greenfordgull
New member
- Feb 2, 2009
- 84
Re FFP: I personally think that if you judge its success by universal observance and and enforcement, it will fail. Some clubs will ignore it and take the prem pay day others will try and wriggle out of it with generous sponsorship deals subsidiary companies outside the regulated area (as Forrest are doing with their TV rights deal from their owner, and Man City are doing setting up New york City, whose costs are out of reach of the UEFA regulator). All of this will create an financial/ legal industry to outwit the regulator (The FA/Football League/ UEFA). As the task of trying to regulate ALL income AND costs of football clubs is huge. Naturally the Finance/legal people for the clubs will be better resourced than the regulator, and so FFP will often fail, where owners are willing to pay to avoid the scheme. The reality in football it is the cost of players wages (and to a lesser extent transefer and agents fees), that are causing the ever increasing debts for clubs and an inflated costs for fans (the income of most clubs has grown healthly in general for over a 2 decades). A wage cap in each division would go a long way to solve this but there is little prospect of this and little incentive for the the biggest clubs, or anyone working in the higherst echelons of the game to argue for this.
Re Us: I am not sure that we have no chance this year. We are down by Wayne Bridge, Hammond and Dicker in our regular first team squad and have Ujoa and Upson from August as opposed to January. Andrews and Augustien a fair upgrade on Hammond and Dicker and Ward is a decent left back in this League (Bridge was a one off opportunity really last year). We will add a couple more and think we could do very well again. If anything the play off are at least as likely as last time round. I would not be suprised to see Barnes or Kaz go for cash (as Noone did last year) to finance a bigger signing.
Re Guidetti: any other rumours re this he would be a very exciting prospect?!
Re Us: I am not sure that we have no chance this year. We are down by Wayne Bridge, Hammond and Dicker in our regular first team squad and have Ujoa and Upson from August as opposed to January. Andrews and Augustien a fair upgrade on Hammond and Dicker and Ward is a decent left back in this League (Bridge was a one off opportunity really last year). We will add a couple more and think we could do very well again. If anything the play off are at least as likely as last time round. I would not be suprised to see Barnes or Kaz go for cash (as Noone did last year) to finance a bigger signing.
Re Guidetti: any other rumours re this he would be a very exciting prospect?!