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They've won back to back league titles and qualified for the champions league 2 years running - last year they won both domestic trophies. I think they've done just fine out of the deal. Everyone has, including us.

Doug has said multiple times that if a deal makes sense there's money to invest. This particular player looks like a profile that is very likely to return a good profit - hence we made a bid. I don't think it's the case that there's a finite budget (apart from the cap which is set by the...

I think that's what it is, too. If Dovin takes longer to return or struggles we still need a top drawer keeper, we know Wilson & Collins aren't at the level. If Dovin comes back and can challenge for his place, then Rushworth looks like someone who will turn a profit if needed.

I'm just enjoying following his career at this point and I doubted he would work so well at Sporting and he proved that wrong. One thing that I think is hard for statisticians to measure or spot is his mentality - he's clearly so ambitious and determined, that should never really be an issue for...

This is so obviously fake - didn't say "Join the journey" once or "in the arena". And we all know he spells it Ciddy.

It is here but you'll need a VPN via France to watch (it's geo-locked):

And what about when the game starts?

Some more details here from the accounts in the year they acquired: https://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/frasers-group-accounts-confirm-cbs-area-purchase-price-revenue-losses.158884/ If you're bored you can probably look at the property sections of the accounts since then to kind of work out...

Do you mean Fraser's Group? They publish results here: Frasers But the Arena is just a tiny part of the group's overall operation and they have no obligation to detail specifically how the Arena operation is doing. You will find some details under "property" of the most recent HY25 report for...

We'll swim and dry, we'll swim and dry in these towels. Opportunity missed.

Here's the scores on the doors: ⬆️ North 5,168 of 5,271 - 98% tickets sold or unavailable ➡️ East 9,370 of 9,487 - 99% tickets sold or unavailable ⬇️ South 2,496 of 2,496 - 100% tickets sold or unavailable ⬅️ West 2,174 of 2,193 - 99% tickets sold or unavailable 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Family 3,039 of 3,179 -...

Today's dot counters and nerds scores on the doors reflect roughly that published total: ⬆️ North 3,996 of 5,271 - 76% tickets sold or unavailable ➡️ East 8,470 of 9,487 - 89% tickets sold or unavailable ⬇️ South 2,106 of 2,496 - 84% tickets sold or unavailable ⬅️ West 2,016 of 2,193 - 92%...

I fixed it a bit - I was wrongly including blocks W4 and W5 which are not available presumably for the away fan safety buffer zone stuff. I also wasn't including the Balcony & Mahou lounge things even though they're not selling much. And this is still not fully accurate because if you take the...

I can't resist - I should note I haven't sense checked or updated the logic in any way - so if we've reallocated or altered the way the blocks work, this could be wrong: EDIT - I fixed this a bit - W4 and W5 were not properly designated as "unavailable": ➜ ~ python3 ~/Desktop/seats.py...

I think it becomes a bit of a game of chicken, this is sort of Sporting's model and Benfica's too. They likely actively want to sell Gyok despite the pain it will cause, so if Gyok really is focused on a Premiership team with Champion's League, it's going to be drawn out and ugly unless they...

Turns out moles wet the bed too? Come on everyone, it's summer and you're BORED. Get over yourselves.

That is utter bollocks 1 year into a 5 year contract at Galatasaray and cost 18M EUR 🤣

Bit of a chequered past but great stats all across the board.

Ha yes, exactly! You sort of have to expect this even though it's unpleasant. Every 1M off the sale price increases the size of the contract for Viktor & his agent, and lowers the total cost for the buying club. It's just negotiation. It's a shame it has to happen like this in public because...

Slightly poorly translated comment from the President of Sporting CP, Frederico Varandas: Further quotes: Basically, they're saying the agent / media is talking bollocks about them reneging about the release clause. Seems pretty reasonable - they're saying they won't insist on the release...