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  • Entertainer
    Entertainer Posts: 617 Forumite
    pickles110564 wrote: »
    Broders these were all through his excellant home grown youth policy after he was established.
    If he had not have spend those ridiculous sums in the first place he would never have been allowed to set up his empire.
    I know that you mean well but even a Manc fan if he goes back through history would have to accept the facts.;)

    :T

    Ferguson spent a fortune in 1989 (£2.3M on Gary Pallister which is like £20M today) and still didn't get anywhere near to knocking Liverpool off their "perch". If they had lost that cup tie in 1990, things could have been very different.

    And how Rick Parry could sell to those American clowns is beyond me.:mad::mad:
  • System
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    Harry_Powell wrote: »
    It's a shame the FA, UEFA or FIFA don't have a ruling that says wages have to be a percentage of income. This'll help prevent the big 4 from poaching the best players and offering them outrageous salaries.

    The big 4 have the lowest turnover/wage ratio. Arsenal's is the lowest in the league at 45%.
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  • StevieJ
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    Entertainer wrote: »
    :T

    Ferguson spent a fortune in 1989 (£2.3M on Gary Pallister which is like £20M today) and still didn't get anywhere near to knocking Liverpool off their "perch". If they had lost that cup tie in 1990, things could have been very different.

    And how Rick Parry could sell to those American clowns is beyond me.:mad::mad:

    Hey that was unusual, a circus sold to clowns icon7.gif
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • StevieJ
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    openside wrote: »
    Speaking as a Chelsea fan it never ceases to amaze me how much the media make of Chelsea's supposed indebtedness whereas Arsenal/Manyoo/Liverpool's much more dangerous positions debtwise seem to be largely ignored

    Chelsea pay no interest at all on their debt to Roman Abramovitch, and half the £650m loan has been converted to equity, the outstanding loan is also payable to the owner of the club (he cant beat himself up if he dosnt pay it back) a totally different situation to the one the other clubs face, where banks want their monthly interest payments or else each month :-)

    Uniteds debt has come from being successful, the share price increased from £1 a share to £3 from success, then Glazer came and exchanged the equity for debt. United have always had a good operational model. Chelsea on the other hand have just spent loadsamoney and when Sugadaddy goes - Well.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • kennyboy66_2
    kennyboy66_2 Posts: 2,598 Forumite
    Harry_Powell wrote: »
    It's a shame the FA, UEFA or FIFA don't have a ruling that says wages have to be a percentage of income. This'll help prevent the big 4 from poaching the best players and offering them outrageous salaries.

    As a Spurs fan, I'm sick to death of our best players being poached. There is no way we can compete with the sort of salaries on offer with the big 4. :mad:

    Arsenal, Liverpool, United and Tottenham (amazingly) are the 4 clubs with the lowest % of turnover that is spent on wages.

    So this idea would actually make things go more in their favour.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/table/2009/jun/03/premier-league-turnover-wages-debt

    Its very hard to think of an idea that would create a more even playing field.

    Perhaps distribute the sky money more evenly, perhaps limit squad sizes to say 26 (plus another 7 under 19's). This might stop the likes of United being able to field effectively 2 teams that could finish in the top 6. It might also encourage clubs to develop their youth players (could also encourage them to poach others).

    Liverpool this season had 62 professional players on their books, although some were loaned out.
    I think in 1983/4 they won the league and European Cup fielding just 16 players.
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  • kennyboy66_2
    kennyboy66_2 Posts: 2,598 Forumite
    Entertainer wrote: »
    :T

    And how Rick Parry could sell to those American clowns is beyond me.:mad::mad:

    Could the fact that they offered about £8m more than DIC for David Moores shares have anything to do with it ?
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  • StevieJ
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    Hey Kenny, felt for you in the final icon9.gif
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • kennyboy66_2
    kennyboy66_2 Posts: 2,598 Forumite
    StevieJ wrote: »
    Hey Kenny, felt for you in the final icon9.gif

    Thanks Stevie, although we could hardly complain about the result.

    It shows the gap between the top 4 and the best of the rest, although I suspect that Chelsea will put up a decent challange to United next season.
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  • StevieJ
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    Generali wrote: »
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    Is that where the Geordies play :confused:
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
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