World Soccer Magazine published a fascinating table at the bottom of an article on the respective financial might of Chelsea and Manchester City yesterday, detailing player spend and sales for current English Premier League clubs over the last 10 seasons.
Liverpool have an average net spend of £18.1m as they chase former glories while Manchester United, who stole Liverpool’s place at the top of the English pile, had only a marginally higher net spend of £18.6m.
Fifth on the list is Aston Villa, largely on the back of an attempt to take over the world during Martin O’Neill’s reign, spending a net average of £11.1m.
Most fascinating of all is that 11 of the 20 have a net average spend of less than £4m per season. They spend big, but apart from the odd team spending some foreign country’s mineral wealth, they also sell big.
Bottom of the table of net biggest spenders in Everton, who sold £7.8m of talent more than they bought during the period. Newcastle United are also in a surplus, thanks in part to their recently departed director of football, Joe Kinnear, who completed his service without spending a penny.
Crystal Palace clearly have an eye for a bargain. They successfully negotiated a return to the Premier League, and then bought Joe Ledley as his Celtic contract ran down, with an average net spend of £722k.
The Silk from a Sow’s Ear prize has to go to Arsenal. The last decade has not been generous to Arsenal, however, their average net spend is only £1.5m per season having sold £277m worth of talent. Their business model is not right, i.e. they have not been able to compete with those who don’t seem to care if they break even, but they, more than any other club in Europe*, are primed for the Financial Fair Play era.
*apart from Celtic, of course.
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M Laudrup sacked at Swansea. Bizarre epl.
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Curry… hmmm,
I could eat a clatty clout in a good sauce.
If you haven’t tried Callos – Spanish – tripe with chickpeas, jeez it’s paradise. And I don’t like tripe, which is where the clatty clout comes in
That BP guy looks like he’s borrowed Trump’s wig.
MickTT
22:18 on
I saw a mention of that in our parish newsletter but forgot to look for it when I was at mass, wonder if it’s still doing the rounds.
TET, Big Nan
I thought the non-virgin olive oil – i.e. the later pressings – was ok to cook with as it had a higher boiling point?
BringBackDrippinCSC
Doc
I am.
HH
West o Ireland. Once again. That others don’t want independence doesn’t make me disagree as ammeter of course. Huns and other people who don’t want independence have different reasons for our conclusions.
You might like salt n vinegar crisps and some people in the OO might like salt n viniger crisps. Should I demand you should give up salt n viniger crips for fear you are colluding with the Hun?
micktt
I can’t see any significant shift in Catholic teaching – nor should there be, morals don’t change with time imo.
What I can see is less preaching and more understanding, see Pope Francis’ recent comments about not judging homosexuals for instance.
Micktt – because it’s a vote winner in marginal constituencies for now… The most talented politicians in Scotland are SNP…, they are populists from a tiny gene pool bigoted by nature.., don’t trust them.
Modern Britain is actually quite cosmopolitan and democratic
thedonegaldancer 22:18 on 4 February, 2014
“You may well be right… But my view is their principal motives are negative – anti us rather than pro anything”
It’s not that I am particularly pro-independence or anti-independence. I don’t live in Scotland anymore, but it is my observation from having lived there and from when I go back.
Most of the sectarian bigots tend to be draped in Union flags and buy into that ideology.
They are definitely not pro-independence. They love their Queen, and that love comes from the situation regarding the position of Catholics in the Monarchy. No other reason.
I just read that last post again… “the later pressings”… wot have I become
my ould granny would’ve booted me in the nads for that
leave the olive oils move on to your local rapeseeds
JQB
The heat extracted oil is fine to cook with, the real virgin oil, isn’t.
BTW, real virgin oil is cloudy, with lots of sediment, but you would know that anyways, they have to refine it to make it palatable to the
” consumer ”
HH
some shots of dishes at Abac -not taken by me:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=8451082@N07&q=abac
http://m.wikihow.com/Choose-Olive-Oil
Choosing olive oils
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CRC
TET
the source of all contentment is a dode o bried… everything goes with it, olive oil, stew, curry, Scarlett Jonansenn
Steinreignedsupreme
An independent Scotland will retain the monarchy…….
wdh
Mess on a plate >}
HH
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I feel a list coming on!
Popeye Quick News.
Gordon J,
You miss the point again. Parliaments make the laws where they govern. It has nothing to do with democracy: Henry’s parliament wasn’t democratic – nor did its declaration that he was head of the church make him so.
I didn’t mention the Church’s views on marriage & I don’t know why you’ve dragged them into the discussion.
A few weeks ago I asked who the new Fulham manager was, I had never heard of him before, looks like I won’t be hearing too much about him again then.
HH
Celticrollercoaster supports the Dambhoys
22:38 on 4 February, 2014
Donati
I’ve found something that would make even a Sevco fan thank their lucky stars…
Fulham’s next 8 games…
Man Utd v Fulham Sun 9 Feb 16:00
Fulham v Liverpool Wed 12 Feb 20:00
West Brom v Fulham Sat 22 Feb 15:00
Fulham v Chelsea Sat 1 Mar 15:00
Cardiff v Fulham Sat 8 Mar 15:00
Fulham v Newcastle Sat 15 Mar 15:00
Man City v Fulham Sat 22 Mar 15:00
Fulham v Everton Sun 30 Mar 13:30
BIG-CUP-WINNERS 22:40 on 4 February, 2014
“An independent Scotland will retain the monarchy.”
I’m sure it will.
The discussion was more about the people who are openly anti-Catholic. And their love of the Union flag, the British military and the Royal family.
I, equally, cannot believe the number of posters who cannot get it.
If it was just as simple as saying, I am for removing the yolk of British rule from Ireland or S. Africa, therefore I must be for Scottish Independence.
No matter how many times you are told that our situation here has nothing to do with oppression and invasion, you still claim to not get it.
I am not sure that is the best line to advance if you want to convince us that you are ready to govern those of us who feel differently.
When our fathers and forefathers came here or to England or Wales, they did not en masse join the SNP or Plaid Cymru or the Cornish Independence movement. Why would men who had so recently won their own independence not naturally ally with a native Independence movement?
But they did not. They recognised that they had more in common with a working man in Cardiff, Newcastle, Birmingham or Truro than they did with a Tory from Banff.
I understand the motives and reasoning of (mostly) younger Celtic men who have reconciled themselves to Scottish Independence as an aim and I do not consider them enemies or traitors. But I do have a strong sense that these emotions are not reciprocated towards me by the McGlashans in their movement.
Doc
I am giving ACGR a bunch of stuff to give to Brogan for the CQ10 thing, either for auction or raffle, sadly I won’t be there.
A wee swap possibly ???????
Anyways, I got in 1st >}
HH
What with all this religious chat, here is a wee article i was looking at earlier today,
seems there may be changes ahead.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/catholic-survey-shows-deep-frustration-within-the-church-a-946069.html
Sleep now, golf with the master of Carnoustie in the morning, a wee drive to get there, so need the beauty sleep.
Take care and god bless Timland
HH
KTF
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CRC
TET, you were second:-) email already in.
All are equal, neither fear nor favour:-)
I’m sure if demand it high there we will look to supply it.
eddieinkirkmichael
“you are not about to compere the treatment of african Americans with the Irish Catholics in Scotland are you? ”
Not at all. The point was that a Constitution did not help protect people from abuse. I was directly countering your original proposition. It is not the law but the quality of men who administer it that will determine our safety.
Frank Mulholland is not as bad as Judge Roger Taney but he is still not an admirable man nor worthy of administering the law in a mature state or country.
I’m 47
I’ve seen
The Black & White Minstrels on the TV, Love Thy Neighbour, It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, Mind Your Language, Are you being served.
I’ve seen them pass.
Things can change. Things Do Change.
I used to watch ITV news at Ten show South African Policemen fire shotguns indiscriminately into a crowd of Black women and men – and it wasn’t initially portrayed as a bad thing…
Things can change. Things do change.
CRC, yer too late, done it already! Hehehe.
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TET-I put a fiver on Fulham boss @ 16/1 yesterday to be next EPL manager to leave…..Laudrup beat him to the punch but won’t be long.
I won’t hear a word against the Royle family. Jim and barbara are a grand couple.
Anthony’s a good lad too.