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Joao Pedro to Chelsea


I'm not sure he's worth the expense for Chelsea. Is he significantly better than what they've got already? He's 24 years old and averaged 1 goal every 3 games at Brighton in the PL. Surely there's better value out there for 50-60m? I don't see him as a player that's going to pull up trees at a Champions League side.
 
Was hoping the mags would buy him if anything just because he got engaged to a 15 year old and it would somewhat shut the inevitable Adam Johnson crack up for a while.
 
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Boz33 said:
Money shuffling for psr reasons, mags show a £65m profit, forest show a £20m profit
In fairness looks like forest have had a cracking deal, effectively getting rid of a duff keeper and gaining Anderson 😁
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Both got a good deal in fairness. Newcastle got out of a PSR hole. Forest got a very good player. Thing is he wasn’t likely to play every week at Newcastle. Having done so at Forest he looks well worth what they paid.
Also Newcastle got good money for the lad sold to Brighton. Of the two I think Forest got the better player.
 
Biffo The Bear said:
Both got a good deal in fairness. Newcastle got out of a PSR hole. Forest got a very good player. Thing is he wasn’t likely to play every week at Newcastle. Having done so at Forest he looks well worth what they paid.
Also Newcastle got good money for the lad sold to Brighton. Of the two I think Forest got the better player.
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Not sure anyones getting good deals overall with prices going thru the roof for all players.
Hate the fact most clubs are having to spend to their absolute max and then pull accountancy black magic just to compete when these are the times.

clubs should be setting up for generations securing the future of teams lower in the pyramid, building amenities, lowering ticket prices and expanding operations massively into their communities but with ever increasing fees and wages inflated to the point of paying a kings ransom clubs are no better off than they were in previous times, and match going fans are forever seeing ticket price increases which will eventually price out a lot of fans
 
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Boz33 said:
Not sure anyones getting good deals overall with prices going thru the roof for all players.
Hate the fact most clubs are having to spend to their absolute max and then pull accountancy black magic just to compete when these are the times.

clubs should be setting up for generations securing the future of teams lower in the pyramid, building amenities, lowering ticket prices and expanding operations massively into their communities but with ever increasing fees and wages inflated to the point of paying a kings ransom clubs are no better off than they were in previous times, and match going fans are forever seeing ticket price increases which will eventually price out a lot of fans
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Ticket prices are daft and will just continue to get worse.
Just look at what they were charging for the group phases of the Club World Cup!
Had to slash some to get folk in which, if you have paid $200 in advance, is not fair.
Fuck knows what ticket prices for the actual WC are going to be like.
Atmospheres in most Premier League stadia have, for some time now, been poor at best. Is it a coincidence that, as ticket prices increase, the atmosphere gets worse?
Ordinary Match going fans are, at a lot of clubs, being systematically ‘phased out’. That will also just get worse. When the stadium is full at, for example, an average price of £100 a seat you can guarantee next season it will be £120, then £140. Average Joe can’t afford that….. oh dear, never mind. Tourist Tom will actually pay £200 to sit there. It will eventually hit a ceiling. Horse racing been taking their punters for granted, for years. They paying the price now with attendances plummeting, even at Cheltenham and The Derby.
 
Biffo The Bear said:
Ticket prices are daft and will just continue to get worse.
Just look at what they were charging for the group phases of the Club World Cup!
Had to slash some to get folk in which, if you have paid $200 in advance, is not fair.
Fuck knows what ticket prices for the actual WC are going to be like.
Atmospheres in most Premier League stadia have, for some time now, been poor at best. Is it a coincidence that, as ticket prices increase, the atmosphere gets worse?
Ordinary Match going fans are, at a lot of clubs, being systematically ‘phased out’. That will also just get worse. When the stadium is full at, for example, an average price of £100 a seat you can guarantee next season it will be £120, then £140. Average Joe can’t afford that….. oh dear, never mind. Tourist Tom will actually pay £200 to sit there. It will eventually hit a ceiling. Horse racing been taking their punters for granted, for years. They paying the price now with attendances plummeting, even at Cheltenham and The Derby.
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Yep no need for it at all especially in the prem,but as long as fees and wages keep spiralling its a race to just keep bumping prices.
Ive no qualms with clubs charging a premium for corporate and hospitality packages if people want that little bit extra when they go to matches.

But if everyone agreed to reduce prices for the rest of the ground it would at least guarentee the next generations can attend.
What we will see over time is more and more clubs reducing concessions like man u have done so you lose out on kids being able to attend.
No qualms with aligning pensioners with adult prices as they all have a few quid extra, but keep the prices sensible or it will as you say eventually bite clubs on the arse
 
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