Arthur Wedge
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Level of money in the sport is staggering
Level of money in the sport is staggering
Swango1980
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We've known that for many years
Neilds
Assistant Pro
Corrected that for you. Not so much money outside of the PL and those with parachute payments.
Arthur Wedge
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Plenty of money outside as well
Average wage at clubs in the football league is still significantly higher than in the past
Lucifer MorningStar
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Said by the supporter of a very rich club. Try coming down the tiers with the rest of us, the gap in earnings and potential for team to spend outside of the top divisions with no parachute payments doesn’t feel like it’s ever been wider.
Swango1980
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It's all relative to the other clubs around you though.
If I earned significantly more than I would have done for the same job 40 years ago, I wouldn't necessarily feel the positive side of it if the others just ahead of me earned multiple times more than even I did.
Perhaps the players in the EFL are relatively wealthier now than they would have been years ago (?). But that isn't much comfort for fans of those clubs, if they are less and less competitive to the other clubs ahead of them.
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Arthur Wedge
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Napoli prob the biggest team in danger of being eliminated
Not good also for Mourinho’s Benfica
The spots to miss the play offs will be tight
Man City need to rely on results , the others have it in their hands
Liverpool should be confident against Qarabag
Spurs - Frankfurt , away , should be a win
Newcastle - PSG , PSG are not playing very well at the moment - think a draw
Chelsea- Napoli , see Napoli winning it that
Below that - Juve , Inter and Atletico all with winnable games to put all three into the top 8
City - at the moment form not great , Galatasaray are dangerous
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See Casemiro is off at the end of his contract.
Good move for club and player. He’s got one more big contract in him, probably in Saudi, and the club need to start looking at the future, whilst reviewing some of the dafter contracts.
Fair play to the fella, he does have a knack of proving his critics wrong. Just when you think he can’t run another step, he comes in next game and shows what a class act he can be.
Good move for club and player. He’s got one more big contract in him, probably in Saudi, and the club need to start looking at the future, whilst reviewing some of the dafter contracts.
Fair play to the fella, he does have a knack of proving his critics wrong. Just when you think he can’t run another step, he comes in next game and shows what a class act he can be.
Arthur Wedge
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£70m or so to buy, £300k+ per week, I'm not sure his performances have come close to justifying that. The fact he's walking away for nothing doesn't suggest there will be many knocking his door down. There's not many I've seen who runs deeper in treacle than him.
Him leaving is surely a positive for a more vibrant midfield.
The performance level has in no way justified the money, but he can’t be blamed for United’s crass mismanagement when it comes to contracts. And, as I say, I suspect any last big contract will be in Saudi, where your name seems to be far more important than your level of performance.
His departure will certainly allow United to liven that area of the pitch up. I suspect they’ll now be looking for two CDM’s rather than just the one they urgently need already.
Swango1980
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There has been a lot of interest in Baleba. I wonder is he worth a large transfer fee Utd are bound to be asked for?
Not sure he has had a great season so far, the very little I have seen or heard about
Arthur Wedge
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He was a perfect example ( along with Varane ) of someone not having any football sense when buying someone , someone just saw a name of a player who was good at Madrid
It’s time for the scouting department to earn its money. I’m not sure Baleba is worth anything like the figure Brighton will demand. After a decent season last year, he started badly this, and his is not a name I have heard mentioned very often in glowing terms of late.
I think he would have been fabulous in a team in the 70's or 80's. When you could have a midfielder who could just stroll around a few yards in the centre of the pitch. He's a player in the wrong era, the wrong country.
Swango1980
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In Casemiro's defence, at the end of his first season many felt he was one of the best signings that year. I heard a few saying he may even be the most effective signing, had City not signed a young guy called Haaland
Of course, the fee was high for his age, and salary incredible. And, that became a big big problem when he got injured in his second season, and had been well off the pace for most of the time since
He probably wouldnt have been so much in the limelight had he a quick midfield partner and hard working forwards around him. Sadly he hasn't, and his weaknesses have been well and truly exposed by opponents.
Of course, the fee was high for his age, and salary incredible. And, that became a big big problem when he got injured in his second season, and had been well off the pace for most of the time since
He probably wouldnt have been so much in the limelight had he a quick midfield partner and hard working forwards around him. Sadly he hasn't, and his weaknesses have been well and truly exposed by opponents.
irip
Head Pro
At his best Casemiro was a top player.
I think United could have got a lot more out of him if they could have just played him for 60 minutes in a game.
I understand that wasn’t possible though.
He could do a little bit of everything and would loved to see him in the premier league at his best.
Unfortunately time caught up with him as it does all of us and the last couple of years his legs have gone.
In fact I have seen milk turn quicker
I think United could have got a lot more out of him if they could have just played him for 60 minutes in a game.
I understand that wasn’t possible though.
He could do a little bit of everything and would loved to see him in the premier league at his best.
Unfortunately time caught up with him as it does all of us and the last couple of years his legs have gone.
In fact I have seen milk turn quicker
clubchamp98
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Great game in Fenabarche Villa putting in a really good performance.
Refs a bit card happy.
Great win for Villa but they missed some sitters.
Especially Sancho.
Refs a bit card happy.
Great win for Villa but they missed some sitters.
Especially Sancho.
Pin-seeker
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Think we all know why it was really posted
nickjdavis
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What the hell have Forest just done?
Braga offer next to sod all threat, Forest miss a penalty and then 54 seconds later Yates puts the ball into his own net.
This game has been for the taking and Forest are letting it slip through their fingers like grains of sand.
Braga offer next to sod all threat, Forest miss a penalty and then 54 seconds later Yates puts the ball into his own net.
This game has been for the taking and Forest are letting it slip through their fingers like grains of sand.
