing money like that into purchasing young players of our own, i know are trying to buy him now but wasnt at the time of the loan.
how much have we spent on loan fees last few years?