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    3 hours ago, shefcanary said:

    There is a risk in that unless Brum are also "safe" from relegation at that point. If there is a possibility they could get relegated and we put out a "weakened" team and thus give Brum a potential "advantage" over other teams facing relegation, we could land up with a financial penalty or even risk a points deduction (although I think I am right in saying that this would be in a future season not this one because of the subjectivity over what is a "weakened" team).

    I know that this is old-fashioned, but it would also just be wrong, as the anger at Everton's behaviour in 1985 (almost 40 years ago) makes clear.

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    If this has to happen a simple rule that the lower-division team gets 100% of the gate receipts, regardless of where the tie is played,  would be a great gesture that would cost the bigger clubs very little and make a big difference to the minnows. 

    Chance of that happening: 0%, obviously. But it would be an easy win for a football regulator...

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  6. Posted · Edited by Robert N. LiM
    Deftly avoiding the naughty word filter. Take that, Mary Whitehouse

    56 minutes ago, JonnyJonnyRowe said:

    Wimbledon announced in 2001 that they were relocating to Milton Keynes, AFC Wimbledon were formed in 2002, Wimbledon FC went into administration in 2003 a few months after relocating to Milton Keynes, then Winkleman moved to lead the buy out of administration and then to the rebrand in 2004.

    He then blamed the fans for abandoning the club by setting up AFC Wimbledon instead of travelling 2 hours to games each Saturday. What happened is exactly what he wanted to happen, he didn't want to own Wimbledon FC, he wanted to own Milton Keynes FC. It worked out exactly how he wanted it to.

    The whole thing was despicable, and Winkleman didn't care what club be ruined, as mentioned he approached numerous clubs to try and tempt them to Milton Keynes long before he'd built the stadium, which he'd been planning since 1997 and was finished in 2007. 

    Very well said. The whole thing stank. Wider interests of football my aṣs.

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  13. Posted

    Just now, dylanisabaddog said:

    I haven't got the faintest idea if he could play for us this season but Portsmouth'so last game is 27 April. Our final game is at Birmingham a week later. No doubt the club will be looking at the loan agreement. 

    V happy to be corrected but I think I remember reading that when you loan a player you transfer their registration, so Abu Kamara will still officially be a Portsmouth player until (again, happy to be corrected) June 1. As with Idah and Celtic, think this is a non starter

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    4 minutes ago, yellowrider120 said:

    it still looks a gap too far with games almost done.

    Assuming they don't blow a 3-0 lead tonight, they're three points behind Leeds with a game in hand. And they play both Leeds and Leicester. It's a tough ask, for sure, but given the stuttering recent form of the top three, they're definitely still in it.

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    2 minutes ago, TheGunnShow said:

    There just aren't enough English goalies playing at the top level, that's the problem.

    Well, that's what I meant, really. Obviously people like Foden and Saka are going to benefit from playing with the best players in the world (and under world-class coaches) - but all English keepers get from the best international keepers coming to the PL are splinters.

  20. Posted

    3 hours ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said:

    Actually, you were wrong. 

    The influx of players from overseas has raised the standards at both Premier League and youth level.

    England are performing consistently better at both youth and senior level than they ever have before, possibly aside from the 1966 World Cup win which was a bit of a one-off, and it's because the players from abroad have made England's top division and academy system arguably the strongest in the world.

    English players are playing against the best in the world from the age of 16 now so the best ones will only get better.

    Agree with this in general but wonder if the exception is the goalkeeper position, because each club can obviously only have one, so there are hardly any English keepers playing in the top flight to choose from. It's not a great situation where England's no1 keeper is playing for a team in the relegation battle.

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