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Gordon expected to be on the bench apparently. Decent option if needed.

What's the injury situation there? Has that fucking whiny fraud got all his players back and they still get pumped by all-comers? Eddie Howe took over a club that hadn't won a game til December and finished 11th. They've got one of the most expensively assembled squads in the division and he's got them in 15th.

DOUBLE GUMPH!

GUMPH!

Enough Dougie.

Wheeth Keeyth is that Keeyth?

Aye completely. I know there are people who think we should be being more bold in looking for loopholes and stuff, but the rest of the league has it in for us, and if we look for loopholes in ways that other clubs can't exploit, we'll get hit with a deduction. Even if they could exploit it, they might come down on us cos it's us and they know where we're likely headed if we're allowed to take the piss. Where we are right now, a points deduction would be enough to keep us out of the CL. Which has implications not just on our income, but on our ability to bring in the players we need to kick on. Not making the CL is probably a bigger handbrake on the project than having to meet the PSR rules as it stands. That's largely because we've bought so well and have a brilliant manager and coaching team. I think we're being squeaky squeaky clean now because we genuinely can't afford not to be. Whether we take a risk in future will depend - it's a race between us getting our income to where it needs to be so we don't need to break the rules vs getting the squad where it needs to be so we're the sort of team that has enough points to swallow a deduction and still make CL. Realistically I think the former wins and we get to where we need to be without ever coming up with a novel loophole.

I think, because they're just a bed of corruption, UEFA basically just considers FFP breaches as a new source of revenue rather than any sort of framework for ensuring the fairness of their competitions. Also, if as is being widely speculated, Villa join Chelsea and sell their women's team to get around the PL rules, we'll be planning to do exactly the same once we've made it to the WSL. We'll be watching the PL's reaction to this pretty closely I imagine.

The PL's rules are different because whether or not you're punished is basically decided by the self-interest of the other 19 clubs. Break a rule that they think they could benefit from in future, and you'll be fine. Break a rule that they don't think applies to them, and you'll get a points deduction. So comply with the PL to the extent that there isn't precedent for a specific rule being broken, but absolutely fuck UEFA's rules cos they do fuck all about it.

My conclusion from reading Borson's piece is that we should have no qualms about breaking UEFA's FFP rules. You get a fine, but that's about it. If you get into the CL by breaking the rules (and it's EXTREMELY unlikely that you'll be banned from participating) the money you make from being in the CL will MASSIVELY dwarf any fines you'll get for breaking the rules.

I'm hoping they rest Fernandes for Europe. Which would mean Eriksen back in against our midfield.

They're just saying he's awake and talking to his family.

I don't think we should assume that them saying he was conscious means that he was previously unconscious.

We know, you're not a "sheeple". You're one of the awake.

https://stefanborson.substack.com/p/explained-chelsea-and-villas-uefa?utm_source=post-banner&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true Some interesting stuff about us in here as well and our treatment of the sales of Anderson and ASM.

He's a fucking moron mind. I think banning him from here just makes him worse cos he spends more time on twitter. A bit like charging Trump with crimes, he just comes back more stupid.

"They should have just let Trump get away with his crimes and hope that he would live out his days playing golf. It's THEIR fault that he's now president." I mean have you heard yourself. BTW massive fundraising is how American politics works. Why are you talking about it like the Democrats did something wrong by raising more? It shouldn't be how politics works, but it is. It's quite weird that your dismissing actual crimes in favour of pointing the finger of blame for.... not committing crimes.

Was it Grok that told you that the Democrats wanted to open the borders, let a load of illegals in, and give them all the vote?

I'm hoping the players are gonna be well up for this one with Howe being unwell. I'm guessing Wor Flags will be recycling some Eddie Howe flag content to get them all up for it.

Anyway I'm done talking to you cos you've had your brain removed and put back in upside down by the algorithm. Get off twitter.

So what was novel was making it a felony. The crime exists and he committed it. Do you think someone found guilty of that should be allowed to be president? Not to mention the other crimes which were being slow walked from 2020 to 2024. Whether you admit to being a Trump fan here or not, you're making excuses for him and trying to draw equivalence between the crimes of Trump and whatever you think the Democrats have done. The bloke is an adjudicated sex offender and a tax fraud who tried to incite an insurrection to stay in power. He's currently tanking the US economy and having innocent people snatched up off the street and deported, and your response is THE LEFT IS WORSE! Get off twitter.

BTW when you think how boring West Ham were under Moyes, yet he goes to Everton and compared to the gruel Dyche was serving up they look like a free flowing football side. Dyche can just fuck off for me. Seems a canny bloke but he's basically Allardyce minus the cuntishness.

Everton played Forest off the park yesterday and their hero Murillo it was that gave the ball up for Everton's winner. The commentator on MOTD on his intro to their game talked about nerves around the stadium and how there was a real feeling of it all getting a bit real. I'd much rather Forest made top 5 than Chelsea, but they look like it's all catching up with them and they've also got the distraction of the cup.

I think Harris would have been preferable to Trump. I think the events of the last 90 or so days have MORE THAN supported that view. And I think you need to get off social media. And I think you're Quiff.

Get off twitter. It's making you unwell.