Premier League 2022/23

[Hobo]

Chelsea, managed by a star player from their 2000s team while performing like their mid 90s teams.

Its a nostalgia overload.

[DavidMarrio]

[stokeriño]

1 hour ago, Hobo said:

Chelsea, managed by a star player from their 2000s team while performing like their mid 90s teams.

Its a nostalgia overload.

How's this for nostalgia: we're on course to finish the season with fewer than 40 league goals, which is a throwback to... [checks notes] 1924 and no other year.

[Tigerstyle]

But with all those wingers, there’s so many crosses in to the box, right?

[Colly]

Needs more 10s.

[Baddar]

Can't argue with 2-0 at HT. Doesn't tell the whole story but definitely piling on the misery.

[Colly]

We've massively laboured ours but it's over now.

He types as Wilson scores a screamer.

[Twist]

8 minutes ago, Colly said:

We've massively laboured ours but it's over now.

He types as Wilson scores a screamer.

That was a wild few minutes. Don’t have BT but refreshed the live feed after a minutes and it’s 4-1.

Was the Everton goal as absurd as the write up made it seem?

[DavidMarrio]

Newcastle trolling Everton bringing on Gordon

[Lineker]

Bournemouth saved by VAR.

[Colly]

14 minutes ago, Twist said:

Was the Everton goal as absurd as the write up made it seem?

Just straight in from the corner, should have defended it.

[DavidMarrio]

That dribble by Isak though. I know it's Everton but I don't think you'll see a better bit of individual play this season 

[Colly]

He's pretty good.

[Baddar]

Knew we wouldn't win once Bruno hit the bar at 2-1.

[DavidMarrio]

Reminded me very much of the Salah goal against City the other season. Was really hoping he'd score.

[Lineker]

We actually showed a little bit of backbone. Holy shit.

[Lineker]

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The Football Association has floated an innovative plan that would allow Premier League and lower-league clubs to sign more overseas players in exchange for providing greater time on the pitch for English talent.

Since Brexit, all signings from abroad are subject to the FA’s Governing Body Endorsement (GBE), which means players get a visa only if they have played at the highest level or are expected to make a significant contribution to the game.

Under the FA’s proposals Premier League and Championship clubs would be able to sign four overseas players without a GBE, as long as the club gave 35% of total playing minutes to English players the previous season. Depending on the percentage of minutes played by English talent the number of signings would drop to three (30-35%), two (25-30%) or one (20-25%).

The same rules would apply to the Championship, while clubs in Leagues One and Two could bring in a maximum of two players under the proposed new rules, which would have to be approved by the home office.

An FA spokesperson said: “We’ve worked hard to find a solution to this issue which helps the clubs and also supports young English talent. We are now in a consultation with the clubs on a new model which would give clubs access to a broader range of talent in limited quantities and would also support opportunities for English talent.”

Paul Barber, Brighton and Hove Albion’s chief executive, said Premier League clubs were at a “big disadvantage” under the current rules compared with their European rivals.

“There is an inherent conflict that exists between the FA as the GBE provider which wants to protect the interests of the national team and what us as a Premier League club would ideally want, which is the easiest access to talent around the world,” he said.

“We are not convinced that having wider access to talent is to the detriment of the national team. But we also recognise that we have a responsibility to bring through young English players and the amount of money we spend on our academies shows that we have no sign of letting up on that.”

He added: “We feel we are putting ourselves at the moment at a disadvantage – a big disadvantage in some cases – with some of our rivals in Europe and they are able to access talent at a far lower level, develop it and sell it on to us at far higher prices.

“Our argument is we would much rather have access to that talent at the lower prices and we could then spend the money that we save to invest further in English football and the development of our academies.”

 

[Naitch]

Does the proposal itself not demonstrate that the restriction is arbitrary?

[Dang117]

Taking off Eriksen and bringing on Fred changed also bringing on Martial didn't help. Gave the ball away too cheaply and switched off at the back. Still in a relatively strong position for 4th place but United really need to finish opponents off. Fair play to Spurs know they looked like a completely different team second half 

[Lineker]

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The protracted Manchester United takeover saga should move a step closer to resolution over the next 24 hours with bidders being told to submit their third and best offer for the club by 10pm BST on Friday.

The expectation is that the Glazer family – with the help of the Raine Group, the banking firm charged with brokering the sale – will then choose a preferred bidder next week.

However there remains no guarantee that the Glazers will relinquish control. If their asking price of £6bn is not met they could decide to stay and raise funds by selling a minority stake to a US hedge fund.

Although there remains some scepticism of the Glazers’ motives, and frustrations with the drawn-out nature of the process, for the third round of bidding interested parties have had to submit a significant level of extra paperwork. That has led to cautious optimism that, if the price is right, any sale could go through quickly and that the new owners could be in place for the summer transfer window.

There remain only two publicly declared offers for control of the club since it came on to the market last November. Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani’s Qatari consortium has bid for 100% of the club while Jim Ratcliffe’s petro-chemicals company Ineos is looking for a controlling stake of just more than 50%, which would leave 20% in possession of Avram and Joel, two of the six Glazer siblings. A third option for the Glazers would be to retain the club but sell a minority stake – a decision that would appal United’s fanbase.

Sheikh Jassim, the chairman of the Qatari bank QIB and son of a former prime minister of Qatar, has the biggest pockets. He has promised to “return the club to its former glories both on and off the pitch” by investing in the team, training centre, stadium and wider infrastructure.

Ratcliffe, who was born in Failsworth in Greater Manchester, has repeatedly stressed his deep links with the club he supported as a boy. The 70-year-old billionaire, whose sporting portfolio includes the Ligue 1 club Nice and the Ineos cycling team, has promised to be “a British custodian for the club” and to “put the Manchester back into Manchester United”.