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Looks like BT are dropping the FA Cup with rights returning to ITV and BBC from 2021 onwards. First time the whole competition will be free-to-air in over 30 years.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fa-c ... -3css5zlnb

Right, isn't this the stage in the season where we dig out our predictions and cackle at how wrong we were?

I think most of us were right with city winning it again.

Sean Cox’s brother criticises Manchester City over celebratory flight song

• Chant offensive to all football violence victims, says Martin Cox
• He accepts song on plane from Brighton is not about his brother

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... g-football

KK wrote:Looks like BT are dropping the FA Cup with rights returning to ITV and BBC from 2021 onwards. First time the whole competition will be free-to-air in over 30 years.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fa-c ... -3css5zlnb

All those adverts about not mugging off the cup look silly now from BT. Surprised Sky haven’t made a bid.

If they dropping the FA Cup it means they going all out for the champions league.

Saint of Killers wrote:
Sean Cox’s brother criticises Manchester City over celebratory flight song

• Chant offensive to all football violence victims, says Martin Cox
• He accepts song on plane from Brighton is not about his brother

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... g-football

Embarrassing stuff from City. For your celebration for winning the league to be singing about another club, mentioning fans getting attacked as part of the lyrics and then attempting to hand-wave it away with the logic that it's been a song sung all season as if that makes some of the content okay, it's just really poor.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/20 ... ine-going/

Interesting article on the finances of Barcelona. Apparently 80% of their revenue is on wages. Compare that to Man Utd who pay some of the biggest wages in the world whose wages cover 50% of the revenue.

They trying to get rid of Coutinho and Dembele. Don’t know why they signed Malcolm when they barely played him. Three signings they overpaid for after the Neymar fiasco. They just signed De Jong for £75m and probably will have to spend more for his mate at Ajax.

PES Fan wrote:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/05/15/antoine-griezmann-sold-barcelona-atletico-madrid-fine-going/

Interesting article on the finances of Barcelona. Apparently 80% of their revenue is on wages. Compare that to Man Utd who pay some of the biggest wages in the world whose wages cover 50% of the revenue.

They trying to get rid of Coutinho and Dembele. Don’t know why they signed Malcolm when they barely played him. Three signings they overpaid for after the Neymar fiasco. They just signed De Jong for £75m and probably will have to spend more for his mate at Ajax.

Why would Barca be after future Liverpool legend De Ligt?

Winckle wrote:
PES Fan wrote:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/05/15/antoine-griezmann-sold-barcelona-atletico-madrid-fine-going/

Interesting article on the finances of Barcelona. Apparently 80% of their revenue is on wages. Compare that to Man Utd who pay some of the biggest wages in the world whose wages cover 50% of the revenue.

They trying to get rid of Coutinho and Dembele. Don’t know why they signed Malcolm when they barely played him. Three signings they overpaid for after the Neymar fiasco. They just signed De Jong for £75m and probably will have to spend more for his mate at Ajax.

Why would Barca be after future Liverpool legend De Ligt?

Why would Liverpool need him when they have Gomez?

Depth.

Fabian Depth?

PES Fan wrote:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/05/15/antoine-griezmann-sold-barcelona-atletico-madrid-fine-going/

Interesting article on the finances of Barcelona. Apparently 80% of their revenue is on wages. Compare that to Man Utd who pay some of the biggest wages in the world whose wages cover 50% of the revenue.

They trying to get rid of Coutinho and Dembele. Don’t know why they signed Malcolm when they barely played him. Three signings they overpaid for after the Neymar fiasco. They just signed De Jong for £75m and probably will have to spend more for his mate at Ajax.

And they're about to drop €100m on Greizmann as well. Dont know how they manage it.

NickSCFC

PES Fan wrote:
KK wrote:Looks like BT are dropping the FA Cup with rights returning to ITV and BBC from 2021 onwards. First time the whole competition will be free-to-air in over 30 years.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fa-c ... -3css5zlnb

All those adverts about not mugging off the cup look silly now from BT. Surprised Sky haven’t made a bid.

If they dropping the FA Cup it means they going all out for the champions league.

I can see them ramping up their sports output considering they're rumoured to be losing the HBO and Disney/Fox contracts next year.

In the long term I see Sky as more of an ISP/mobile provider with Sky Sports being their main focus.

NickSCFC wrote:
PES Fan wrote:
KK wrote:Looks like BT are dropping the FA Cup with rights returning to ITV and BBC from 2021 onwards. First time the whole competition will be free-to-air in over 30 years.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fa-c ... -3css5zlnb

All those adverts about not mugging off the cup look silly now from BT. Surprised Sky haven’t made a bid.

If they dropping the FA Cup it means they going all out for the champions league.

I can see them ramping up their sports output considering they're rumoured to be losing the HBO and Disney/Fox contracts next year.

In the long term I see Sky as more of an ISP/mobile provider with Sky Sports being their main focus.

I'm guessing the FA cup just isn't that much of a draw to bother with. It's probably of more interest to fans of lower league clubs such as myself as it's the only time we get to face the top teams.

Barcelona is struggling for money? Really?

Massimiliano Allegri will leave his position as Juventus head coach at the end of the season, the Serie A club have announced.

Allegri to Barca, perhaps? I'd be amazed if Valverde survives the summer.

Allegri to Brighton please.

Pulis to Juve???

twitter.com/JPark7/status/1129118939546554386

Full list below:

Some of those names :datass:

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