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vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011
Sheffield on track to obliterate Derby's record

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vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011
when will be st. totteringham's day this year, i wonder

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011
Post-Brexit guidelines are out:

quote:

The FA, the Premier League and EFL have come together to agree a plan for entry requirements for overseas players post Brexit.

Football’s Governing Body Endorsement (GBE) proposal was submitted to the Government last month by the FA, as the governing body for football, and has now been approved by The Home Office.

The criteria will provide the framework for Premier League and EFL clubs to sign overseas players when the UK leaves the European Union (EU) after 31 December 2020.

Post Brexit, clubs will not be able to sign players freely from the EU. Players from EU countries who want to play in the Premier League or EFL will be required to gain a GBE, like all other overseas players without the right to work in the UK.

The GBE will operate a points-based system, where points are scored for senior and talented young players based on:
• Senior and youth international appearances
• Quality of the selling club, based on the league they are in, league position and progression in continental competition
• Club appearances, based on domestic league and continental competition minutes

Players accumulating the requisite amount of points will earn a GBE automatically, while players just below the threshold may be considered for a GBE by an Exceptions Panel.

The system meets the joint objectives of the Premier League, EFL and the FA allowing access to the best players and future talent for clubs, as well as safeguarding England teams, by ensuring opportunities for homegrown players.

In the Premier League, the number of overseas U21 players a club can sign will be limited to three in the January transfer window and six per season moving forwards. This enables the recruitment of the best players from around the world to train and play together with homegrown talent. Under FIFA’s rules, the UK’s exit from the EU will also mean that clubs will not be able to sign players from overseas until they are 18.

The leading football bodies have also agreed to work together to continue to improve the player pathway system.

The Women’s game has also had their GBE proposal approved by the Home Office. This will also operate a points-based system, where points are scored on:

• Senior international appearances
• Quality of the selling club, based on the league they are in and former league position
• Club appearances, based on domestic league and continental competition minutes

The agreement is in accordance with the Government’s required criteria and will come into effect when the UK leaves the European Union, in the new year. It will be implemented in the January 2021 transfer window and reviewed in full ahead of the summer 2021 transfer window.

Mark Bullingham, our chief executive officer, said: “Despite having different starting perspectives on how Brexit should impact football, this is another example of how the football authorities can work effectively together for the greater good of the game.

"We have a strong working relationship with both the Premier League and EFL and will monitor this new agreement together to ensure it evolves to best meet our joint objectives over time. We will also discuss improvements to the player pathway for the mutual benefit of football clubs and homegrown talent in this country.”

Richard Masters, the Premier League’s chief executive, added: “The Premier League has worked with the FA to come to an agreement to ensure no part of Brexit should damage the success of the Premier League, or the prospects of the England teams. We welcome the news that the Home Office has approved the Governing Body Endorsement plan for the January 2021 transfer window.

“Continuing to be able to recruit the best players will see the Premier League remain competitive and compelling and the solution will complement our player development philosophy of the best foreign talent alongside the best homegrown players. Following the January transfer window, we look forward to reviewing the agreement with the FA.”

EFL Chief Executive, David Baldwin, said: “The EFL has contributed to the discussions with our colleagues across football as the game prepares for the UK’s exit from the EU, and it is helpful to be able to provide clarity for EFL Clubs by having an established position to a long-standing issue ahead of the January transfer window, albeit in the short term.

“The objective of the EFL throughout this process has been to ensure EFL Clubs continue to have the opportunity to sign players from overseas to enhance the quality of their playing squads, while recognising the need for restrictions, and we will continue to assess the application of these rules and consider the long-term implications early in 2021.”

The necessary documents for players, coaches, assistant coaches, performance managers and directors of football can be seen below.

https://www.thefa.com/news/2020/dec/01/gbe-points-based-system-launched-011220

if you follow the link you can read very long PDFs with the specific points you get for being a poo poo clogger from a team relegated from the Romanian third division

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011
Watching all those Liverpool fans singing YNWA in person really gave me chills, and then it gave me a dry cough and loss of taste and smell

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011
idk why but I kind of get the feeling that Mo is riding a wave at Spurs where their best players are giving it one last go at winning a trophy there before moving on, like I remember a recent interview with Kane where he said something along the lines of "yeah I love Spurs but I want to win trophies and if I can't do that here I'll do it somewhere else". In comes master trophy-winner Mourinho and he's telling them "here's how we can win trophies" and has managed to rally Spurs' core players around that. I think there's likely to be a collapse after this season one way or another, either because he alienates everybody or because they don't end up winning anything and then Kane and Son want to leave.

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011

The Perfect Element posted:

Is Spain even a draw for top players anymore? Both the El clasico clubs are on the ebb, and other than atletico there aren't really any other viable options.

Gotta be Germany, maybe Italy, or another English club. Or PSG if they feel like really selling out.

Barcelona and Madrid both still offer enormous prestige, huge wages, and nice weather, even if Madrid might not win 4/5 Champions Leagues like they did a few years ago

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011

lmao nice

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011
hit him with the standardized 3-game ban and move on imo, it was racist but not in the same league as Suarez either in terms of what he said, how he said it, or his behaviour afterwards

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011

Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:

The argument from Bruce, and the other clubs without big financial means, is that having 5 subs favors teams with a big squad. When you can replace half your starting team it definitely favors rich teams.

On the other hand, having fewer subs means more injuries in this messed up season, which also favours big teams because they have better players to replace injured starters.

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011
let me just put it this way, the wear and tear on footballers this season is so bad that James Milner got injured.

5 subs would have been an objectively good thing for the health of everyone involved

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011

this owns Mane owns

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011
Ozil assisted Gunnersaurus in not being homeless, he's clearly still got it

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011

blue footed boobie posted:

The amount of absolute crap Arsenal have signed over the past five years or so is pretty incredible. Since 14/15, they've flogged money on:

Calum Chambers (€20m)
Danny Welbeck (€20m)
The first Gabriel (€15m)
Matty Debuchy (€15m)
Granit Xhaka (€45m)
Mustafi (€31m)
Asano (€4m)
Mhkitaryan (swap)
Mavrapanos (€2m)
Kolasinac (free but with crazy wages)
Torreira (€29m)
Sokratis (€16m)
Denis Suarez (€2.5m loan fee)
Saliba (€30m)
Luiz (€9m)
Mari (€8m)
Willian (free but with crazy wages)

That's almost €250m

Can you really blame Ozil's assists for declining over the last five years? He went from making passes to Giroud and Good Alexis Sanchez to making passes to Welbeck and Mkhitaryan.

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011
Also Rogers's management really, really didn't work without the league's best strike pairing up front. We scored 101 goals but we also conceded 50, and even against lower-ranked teams some of our wins were defensively dire, like 4-3 vs. Swansea, 6-3 vs. Cardiff, 5-3 vs. Stoke, and that's not even mentioning the 3-3 draws against Everton and Palace, the second of which crushed our title hopes once and for all. We only came so close that season because Suarez scored 31 and Sturridge scored 21, and they were the league's #1 and #2 goal scorers. Mignolet was our starting goalkeeper and Aly Cissokho started 12 games in the league, to give you some sense of what the defence was like. Then Suarez left, Sturridge broke, and we went from 101 goals in 13-14 to 52 in 14-15, but still conceded 48. In hindsight it seems pretty apparent imo that Rogers never actually had a handle on the situation, he just got really lucky with Suarez coming into the best form of his life.

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011
Jesus and Walker got Covid

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011
so like all of Manchester City Football Club has been quarantined because they are now a plague club, they aren't playing matches or training and the entire club facilities have been closed until further notice

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011

CyberPingu posted:

They should be penalised with 3-0 losses for every game this season. Ones already played included.

it's only fair

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011

wooger posted:

What even are the rules on postponement vs just carrying on with a few players missing?

one article I read said that you can only ask for a postponement if you have fewer than 14 players fit to play, so maybe City are claiming that their entire squad might have been infected and they couldn't field 14 players without potentially infecting Everton players

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vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011
Spurs-Fulham is postponed due to Covid in the Fulham squad

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