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    Let's All Laugh At... Let's all laugh at Chelsea thread

    Confirmation from Matt Law in today's Daily Telegraph that CFC sees its salvation as being in the hands of the Saudis this summer. (For those who can't access the article because of the paywall, a couple of weeks ago Todd B apparently met with the Saudi sports minister and the technical director...
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    Let's All Laugh At... let's all laugh at United

    Ineos acquired the country's last remaining Chlorine plant at Runcorn, vital to the operation of the water industry, and then announced in 2003 that it would have to close it unless the government contributed to the cost of modernising it. (You can't import bulk Chlorine because it's too...
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    Harry Kane

    ... and by engineering the move to Bayern, rather than running down his contract, he ensured that Spurs received the money they needed to underwrite the current team rebuild.
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    What Our Opponents' Fans Are Saying About Us 23/24

    In just the same way that the press bigged-up SAF's alcohol-fuelled comments at the weekend that Spurs stood "no chance" of ever winning the Premier League. (A natural follow-up question would have been to ask him whether the same applied to United....)
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    Let's All Laugh At... Let's all laugh at Chelsea thread

    The other big issue is the likelihood that the government will force through the appointment of a football regulator if the PL aren't seen to enforce ther own rules fairly.
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    Let's All Laugh At... Let's all laugh at Chelsea thread

    That's exactly the point that Swiss Ramble made in his analysis of their finances. Their manipulation of their player amortisation means that CFC have effectively signed post-dated cheques to the value of $1.9 billion, in the expectation that Champions League qualification will boost their...
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    Let's All Laugh At... Let's all laugh at Chelsea thread

    The Guardian seems to be in no doubt that they are well and truly screwed.... https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/feb/05/todd-boehlys-chelsea-are-a-1bn-mess (They use Swiss Ramble's analysis of Chelsea's current financial status to explain that there really is little hope that they can...
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    Match Threads Everton vs Spurs

    Seems that way. For the goal, Harrison showed no interest in going for the ball, but made a clear move into Vicario, yet the ref, with VAR assistance, saw nothing untoward. It's quite bizarre.
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    European Super League Mega Thread

    It's worse than that, because they were encouraging the players to believe that their income could be "protected" from the taxman.
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    Conor Gallagher

    I'm assuming that the early return of Pape Sarr from the ACN after yesterday's shoot-out defeat will take some of the pressure off Spurs to add to their midfield numbers?
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    Let's All Laugh At... let's all laugh at United

    Jim has plenty of experience of managing various joint ventures within his chemical empire, so he's not going to have handed over his money and left himself at the Glaziers' mercy. One point that we may all be missing is his ultimate end-game. He's too dynamic an operator to be satisfied with...
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    Let's All Laugh At... Let's all laugh at Liverpool thread

    Oh dear.... Mohamed Salah close to tears after being forced off with a hamstring injury in Egypt's 2-2 draw with Ghana at AFCON... as Liverpool fans bemoan their 'unbelievably bad luck' ahead of Premier League title run-in...
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    What the pundits & media are saying about us

    The Daily Mail probably watched some highlights on Youtube, which included Destiny's bizarre attempted own-goal, and decided that this was representative of his play all afternoon.
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    Let's All Laugh At... Let's all laugh at Chelsea thread

    If I remember correctly, Cole had wound down his contract at Chelsea with a view to maximising his salary when he become a free agent. Meanwhle, Liverpool were in serious financial difficulties and couldn't afford to buy players, so they needed to take advantage of players available on...
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    What Our Opponents' Fans Are Saying About Us 23/24

    I was hit in the arm by a dart when standing in the Anfield Road end with the Spurs fans in 1980. I didn't make a big thing of it, and the police took the dart off me. (I foolishly declined treatment, because I wasn't aware that I was bleeding as I was wearing think winter clothing.) I...
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