romavillan Posted May 25, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 25, 2019 5 hours ago, VillaJ100 said: It really is the money game. Most valuable game in world sport? Most valuable in world football I'd have thought, world sport I don't know but hard to think of another team sport with a 1 game minimum £170m jackpot, stay up one year and it's closer to min £300m isn't it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Just now, romavillan said: Most valuable in world football I'd have thought, world sport I don't know but hard to think of another team sport with a 1 game minimum £170m jackpot, stay up one year and it's closer to min £300m isn't it? I think so. The USA sports could potentially be more but most of them don't have relegation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 11 minutes ago, romavillan said: Most valuable in world football I'd have thought, world sport I don't know but hard to think of another team sport with a 1 game minimum £170m jackpot, stay up one year and it's closer to min £300m isn't it? Yeah it's something like £175 million for winning on Monday and then at least £95 million if that team manage the bare minimum of a 17th place finish next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted May 25, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 25, 2019 18 minutes ago, romavillan said: Most valuable in world football I'd have thought, world sport I don't know but hard to think of another team sport with a 1 game minimum £170m jackpot, stay up one year and it's closer to min £300m isn't it? I think if you go up and finish bottom of the PL and it’s £170m (does that include parachute payments of going back down?) so finishing above that would likely net more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dont_do_it_doug. Posted May 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 25, 2019 8 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: I think if you go up and finish bottom of the PL and it’s £170m (does that include parachute payments of going back down?) so finishing above that would likely net more. Yes. The additional £95m is for another year in the Premier League following that, regardless of finish. Anyway, I hate the way it has been billed as a money game. Drags the romance out of it. It is about far more than that, for me. Getting back to 'the show', keeping hold of our talismanic captain. And it's about the victory itself, the grind of the season coming to a crescendo. Turning this sinking ship around, winning the championship war. We will never have a better chance than this. A one off game, as rightful favourites. Let's go grasp it with two hands. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 For me the best thing about going up will be having a chance of keeping the core of the team intact. Losing Axel, Grealish, Tammy and Mings will feel like starting all over again. I guess Norwich managed it buts it’s hard to take. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 We'll be fine whatever happens. We'll progress no matter what happens. Still, let's take the chance now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 (edited) Given the way the game is going there isn't much hope of us winning much in the future. I have a feeling this might just end up being the best game and season of my lifetime. Edited May 26, 2019 by Keyblade 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teale's 'tache Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 This weekend is lasting forever! I just hope we keep our heads, don't panic if we go behind, and play the way we know we can. I trust the staff to get the preparations right, the players will need to turn up, handle the pressure and execute the game plan. It's won't be easy, Derby are in good form and have their tails up after the Leeds result, they will enjoy being the underdogs and being written off, it's easy motivation for them. I believe we are good enough and brave enough. We can do this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 26, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2019 11 hours ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: Yes. The additional £95m is for another year in the Premier League following that, regardless of finish. Anyway, I hate the way it has been billed as a money game. Drags the romance out of it. It is about far more than that, for me. Getting back to 'the show', keeping hold of our talismanic captain. And it's about the victory itself, the grind of the season coming to a crescendo. Turning this sinking ship around, winning the championship war. We will never have a better chance than this. A one off game, as rightful favourites. Let's go grasp it with two hands. Hear, hear. And, to do our part, let's turn Wembley into the Holte End. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Just to get a scope of the money involved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted May 26, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2019 12 hours ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: Yes. The additional £95m is for another year in the Premier League following that, regardless of finish. Anyway, I hate the way it has been billed as a money game. Drags the romance out of it. It is about far more than that, for me. Getting back to 'the show', keeping hold of our talismanic captain. And it's about the victory itself, the grind of the season coming to a crescendo. Turning this sinking ship around, winning the championship war. We will never have a better chance than this. A one off game, as rightful favourites. Let's go grasp it with two hands. All very true, and very well put... it’s not done my nerves any good though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintpotvilla Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 8 hours ago, Keyblade said: Given the way the game is going there isn't much hope of us winning much in the future. I have a feeling this might just end up being the best game and season of my lifetime. I used to go home and away in the Third Division thinking "What have we come to?" 10 Years later we won the European Cup!! Anything can happen in sport! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 26, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2019 9 minutes ago, pintpotvilla said: I used to go home and away in the Third Division thinking "What have we come to?" 10 Years later we won the European Cup!! Anything can happen in sport! This. If you want cheering up, go back and have a look at page one of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 I don't subscribe to this notion of never getting a better chance, like we're some mickey mouse club rarely at the top of the Championship. We're not even used to being as low as the second tier, never mind at the top end. Ok, say we don't win tomorrow (we will of course). We could conceivably put an automatic promotion team together next season. Yeah we might have to sell Jack and reinvest the money into recruitment but its not the end of the world. We're getting the structure right for the future. It doesn't depend on what happens tomorrow. That said, winning tomorrow is the ideal scenario. So that's what we'll do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 The Championship play off final: two teams fighting it it out for the right to battle against relegation in the Premier League next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 4 minutes ago, Morley_crosses_to_Withe said: The Championship play off final: two teams fighting it it out for the right to battle against relegation in the Premier League next season. And oh how nice it will be for the winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 8 hours ago, Keyblade said: Given the way the game is going there isn't much hope of us winning much in the future. I have a feeling this might just end up being the best game and season of my lifetime. Pretty uch seeing it like this too. But who knows given enough time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 26, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2019 1 minute ago, Morley_crosses_to_Withe said: The Championship play off final: two teams fighting it it out for the right to battle against relegation in the Premier League next season. Maybe it's just my C&B bias, but even though Derby have an equal chance of winning tomorrow, I feel we'd do better than them in the Premier League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 26, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2019 On 26/05/2018 at 20:06, pacbuddies said: In before da lock. No you weren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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