You sound like Alan Shearer on MOTD there MDS - be careful! The Dudley Dynamo doesn't guarantee PL survival - nobody does (except maybe Tony Pulis), but he does guarantee mostly deadly dull football.

I think the fans would put up with his route one stuff it it were effective - but it very rarely is. Allardici was found out years ago. Worse still, we are never going to attract any decent players with this oaf in charge

Actually, I think the Bongo Brothers aren't stupid. Short-sighted and stingy, definitely, but not daft. They are well aware of fan discontent, which is reaching dangerously high levels (the joy of mashing the Spuds three times in a season doesn't really make up for the total lack of entertainment at home and away this past season) - if season ticket renewals plummet (as I suspect they might do with the prospect of another season of Hippo Head's anti-football) and the Dildo Twins are looking at an Olympic Stadium full of empty seats, then that's as dire a prospect as relegation.

I can't believe that I got home from football just after 6 o'clock - weird 

Thank you Citeh - the alternative was frankly horrendous - and now you have won more Premiership titles than Blackburn 

Eeeek! Wouldn't want to sound like AS. He played for Soton, for goodness sake.

I agree about the two owners. You don't get that rich from humble beginnings by being stupid.  Good point about the season ticket sales. While the move to the Olympic Stadium must make commercial sense I suspect it won't have anything like the intimate atmosphere of Upton Park.  

MDS

If you were Captain sensible you would buy a S/T at Southampton !!!!!!

Mista H

Cheaper 25 miles east, and a better atmosphere. 

Clearly an eternal optimist...

Actually being down in the lower divisions was not so bad. Big fish, small pond, modern stadium, and a new owner who had money, unlike the lot twenty five miles along the coast to the east who ended up with the only Oil Sheik who didn't appear to own an oil well!!

At times we wre scoring for fun (another game,  another goal from Rickie), fortyfive thousand of us at Wemberley where we thrashed some team or other, then back-to-back promotions.......all for less than twenty quid a game with my S/T. They were fun times. Then we got promotion to the Prem, the prices more than doubled overnight (and there were less games). I had a choice - S/T at SMS or an Olive system.......I chose the Olive.

Blimey. Didn't know Eastleigh had got to Wembley?! 

Sholing - yesterday

And another bit of silverware arrives in Hampshire's "City of  Football"..........

Talking of which, full credit to Man U fans for creating the atmosphere at SMS yesterday in their 1-1 with Saints. Sensing a 'goodbye' to Adam and Luke, and maybe MoPo, Saints' fans seemed quiet.

Hopefully Saints will be able to buy players of the same VFM as Dejan Lovren with the Lallana/ Shaw profits, and finish even higher next season.

Chris

Yes, let's hope they don't waste their bounty like the Spuds did...

This years premier League using only English players.

Congratulations to Man City!  At the end of a long season, I think that the team with the best overall talent won the EPL. But funny how this doesn't seem to translate to the Champions League. Any thoughts on why that is?

The team with second highest level of talent finished third in the EPL. Chelsea did well to advance to the Champions League semi's, but the loss at home to AM was such a buzz kill! I doubt fans are happy with their two third-place finishes.

Liverpool fans will be sulking for a while -- it is hard coming so close, and then blowing it.  But their goal this year was top 4, and they achieved it. This will help a lot in terms of off-season signings. They are young and fast, and they look to be a top-4 squad for the foreseeable.

I see this same three-way race next year, and the off-season moves could be fascinating to watch!

Also, as quickly as they fell, Man United could be right back in it next year. They have the money, and the determination.  They only need a manager (Pep perhaps?)...and some players. :-)  But something tells me they have a better shot at returning to the Champions League the following year than any of the next three...

Personally, I don't see much to separate Arsenal, Everton and Tottenham. I think the Europa League experience will benefit the latter two, while another early exit from the Champions League awaits Arsenal. Unless, again, there are major off-season changes.

Possession is over-rated. Look at how Real Madrid handled Bayern with lightening fast counter-attacks. I also love the fast strike football that Liverpool plays, and it was the main reason I chose to root for them this past season. I'll also root for Real Madrid on May 24th -- it is fun supporting teams that make football a beautiful game.

Once we get to June, I think we should start a World Cup thread. Once the US and UK are eliminated, I plan to support to the home squad. Viva Seleção Brasileira!

ATB.

Hook

You're welcome  - sore throat today though

If Liverpool had been offered runners-up at the start of the season I think the club and fans would have taken it. They've done very well with a squad that lacks depth. Apart from 'the biter', I think Sturridge and Henderson have done well for them, and I was one of those who thought LFC had spent well over the odds in buying Henderson. After a mediocre start, the board have been rewarded by sticking with the manager, too. A lesson there for a few other clubs.

Next season will be interesting. Man City could well show even more swagger now that they have the confidence of two titles in three years. LFC should be there but the squad needs strengthening (papers say they already in for Soton's Lallana). Arsenal will flatter to deceive, and Spurs more so. Chelsea will be there as the Special One has consistently said that this was a transitional season.  It would be nice to see Everton push on with the wonderful Martinez in charge but not sure they can afford to buy the additional quality players.  Man U? Gosh, who knows? If Van Gaal is allowed to splash the cash only an idiot would write-off the Red Devils.  

I'm looking forward to the 14/15 season already. Just the minor distraction of the World Cup first, a topic probably worthy of a separate thread.   

With Tim Sherwood gone at Spurs, Saints' MoPo is apparently joint favourite to replace him. No! Here's hoping the other guy gets it.

Chris

Taken from the FFC website today......at least our Captain in honest.

Mista H

“Looking back, we had a chance to survive,” said Brede. “After the wins over Villa and Norwich we were confident. But over the season as a whole, we were far from good enough. With a bit of luck we might have saved ourselves from relegation but we probably deserved to go down.

Nuff said:

One for Kevin.

Very clever, funny and with more than a hint of realism. 

PLAYER WAGES WHAT THEY EARN

I have just done a google search that applies i think to ALL clubs

i typed in the following........Fulham football club player wages

try typing in your club !!

Mista h

I typed in West Ham and it just come back with ......TO MUCH 

Latest figures I could find were from 2009

£153,000

Fulham Team Squad 2013-2014 Players Salaries & Contracts

AUGUST 22, 2013 BY SAMEER ARSHAD1 COMMENT

FULHAM FINANCE 2012-13	Money
Ownership	Recently Bought By Shahid Khan (Pakistan)
Turnover	£79m (up from £76m in 2011)
Gate Reciepts	£11m
TV Rights Money	£51m
Commercial & Sponsorships	£12m
Wage Bill 2012-13	£62m (up from £58m in 2011)

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Fulham Players Salary List 2013-2014

• Martin Jol Yearly Salary – £1 Million

SN	PLAYER	AGE	YEARLY WAGE	CONTRTACT REMAINING
1	Maarten Stekelenburg	30	£1.2 million	2017
13	David Stockdale	27	£588,000	2015
38	Neil Etheridge	23		2014
4	Philippe Senderos	28		2014
5	Brede Hangeland	32	£3.1 million	2015
18	Aaron Hughes	33		2014
35	Fernando Amorebieta	28	£1.8 million	2017
3	John Arne Riise	32	£800,000	2014
17	Matthew Briggs	22	£602,400	2014
27	Sascha Riether	30		2016
23	Derek Boateng	30	£2.4 million	2015
7	Steve Sidwell	30		2014
14	Georgios Karagounis	36		2014
28	Scott Parker	32	£3.64 million	2016
16	Damien Duff	34	£2.34 million	2014
24	Ashkan Dejagah	27		2015
11	Alexander Kacaniklic	22		2014
15	Kieran Richardson	28	£1.3 million	2015
21	Kerim Frei	19		2015
8	Pajtim Kasami	21	£1.9 Million	2015
19	Adel Taarabt*	24	£2.6 million	2014
10	Bryan Ruiz	28	£1.3 million	2015
9	Dimitar Berbatov	32	£5.2 million	2014
20	Hugo Rodallega	28	£3.9 million	2015
29	Marcello Trotta	20		2015
39	Darren Bent*	29	£3.36 million	2014

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Fulham was recently bought by Pakistani Businessman from USA Shahid Khan. We have posted the full first team squad of Fulham while the salaries details are derived from other big magazines Like The sunday times, Francefootball, Forbes and goal.com so the accuracy of salary details can not be 100% right. But thats the best we could find after researching extensive database of European football

 

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