Recent content by The Fish

The clubs voted for these rules because the prior rules were worse. You're conflating voting in favour of something, with actually wanting that thing. All it takes is a step back to realise who benefits most from the current rules. It's not the "little" clubs, it's not the midtable clubs, it's...

Ask Aston Villa fans. Ask Everton, or Forest. Then tell me these concerns are restricted to fans of clubs who're stuck with a foreign state owning their club.

I'm guessing you're a little older? But the new breed of Brentford fans will see where you are now as the new groundfloor. The newer fans will grow frustrated by the limits put on you.

Yeah, all clubs can recruit shrewdly, can have succession plans in place, coach well and improve players, but until the rules change all of that serves simply as an affordable scouting department for the entrenched elite. They definitely deserve massive sanctions. I think the ripples of this...

Nice.

I'm old enough to remember financially and emotionally invested owners. I remember with great fondness those times. But I'm old enough to know that owners aren't permanent.

Aye that's fair and I'm honestly not looking to rally Brentford fans to my cause or owt. I just think what's important from all of this is that Man City are guilty and should be punished, but the rules are bullshit. Like, say Brentford continue to grow and have genuine ambitions to...

No, I misspelt " There should be Debt-Linked Anchoring rules put in place so that clubs can be free to speculate, but protected from recklessness. Clubs shouldn't be allowed to operate with huge non-capex debt. The rules shouldn't premiumise the selling of academy graduates. 5x the revenue of...

Few things there to unpack. You say we could be title challengers in one paragraph, then concede the current rules entrench existing hierarchies in the next. It can't be both. I don't know which transfer decisions you see as daft, but I'd wager it's buying Wissa, Woltemade and Elanga? All 3 of...

I've not read the thread, so forgive me if I'm repeating anything, or re-opening stuff that's been done to death. The consensus among the Newcastle fans I've talked to about this are; the rules are protectionist bullshit, and Man City should be punished severely for breaking them, and the rules...

<-- Big ol' Newcastle Fan

Howe is a big ol' fibber when it comes to injuries generally buuuuut Bruno wouldn't miss a game he didn't have to. Gordon is a big fan of Gordon, so he might be fit, he might be saving himself for the Qarabag game. I've no confidence for this game because we're bereft of confidence in front of...

Imagine you're a wolf. All year long you've been gobbling up piggies like nobody's business. Suddenly they're building straw houses. Ok, bit of a change of tactic then, lets get huffing and puffing. Bit more work, but you've got that piggy. Now they're building stick houses. Ok, not ideal...

Woltemade, we've paid for potential. The guy has an unbelievable touch and once he gerts accustomed to the speed and physicality of the league, he'll grow into a really good striker. You can see the instincts and the intelligence is there, it's just about getting him and the team singing off the...

I mean, that's a VERY negative slant on what's going on and unsurprising as Liew has always been critical of the club (even before the blood money takeover). But the summation (fans are effectively powerless and "Those with the greatest interest ultimately have the smallest stake") is spot on...