Wow. A no-look pass from Turkish defender to his keeper leads to an OG and probably seals 3pts for Portugal at 30’. SMH
Exactly. He didn’t have the benefit if seeing video with his own eyes. And thus confirming whether or not to stick with his original decision.
Did Taylor decide Dumfries was close enough? Or did the linesman tell him? I don't think the keeper gets to it regardless of where Dumfries stands. It's not 100% so I get letting the call stand, but a 2nd look wouldn't have hurt as long as the replay took.
All on the up and up, I’m sure! Maatsen - Chelsea ➡️ VillaKellyman - Villa ➡️ ChelseaDobbin - Everton ➡️ VillaIroegbunam - Villa ➡️ EvertonCalvert-Lewin - Everton ➡️ NewcastleMinteh - Newcastle ➡️ EvertonAll before June 30th…— Rory Talks Football (@Rory_Talks_Ball) June 22, 2024
From what I've read, the AR flagged for the OSP but called Taylor over to say he couldn't tell how close the keeper was. Taylor made that part of the call.
Did you see Ineos dude came out to say he supports City and financial regulation is stifling the league? LOL
1-0 Belgium over Rumania at half. Belgium look much better, but damn they're finishing doesn't match their overload and dangerous pass creation.
Are these separate transactions or are they trades where teams can manipulate the book value of the players, a la Juventus a few years ago?
Separate transactions but they can still inflate values, £19m for Kellyman who is valued at €1m on transfermarkt. Villa gets the full £19m profit this year for PSR while Chelsea only take a £3.8m loss. Chelsea get a £37.5m profit on Maatsen while Villa only take a £7.5m loss. So they both improve their PSR before the fiscal year ends. Not sure how PSR treats swaps but I'm guessing they are separate transactions for a reason.
This is why I actually agree with Ratcliffe/Ineos + City that these rules are a joke. Football has to face up to the need to have a salary cap, and not allow owners like Boehly, Abu Dhabi etc Once they did allow that, the horse is out of the stable, and no matter how many doors they nail shut, financial engineering with open new ones. Boehly - who spent 750m on transfers in a single year lol, is cheating on an unprecedented scale. But I think like doping, this is just what the EPL encourages.
Elliot/YankeeGunner had some tweets about how salary cap manipulation is very common in the NFL but for some reason PSR manipulation seems much worse. I think there are 2 reasons. The dumbest aspect of PSR - by far - is that clubs only have to be in compliance on one day of the year and it comes in the middle of a transfer window where they can continue to spend all they want after July 1. The NFL requires teams to be under the cap at all times, how is this not the same in the PL? Similar to NFL contracts, Villa and Chelsea are making these moves at the expense of their future PSR health, the costs are spread out but will still hit their books. Chelsea in particular have already spent a huge amount of their future seasons' revenue. I assume Villa are planning on this season's CL money and Chelsea need to get back to the CL soon to save themselves. But that's another aspect where the NFL has revenue sharing and a salary cap to balance the playing field. I would caution that everyone wants more fairness and parity, but you risk turning the league into a series of coinflips where nothing is at stake. You need favorites and underdogs. In the NFL, QB is so much more important position than any other position which disrupts parity, otherwise every team would go 8-9 or 9-8. Scheduling is also deliberately unfair to deliver better TV ratings, at least the PL has it right in that regard.
Salary cap does not work in a league system unfortunately just make it a percentage of prize money plus -% of revenue combined in some way so big clubs can still spend as they always have but with more control
Agreed - this is dumb and bad - because then you just do some financial cookery to 'comply', like what we see here, these are essentially fake deals, riding on the back of real transfers. Agreed. I think we see at clubs like Barca, you even end up with incentives to compromise future revs by selling them at discount, in order to inflate the books now and 'comply' - which is the opposite of what the rules are supposed to do. But I guess clubs feel there will always be some way to kick the can further down the road. While I agree to a point (rugby has had these issues big time), i think there is an overall issue with anti-competitive rules which bake in the league royalty.
For sure, FFP/PSR entrenches the financial disparity for established clubs like United and only really (tries to) curb the new money. The NFL is comfortable with small markets like Green Bay, Buffalo or Kansas City succeeding at the expense of New York or Dallas (I read a good book called The League about the early days of the NFL and how they struggled against college football and major league baseball, realizing that having New York and Chicago dominate year after year was bad for business leaguewide). The PL isn't ready for small fanbase clubs like Bournemouth or Brentford having runs of sustained success in their <20,000 seat stadiums. But certainly more could be done to balance between the haves and the have nots.
As I understand it, spending as a percentage of revenue is what PSR already is. The trick is controlling the clubs that exceed those percentages by artificially inflating revenue. A hard cap would work for an individual league, where it falls apart is with players moving between multiple leagues
For me the problem always will be - what revenue is 'artificial'? Above market sponsorships from related parties to a vertically integrated platform? Noodle Partner FC? Inflated deal chain transfers? Selling off a percentage of future revenue to Private Equity? IMO only one is 'artificial'
Anyone catch the USA-BOL match today? even in a dominating win (against a mediocre team), not getting any vibes USMNT is ready to make a statement on the world stage. Too sloppy in possession and wasteful of good chances.
Should have had 4 or 5, Bolivia were really bad, never bothered Turner. Nice finishing by Pulisic and Balogun on the 2 they did score but poor finishing overall, esp Pepi. Thought Musah looked good and deserves to start.
The Balo gun was a low percentage shot that crept in though, not like you can rely on those sort of shots getting in the better keepers see it earlier. That said, its still early in the tourney, no point peaking in the group stages.
It's interesting the Ozil thing is happening with Kai Havertz for germany Because lots of fans like Füllkrug, and because they never watch Arsenal, they've decided this is more 'false 9' tomfoolery But of course Havertz was amazing for us as an actual 9 this year, and he is playing even more as an actual 9 for germany than he does for arse. I do agreed with what Scott says here that he really needs more shot volume, but on the other hand playing with Wirtz and Musiala - he really brings them into the game I have been very high on Kai Havertz as a forward and his stats have tracked to my view of that. The one nagging thing for him is still that he just doesn't have enough big shot days. Too often he is taking the 1 or 2 shots, in the PL he had just 3 of 13 games with 4+ shots. pic.twitter.com/f5VrDGypgo— Scott Willis (@scottjwillis) May 30, 2024