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18 Jan 2025 08:07:19
It’s been said a lot Nevada so all fans know, and it’s true, that we have been making losses for a few years.
We have some headroom, but we’re not sure as fans quite how much, against PSR rules which would allow us to make a buy or several buys depending on the prices and wages.
We all understand it I think.
The frustration with the ownership is (there’s a perception) that the headroom they require us to operate with against PSR is greater than our competitors. They want a bigger buffer because they’re more risk averse, or prefer to keep that capacity untapped.
We don’t know because we’re not in the board room, but if that’s true it makes it harder for us to compete for new players, or upgrade the contracts of existing players.
The knock on impact means of course it’s harder to compete on the pitch ultimately, unless you have a genius manager and an injury free top 14 squad who can eek out amazing results for full seasons. That’s where Arne and Jurgen come into the picture.
We are well run though in the very commercial sense, no doubt about it.
I personally don’t think it’s all about the owners. I think our headroom has been restricted by poor contractual decisions in recent years like giving high contracts to injury prone players, although hopefully those days are behind us, and a few indifferent buys like Nunez have left us with less room to manoeuvre. Missing Champions League was big as well. All that means is the current transfer and contract approach has to be spot on, we’re not feeling it at the moment.
17 Jan 2025 22:57:28
Weren’t we after him for a stretch as well Ed…That was pre the observation panel though, which tells us something. You teed that up nicely.
{Ed001's Note - we certainly tried to sign him.}
17 Jan 2025 22:40:14
Thing is there’s a number of central midfield Caicedo quality players in the world, and none of them play for us and they will be available - at the right price. Everything has a price.
There’s even more who are slightly below Caicedo level, but still better than what we have, where the same applies.
The owners and board recruit the CEO, they recruit the directors, that’s how it works. If the directors aren’t delivering what they want they’ll be gone.
If at the end of the season we finish second, third or fourth, having bought no one better in the key positions in two windows, and the directors are still in the same positions that’ll tell us they’re doing what’s required of them.
{Ed001's Note - Caicedo isn't top level. Without Lavia Chelsea struggle, Caicedo is a step below him.}
17 Jan 2025 21:47:03
Did we pay up front for the keeper, or was it deferred until he arrives I wonder.
17 Jan 2025 20:57:28
Roys agree lots of things are made up to drive traffic to websites etc, agents and clubs release a lot of stuff as well . Some of it’s deliberately false, and there’s loads of game playing. Some of its to manage the fans, some of its to apply a bit of pressure here and there, occasionally some of it’s true.
18 Jan 2025 09:25:07
Absolutely agree with MK, great post. We have to accept I suppose though that to maintain those principles probably means we won’t win the league very often if at all. There may be a very exceptional year, like this one, or a very exceptional manager like Jurgen who could pull it all together and who used the Coutinho money very wisely.
My frustration is purely with our poor planning, as that’s what it looks like, to leave us short in a few key positions and overstocked in others. I’m not frustrated that we won’t pay crazy wages or long contracts as I think we could have overcome those weaknesses without shelling out crazy sums.
Equally though if our existing players want the 400k in Mo’s case, or 250-300k in the case of VVD or Trent you’ve got to think we can’t realistically do it. Let one or all of them go with best wishes, Diaz and others are already in the queue for more.
17 Jan 2025 21:58:16
If we had Barnes, Nicol or Souness or Gerard we would have the league by now. Probably prime Robbo as well. Not all of them, just any one of them.
17 Jan 2025 20:21:55
It’s all just a reflection of the sentiment around football Milan. We love it, it’s a great sport and a passion, but in this era it feels like there’s a massive disconnect between owners, to a degree players as well, and fans.
It follows the money. When Arsenal beat us to the league at Anfield back in the day no one really ever talked about money, or owners or whatever. If it happens again it’ll all be about the transfer committee.
17 Jan 2025 20:15:09
I’m with Rome again. I loved both. 30 years apart. Both teams gave you same feeling when watching them. Only football can do that.
17 Jan 2025 17:36:54
Patrik us old dears have had the worst and best of all worlds, thanks for being so understanding!
Born 70’s, teenage years in 80’s winning everything, but the city was on its uppers.
Getting beaten out of sight by anybody decent in 90’s and early to mid 2010’s the city was a better place to live and work . The odd cup to give us hope, we rarely looked like winning the league but had the occasional flourish.
Then everything changed again in the Jurgen years, raised that hope to another level, and we actually won things fairly consistently. Despite the brilliance though, there was always Citeh to beat.
Not sure we’re paranoid but there’s a definite fear of the decades of success and failure, hopefully Arne can keep us at the top so that we can enjoy our twilight years.