The College Dropout

Beto looks a complete donkey.

I’m going to harp on about Palmer forever. The perfect RW for us.

Better in general play than I expected. Lovely technique and weight of pass.

Aye but we'll have much larger wages.

Sunday is the best day for football. i do think as we head towards May - Monday is better. More likely to spend Sunday afternoons outdoors as the weather improves. From a TV perspective.

Full numbers for accounting are out for last season. Squad cost 7th highest in the league. Our squad costs half of Man U's. Think I've seen wages we are 8th.

A high proportion of goals occur in the last 20 minutes of a game. We thumped Spurs in 80 odd minutes. Then most of the other goals came against WHU in the last 20 minutes.

FFP helps a lot of the other PL clubs like Crystal Palace. before our takeover 14 clubs had a realistic chance of going down. With our takeover and other ambitious owners, that number decreases and increases the chances of them being relegated. If they decentivised ambition from other clubs it helps their position. Clubs like Crystal Palace and even West Ham don't even have to be well managed to achieve minimal goals like us under Ashlety

I don't think the culture at Chelsea permits that. Even prior to Roman. Under Bates in the latter years it was a v. cosmopolitan team. Impersonal and transient. City is built v. differently. It has to be. They made it Pep's kingdom, with the minions doing exactly as Pep wants. Chelsea being in west London. Attracts a different type of person. As a club we are closer to City. But probably more emotional, just-as-nervous. It's an intense city to live in for players. Neither City or Chelsea have that.

Good question. I assume it is also amortised. I think if a company bought a car, all upfront costs are amortised over the payment terms.

Lad will come good. Tough first season.

I agree. They are not good.

Agreed. But Chelsea are fixture proof good and bad. Beaten us, Man U, Spurs. Pretty sure they've got points from Liverpool and Man City too.

His salary is likely to be much bigger than it would otherwise. Making him harder to shift if necessary. That's how the free transfer thing works. If we give Kelly a £8m sign-on fee and a £4.2m per year contract over 4 years. That's a fair whack for a squad player and hinges the wage structure weirdly. We've avoided doing that so far. I think the free transfers have largely driven Villa having a bigger salary spend than us last year (I may have made that up). With Coutinho & Kamara surely taking up £15m in wages alone.

I don't want to jinx it. But we have been a bit fortunate that Bruno hasn't picked up any injuries this season. If he's not playing, we don't have any classy passing in midfield spaces.