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The question, I believe is void, because the new rules include transfer costs (I assume as amortisation, rather than fee paid all in one go). So if you buy a player for 50 mill and pay them 5 mill a year on a 5 year deal, their "hit" to your (new rules allowance) is 15 million per year, so you need (depending on the % figure in the rules, but say 70% of revenue is the allowance, to earn at least £21.4 million in revenue to make it "OK" within the new rules. I don't know whether their wage costs will include stuff like employer NI contributions and any employer pension contributions on top of their pay packet, or transfer tax, or various other costs like agents fees and so on.

Please could we return to the actual thread topic- the club crest/badge and identity, rather than beer (mmm, lovely beer), and gambling and sponsors - there are other threads for those. Ta Villans.

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No, I don’t think so. A sizeable minority, nationally, sure, and in safe Tory seats, maybe even a (local) majority, but absolutely no way a majority of the uk. Good description, mind.

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ITAR would still be an issue

Please stop using this thread for general FFP discussion. Use the general ffp thread Multiple Posts have been moved to there, but any more in the wrong thread and warnings will be given. Thanks.

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I hate to break this to you, but it’s the voters in Israel that prop up their governments, and up until very recently the unwavering support of US administrations. The UK couldn’t prop up the Isle of Man. I mean I’m the same as you in avoiding knowingly buying anything made or grown in Israel as my equally futile and pointless gesture, that mostly assuages what’s left of my conscience. Israel’s government gives not two **** what our opposition parties, or government say or do. Their population is furious about how the hostages haven’t been rescued, but generally are supportive of the actions being taken “against Hamas” (deliberate inverted commas) according to polls.

Move on, Rob

FFP doesn’t exist. It isn’t a thing. As per the club’s snarky reply to an FAB question. The Prem has PSR rules, UEFA has financial sustainability rules. The Prem’s rules are probably about to be changed (again) and adjusted for the current world or climate we operate in, the UEFA rules are (IMO) more about levelling up the playing field against the English model of letting states and Oligarchs own clubs and “dope” them financially, about cementing the current “big” clubs in their lucrative places. The UEFA rules to an extent are protectionist of “names”, the Prem rules are flawed but well intended.

I’m far from a Steve Bruce fan, but that’s unfair in the extreme. He tried hard, tried his best, including working when he had bereavements. He just wasn’t up to the job, unfortunately. I never thought he would be and was miffed we appointed him, but he worked extremely hard (and was well paid for that).

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Tune!

Get up, stand up Bailey on the right Get up, stand up He’s dynamite

He’s probably right. Man City win far more trophies then Liverpool, so there’s bound to be more meaning and feeling for the scousers. If someone like Villa, Newcastle, Everton… wins something, anything, it’ll mean more to the fans than City winning their Nth trophy in 5 years.

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It’s the days I feel sorry for. People fighting over “wimmins” day, men’s day, whatever, but who asked the days how they feel about having their name taken in some woke cause? Days should be respected for what they are. Nothing more, nothing less, just simple circadian cycles trying to make the best of things in an ever more fractured cultural world.

It closed down about a month ago. It’s not permanent, but it’s not not permanent either. Costs, rent, energy…unfortunately.

We give and have given significant military aid to Ukraine. The stuff we sell/sold to Israel and elsewhere not only couldn’t be “rerouted” to Ukraine, but even if it could, it’d be of little or no use to them. I get the sentiment, but the reality is not as you say it is. Ukraine needs howitzer shells, ammunition, fighter jets, air defence missiles and guns, Tanks, intel and etc. They’re burning through that stuff faster than it’s being provided, now. Particularly since the US has stopped providing anything. But that stuff, by and large, that’s not what we sold (under legally binding contracts) to other places, like Israel. And the value of the aid to Ukraine exceeds the cumulative 5 year period value you quoted for licenses of sales to Israel. There’s obviously a thread for Israel, if people want to talk about the horror story there, in Gaza, but for Ukraine, yes, western nations are far from “all in” to different degrees and as a consequence Ukraine is struggling and losing ground.

I’d love to see evidence of that. My understanding is the opposite. The uk is not a big supplier of things that go bang to Israel. It’s true that we make a part (rear fuselage) of the F-35 that the US sells/sold them, but in terms of provision of tanks, missiles, artillery, ammunition and training and support for military defence/ops my understanding is that we do next to nothing for Israel and a lot for Ukraine, comparatively.

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Oh. OK. Wasn't trying to do anything other than put across my take. But cool. Have a good one, Panto.