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🧵 Predicted line-ups thread Double Gameweek 23

🔮 Predicting XIs for each of the 20 Premier League clubs before the #DGW23 deadline

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🇮🇹 Spurs

🗣️Conte's back at Spurs in some capacity following surgery. Cristian Romero is suspended and Hugo Lloris is injured. Expecting two enforced line-up alterations from the Italian

🏥 Team news⤵️

https://twitter.com/ColmVHayes/status/1623702495154343937?s=20&t=QfRh5pyOGhfAzb4tfLY5UQ

#fpl #dgw23 #thfc #coys #LeiTot #gw23 #FPLCommunity

🦊 Leicester

🗣️ Rodgers could bring Mendy or Ndidi into midfield in an attempt at greater defensive solidity. Iheanacho seems likely to keep his place up front, now that Leicester have the required runners

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https://twitter.com/ColmVHayes/status/1623709360953122817?s=20&t=QfRh5pyOGhfAzb4tfLY5UQ

#fpl #dgw23 #lcfc #LeiTot #gw23

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🧵 Pre-match press conference thread Double Gameweek 23 [Friday]

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🐦 Liverpool

📢 Jurgen Klopp on Jota, Firmino, Van Dijk: "The players are back in training, still at different stages.

"Diogo is the closest. He trains now normal, already for two days. So another three days of training..."

#fpl #dgw23 #lfc #LivEve #gw23 #teamnews #injuries

📢 Klopp on Jota: "...possible for him [Diogo]. I think he's in contention for the squad, I would say but we have to wait a little bit."

On Firmino: "Bobby, next [match, against Everton], I don't know. We have to see how..."

#fpl #dgw23 #lfc #LivEve #gw23 #teamnews #injuries

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🧵 Predicted line-ups thread Double Gameweek 20

1⃣1⃣ Predicting the XI of each Premier League team

⏰ Due to the Friday deadline, commentary will be limited - hoping to expand this next gameweek

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🐻‍❄️ Leeds predicted line-up Double Gameweek 20

🗣️ versatile Wober could be in XI as soon as tomorrow. Koch, Adams filmed in training. No sign of Cooper, who has declared himself fit.

Team news ⤵️

#fpl #gw20 #fantasypl #dgw20 #FPLCommunity #lufc #AvlLee

https://twitter.com/ColmVHayes/status/1613524404683800577?s=20&t=jwvuwvqKeLmvRnx4_aN8MA

☔️ Aston Villa predicted line-up Double Gameweek 20

🗣️ Ramsey fitness remains in question but should earn more minutes at least. Between him, Coutinho and Ings for a front-four role

Team news ⤵️

#fpl #gw20 #fantasypl #dgw20 #FPLCommunity #avfc #AvlLee

https://twitter.com/ColmVHayes/status/1613547754202238976?s=20&t=3NY71T3FBVzrYMgU5AanIg

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Detailed review of West Ham's financial results for the 2021/22 season is in my Substack blog, but a few highlights to follow #WHUFC

#WHUFC swung from a £27m pre-tax loss to £12m profit, a £39m improvement.

#WHUFC revenue rose £60m (31%) from £193m to a club record £253m.

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🧵 Pre-match press conference thread Gameweek 18 [Thursday]

🐦 Liverpool

📢 Jurgen Klopp on injuries: "No new injury problems after the [Aston Villa] game [but it's] not that a lot would come back for the [Leicester] game..."

#fpl #gw18 #lfc #LivLei #fantasypl #fplcommunity

📢 Klopp on injuries: "...apart from Ibou [Konate]. He is now training with us, he will be available now as well.

"So, positive for this moment but we know it will be a tough game."

#fpl #gw18 #lfc #LivLei #fantasypl #fplcommunity

📢 Klopp on when new signing Cody Gakpo could be available: "There might be a chance for Brentford [GW19] but I think not really, to be honest. Because obviously the first of January is a bank holiday and then all the papers - which we don't have to..."

#fpl #gw18 #lfc #LivLei

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Manchester City’s 2021/22 accounts covered a season when they won the Premier League for the fourth time in five years (their sixth title in 11 years) and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League and the FA Cup. Some thoughts follow #MCFC

#MCFC chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak noted that it was also the most successful financial year in the club’s history with chief executive Ferran Soriano highlighting that City broke the club records for both revenue and profits.

#MCFC pre-tax profit improved from £5m to £42m, as revenue rose £43m (8%) from £570m to £613m, thanks to recovery from COVID and the return of fans to the stadium, while operating expenses only increased £11m (2%). Profit from player sales was almost unchanged at £68m.

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🧵 Key quotes thread Gameweek 15

💠 Man City

📢 Pep Guardiola asked how close Erling Haaland was to the starting XI: "He's feeling better. He could play but it's not the perfect, ideal situation..."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #FPLcommunity #mcfc #MciFul #teamnews #injuries

📢 Guardiola asked how close Haaland was to starting XI: "...but he's on the bench, in case we need him.

"We will see [how likely he is to get minutes]. The game will dictate what we have to do."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #FPLcommunity #mcfc #MciFul #teamnews #injuries

🐖 Fulham

📢 Marco Silva on Aleksandar Mitrovic injury: "As you know, Mitro had a problem in the last game with the national team [Serbia] - in his ankle.

"Of course we are managing him..."

#fpl #gw15 #fantasypl #FPLcommunity #ffc #MciFul #teamnews #injuries

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Thread on how much money clubs have already received after the Champions League 2022/23 group stage. Also includes estimates for English clubs in Europa League and Europa Conference League. Some assumptions made about the TV pool, but the figures should be reasonably accurate.

The Champions League accounts for the lion’s share of UEFA revenue with its €2.032 bln being nearly 3 times as much as the Europa League and Europa Conference combined (€700m). The difference is particularly stark in the UEFA coefficient (based on 10-year rankings).

Champions League overall prize money is 3.6 times the Europa League and 5.5 times the Europa Conference, but this varies by round. In general, the difference becomes smaller the further a club progresses, e.g. last 16 it’s 8x and 16x, while for the winners it’s only 2.3x and 4x.

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🧵 Pre-match press conference thread Gameweek 14 [Friday]

ℹ️ Team news, injury updates, player availability, manager quotes + anything relevant to Fantasy Premier League from the pressers before Saturday's deadline [11am IST]⬇️

#fpl #gw14 #fantasypl #teamnews #injuries

🏰 Newcastle

📢 Eddie Howe on Allan Saint-Maximin: "There's a chance [he will be available].

"We're going to see how training goes today but he's made really good progress and I'm very pleased with how he's attacked his rehab and the..."

#fpl #gw14 #fantasypl #nufc #NewAvl

📢 Howe on Saint-Maximin: "...work he's put in. There's an opportunity, hopefully, to get Maxi fit and available.

"Currently, Maxi’s really good, he’s in a very good place.

"I think the recent setback he had on his hamstring was..."

#fpl #gw14 #fantasypl #nufc #NewAvl

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🧵 Thread of key quotes ahead of Blank Gameweek 12

🇮🇹 Spurs

📢 Antonio Conte on Doherty: "About Matt, honestly I'm really happy, really happy.

"He played a good game against Brighton but today he played better..."

#fpl #gw11 #fantasypl #thfc #TotEve #gw12 #bgw12 #MunTot

📢 Conte on Doherty: "...than the last game. He played well in the last game and I was happy also with it but today, I have seen again the Matt Doherty of last season.

"I was really pleased and said to him..."

#fpl #gw11 #fantasypl #thfc #TotEve #gw12 #bgw12 #MunTot

📢 Conte on Doherty: "...'finally now you are the player that I know!'.

"It's important, important for us because to play all these games in a short period, it is important to have all the players available."

#fpl #gw11 #fantasypl #thfc #TotEve #gw12 #bgw12 #MunTot

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🧵 Pre-match press conference embargo thread Gameweek 11 [Friday]

🌉 Chelsea

📢 Graham Potter on Reece James: "I think it’s pretty normal that as soon as there’s a bit of discomfort a day or two after, you get it checked properly..."

#fpl #gw11 #fantasypl #cfc #AvlChe #gw12

📢 Potter on Reece James: "...so that’s what we’ll do. It normally takes 24 or 48 hours to settle down.

"He’s been in fantastic form for us. I’ve really enjoyed working with him and really enjoyed how he’s played, so fingers crossed..."

#fpl #gw11 #fantasypl #cfc #AvlChe #gw12

📢 Potter on Reece James: "...we’ll [hopefully get] good news.

"He's a player with world-class attributes and the way he defended against [Wilfried] Zaha and against [Rafael] Leao in both games against Milan is high level, plus he..."

#fpl #gw11 #fantasypl #cfc #AvlChe #gw12

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In advance of football clubs starting to publish their accounts for the 2021/22 season, I thought it might be helpful to share some 2-page financial overviews for each of the Premier League clubs for 2020/21, including a comparison against prior year and a 5-year graphical trend.

These overviews also include Premier League rankings for each of the main financial categories, e.g. which club had the highest profit, loss, revenue, wages, debt, transfer spend, etc in 2020/21.

One caveat with these figures is that revenue was significantly impacted by COVID in 2020/21 with match day reduced to almost zero, as games were played behind closed doors, while some broadcasting income was deferred from 2019/20 for matches played after the accounting close.

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BlueCityBrain

@BlueCityBrain

#PremierLeague transfer expenditure, sales and net all combined for 2022 Summer Window -

Lets start with the 2022/23 Summer Net Spend:

#PremierLeague broke a few records this window. ⬛️With near £2.2bn spent and a
⬛️NetSpend of £1.24bn 📈

#PremierLeague 2022/23 Summer windows player purchases

#CFC #MUFC #WHUFC #Tottenham #NottinghamForest top the charts here all spending over £140m with 10 teams in total over £100m

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🧵 Pre-match press conference thread Gameweek 4 [Friday]

ℹ️ Team news, injury updates, player availability, manager quotes & anything else relevant to Fantasy Premier League from the pressers ahead of the deadline ⬇️

#fpl #gw4

free-to-read article: drafthound.link/gw4-pre-match-…

🏰 Newcastle

📢 Eddie Howe on Wilson: "We don't believe his injury to be serious and we're hopeful he'll only be out for a couple of weeks.

"I back Callum 100 per cent. I've known him a long time and I've never met someone with a better..."

#fpl #gw4 #nufc #WolNew #fantasypl

📢 Howe on Wilson: "...attitude. I back him and his body. He's such an important part of our future and this season he's already shown that with the goals that he's scored - the two goals he's scored have been of the highest level..."

#fpl #gw4 #nufc #WolNew #fantasypl

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MedioClubID

@medioclubID

STARTING XI!

#NFFC XI: Henderson; Worrall, Niakhaté, McKenna, Williams; O'Brien, Mangala, Toffolo, Lingard; Johnson, Awoniyi.

#WHUFC XI: Fabiański; Coufal, Zouma, Johnson, Cresswell; Souček, Rice; Bowen, Benrahma, Fornals; Antonio.

#PL

0: KICK OFF!!

#NFFC 0-0 #WHUFC
#PL

8: NYARIIISS!! Forest menguasai bola dan penyerangan sejak awal namun West Ham terlebih dulu memiliki peluang berbahaya lewat free kick Aaron Cresswell.

#NFFC 0-0 #WHUFC
#PL

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In football money often talks, i.e. success on the pitch is almost invariably reserved for clubs that have spent the most on wages and transfer fees. However, it might be interesting to see which clubs have performed the best (and indeed worst) relative to their budget.

This thread will therefore look at how teams in the Premier League in 2021/22 performed relative to their wages, combined wages/player amortisation and squad cost. This is not an exact science, but just a bit of fun, as there are a few caveats to an analysis of this type.

First, I have used financial figures from the most recent published accounts, i.e. from 2020/21, so these are a year out of date compared to 2021/22 league position. Moreover, the last figures available for the 3 promoted clubs are from the Championship, so are under-stated.

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As a follow-up to yesterday’s thread on how the “Big Six” in the Premier League fared during the COVID era, here is an alternative view for each club. I’ve also added a few other clubs which needed more financial support over the two years of the pandemic (2019/20 and 2020/21).

#AFC posted a huge £181m pre-tax loss, though this was inflated by interest payable including a once-off £32m refinancing fee, as around £200m external bonds were redeemed and replaced by a loan from Stan Kroenke. Net cash outflow of £148m was funded by reduction in cash balance.

#CFC enormous £294m operating loss was partially offset by £171m profit from player sales, but they still made £120m pre-tax loss. However, net cash outflow was restricted to £20m, mainly due to relatively low net player purchases plus £50m share capital from Roman Abramovich.

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West Bromwich Albion’s 2020/21 accounts covered a season when they finished 19th in the Premier League, leading to relegation to the Championship. Coach Slaven Bilic replaced by Sam Allardyce in December 2020, subsequently succeeded by Valerien Ismael, then Steve Bruce #WBA

#WBA swung from £23m pre-tax loss to a small £0.1m profit, as revenue almost doubled from £54m to £107m following promotion to the Premier League, though profit on player sales fell £25m to £4m and operating expenses rose £4m (4%) in the top flight.

Main driver of #WBA £53m revenue increase was broadcasting, up £56m from £41m to £97m, due to the more lucrative Premier League TV deal, though commercial also grew £2m (21%) to £10m. This offset the COVID driven reduction in gate receipts, down £4.8m (98%) to just £74k.

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In advance of the Women’s Euro 2022, I thought it might be interesting to review the finances of the FA Women’s Super League (WSL) for the 2020/21 season, albeit severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic with almost all games played behind closed doors.

Reviewing WSL financials is made more difficult by the fact that not all clubs publish detailed accounts, so some lack information on revenue, expenses, wages and headcount. Nevertheless, there is enough data available to identify some common themes.

Overall the WSL reported a record pre-tax loss of £9.7m for 2020/21, which was £2.5m more than the previous season’s £7.2m and slightly higher than the £8.9m deficit in 2018/19. Note: the WSL increased the number of clubs from 11 in 2019 to 12 in 2020.

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