Time To Break FFP?

[matty1878]

Well if the owners want it to be, it's certainly given them a lot more leeway to do so.

I imagine the stadium naming rights deal may suddenly be increasing than what it was going to be set at...

Spend spend spend spend and then some

 

[Groucho]

I’d splurge. Everyone who appeals a ban gets off.

 

[Cmonefcsortitout!]

We certainly need a chunk of £ to replace 3/4 of the entire squad. We need to offload the players we don’t want at the same time. I can’t see this happening over night. We need to spend £ a lot better, or we will remain poor. With what we’ve spent already we should be better, but it’s gonna take time to change it. Don’t go down the toilet looking for immediate results, keep the best we have and add to them, while getting rid of others.

 

[PhilM]

Unless we've got a competent scouting and acquisition process, I'm worried that even if we did decide to splurge and break FFP then we'd end up buying badly.

We've got to be far more shrewd in the market because we've got a bit of a history of overpaying on dross; the legacy of that is where we are today.

For me, Richarlison and Digne have both been great buys. I'm undecided still on Gomes and Mina and it'll depend on who comes in next to them.

The rest have been failures up to now: see Kean, Iwobi, Gylfi, Klassen, Sandro, Rooney and Bolasie to name but a few.

 

[orly]

I'll be honest, I think a two year ban from the Champions League might not affect us too much

 

[GwladysBlue]

I think this could be good news in terms of actually selling players.

Maybe in the past we didn’t want to take huge losses on players but we might as well cull the wage thieves off now.

 

[tirion]

Spend spend spend spend and then some

seriously mate your optimism is totally bewildering, we are more likely to be the next Coventry City rather than the next Man City.

 

[balggy]

irrespective of FFP, we can’t be completely irresponsible. I remember 98, when we sold Ferguson and realised we were massively in debt.

I want us to bring quality players that will improve us. But I don’t want us to repeat the mistakes of the past and we desperately need to shift a load of dead wood out the club

 

[matty1878]

seriously mate your optimism is totally bewildering, we are more likely to be the next Coventry City rather than the next Man City.

It has to go right sometime mate ffs

 

[matty1878]

irrespective of FFP, we can’t be completely irresponsible. I remember 98, when we sold Ferguson and realised we were massively in debt.

I want us to bring quality players that will improve us. But I don’t want us to repeat the mistakes of the past and we desperately need to shift a load of dead wood out the club

1998 to now behave

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

We'd be the one who'd be made an example of. Heaviest punishment you can think of.

Agreed

 

[orly]

1998 to now behave

? He's talking about the principle of irresponsible spending, which is pertinent regardless of the context

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

1998 to now behave

Worryingly this 1998 starting 11 would beat the bellends we have now.



Thomas Myhre
Alex Cleland
Dave Watson
Craig Short
Michael Ball
Dave Unsworth
Tony Grant
Don Hutchison
John Collins
Duncan Ferguson
Ibrahima Bakayoko

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[Neiler]

Worryingly this 1998 starting 11 would beat the bellends we have now.



Thomas Myhre
Alex Cleland
Dave Watson
Craig Short
Michael Ball
Dave Unsworth
Tony Grant
Don Hutchison
John Collins
Duncan Ferguson
Ibrahima Bakayoko

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Ha ha it actually would.

 

[ClausThomsen]

Worryingly this 1998 starting 11 would beat the bellends we have now.



Thomas Myhre
Alex Cleland
Dave Watson
Craig Short
Michael Ball
Dave Unsworth
Tony Grant
Don Hutchison
John Collins
Duncan Ferguson
Ibrahima Bakayoko

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Coleman, Digne, Rico and maybe DCL get into that side. Otherwise there isn't a case for anyone else.