Premier League 24/25 Pre-season guff (misc talking points)

[PhillippaT]

1 hour ago, rugbyblue said:

Struck a chord with me, this.  Stevie p sounds in a similar boat to me. Single parent and Leicester city is mine and my daughter's thing.  I don't have a season ticket and have always paid game by game.  Last season we attended around 18 home and away.  The point I'm making is that I'm not what you would call well off, but I have a decent job, above average wage but even so I'm close to reaching the point where football on a regular basis will be too expensive for me soon. If someone on a decent income is struggling to justify it, how do clubs expect people on lower wages or younger people to attend. Another couple of seasons and I can see that Leicester city will be a one off treat rather than a regular thing which saddens me as I have been going since 1991.  They will lose a lifelong supporter in me and a future supporter in my daughter, who won't go alone, nor be able to afford it.  There will come a point surely where even people on higher incomes say enough is enough. What happens then?  There has to be a limit as to how much even well off people will pay.  Don't clubs realise this?

It's all well and good saying support a local team but the investment of emotion and the useless ability of being able to recall goals from games 25 years ago won't be there and it just won't matter as much to any supporter who has supported a team since childhood.

 

In fairness to wolves I believe they have backtracked on the child ticket increases....I can't see Leicester doing the same when the situation arises.  I genuinely cannot wait for the football gravy train to implode and it gets back to being a sport not a money making exercise.....here's hoping. 

Does anyone see Man City losing that badly?  

[The Bear]

2 hours ago, rugbyblue said:

In fairness to wolves I believe they have backtracked on the child ticket increases....I can't see Leicester doing the same when the situation arises.

They haven't. They've promised a freeze next season on all prices. That's it. Which they probably would have planned to do any way after this season's ridiculous increase. So they've given people nothing. 

[JimJams]

3 hours ago, PhillippaT said:

If only next season could end that way, too  

There's a distinct possibility we finish on 0 points so you might be in luck.

[Fox92]

Quote

Premier League clubs vote 19-1 to keep VAR but insist on improvements

• Reduced delays and better fan experience sought
• Wolves the only club to vote in favour of scrapping it

 

[iancognito]

3 hours ago, Fox92 said:

 

Thought this was hilarious, after all the kick off about it, Forest voted to keep it 😆

[AjcW]

Enzo will be pleased, Chelsea's first summer signing is Tosin Aderabioyo, ex Man City and another from his days as EDS manager.

[purpleronnie]

Liverpool chairman reveals 'crazy' plan to play Premier League games in FOUR different continents | The Sun

 

Colour me shocked.

[moore_94]

 

[Unabomber]

31 year old American managing in the prem wow 

[coolhandfox]

Risky from Brighton.

[Chelmofox]

1 minute ago, coolhandfox said:

Risky from Brighton.

Think we are about to find out how genius they are. Could be brilliant or a complete disaster. He has to turn a team around that was in horrible form. 

[CrispinLA in Texas]

If Brighton couldn't get Kieran McKenna then they went after the German version 👏

Edited 8 June 2024 by CrispinLA in Texas

[FrankieADZ]

thought they was up shit street with money....

[JimJams]

There is talk of them selling DCL.

[Wymsey]

Alan Hansen is 'seriously unwell'.

 

Personally thought he was a good pundit.

 

https://news.sky.com/story/former-footballer-and-tv-pundit-alan-hansen-seriously-ill-in-hospital-13150301

 

Edited 9 June 2024 by Wymsey

[Grebfromgrebland]

The PSR rules are a joke forcing clubs to sell a homegrown player for x amount then buying a player of the same value then amortising x over 5 years.

 

You can't really say that it's working as intended.

[Tuna]

46 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

Alan Hansen is 'seriously unwell'.

 

Personally thought he was a good pundit.

 

https://news.sky.com/story/former-footballer-and-tv-pundit-alan-hansen-seriously-ill-in-hospital-13150301

 

Sad to hear and hope he pulls through, an absolute legend and grew up watching him on MOTD

[Finnegan]

Ffs Saudi Arabia now want to buy Everton too? 

[STUHILL]

10 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

Ffs Saudi Arabia now want to buy Everton too? 

was always going to happen, as their league is flopping. 

Can't beat em? Buy em! 

[JimJams]

Saudi state already owns Newcastle though....

[Foxin_Mad]

22 hours ago, Grebfromgrebland said:

The PSR rules are a joke forcing clubs to sell a homegrown player for x amount then buying a player of the same value then amortising x over 5 years.

 

You can't really say that it's working as intended.

PSR is the dumbest thing to happen in Football.

 

It really isnt helping to make things fairer or more competitive.

[Wortho]

2 hours ago, Finnegan said:

Ffs Saudi Arabia now want to buy Everton too? 

That's true!! But no one objects if another club gets bought by the Yanks.

[Foxin_Mad]

7 minutes ago, Wortho said:

That's true!! But no one objects if another club gets bought by the Yanks.

Yeah and they are the worst, Americans dont like Relegation, love franchises and all that US crap, they try to force it over here. American owners in most cases are absolutely the worst. 

[Gamble92]

 

I realise this might be too much of a last season joke but I've made these for Fathers Day

 

[Wymsey]

Can't pinpoint exactly why, but can't stand Everton.

 

Maybe it's because they seem to get very lucky given their financial issues for many seasons and get close to relegation but then manage to survive it all somehow.

 

Jammy, you could say.

Edited 10 June 2024 by Wymsey