Middlesbrough (6 Viewers)

[Jamesimus]

Good team, keep the ball so well, technically very good.

They will be upset this evening and that's fair enough, but a decent set of fans and Carrick has been great for them.

 

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[Martin180]

Will be promoted next season automatically for me

 

[Evo1883]

Good side , better fans than Sunderland, louder too

 

[CovInEssex]

Will be promoted next season automatically for me

Not so sure. Lot of quality coming down.

 

[hill83]

Load of cocky dickheads talking about how they’ve already booked tickets for Wembley. Bit quiet now.

What a fucking day.

 

[fatso]

They fought so hard, I hope their fans are proud of them. If they can keep that squad together they'll be up next season.

 

[covboy9]

Car Rick a great coach but no plan B

 

[hill83]

They have cute little red flags I guess. And they had fun watching twist and shout for 10 minutes so can always look at the positives

Embarrassing that was

 

[larry_david]

Enola gay wankers

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Their fans very complimentary about us, wishing us well in the final, and not at all bitter about our victory. Shown a bit of class imo.

 

[hill83]

They’re fans very complimentary about us, wishing us well in the final, and not at all bitter about our victory. Shown a bit of class imo.

Yeah that’s true tbf. Shook a few hands after and had some good lucks

 

[skyblu3sk]

I don't think anyone can say they aren't a good side with a tactical manager, good luck next season!

 

[higgs]

Good fans good luck to them next season

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[David O'Day]

Embarrassing that was

Hope they were left in the stands like the county t-shirts

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[DownUnderDingo]

Not so sure. Lot of quality coming down.

Defo. 3 massive clubs coming down with an extra 70 mill more than us

 

[David O'Day]

Defo. 3 massive clubs coming down with an extra 70 mill more than us

2 and 1 who need to spend their parachute payments servicing a massive loan

 

[SkyblueDad]

Defo. 3 massive clubs coming down with an extra 70 mill more than us

You mean like Norwich and Watford last year

 

[SeaSeeEffCee]

You mean like Norwich and Watford last year

An anomaly.

 

[SkyblueDad]

I watched a number of Leeds games towards the end of the season and they were useless, full of overrated and probably highly paid players. Don’t fear them in the slightest. Leicester could be tough but for some reason their owner has pulled the finance strings very tight can’t work out what’s happening there, Southampton lot of young players think they could be challengers.

 

[clint van damme]

An anomaly.

Watford was not an anomaly, its a mess of a club.

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Defo. 3 massive clubs coming down with an extra 70 mill more than us

Just one place up for grabs then, 6th place.

 

[robbiekeane]

I watched a number of Leeds games towards the end of the season and they were useless, full of overrated and probably highly paid players. Don’t fear them in the slightest. Leicester could be tough but for some reason their owner has pulled the finance strings very tight can’t work out what’s happening there, Southampton lot of young players think they could be challengers.

For some reason like being the owners of a duty free shop empire during a global pandemic

 

[SeaSeeEffCee]

Watford was not an anomaly, its a mess of a club.

I meant it's an anomaly to have two of the relegated teams shit the bed as much as Norwich and Watford have this season. Southampton, Leicester and Leeds will all make £50m+ in sales mininum (could even see Leicester and Southampton both clearing £100m once Ward-Prowse, Lavia, Maddison, Barnes etc. are all gone) added on top of their parachute payments. Would take some massive fuck ups for them to not all be challenging for autos next year.

 

[clint van damme]

I meant it's an anomaly to have two of the relegated teams shit the bed as much as Norwich and Watford have this season. Southampton, Leicester and Leeds will all make £50m+ in sales mininum (could even see Leicester and Southampton both clearing £100m once Ward-Prowse, Lavia, Maddison, Barnes etc. are all gone) added on top of their parachute payments. Would take some massive fuck ups for them to not all be challenging for autos next year.

My moneys on Southampton.
I don't think all is well at the wrong end of the M69.

 

[theferret]

I meant it's an anomaly to have two of the relegated teams shit the bed as much as Norwich and Watford have this season. Southampton, Leicester and Leeds will all make £50m+ in sales mininum (could even see Leicester and Southampton both clearing £100m once Ward-Prowse, Lavia, Maddison, Barnes etc. are all gone) added on top of their parachute payments. Would take some massive fuck ups for them to not all be challenging for autos next year.

Yep, Leicester can raise £100m from the sale of their major assets quite easily, could make serious reductions to their wage bill, would still have a strong squad and a comparatively large budget.

I'm not sure they're quite as much in the shit as people are making out.

 

[SeaSeeEffCee]

Yep, Leicester can raise £100m from the sale of their major assets quite easily, could make serious reductions to their wage bill, would still have a strong squad and a comparatively large budget.

I'm not sure they're quite as much in the shit as people are making out.

People were saying the same about Burnley last season and see how that worked out.

 

[David O'Day]

Yep, Leicester can raise £100m from the sale of their major assets quite easily, could make serious reductions to their wage bill, would still have a strong squad and a comparatively large budget.

I'm not sure they're quite as much in the shit as people are making out.

they took out a stupid loan secured by future tv money, now that has been reduced it could mean they have to use the parachute money to service this

plus the rest of their 300 million in debt

 

[alexccfc99]

Yep, Leicester can raise £100m from the sale of their major assets quite easily, could make serious reductions to their wage bill, would still have a strong squad and a comparatively large budget.

I'm not sure they're quite as much in the shit as people are making out.

£100m is a stretch, hardly in a position to be able to drive a hard bargain are they

Maddison and Barnes will raise a fair bit of money, Tielemans is off on a free and is anyone else even that good?

 

[Evo1883]

People were saying the same about Burnley last season and see how that worked out.

Don't think Dean Smith is the right man though , been shite last couppe jobs after villa

 

[alexccfc99]

Don't think Dean Smith is the right man though , been shite last couppe jobs after villa

He was pretty tactically unaware at Villa to be honest, carried by an outstanding player in Jack Grealish

 

[SeaSeeEffCee]

Don't think Dean Smith is the right man though , been shite last couppe jobs after villa

I imagine they'll get rid of him and get someone else in. Done a dreadful job.

 

[skyblueelephant76]

they took out a stupid loan secured by future tv money, now that has been reduced it could mean they have to use the parachute money to service this

plus the rest of their 300 million in debt

Leicester had to pay £19m a quarter in interest on that loan last year and also had a wage bill of £180 with income of £214m.

Their income will drop to £70m which won't even cover the loan payments so they have massive work to do.

They have players like Ricardo Pereira who is on £100k a week, under contract until 2026 and has averaged 12 games a season for the last three years.

 

[fatso]

Leicester had to pay £19m a quarter in interest on that loan last year and also had a wage bill of £180 with income of £214m.

Their income will drop to £70m which won't even cover the loan payments so they have massive work to do.

They have players like Ricardo Pereira who is on £100k a week, under contract until 2026 and has averaged 12 games a season for the last three years.

I can see them going into free fall, it's going to be very tough to stay afloat and still abide by ffp rules.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

I can see them going into free fall, it's going to be very tough to stay afloat and still abide by ffp rules.

Can we change the song before the FA Cup final to Abide With FFP?

 

[fatso]

I watched a number of Leeds games towards the end of the season and they were useless, full of overrated and probably highly paid players. Don’t fear them in the slightest. Leicester could be tough but for some reason their owner has pulled the finance strings very tight can’t work out what’s happening there, Southampton lot of young players think they could be challengers.

He may be richest guy in sports ownership, but the owner doesn't want to see his inheritance pissed up the wall apparently.

He clearly has more sense than his dad.