Daniel Levy - Chairman

[scaramanga]

So having taken on £637 million of debt directly to pay for the stadium it should've been fine to take on an extra £100 to £200 million of debt to overhaul the playing squad? Or alternatively taken on £800+ million of debt for the stadium (fine as it is a long life asset) and used the football club generated profits for player spending as we tended to do before embarking on the capital project?

Affordability and profit are two separate measures (over the short term).

The club could have easily borrowed a few £00M more if needed, I'm sure. On infrastructure projects that's an easy choice to make as they'll almost certainly make their money back (plus a return) over the period. I don't think there was a problem with affordability.

But eventually those books have to balance. We have to get value for our purchases and we can't just stockpile players who aren't good enough. We have to be sure the player's we're buying are right. After a period of rapid price inflation, player prices appear to have settled again - we can now go into the market a little more certain than we were at the time.

 

[Robspur12]

Portsmouth favourites...give over

They got extremely lucky that year. Fluked a win over United and the other big clubs fell surprisingly early. Other than Utd they didn’t play any other top flight team I think and beat a Championship club, Cardiff in the final.

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

They got extremely lucky that year. Fluked a win over United and the other big clubs fell surprisingly early. Other than Utd they didn’t play any other top flight team I think and beat a Championship club, Cardiff in the final.

Think we're talking about our loss to them in the 2010 semi

 

[Robspur12]

Think we're talking about our loss to them in the 2010 semi

Ah my bad.

 

[Bishop]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1225386707341709312

Boo hisssss.

Now we can go back to enjoying not completing the signing of players until we have played our first four matches of the season.

Great. [emoji52]

 

[elltrev]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1225386707341709312

Boo hisssss.

Now we can go back to enjoying not completing the signing of players until we have played our first four matches of the season.

Great. [emoji52]

What the fudge, why have they voted for that? Is it just so there isn't a discrepancy between selling and buying? If so, couldn't they have closed the window for outbound players before 1 September, or is that not in the league's control?

 

[Bishop]

What the fudge, why have they voted for that? Is it just so there isn't a discrepancy between selling and buying? If so, couldn't they have closed the window for outbound players before 1 September, or is that not in the league's control?

It's because the other European leagues haven't follow the PL's example. Good question on the 2nd part, I'm not sure. I imagine they probably can't.

 

[Spur of the moment]

brick.

But you cannot have a situation every year where you risk losing your best players and be unable to replace for half a season.

It's because the other European leagues haven't follow the PL's example. Good question on the 2nd part, I'm not sure. I imagine they probably can't.

Maybe to do with employment legislation, freedom of movement, etc.

 

[Lemonade Money]

What the fudge, why have they voted for that? Is it just so there isn't a discrepancy between selling and buying? If so, couldn't they have closed the window for outbound players before 1 September, or is that not in the league's control?

I guess they thought the advantage of not having to sell a player to a rival before the season starts, was outweighed by having a player nicked/unsettled by a club abroad without being able to replace. It will only work if Europe has the same deadline.

 

[AdamB]

I think thats a good move, though it would be better if all the leagues came together and agreed a common, earlier date roughly around mid-August when most leagues start

 

[parklane1]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1225386707341709312

Boo hisssss.

Now we can go back to enjoying not completing the signing of players until we have played our first four matches of the season.

Great. [emoji52]

And look forward to fans bitching for a further three weeks

 

[Lemonade Money]

And look forward to fans bitching for a further three weeks

Yet again another farce of a weekend bought to you by VAR.

Could not agree me, its a fudging joke and was always going to be.

What perfection.

Well one thing is obvious we do not need to wait for Xmas to see pantomimes, we have it every week with VAR. What a joke.

fudging joke again.

They are of course but not as big perfection as VAR is.

It gets a bigger VARse every week. Killing the game for match going fans.

Its been a fudge up since day one.

Can not really blame Jose for laughing, its perfection and its getting worse.

Inny meanny minny moo where VAR is concerned its a fudging joke.

 

[MKSpur]

I feel the league had no choice as it leaves everyone vulnerable to European teams unsettling players. Perhaps we should let our window run a week longer so we can do the same to them!

Although I’d prefer everyone’s work to be done and dusted before the league starts it’s less of an issue for us as it’s more likely we’d be doing the unsettling as we shouldn’t have anyone looking to go on strike to play for United any more.

 

[metalgear]

No one wants to leave

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[Spur of the moment]

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Yet apparently we underpay our players relative to the majority.

 

[DubaiSpur]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1225386707341709312

Boo hisssss.

Now we can go back to enjoying not completing the signing of players until we have played our first four matches of the season.

Great. [emoji52]

Levy's shed some bad habits lately - our January just concluded was a pleasant surprise for me, even if we could have done more.

I'm going to hope that he also sheds this stupid obsession with delaying signings by months until it's too late for them to have a pre-season.

 

[Baleforce]

Levy's shed some bad habits lately - our January just concluded was a pleasant surprise for me, even if we could have done more.

I'm going to hope that he also sheds this stupid obsession with delaying signings by months until it's too late for them to have a pre-season.

you really think that’s why he does it?

 

[Bedfordspurs]

Levy's shed some bad habits lately - our January just concluded was a pleasant surprise for me, even if we could have done more.

I'm going to hope that he also sheds this stupid obsession with delaying signings by months until it's too late for them to have a pre-season.

Have you noticed how many signings get done in the last three days of the window compared to the first 8 weeks .... it will never change as clubs don5 fully understand their buying and selling position until someone makes moves

 

[Finney Is Back]

Yet apparently we underpay our players relative to the majority.

Not to the majority but relative to the other top 6 clubs we do.

 

[parklane1]

Levy's shed some bad habits lately - our January just concluded was a pleasant surprise for me, even if we could have done more.

I'm going to hope that he also sheds this stupid obsession with delaying signings by months until it's too late for them to have a pre-season.

Sad fact is there are some fans who are never satisfied/happy. Ring any bells??