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Every time I type that in it says "did you mean Julian Gray?"

I think MR was/is also hoping to get a few more off the books, either permanently (ie Brown, Bosma, Hickman) and a few on loan (Maycock, Allassani etc) to free up some wage capacity. As that hasn't happened (yet) I guess his hands are a bit tied at the moment. It may also be his other main...

A family member of mine was a season ticket holder for 30 years. But rarely knew any of the new signings or youngsters. And often got the players on the pitch wrong or mixed up (no, it's not Clive). I'd go to many half a dozen matches a season and could tell you way more about the players, how...

If it happened before a game was played it'd be fine, as it'd be the same for everyone. But then so would be just having a league table of 44 or 42 games. Once games have been played it isn't fair because of goal difference etc. The only fair thing to do is just act like the games played didn't...

That's sort of the point I was making - he's still very young and being fast tracked towards the first team ahead of Brown at this point in time when he needs to develop both physically and tactically doesn't seem like the best course of action to me. I'm not saying he doesn't have potential or...

I have noticed since I stopped doing Dream Team and Fantasy Football stuff how much less attention I'm paying towards the PL.

I thought it might be but wasn't sure. It didn't seem to fit your usual stance in the politics discussions.

The other point I want to make is that it should even out the competition within the PL, because all the players in that league would be on roughly the same basic wage and so playing time becomes a more important factor. A squad player at Chelsea would be better off financially becoming a...

I'm not the first person to use it recently. It's a good word though.

I agree, which is why I said it would work better with squad caps. We do need to see the end of the PL monopoly, but if the market fell out of it too quickly you'd see clubs fail and many players would also be massively affected because of a lifestyle they lead based on that money and I could...

One thing that I think may come into the PL in terms of broadcasting (though not necessarily a good thing) is all games will be available via a stream and the broadcasting revenue will be split depending on the viewing figures of each fixture. This would be to placate the big clubs wanting to...

I agree with you that the Sky (and BT) money creating such a massive divide between PL and FLC is a massive problem, but how can you stop someone who wants to pay silly money for broadcasting rights? Are they supposed to turn it down? That's not going to go down well with clubs, turning down...

But the MLS does have salary capping. If anything the designated player can cause huge problems because they earn so much more than everyone else. It's not a good way to foster team spirit IMO. Plus the MLS runs a franchise system - the league holds the 'share' and they can give it to someone...

I guess you're talking about parachute payments etc. Personally I'd remove them because as you say it gives an unfair advantage to those clubs that have just been relegated, but they're there because clubs will have signed players on big long contracts that are unsustainable without PL TV...

It's not though is it. It's a meritocracy. Better players earn more because they play in a higher league and get more game time. It's both a fair system and one that protects clubs, which are community assets as well as businesses, from either fickle billionnaire owners using them as playthings...

Apart from a few I think the vast majority of our fans if in their situation would see that it was a load of kids clearly not yet ready for that level forced to play and that by doing so they're partly responsible for keeping the club going in terms of fulfilling fixtures. Apart from adge...

Yeah I'd have thought the fans would give the youngsters a lot of leeway and be supportive of them during the game. Before and after there could be protests aimed at the board/administrator/the guy who's blocked the sale etc. But I'd really be amazed if they set on the youngsters even if we were...

I think the result is expunged and we lose the three points if they're kicked out, but don't take that as gospel.

I've thought about this before and it can be done without salary capping. My proposal would work better with squad caps, but it's not entirely necessary. You take the fixed/guaranteed revenue from TV/sponsors etc and every member of the squad gets a 'basic wage' from the FPP percentage of that...

Only been to Bolton once - we won 5-1 I think with Dublin and Huckerby. Really liked the design of the stadium - it was one of the first of the 'new' bowl-style stadiums built.