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#7,576
MAD said:
I wasn’t expecting this

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I feel bad for Sterling. He came in the first transfer window where we didn’t have any sporting directors and before the wage bill was established. His agent passed him off as the next leader at Chelsea and we paid him 300k a week to be that but that’s just not him on the pitch. He’s a great leader off the pitch, very well respected among the players at Chelsea, but on the pitch he just wasn’t impacting games the way a player with his wages should have been. Not his fault, he tried to be the guy, but ultimately he just never found his footing and looked like a shell of his former (younger) self.

My prediction is that unless he has any injuries he will come to Arsenal and look better though. Hopefully he does well enough that there is at least a market to sell him next summer. Until the dry loan from Arsenal appeared he didn’t really have any good choices. To be fair, it was also very late in the window too.
 
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Nash_Vol97 said:
Since this came up recently. Official now. This is a big boost for PL PSR compliance but UEFA doesn’t count this though so it doesn’t help FFP.

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I know it’s technically allowed by the PL, but being able to sell a hotel to yourself to get compliant kind of exposes the PSR rules as a farce.
 
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bleedorange0037 said:
I know it’s technically allowed by the PL, but being able to sell a hotel to yourself to get compliant kind of exposes the PSR rules as a farce.
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Oh, I agree. And the PL isn’t gonna let this remain a thing either. Hands are just tied on this one until they get a rule that the majority of owners all agree on.
 
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bleedorange0037 said:
I know it’s technically allowed by the PL, but being able to sell a hotel to yourself to get compliant kind of exposes the PSR rules as a farce.
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Yeah for real. They just need to make some sort of spending cap. That would be more fair too to bottom for all teams. That would however really impact interleague play where teams outside the EPL aren’t held to such caps.
 
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#7,583
Anybody watch the Hope Solo doc? I thought it was pretty good. She's got her warts but context helps. She really got the rawest of deals on the equal pay thing, it seems.
 
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#7,584
Nash_Vol97 said:
I feel bad for Sterling. He came in the first transfer window where we didn’t have any sporting directors and before the wage bill was established. His agent passed him off as the next leader at Chelsea and we paid him 300k a week to be that but that’s just not him on the pitch. He’s a great leader off the pitch, very well respected among the players at Chelsea, but on the pitch he just wasn’t impacting games the way a player with his wages should have been. Not his fault, he tried to be the guy, but ultimately he just never found his footing and looked like a shell of his former (younger) self.

My prediction is that unless he has any injuries he will come to Arsenal and look better though. Hopefully he does well enough that there is at least a market to sell him next summer. Until the dry loan from Arsenal appeared he didn’t really have any good choices. To be fair, it was also very late in the window too.
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Never feel bad for a guy making 20 million+ a year. He had an ideal situation at City but chased something else. He wanted to be the man. Unfortunately, he is Jermaine Defoe (very good but not elite) and is realizing that now. He would be good to go the path of Danny Ings and become a legend at a smaller club.
 
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Outofmyvolcanmind said:
Never feel bad for a guy making 20 million+ a year. He had an ideal situation at City but chased something else. He wanted to be the man. Unfortunately, he is Jermaine Defoe (very good but not elite) and is realizing that now. He would be good to go the path of Danny Ings and become a legend at a smaller club.
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Once I knew he wasn’t in Marescas plans the first two clubs I thought of were Palace and Fulham. He’d have to take a major wage cut but his whole thing is he wants to be in London for his family.
 
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#7,590
It’s idiotic that Arsenal weren’t allowed to wear red today because it was deemed their home kit has too much white due to the sleeves. Only a blind person would have trouble distinguishing between the two.
 
#7,591
#7,591
Only 8 yellow cards in the North London Derby so far? Step y’all’s game up. Chelsea vs Bournemouth set a new PL record yesterday with 14 😅
 
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This is becoming a concerning trend under Ange. Dominate possession, pass the ball around the opponent’s box while struggling to create a real chance, and then lose on a set piece/counterattack.

No excuse not to at least get a point against a depleted Arsenal at home. Rough start to the season for us.
 
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Charlie Kelly said:
This is becoming a concerning trend under Ange. Dominate possession, pass the ball around the opponent’s box while struggling to create a real chance, and then lose on a set piece/counterattack.

No excuse not to at least get a point against a depleted Arsenal at home. Rough start to the season for us.
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I am now focused on the Europa League. Chance of a top 4 finish is gone and I am doubtful about any Euro position.
 
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Outofmyvolcanmind said:
Most are nonsense. The few that have legs are the ones where they claim City build up their revenue by shifting money through their sister businesses. Think of it like the real estate case against our former president.
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I’m of two minds on this.

On one hand, I don’t much care for billionaire owners buying a mid table team and then just throwing endless amounts of money at it until they start winning trophies (a la Roman Abramovich). Seems to demean the integrity of the game a bit.

On the other hand, I don’t see anyone but City outpacing Arsenal this season. As much as I hate to admit it, they are a very strong side this year. If City are given significant points deductions from this, I’m afraid it may hand the title to Arsenal by default.
 
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