DJ Barry Hammond

Fully deserved!

Good chance that.

keeper should have one more in the wall here.

Peterbrough’s Kirk - always in the goals it seems!

You’ve been sitting on that one for at least a couple of weeks.

Cue lap of the pitch, changing room photos, Arsenal fan tv declaring ‘this our year!’ - only for them to put in a rank performance and lose against the Hammers next week.

😏 - their fans are rather unbearable.

Why are neither trying to kick the ball there? 😂

Not surprised Klopp’s reaching for Nunez - more mystified he didn’t start.

Terrible start from Arsenal this half - leaving their right flank wide open twice!

That assumes we put a contract in front of him. It’s a really difficult decision to make - I don’t envy the club here.

Give it time, our under 21’s can do the job 😉

Hang up, have Arsenal just Arsenal’d! 😂

With something as cynical as that - I’m ok with that being a red. It’s just serious foul cheating in my book 😂

There has to be a question mark as to whether he survives until the League Cup final as this rate.

Are Arsenal good or Liverpool woeful?

So… l asked this after the cup game, and it’s become relevant again. Has Nelson done enough to keep his place?

You’d also think right now is the perfect time to be discussing his personal situation. He might well be the only one of the out of contract players we actually try to renew.

It’s worth remembering that if Nelson is developing well - which it seems he is - his partner in training a lot of the time is likely to be Coady. Sometimes players are worth more than just what is seen on the pitch.

Oooooo, Harvey Barnes with the equaliser!

This winning stuff with shit players that shouldn’t be in the side ain’t half boring.

The reporting deadlines have changed now though - last years (22/23) accounts had to be in by 31 December 2023. I’m pretty sure there is also ongoing reporting requirements through the season, especially if a club is reporting it had breached the higher loss threshold.

Depends how long the contract is. Term length can be a higher consideration than basic wage at this stage of his career.

How much are we due to spend if we keep the 3 players we currently have on loan. It would be north of £30 million combined wouldn’t it? • Fatawu - £14.6 million (reported as both option and obligation) - no idea on contract length • Akgun - £8.85 million (obligation) - contract until 2028 • Doyle - £10 million + ??? (no option or obligation in loan deal) I imagine having these forward transfers makes calculating an FFP position much more difficult.

The long term outlook has surely got to centre around using our facilities, the academy and expanding the stadium - with a view to becoming self sustaining - which seems to be what the current plan is by and large. Top holds a lot of equity in the club from the conversion of debt - so buying him out won’t be cheap. Additionally, the club is currently running at a substantial loss. That doesn’t make it the most attractive of investments right now. If someone did buy the club at this point - they’d need deep pockets OR it would require a leveraged approach, with that debt potentially landing on the club. However, both of those would probably require a period of cost cutting.