Premier League 2018/19

[Blue Maniac]

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Isn’t it nice that all other clubs have removed City from their name to accommodate Abu Dhabi FC?

 

[Miles Away]

3 wins in 23 games. Looked nailed on to go down next season.

I can't see why it's a surprise. They've been awful.

He did a good job but it all looks like it's gone stale.

Spent a LOT of money too on players that he hasn't integrated.

 

[Brown Nose]

I've been reading about Man City and the investigations into their ownership and finances.

It's looks pretty obvious that they've been massaging and disguising income and expenditure figures in order to appear to comply with FFP.

They're now subject to separate investigations by FIFA, Uefa, the FA and the Premier League.

They're spending an absolute fortune with a mass of lawyers trying to denounce all accusations.

I expect they'll buy their way out of trouble as usual, but it does bring into question the fairness of the game and whether their success is earned or purely purchased.

Of course we did the same thing on a smaller scale. At that time our reaction was anti-FFP and the authorities, just like Man City.

For me it boils down to at what point a club is investing beyond its means. That's what FFP is for. However if a club can always outspend everyone else, how long before it ruins the game?

PSG, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Celtic, etc. all win their respective leagues every year. Do we just allow Man City to do the same here?

 

[Brown Nose]

 

[Blue Maniac]

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97 million quid to the club that finished dead last. Christ on horseback.

 

[pork pie fox]

97 million quid to the club that finished dead last. Christ on horseback.

Shouldn’t that be Christ on a trik?

 

[Blue Maniac]

Shouldn’t that be Christ on a trik?

Tur.

 

[Miles Away]

Isn’t that literally the premier league table?

****ing money rules everything.

 

[bocadillo]

Isn’t that literally the premier league table?

Apart from the Facilities Fees (number of the team's games shown live), yes.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Isn’t that literally the premier league table?

****ing money rules everything.

Bit of a head scratcher, this comment.

First, yes, the teams are listed in order of their finishing position in the table.

Secondly, three of the five columns are the same from top to bottom. One of the other two, the merit payment, is literally determined by your final league position, so obviously the teams that finished higher will have been paid more. Facilities fees are the only thing that will be out of order, because it’s simply highly unlikely that would ever be in perfect descending order. That’s why Everton’s total is higher than Wolves’, for example.

 

[Miles Away]

I read it wrong, sort of.

 

[Blue Maniac]

I read it wrong, sort of.

I’m always doing that. It’s how I ended up here in the first place.

 

[Brown Nose]

Pochettino is bat shit crazy. Exhibit 238: