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  1. I think we might have been a bit "blinkered" by the fact that BK8 reputedly offered double what anyone else did - so I think I would be surprised if these kind of clauses were added (especially as we knew that the deal was constrained to a set timeframe due to the forthcoming ban).
  2. To add to this - I think we also need to factor in the fact that we're effectively now part-owned by Comcast. They are going to have access to a lot more companies (either those that they directly own or those that they have existing relationships with in the sports marketing / media world) that can justify the size of sponsorship that will get us closer to the numbers that our rivals are getting. They'll have existing deals in the US that they can use to prove market value - as well as using the numbers from other teams in the top 7 or 8 of the PL (and hopefully in the CL). For example (and I'm not sure that this would be allowed due to potential conflict of interest) Sky being a front of shirt sponsor would easily be able to justify trebling or quadrupling what BK8 are currently paying. If you look at how much they spend on football in the UK and in Europe any sponsorship deal with us would be minute in comparison to the overall total. So it would be incredibly difficult for anyone to say that they were not paying a fair market price if the deal was significantly higher than our current BK8 deal. And of course theoretically a part of any such sponsorship would effectively be "free" as far as Comcast is considered because they'd be partly sponsoring their own investment (which would also grow in value as I suspect the "value" of Villa as a business entity will increase if we have a big front of shirt sponsor with a long-term lucrative deal. If Sky is disallowed due to a conflict of interest then there are multiple other Comcast companies / subsidiaries / existing partners / clients that would still retain a pretty strong justification for a large investment in the European market.
  3. I suspect that the reason the Adidas deal hasn't been officially announced is down to some clause in the deal to terminate / buy ourselves out of the Castore contract. Castore will be keen to extract as much as they can out of the limited time remaining. I think it is pretty clear that the deal has been done due to the number of "unofficial" reports through the media and the fact that a certain poster on here redacted himself from further discussions on the nature of the deal. Therefore, I think it is 99% certain that Adidas are already working on / have finalised our kit designs / started manufacture for next season. As serious players in this market and the pretty much confirmed "fact" that we are in their "elite" category - I suspect we'll hear all about our new kits very early after the contract starts.
  4. I never thought that there was much atmosphere at Upton Park either. Always felt like the away end was a lot noisier and the majority of the home noise was just Representatives for North East Somerset near the away end asking you to meet them in the car park outside.
  5. No. I think the only mitigation would be that the defender is trying to bring his arms back into his body - rather than them going outwards. However, I would say that there are considerably more issues with that decision than with the decisions to rule out either of West Ham's goals. Yet it didn't even get mentioned by the BBC or in the other "independent" match reports I read. I do think that the media aren't helping on this -I think the BBC headline was something like "West Ham denied winner by VAR". If you only read the headline then it implies that VAR has made a mistake - when clearly VAR eventually got to the right decision. I still don't understand why they were checking for handball. Soucek clearly pulls Konsa back by his shirt - impeding his ability to clear the ball and then wraps his other arm over Konsa's shoulder to wrestle him back further. Both of those were more than sufficient for a free-kick to be awarded before it even got to whether there was a handball or a potential offside.
  6. Think that is Zaniolo's second PL goal and both have gained us a point. Those two points could be vital come the end of the season.
  7. Nah - he knew the man had beaten him. He was going for a tactical yellow all day long. It looked worse than he intended but he has no intent to win the ball.
  8. Disagree. First half we played the tactics and were good. Second half both left sided defenders were caught too far forward leaving us exposed. Second goal was just plain stupid.
  9. I love Konsa but he's at fault for both goals.
  10. Their best defender going off. Hopefully we can exploit that side of the pitch now.
  11. Interesting take. I thought Luiz was pretty good given that basically the central midfield is flooded with both teams determined not to lose that battle.
  12. Yeah neither were penalties - but both times their player touched the ball almost by accident. So encouraging signs that when we run into the box then their guys are trying to put a foot in - they only need to miss once...
  13. Two teams who are good at exploiting space in behind the defence. I think we're doing the right thing but making sure we don't leave gaps at the back.
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