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  1. Impressive. Best I've managed in the past is £30 off a big expensive stadium ticket. If I'd held out with My Chemical Romance in Milton Keynes last year, I might have got a ticket sub-£30. Think my Twickets one was about £50-odd in the end.
  2. Unless they've found some kind of loophole, I feel like UEFA might interject about the relationship between PSG and Man United if they wind up being owned by the same mutual entity. Saying that, they let RB Leipzig and RB Salzburg both compete in the Europa League against one another, so maybe their rules on this are less strict that previously thought.
  3. This new format just basically looks like the clubs trying to kick UEFA out of the Champions League and Europa League combined, and it's hard to make the case that this will happen. Even moreso given a preliminary ruling by a justice working at the European Court of Justice had legal advice in favour of UEFA's position.
  4. Well it's quite the interesting story: New commuter trains for northern Spain too big for tunnels | The Corner Plus it reads like a harder thing to resolve than when the French rail operator ordered trains in 2014 that didn't fit into many regional stations due to being too wide and had to go on a diet (or be modified at great expense) to fit. Tbf if that happened here we'd probably end up getting a whopping fare increase to cover the costs of incorrect train design.
  5. Says a lot about how much this has escalated in recent years that this is cheap, but we are where we are. Saying that, the Hella Mega show w/ Green Day & Weezer that FOB did was about that price for standing at London Stadium. But then announced in 2019, so inflation is probably kicking in for the new announcements.
  6. Championship finances in general are messy tbf - QPR and Bournemouth also got done for FFP antics around the same time as Leicester's, Derby's financial shenanigans were a club that really pushed the limit until it could break no more, and there seem to be rumours all the time of clubs being on the limit of financial capabilities. It's kind of a surprise it hasn't all gone too far at that level in all honesty.
  7. One rumour suggests this... Almost like the stuff of a crazy Football Manager experiment. At the very least, such a move would certainly even more aggressive than Juventus' dip into Serie B in 2006 in the wake of Calciopoli.
  8. I mean, given that Trump was quoted on the record this year as saying he still trusted Putin over certain elements of the US intelligence services, it's not hard to imagine that if this happened while Trump was still President, the US may well have been less assertive. Indeed, if a Republican wins the Presidency in 2024 and this war is still going on, the same scenario might yet be in play, given how much certain GOP-friendly media personalities seem happy to parrot Kremlin talking points.
  9. Since the takeover? Not that I'm aware of - when the thing was signed off, it was mentioned Mike Ashley's frugal nature meant we had a lot of FFP wriggle room for signing players, but that the signings made in the first 2 windows with Saudi cash meant that we didn't have as much in Jan. I know that we may be limited in what we can do with commercial deals with companies tied in with our owners thanks to a 2021 rule change, as noted here: Premier League lifts temporary ban on owner-related sponsorship deals | Football News | Sky Sports. Not to say that there aren't any links - main one being the presence of a Saudi-based retailer called Noon as our sleeve sponsor - but I think the controls brought in because Man City's owners were running up substantial losses (£200m or so in 2010/11 at its most extreme) may stop us from going truly wild. Or at least a smidge more wild than the already overheated PL transfer market. It's certainly more modest than, say, the PiF's attempts to create its own golf super league, or rumours they had a $20bn bid to buy F1 from its current American owners rejected.
  10. Honestly, if you've already got tickets for the Iggy Pop and Blondie date at Crystal Palace and wanted to see Pulp, I'd recommend going elsewhere to London due to the simultaneous dates. Dog Day Afternoon to me just sounds like a brand name rather than it being a sign that they'll be done by half five.
  11. Presumably given Jamie T's supports have been announced, there's schedule space for one (maybe even two) extra acts and any such additional acts for Pulp might well be announced as coming along soon enough. How many, I'm less sure of. It does seem like it's not quite at the level of being a full-on 10 hour fest in the mould of when QOTSA did Finsbury in 2018. Much as I'm mainly just hoping for extra tickets or failing that striking lucky on Twickets.
  12. On a sort-of riff of that, the Premier League power is such that rumours abound that in the January window, Bournemouth were offering more in wages to Roma attacker Nicolo Zaniolo than AC Milan, the literal Italian champions and a side still in the Champions League. Which, I doubt in 2007 when Milan won what remains the most recent of their Champions League titles, I would have expected to be writing that. There is a very valid argument that the Premier League is now a European Super League - hell, I know a lot of people have concerns Newcastle and the new deep pockets we have will try to blow everyone out the water, but if anything, Chelsea have gone crazy on that front, while we also got out-spent by West Ham and spent about the same as Nottingham Forest. So, pfft, I dunno - you then start to stray away into the broader argument on whether the Premier League as a whole is bad for football rather than just the outrageous spending of some clubs, or indeed this new case.
  13. I mean we're re-litigating the past with this Man City case stretching back to 2009 but the call to re-litigate Wrexham's ascension to the English leagues in 1921 (to say nothing of Cardiff, Swansea and Newport also being in the English leagues) is another matter.
  14. Worse with him in charge is an odd predisposition imo - in the last season before Bielsa took the Leeds job, they finished in the Championship's bottom half, but MB got them 3rd, 1st, and then on the first try, a top half spot in the Premier League. I think he'd run out of road at the point when Bielsa sacked him, but that Leeds team under him last season would likely have won any hypothetical game against their 2017/18 side.
  15. As I said in my first reply, I was planning to see them support Frank Turner in Northampton, and that gig was last night. Wasn't sure what to expect but they did look like they were having a lot of fun, did make me laugh a few times and had some decent tunes. So, good booking. Frank was good too. Did note his rhythm section seemed beefed up - new drummer seems to hit the things harder and bass was higher in the mix than previous times, given I've seen him quite a few times. Still got the tunes though.
  16. That is pretty cool tbf. Shame it didn't quite go to plan this time around.
  17. Who even knows. The charge list being over 100 points long stretching back for more or less the entire Abu Dhabi ownership of Manchester City means this has to be analysed seriously. I would be surprised if the penalty handed is expulsion from the league, and one early article suggests it may not end up in the stripping of Premier League titles Manchester City have won since their 2008 takeover. I suspect it's going to be heavily litigated and analysed and it could take years for a verdict to be reached.
  18. It seems like the World Cup break came at a bad time for us, given that barring the first game back at Leicester, we've struggled for goals in Premier League games. I still think we can do it, not least given a defence as robust as ours has proven itself well as a tough nut to crack and we're still on an unbeaten run stretching back ages, but we are absolutely seeing our margin for error disappear and like you say, this is a brilliant chance to get in the Champions League club with Liverpool and Chelsea's problems.
  19. They were playing NFL or did I miss this? In all seriousness (Lampard-ism), I didn't think Marsch was that terrible, but ultimately it's a results business and they weren't getting them, with just a real problem at both ends. It's also not that surprising given Leeds showed that readiness to go all in when sacking Bielsa last season, so it's not a surprise to see it happen again. Probably says a lot about Liverpool and Chelsea's dodgy seasons that 2 of Leeds' 4 wins this season were in their meetings. Maybe Southampton might be next? Nathan Jones kinda went all in for saying "Everyone sucks but me" after their loss at Brentford at the weekend.
  20. Until this weekend I was thinking Everton, Southampton and one of Bournemouth or Leeds. It could yet come down to that, but Dyche's instant impact hints Everton may not be as abysmal as they were under Lampard, and might not even need new signings to crawl over the line. Though long way to go ofc. Indeed, still a lot of games yet, and Spurs closing the gap to 1 point does erode my confidence a little that Newcastle can keep them at bay, though beating them at SJP in April would help, as would Spurs being distracted by still being in the FA Cup and Champions League.
  21. Agreed. This was a golden chance to close the gap and they blew it, keeping the bizarre run going as to how they keep going to the Tottenham Stadium to fall flat on their face. Lost every visit without scoring - a run that Aston Villa have already bettered by winning there this season (let alone also doing so in 2021). It just all seems a bit strange how they have such a talented squad but never quite seem to be in perfect sync with Haaland, which should've made them untouchable.
  22. Oo I'm seeing Frank Turner in Northampton on Monday. Must make a note to go along early for their set.
  23. I know some were speculating about Florence and the Machine doing this - her UK tour finishes in Bournemouth on Monday. So maybe it'll come along soon enough. Her with St Vincent supporting is the one-two that would make me go "Damn the expense I'm in", if as much out of annoyance I missed the latter last year. Unless her Primavera dates are Euro exclusive or something.
  24. Well it's not going live until 2026, with Red Bull continuing their Honda partnership until then - something that has been pretty good tbf. There's a lot of competition coming along tbf. Audi's investment in Sauber is a huge move, their sister brand Porsche are still sniffing around, plus Andretti is still trying to break down the door despite F1 teams themselves not being that bothered, and others are also interested in the FIA's note to expand the field. Whether it's done with the current FIA leader given the current cloud of stink being kicked up around him is another matter.
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