Premier League 2023/2024

BorjeSpurs said:

It would be nice if we could finally get a pen tomorrow. Had a look on transfermarkt at penalties received/conceded for the top teams. Every other team has at least three pens, and we've conceded three pens vs a total of five for the other top teams.

Net Pens, Received, Conceded
Arsenal 5 (6-1)
City 3 (4-1)
Liverpool 3 (4-1)
Villa 3 (3-0)
Newcastle 3 (3-0)
United 1 (3-2)
Spurs -3 (0-3)

This is not meant to be aimed at referees, but rather that we've been unlucky in this department so far this season. We have more touches in the opponent's box than any other team, but we are 1 of 3 teams in the league yet to receive one.

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You're welcome guys (would prefer it to have come in a more crucial moment though).

Friday Night Football
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Nott’m Forest Vs. Tottenham
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TheChosenOne said:

Friday Night Football
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Nott’m Forest Vs. Tottenham
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Stupid Friday night games. Forest and their fans will be massively fired up, so need to take confidence from today and push on.

Cornpattbuck said:

Stupid Friday night games. Forest and their fans will be massively fired up, so need to take confidence from today and push on.

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The equation: Spurs games are the most entertaining in the league and they have no Europe.
The result: Let's put them first or last in every round possible.

There's a five point gap opened up from the bottom three to Forest, I don't count Everton for obvious reasons, and it's beginning to look like the three that came up will be going down again.

worcestersauce said:

There's a five point gap opened up from the bottom three to Forest, I don't count Everton for obvious reasons, and it's beginning to look like the three that came up will be going down again.

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At this stage it's hard to see anything but the current bottom 3 going down.

Everton would be 10th without the deduction. Massive credit to Dyche for turning that club around on the pitch.

I wonder if Ally Gold thought he was making an astute point and has completely misunderstood the vote (transfer fee amortisation is limited to 5 years, not contract length) or if this was some obscure joke because we paid so little for Destiny.



Edit - Ok, it's the former, he's deleted it. Slightly embarrassing.

carmeldevil said:

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From the article:

Premier League clubs have voted to limit the period over which a player’s transfer fee can be spread in their accounts to five years, regardless of the length of their contract.

This rule change, however, will not be backdated to include transfers that have already happened or contracts already signed and brings the Premier League in line with UEFA, which set its own five-year limit on transfer fee amortisation in June.

The clubs voted on the measure at a shareholders’ meeting on Tuesday. The vote passed with 15 clubs — including Chelsea, who had attracted attention for the long contracts of some of their new signings in the past 18 months — in favour, two against and three abstentions.

The Premier League confirmed the rule change for new and extended contracts in an official statement following The Athletic’s report later on Tuesday.

The statement added that teams had also voted in favour of enabling the Premier League board to stop a club from registering more players in situations where they owe a transfer debt to another Premier League or English Football League (EFL) side until that outstanding payment has been made. The offending club could also see the outstanding amount deducted from their share of the league’s prize money.

Previously, clubs could amortise — spread the cost of a transfer, in accounting terms — over the full length of any contract.

This enabled them to sign players on long contracts and potentially spread out the impact of transfer spending over a longer period to help them fulfil their financial obligations — a player signed for a £60million ($75.2m) fee on a six-year contract would cost a team £10m ($7.52m) per year in their accounts.

But the lack of legislation in this area drew criticism after several of Chelsea’s high-profile signings over the past 18 months were signed to lengthy deals. Mykhailo Mudryk, for example, signed an eight-and-a-half-year contract — the longest in Premier League history — with Chelsea following his €70m (£62m) move from Shakhtar Donetsk in January. Enzo Fernandez also signed a deal until 2031 after his £106m January move from Benfica.

UEFA, which has a separate set of financial regulations from the Premier League, moved to close this loophole in the summer. It also set a five-year limit on the amortisation of transfer fees, irrespective of contract length, and similarly did not backdate its new amendments.

Under the Premier League and UEFA’s legislation, contracts can still be any length but it is the period over which a transfer fee can be spread in accounts which is limited to five years.

Premier League clubs are permitted to lose a maximum of £105m over a three-year period in line with the league’s Financial Fair Play regulations (FFP).

UEFA has recently changed its financial sustainability rules and introduced a squad cost control rule which restricts spending on player and coach wages, transfers, and agent fees to 70 per cent of club revenues. This will be implemented gradually, first at 90 per cent in 2023-2024, 80 per cent in 2024-2025, and 70 per cent in 2025-2026 and from thereafter.

philll said:

I wonder if Ally Gold thought he was making an astute point and has completely misunderstood the vote (transfer fee amortisation is limited to 5 years, not contract length) or if this was some obscure joke because we paid so little for Destiny.



Edit - Ok, it's the former, he's deleted it. Slightly embarrassing.

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Tbf, the initial Ornstein tweet has now been changed. It did read



So Ali was rightfully confused

One game in the PL tonight ..

FNF. 8pm

Nottingham F. v Tottenham H

COYLWs

Saturday & Sunday matches :-
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Bluto Blutarsky said:

If Kane were here, we would be top of the table.

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We would not have been able to afford Maddison and VDV

Top Half of PL tonight -
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TheChosenOne said:

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Just need palace to win 9-0.

Pretty awful set of fixtures today

I'm tempted to put something on Villa winning the title. Arse will likely bottle it, and who knows with Liverpool against the top 6.

Gassin's finest said:

I'm tempted to put something on Villa winning the title. Arse will likely bottle it, and who knows with Liverpool against the top 6.

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Still convinced City will go on a run in the spring and we'll all be wondering why we ever thought they'd let it slip.