Madmax

The next ten : 1. Bread is eaten by us everyday 2. A letter was received by them yesterday. 3. This work will be done by them tomorrow. 4. Many trees are planted by pupils every autumn. 5. Hockey is played by sportsmen in the winter. 6. Your luggage will be brought to your room by the porter. 7. The key can be left by them with the clerk downstairs. 8. They will be met by her in the hall upstairs. 9. The house is protected by a marble pavillion. 10. She was shown the way by a boy.

It's the Zeman philosophy.

Punjabi slang for someone who loves his sister.

Ben De Teke. (Indians and Pakistanis here will get this).

Reducing amortization.

Aren't you supposed to be in Costa Rica?

Ooh I hate that skinhead. What a strike though.

Does too. 18 month deal with an option to disengage in June if both parties feel so.

Getting Falcao in Jan is a big if imo.

What app is that?

Will there really be a clean slate under a new manager in July? Benitez has an 18 month deal, for one. There's nothing to suggest Torres will leave before his contract expires. We'll have one, if not two more strikers signed by then. I'm not convinced scoring goals at West Brom is going to convince the Chelsea hierarchy (Sturridge at Bolton is a case in point). What they need to see is him scoring goals here from Jan onwards and show up the donkey Torres for what he is.

Hope we recall in Jan.

Spurs, City, Everton, West Brom all dropping points currently.

Ridiculous. Your hate for him is well documented but have the decency to not make up quotes. Here is stuff he has actually said over the past year :

Chelsea have never been a team that depends on it's strikers for goals. Key : GS = Goals Scored GSBS = Goals Scored By Strikers GSBS% = Goals Scored by Strikers as a % of total goals scored (courtesy http://www.eplindex.com/17534/team-relies-strikers-stats-comparison.htmlhttp://www.eplindex.com/17534/team-relies-strikers-stats-comparison.html) Let's get this straight - the way Chelsea play, they do not depend on their strikers, be it Drogba, Torres or Anelka for the burden of goalscoring. It is a burden that's shared evenly throughout the team, in fact our goal scoring sources are more evenly spread than any other team in the league; and it's not like we've done badly during that time, scoring the second highest goals during the last 4 seasons. With guys like Mata, Hazard, Moses, Ramires, Oscar, Lampard (not to forget our traditional strong suit - defenders from set pieces), that's not going to be a problem any time soon. What is a problem though, is us playing with 10 guys whenever Torres decides to go missing, which is in every game. What we need is not so much a pure finisher like Falcao or Higuain but someone who has a more rounded game and is able to contribute meaningfully to our style even when he's not banging in goals. This is my reasoning for not wanting to splash all that money on a brilliant albeit limited player like Falcao. It is much better spent strengthening our multiple weak spots, namely a competent alternative to Torres, a midfield presence and a quality passer in that band. I say it again - Lewandowski would be a dream; he ticks all the boxes.

No, just fighting boredom at work. That's right, I got around your firewalls bwahaha

"Our quotes were taken out of context" - The Mayans.

Interesting, but then that's Drogba's belief in destiny helping out, not destiny itself.

Nah of course I respect that. I don't believe in that though and so my view is different.

Exactly, fuck the destiny talk. Chelsea won because Chelsea wanted it the most.

European Cup/Champs League + UEFA Cup/Europa League + Cup Winners' Cup. Super Cup is not considered 'major'.

Nah it's all cool, no offence taken. This is just a football board lol. I think what you will find with FFP is that something like Abramovich or Mansour will not happen again, in that no gazillionaire will be able to just turn up and completely alter a club's financial landscape. No more sugar daddies. Existing ones wouldn't need to worry all that much; just show that there is a positive trend in the aim of breaking even. You don't even have to earn profits, just don't make losses.

Me too, simple enough unlike this year's stash horror.

Don't try and teach me mate, I'm currently doing my PG in accountancy. (Not trying to be rude ...) The first year FFP comes into picture is 13-14 but 11-12 and 12-13 shall serve as monitoring periods where they'll need to show a positive trend in this regard. While it's true City's losses have nearly halved from 2011, they need to convince UEFA they are actively trying to reduce their losses and operate within their means by displaying a 'positive trend' in that regard, so obviously it depends on what they do this year. The owner needs to finance the excess loss (97-36=61m). As you correctly point out, certain costs incurred on stadium development, training and youth training infrastructure, community development etc shall not count under FFP but reliable sources say City's losses won't reduce much under FFP because of this. It is also true they've increased their commercial revenue significantly, but the Etihad deal has a large hand in that and UEFA reps have confirmed they'll be looking into the matter. The value of the deal above 'market price' or arm's length price shall be deducted, if a flaw is found. City are definitely the ones in the worst position among the English sides but I highly doubt they'll attract any sanctions, there are too many ways around the provisions. Indeed, UEFA themselves appear not overtly keen on imposing those sanctions as is evident by the leeways they've provided.

PSG are clear, they just signed a sponsorship deal with some Qatari guys worth 120mn Euro per season .. City have massive work to do though, just posted a 97m £ loss.