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Would Simon get the hero's welcome home after an AFCON win that Mac Allister did after the WC? I would hope the club would do something to commemorate that achievement

Ok, well that's more like it then! Presumably then players who we signed at age 18 will eventually fall under that category too, like Buonanotte, Kozlowski, Mazilu...

These four club trained players have to have been registered to the club between the ages of 15 and 21. Frustrating as we have the likes of Ferguson who have been here since age 16, all seems fairly arbitrary.

A lot of money for an up and comer with no top league experience, much like Baleba was. The club must have confidence in him to pay the fee and deal with the agent situation.

The global viewership and commercial interest in the top few clubs massively outweighs the rest of us. Without them there is a fraction of the interest in these competitions. These clubs know that and will use it as leverage do get concessions. Luckily the 2/3 majority vote rule in the PL has...

Well if they make Champions League, suddenly they have a lot more money to play with. But yes it would be their record signing, even at £18m.

Bit of a straw man that, I don't think anyone was suggesting the PL should use the Belgian system. I understand the advantages of the Belgian system, and why it's done that way. It can make for an entertaining end of the season. I also don't think it's inherently wrong to halve the points and...

What's interesting is a few highly publicised cases of disillusionment with Saudi league. The previous workaround for FFP - sell your has beens to Saudi for big bucks - doesn't work if the player won't go.

Well I'm sure the Belgian clubs are used to it and understand how to plan their seasons accordingly. It's something closer to a US style format, eg NFL. First round robin league system and then the best teams compete for the overall win. At least with the Belgian system the benefit of doing...

The Belgian league seems like a lot of fun. There's about 7 or 8 clubs who theoretically have the means to win the title, and different clubs regularly do. It's genuinely competitive and changes shape every season (largely because all the best players get pilfered but alas...). The playoff...

Yet another goal for Deniz.

We're constantly choosing the safe pass, little more incisiveness needed. Also more energy in the press.

Another ban for RDZ. Unnecessary. Hit Munoz's shoulder. Great start otherwise.

It is starting to feel a bit Poyet, but get a few wins under the belt and I'm sure that will fade away. With RDZ the highs are very high and the lows feel lower by comparison, but we're still in our best ever period. I think he's too risky for a big job. Experimental but poor defensively...

To be honest, after he signed a contract extension, I was expecting him to go out on loan in January. Perhaps he's being kept around by RDZ for extra depth, perhaps he might go on loan abroad to somewhere that the window is still open.

We might find that clubs are resistant to letting players go in January because the prices are so low that the players are worth more to them to help their clubs for another few months. Then we will see a lot more business in the early stages of the summer window as clubs scramble to make sales...

Fair points, in each case there have been circumstances that the player themselves were at fault for. I still am not convinced that RDZ needed to come out and discuss them in the media so critically. It may also be true that it's a language barrier and his intention isn't to be so blunt as it...

The fees that are being generated are not thanks to RDZ. Him publicising these spats can only negatively impact those fees as buying clubs know there's pressure to get rid. Three players already in a year and a half. Plus very public criticism of Baleba recently too. This is definitely not a...

Only if he ends up being worth £9m to Stuttgart!

No Colin Hawkins though. That's a high bar to reach.