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I never mentioned arm length, merely questioned why is sleeve length was now the defining point? I'd agree with armpit line.

The rule is armpit length, however sleeve is roughly armpit length . It's easy to spot . That's what they seem to go with

Plenty of pictures of how the law works about
 
Come on Phil, wake up and smell the coffee.

Chelsea stockpiled many, many players over the years and were happy to keep them on loan after loan etc, but something changed a few years ago. Many of the sales helped to bring that nett spend down, along with the transfer ban.

There are statistics and then there is "understanding".

No doubt Chelsea's juggernaut spending isnt what it was 5-15 years ago. If they are self sufficient over the next 10 years and are challenging at the top end, fair enough, but the last 5 years is still as a result of went on before.

?‍♂️ I’m not sure what point you think you are arguing against - you have backed up my point

Yes it is a result of what went on before but the point was clear , they don’t rely on the money from Abramovich anymore - the club has about £1bn debt to him from the first 10 years etc but for a good number of years now they don’t get money from him which was the point - hence why him stepping out won’t change things and the club will be able to regenerate their funds
 
?‍♂️ I’m not sure what point you think you are arguing against - you have backed up my point

Yes it is a result of what went on before but the point was clear , they don’t rely on the money from Abramovich anymore - the club has about £1bn debt to him from the first 10 years etc but for a good number of years now they don’t get money from him which was the point - hence why him stepping out won’t change things and the club will be able to regenerate their funds

Yes, they havent spent as much in the last 5 years as before but to say that they don't rely on him (whether financial, or other) is naive, at best. Also, like City we don't know if his finance still enters the club via other ways, do we?

They have won trophies in the last 5 years but maybe not at the same rate as before and them challenging most years means that not a lot of criticism has come his/their way, but lets see what would happen if they didnt get champions league for a few years or they had a few downturns.
 
We had this a few weeks back. How many love sleeve shirts do you see now? You mainly see players with long sleeve compression tops under a short sleeve shirt
At least 3 Man City players had long sleeve shirts on today. Silva, Foden and another.

Is there a rule about how long the sleeves are? If not using the length of the sleeve is the most moronic rule ever written.
 
Chatting with a big Liverpool Fan at our Golf club today and said expect you are pleased the Champions league Final has been moved to Paris. His comment was yes, I booked a hotel in Paris yesterday. He is in the supporters top tier, not sure exactly what that mens but perhaps 3000.

Expect Liverbirdie, Stuart C and Liverpool Phil have already booked hotels!
 
At least 3 Man City players had long sleeve shirts on today. Silva, Foden and another.

Is there a rule about how long the sleeves are? If not using the length of the sleeve is the most moronic rule ever written.

Foden was not wearing long sleeve

If you look closely it's a compression top under his short sleeve shirt
Most of them are now

Shirt line isn't the law it's armpit line
However that falls in line with the sleeve of a short sleeve shirt
 
At least 3 Man City players had long sleeve shirts on today. Silva, Foden and another.

Is there a rule about how long the sleeves are? If not using the length of the sleeve is the most moronic rule ever written.
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Please note also silva and foden both short sleeve with compression tops

I can't remember the last proper long sleeve shirt I've seen.

Edit Ronaldo apparently is one of the few left who prefer a long sleeve shirt
 
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Chatting with a big Liverpool Fan at our Golf club today and said expect you are pleased the Champions league Final has been moved to Paris. His comment was yes, I booked a hotel in Paris yesterday. He is in the supporters top tier, not sure exactly what that mens but perhaps 3000.

Expect Liverbirdie, Stuart C and Liverpool Phil have already booked hotels!

I spoke to the missus 2 nights ago, if we get to the final may stay in Eastern France and do the battlefield tours etc,just go to Paris for the day/night, sleep in the car like we did in Madrid.

The hotels will be up to £1k a night, not that UEFA will care.
 
?‍♂️ I’m not sure what point you think you are arguing against - you have backed up my point

Yes it is a result of what went on before but the point was clear , they don’t rely on the money from Abramovich anymore - the club has about £1bn debt to him from the first 10 years etc but for a good number of years now they don’t get money from him which was the point - hence why him stepping out won’t change things and the club will be able to regenerate their funds

£1b debt that’s a massive amount of money invested in a foreign club from a man ….. better leave it there.

I’m out
 
Chatting with a big Liverpool Fan at our Golf club today and said expect you are pleased the Champions league Final has been moved to Paris. His comment was yes, I booked a hotel in Paris yesterday. He is in the supporters top tier, not sure exactly what that mens but perhaps 3000.

Expect Liverbirdie, Stuart C and Liverpool Phil have already booked hotels!

What’s the difference between a big Liverpool fan and a Liverpool fan?

I was contemplating booking flights to Paris for £42 return, a load of lads we go with have jumped on. I realised we’ve already booked to go away a few days before.

CL finals are becoming stupidly expensive, Face Value £400 tickets in Kiev for example. I’ll judge it nearer the time what we do providing we get there. I’ve already got my eye on a Faro to Paris return flight for me and my boy ??
 
I? I stand corrected. Need to get sky again. Don't have HD TV.
You got an account with Getty Images?
In your defence, the compression top is exactly the same colour as their shirt, there is no edging on the shirt showing where it ends, it looks like one solid sleeve. Cunning little blighters ?.

If refs are going to work on the sleeve theory then there has to be an ability to distinguish where it ends. Anyway, I'm with Frank's 3yr old on this one ?
 
In your defence, the compression top is exactly the same colour as their shirt, there is no edging on the shirt showing where it ends, it looks like one solid sleeve. Cunning little blighters ?.

If refs are going to work on the sleeve theory then there has to be an ability to distinguish where it ends. Anyway, I'm with Frank's 3yr old on this one ?
I watched some MOTD again this morning and still couldn't tell. ?
I stand by my statement. Barmy rule.
 
At least 3 Man City players had long sleeve shirts on today. Silva, Foden and another.

Is there a rule about how long the sleeves are? If not using the length of the sleeve is the most moronic rule ever written.
Am not sure about the other two, but am sure Foden had a base layer on the same colour as his shirt.oops a bit late ?
 
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