Epl 2024

[caz]

As long as there are no Derby County fans- they are to a Forest fan what a Rabbitoh is to a Rooster.

Hey Sal have you ever been to City Ground? The Forest fans are loud-real real loud. When the crowd starts singing the usual pre-game song of Mull of Kintyre its something that sends shivers right through you- freakin amazing

sounds like west ham and milwall, a rivalry that makes easts and souths look like friends

[King Salvo]

As long as there are no Derby County fans- they are to a Forest fan what a Rabbitoh is to a Rooster.

Hey Sal have you ever been to City Ground? The Forest fans are loud-real real loud. When the crowd starts singing the usual pre-game song of Mull of Kintyre its something that sends shivers right through you- freakin amazing

Yes I have been to the City Ground quite a few times - late 1970's the first time and last time in 2018. Been redeveloped with a new capacity of a touch over 30,000 - We sat in both the Brian Clough and Peter Taylor Stands.

Also been to Trent Bridge a couple of times for Ashes Tests

Semi Final 2 leg Matches

• 1st Leg Sheffield United 1 - Nottingham Forest 2
• 2nd Leg Nottingham Forest 1 (3) - Sheffield United 2 (2) - Forest won 3-2 on Penalties

Penalty Shootout second leg

Forest Goalie Bruce Samba had a super match during the game saving at least 2 goals and then 3 saves in the penalty shootout vs Sheffield United. The win that took them to Wembley.

Promotion to the EPL Play Off Final - Wembley.

Nottingham Forest 1 - Huddersfield Town 0

[King Salvo]

Match Day 6 results

Nottingham Forest 0 - Fulham 1 @ City Ground Nottingham

https://www.premierleague.com/results

[King Salvo]

Match Day 7 Results

Chelsea 1 - Nottingham Forrest 1 @ Stamford Bridge London

https://www.premierleague.com/results

[caz]

mighty hammers showed the tractor boys what's what, 4-1. first thing you look for as a hammers fan is not to be relegated so that's a step in the right direction

[King Salvo]

Match Day 8 Results

Nottingham Forest 1 - Crystal Palace 0 @ City Ground Nottingham

https://football.fandom.com/wiki/202...e:_Match_day_8

[King Salvo]

Match Day 9 Results

Nottingham Forest 3 - Leicester City 1 @ King Power Stadium Leicester

https://www.premierleague.com/

[King Salvo]

Match Day 10 Results

Nottingham Forest 3 - West Ham United 0 @ City Ground Nottingham

https://www.premierleague.com/results

Match Highlights

[caz]

great win from the socceroos last night. indonesia actually looked likely but defended poorly and we were clinical in front of goal.
sitting 2nd with 3 games to go it's in our hands

[King Salvo]

Be interesting to see what happens to Manchester City - 115 charges - alleged breaches of financial rules ( FFP - Financial Fair Play Rules) if found guilty - significant fine and points deduction/relegation/stripped of titles.

Looking at the wages bill in the EPL and players they attract you can see there are only a few clubs that can win the EPL each season -5 - Man City/Liverpool/Arsenal/Chelsea/Man United - clubs outside these top 5 have no chance.

Leicester City winning the EPL in 2015/2016 was a one off and very unlikely to be repeated

There will never be a salary Cap as all the leagues would have to agree on it - i.e EPL/ German Bundesliga/ Italan Serie A/ Spanish La Liga / Dutch Eredivisie/France Ligue 1

2024/25 EPL Season - Pounds Sterling

100,000,000 plus

1. Manchester City - 255,684,000 - Currently 5th
2. Chelsea - 200.590,000 - Currently 4th
3. Manchester United - 195,515,000 - Currently 13th
4. Arsenal - 185,946.000 - Currently 2nd
5. Aston Villa - 145,964,000 - 9th
6. Liverpool - 135,564,000 - Currently 1st
7. Tottenham - 122,746,000 - 14th
8. West Ham - 113,880,000 - 16th
9. Newcastle - 102,160,000 - 6th

70,000,000 to 80,000,000

10. Crystal Palace - 77,240,000 -12th
11. Everton - 77,142,000 - 15th
12. Nottingham Forest - 70,152,000 - 3rd

60,000,000 to 69,999,999

13. Leicester City - 69,472,000 - 19th
14, Fulham - 69,106,000 - 8th
15. Brighton & Hove Albion - 66,824,000 - 7th
16. Bournemouth - 65,338,000 - 10th
17. Wolverhampton - 60,002,000 - 17th

50,000,000 to 59,999,999

18. Southampton - 53,898,000 - 20th

40,000,000 to 49,999,999

19. Brentford - 46,670,000 - 11th

30,000,000 to 39,999,999

20. Ipswich Town - 39,556,000 - 18th


Highlighted likely to be relegated

[King Salvo]

FFP(Financial fair Play now known as PSR - Profit and Sustainability Rules) basically is to stop clubs from spending more than they earn and incurring excessive losses

Clubs are monitored over a 3 year period and can accrue losses of up to 105 million pounds over a 3 year period on the condition they secure funding for the difference - some clubs make up the difference by "selling" contracted players as they are paid a transfer fee by the other club - there is no transfer fee for off contract players.

Some the clubs especially the top one's have owners with plenty of cash to tip in - Manchester City are owned by the City Football Group (CFG), a holding company majority-owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan (member of the Abu Dhabi Royal family) through Newton Investment and Development LLC, with Silver Lake holding a significant minority stake.


What are the 115 charges against Man City?


• 54x Failure to provide accurate financial information 2009-10 to 2017-18.

• 14x Failure to provide accurate details for player and manager payments from 2009-10 to 2017-18.

• 5x Failure to comply with UEFA's rules including Financial Fair Play (FFP) 2013-14 to 2017-18.

• 7x Breaching Premier League's PSR rules 2015-16 to 2017-18. - PSR - Profit and Sustainability Rules.

• 35x Failure to co-operate with Premier League investigations December 2018 - Feb 2023.

[caz]

having a salary cap is problematic, but not having one is worse but no way a comp that is the richest in the world will change

[King Salvo]

EPL makes too much money to limit players wages with a salary caps. Supporters of a lot of teams in the EPL will never seen their team win the EPL though.

Those teams may play in Europe if they finish in the top 5 in the EPL - UEFA Euro Championship League or if they finish 6 and or 7th - UEFA Europa League and maybe an FA Cup Title here and there.

[caz]

hammers missed a chance to make a statement that they would stay up this year after losing to wolves 1-0. hard to see leicester, southhampton and ipswich avoiding the chop but you never know. back when lucas neill was playing the hammers were in the relegation zone but won 7 out of the last 9 to stay up. if they'd had that record throughout the season that would have topped the league

[King Salvo]

Nottingham Forest 1 - Manchester United 0 - A good season so far for the "Reds" / "Garibaldis" / "Tricky Trees"

Off to Wembley as well - FA Cup Semi Final vs Manchester City on 27th April 2025.