I thought that might be the case as Europe appears to have completely drained them. Good to see they are obeying the rules as it will be interesting to see what will happen to one or two other clubs after the Everton ten pointer!
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Thereās a certain anount of intentional spin around this. Donāt believe that Newcastle are simplistically taking some kind of higher ground here. Whatās actually going on is a mix of stuff you choose to see and stuff you choose to not see.
So, from pre-takeover there has been lots of intentional noise around the need to comply with FFP. Some of that was to get the deal through and some of that to temper expectations around being one of the so-called richest clubs in the world. Eminently sensible but really about skirting around the issues other clubs have had when being purchased by nation states intent on sports-washing.
Subsequently itās been all about publicly making the right noises whilst knowing that youāre busy building your revenue base. Again, fantastically sensible. The sort of thing my club have been doing on a much smaller scale. Grow the international brand; expand merchandising, streaming and so on.
In the background though which club has voted for every change which would give them a better FFP deal? Which club voted against changes which would ban them from being sponsored by companies they have part-ownership in? Hardly alone in this. Iām just saying that thereās no basis for suggesting their behaviour is somehow better than other clubs.
Next thing you can expect are the good news stories about the Newcastle United Womenās team. All part of expenditure excluded from FPP rules.
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Nice to see another long term academy player make his debut against Palace. Great things are expected of Alfie Gilchrist and I see a video of his debut has gone viral, just for doing what a defender is supposed to do!
Yeh, but Jamie, itās quite a rare phenomenon at the Bridge these days.
Chelsea fans must have been bemuzzed ā¦ 
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Not a good night for the North London clubs.
I was hugely impressed by Brightonās attacking flair, particularly given the number of players out injured, including the tricky Mitoma. Still not sure about Spursā persistence in playing such a high line but, boy, it produced a highly entertaining game.
Not such an entertaining game at the Emirates but credit to the Hammers for the defensive discipline and resilience they showed throughout. The Gunners never really found the key. Moyes will surely be very pleased, as will @TheKevster.
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A most fun game tonight. Two teams - both intent on passing it around the back to draw people in - were always going to generate some action. And palpitations!
4 -2 was a fairer scoreline than 4 nil. Spurs keeper kept them in it in the first half. But, if Richarlason had his shooting boots on, it could have been different. Think Spurs were missing Bissouma, as kept getting overrun in midfield.
For us, despite missing 10 players!, the energy levels were back up. Shows the difference that the midweek Europa games make.
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It was a defensive masterclass from The Moyesiahās boys Mike.
Arse were blunt and ineffective (Jesus and Sakaās diving and cheating were a sign of their desperation) and although West Ham only had a couple of chances, they took them ruthlessly. And they played as a team ā everyone played their role, and thus itās difficult to single out a MotM, although Ogbonna and Alvarez really stood out in a group of standouts.
Only downside was the missed penalty. But Henryās salty tears made up for that.
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Iāll suffer the loss, seeing that Kevās lot put a smile on the faces of 99% of all fansā¦
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Well done to the hammers a striker in January I think.
Nah, they do it every game.
Embarrassing cheats.
As Keano keeps reminding us.
P.s. Congrat.s Kev 
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Should have given it to JW-P. But he did get an assist. Sis & I were chatting at St.M. on Boxing Day; we are both really pleased that heās doing well for you.
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So am I, SW! Iām still bewildered that nobody else tried to sign him, heād be an asset to ANY team.
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Are there any Crystal Palace supporters here on the forum? I like this āsmallā team 
South London and Proud! Yes - Iām a season ticket holder at Palace. We have some very good players but are definitely having a poor run at the moment. If we donāt beat Brentford on Saturday I expect a taxi will be ordered for Mr Hodgson and a replacement manager brought in. Although Iām worried that Steve Cooper is simply a younger variant of Roy
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But, but, but, you told me that Jesus was the greatest thing since sliced bread
Even Richie, who you infer as rubbish, has scored more Premier League goals this seasonā¦
Arsenal have been well and truly mugged by Guardiola. Heās managed to offload many of his rejects and bolster funds for buying better players, at the expense of the hapless Arteta, who has no idea what heās doing.
Poor Deckers 
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Same old arsenal always cheating. I thought the same against Liverpool. Saka is a full blown cheat.
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Yep, SAKA IS A CHEAT.
Horrid club.
It goes way back to 2019 when he started to get a āreputationā - loads of teams have suffered - Sheff. Utd., Southampton, Vilarreal, Chelsea, Liverpool, West Ham et al
Itās time for the Premier League top nobs to act.
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Do you know if and when CPFC will get a new arena? Iāve never had the opportunity to watch a match live in London at Selhurst Park.
They wonāt get a new stadium - they are going to develop the current one. Steve Parish wants to build a new stand and now has planning permission. Unfortunately the cost has risen from the original plan of Ā£100m to Ā£150m due to COVID/inflation etc. This means less money to spend on players but if he doesnāt increase capacity that limits revenue so he is in a bit of a difficult position really
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