Chrysalis

I think its in one ear and out the other sadly, it seems to have become a fashion trend now.

https://www.lcfc.com/teams/staff/men?lang=en Looks good Top, Whelan and co. Also no manager for LCFC women.

Its not a PSR question. I am curious if assets have been brought for KP's benefit with debt loaded on to the club to build them.

I am curious, given the club owns neither, has any debt been put on the club to fund these developments?

They gift the amount for the entire contract, not rocket science The current FFP isnt for purpose, I am baffled people try to defend it. 1 - Losses are allowed (up to limit if is one) if funded either by the club revenue or the owner, losses fully funded by owner so contracts e.g. the cash amount is injected by the owner when contracts signed. 2 - Any spending limit is an amount thats equal for every club in the competition/league. So none of this big clubs are allowed to spend more nonsense, which likely breaches competition laws and isnt fair for the sport. 3 - External debt is heavily penalised on spending limits to encourage any debt to be from owner instead, infrastructure spending is no longer excluded as that can bring down a club (the fact currently only playing staff spending is regulated shows the true motivation behind FFP). 4 - Owner funded debt also penalised but to a much lower level. 5 - Penalty for 3 and 4 is a reduction in the spending limit. 6 - Transfer embargoes to be dropped as prevents a club from being flexible in the market to reduce their spend. 7 - If sporting penalties are to remain they have to be processed in the order of events, so e.g. if man city is the oldest breach, then no teams after man city can be punished until man city has been dealt with, all punishments are applied in terms of time relevancy to each other in the same season, if this is not possible due to becoming too messy then no sporting punishment is applied. 8 - Breaches are covered in one punishment for one season, none of this rolling 3 year stuff, where can be punished for 3 seasons in a row, however the points deductions will also be larger to be more meaningful.

This is my main issue now, lack of football nous. Not hot on the finances either.

Running a football club, there is no set holiday period, if something needs doing, do it, if you not prepared to give up your time for that, then no business owning a club or being a DoF either.

EPL, I think current form of FFP will be gone by then.

Whats that based on?

Interesting this is going ahead whilst we managerless. Also if he renews, no way it would be on same terms as before.

Why are they only now ramping up their search? those running the club dont have a football brain.

Nope.

Everyone else is wrong, they have got it all right.

Cant blame him for not wanting to work with them to be honest. In his shoes I would have insisted the removal of Rudkin, and also Top stays out of footballing decisions. The thing is we all know we will get another of the same mould of manager, Top trying to think he can build a Barca team without the players, just the manager.

Probably already signed and announcements delayed to X date.

My counter argument is it was mostly mismanagement that sent us down, with the club not investing contributing to it. This squad is still better than other teams have had, who survived in the EPL. It will be a tough season but I think staying up is possible with the right type of manager. The managerial appointment will be key. Great escape season we would have survived a 6 point penalty on goal difference, 8 points would have taken us down by a 2 point deficit.

I think if I was a player, I would rather we on zero point at start of season, and we higher up the table, that has to be better for the mental state of the squad surely, so I feel I agree with you on this one. Starting on minus 8, minus 10 whatever it is, it feels like you down before the season starts.

I was looking at it from a brand awareness benefit. I get the point you making. Currently their kits are on sale at £28 (old kit), normal price is supposedly £70. so yeah a lot of sales needed to hit those numbers. I seem to remember we ourselves got a following overseas after the title win, although Villa have not won a title in recent years and during this era of football.

Am I missing something Villa are currently one of the top clubs in the EPL and will be in the CL next season, why is it too high? Are clubs outside of the historical big clubs not allowed to have lucrative deals or something?

I always said we failed commercially after our on the pitch success, from a commercial perspective (whether corrupt or not) we massively under performed, which has ended up contributing to the situation the clubs ambition couldnt be financed.

Old news from March.

Look at his managerial career, lots of 1 year stints. Type of manager?

TBA Moyes new manager. Pearson new DoF. Top to be removed from decision making process, non executive only. His brother will lead the coup and has agreed to do what Pearson says. Shakespeare tactician coach. Kasper GK coach. Fuchs first team coach. Cambiasso assistant manager. King first team coach. Terry defensive coach.

Cant vote, shortest poll in history? My vote is no. Will force it in the thread.