2023/2024 English Premier League Thread

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Barnet Flame

News has just come out that Premier League clubs have an agreement in principle to introduce a spending cap. It will be based upon television rights money earned by the lowest earning club in the league.

I’m pretty sure there will be huge opposition to this, to the extent that there will likely be talk of another breakaway.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/cpegd3dy8j7o

Well I'm worried that this might just let a bunch of the worst offenders off the hook. A sort of "we know you don't like these new regulations, but in consideration of us not relegating you to the 7th tier, you accept this going forward and we're even".

[The Big Chill]

It sounds like a decent idea, but they first have to stop that one specific club from finding ways around all the rules.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by The Big Chill

It sounds like a decent idea, but they first have to stop that one specific club from finding ways around all the rules.

Clearly you mean Everton with their recent spate of points deductions. Or maybe Forest? No? Then it must be Chelsea that you're talking about because they've even admitted they breached the regulations and are in loads of trouble currently (if the reports are accurate) and still haven't seen any ramifications.

I dunno...I can't think of who you'd be referring to otherwise!

[agulati]

Sounds like only three clubs voted against it and one abstention. Man City, Man Utd and Aston Villa with the no and Chelsea abstained.

[agulati]

Originally Posted by Slava

Clearly you mean Everton with their recent spate of points deductions. Or maybe Forest? No? Then it must be Chelsea that you're talking about because they've even admitted they breached the regulations and are in loads of trouble currently (if the reports are accurate) and still haven't seen any ramifications.

I dunno...I can't think of who you'd be referring to otherwise!

Hit Everton with another few points deduction before calling it a day though. What’s fair is fair

[Slava]

Originally Posted by agulati

Hit Everton with another few points deduction before calling it a day though. What’s fair is fair

Well it's not like you can give them 115 chances to finally get their act together!

[Matty81]

It's a step in the right direction. A loose regulatory framework would be perfect... don't turn it into some kind of everyone gets a turn to win nonsense like NA sports but keep it remotely competitive as it's getting a bit out of hand with leaders of nations backed by massive oil funds coming in.

I think the main challenge is going to be whether or not the PFA takes it or files a legal challenge. You'd think they would want some kind of spending floor to accept a spending cap.

Super league is a pile of turds, there's no way the english clubs are going that way. When the lawmakers of your country and vast majority of the population don't want something to happen, they can prevent it, full stop. Doesn't matter if court interpretation of existing law initially permits it, they can change or amend the underlying law if they feel like it especially now that they are out of the EU. There is zero chance that actually flies in England beyond a year or two and anyone who dives into it before it gets shut down is going to find themselves in no mans land.

Feels like idiocy whoever is pushing that idea forward relentlessly in the face of almost universal condemnation outside of the Barca Real and Juve fanbases/

[Matty81]

So we finally got a Friday night game and it's... Luton everton haha. This is gonna be like watchign a div one game in 1991. Be great to see the hatters win and spice up the relegation race.

[MegaErtz]

This is hilarious. Everton are throwing strikers on because if they win this, they can go into administration and take a further nine point penalty without being relegated.

[Slava]

Wow, VAR really sinking to unbelievable lows today. The penalty awarded to Havertz is never a penalty. That is exactly what should be routed out of the game and should’ve been a yellow for diving. It’s pathetic to review that and determine that there’s a foul.

The goal the Bournemouth had called back due to a foul is also completely farcical. After seeing the issues Vicario has dealt with all season, how do you consider anything in that sequence to be a foul on Raya? It’s really embarrassing officiating.

[Senator Clay Davis]

That first half with more poor officiating. First penalty given is extremely debatable, but it was given by the ref. The second one is not given by the official, but instead VAR, even though it was quite obviously more of a penalty than the first. VAR is bad, but in concert with poor actual officiating it just makes for the perfect storm of crap.

[Matty81]

Man City look like a machine right now, Haaland bagging 4 and getting hot at the right time too. With no CL games its hard for me to see them stumbling and coughing up their advantage - the Spurs game is the one banana peel left especially where they have to play it on very little rest.. bit of an unfair break for such a massive game, as much as I'd like to see a changing of the guard having the second last game of the season on 2 days rest in such a close title race seems a bit mickey mouse.

Arsenal have a very similar potential banana peel game at United. Difference is while Spurs seem to have moved past the new manager bump and be slumping, that's a club that's always been prone to the odd spectacular day and the current version of United feels like you know what you're getting a little more, they're a second tier 6-11 range team that's just not quite as good as the top teams.

[Senator Clay Davis]

I actually think next Saturday against Fulham could be Man City's biggest remaining challenge. 12:30 kickoff, away from home, decent enough opponent. Spurs might choose to lose 15-0 to help Man City's goal differential, and West Ham are playing for a lame duck manager.

[d_phaneuf]

Would be so spurs to beat city during this horrific run if form

They knew villa had lost and still came out in 1st half like that

[Senator Clay Davis]

Casemiro's fall off is just one of the many reasons United stink so much. Another catastrophic waste of money.

[Matty81]

United just getting owned and angry.. I dunno how that wasn't a red on amrobat going in studs up on olises achilles

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Casemiro's fall off is just one of the many reasons United stink so much. Another catastrophic waste of money.

It's an issue...but they are also playing him and Jonny Evans as a makeshift CB pairing today...so yeah I'm not sure that's all on Casemiro.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Just don't sack ETH before the weekend. Arsenal don't need a new manager bounce.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

It's an issue...but they are also playing him and Jonny Evans as a makeshift CB pairing today...so yeah I'm not sure that's all on Casemiro.

I think Evans thought today was a pub-league match.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

It's an issue...but they are also playing him and Jonny Evans as a makeshift CB pairing today...so yeah I'm not sure that's all on Casemiro.

Playing out of position is certainly not ideal. But even when he has been in his best position this season he's looked like he's lost several steps. It'd be one thing is he had fallen from world class to just very good, but he's average at best now.