Quote Originally Posted by Psychotic View Post
I don't know. It'd be incredible, and I think it'd be great for English football to have a team with so many young English players and not backed by squillionaires win it.
Didn't that happen last season? I don't think Liverpool are much poorer than the people backing us, considering we're probably more in debt than you guys are.
I also don't think any player in the world deserves it more than Steven Gerrard.
I heard this for a long time, and I'll give him credit where it's due: He's slightly more loyal than Wayne Rooney.

I'm going off on a tangent here but here's a great article about how FFP will hit Man United.
I am 100% not worried about United satisfying FFP rules. We spend less than 50% of our revenue on wages and our commercial income continues to shoot up at the moment, signing record deals even when we're struggling (our training shirt deals are comparable to the best main shirt deals in the league, and we're looking to sign a £65m per year deal - or at least £50m per year (I won't entertain the £100m per year some sources have been throwing about, that's surely a mixup between $ and £...). While it's not certain that we'll manage to get that deal sorted, I think it's safe to say that any deal we do sign will easily be in excess of £30m per year. There is also no notes on there regarding the new shirt sponsorship deal we have in place which starts this year - it's £53m per year. This replaces a £20m per year deal with Aon. And that's not even touching upon the various other deals we have... if there is one thing I have full confidence in when it comes to Ed Woodward, it's his ability to sign up corporate deals. Pity he's so crap in the transfer market.

We've been one of the only teams in the league to consistently record an increase in revenues. I think we have enough money saved from the past four or so years (remember, FFP counts not just a single year, but many) to compete financially. If anything, FFP should help us because it is, rather controversially, designed to allow the most financially stable clubs (such as United) to spend the most money, while those who do not live within their means (Barcelona, Real Madrid, City, Chelsea) are all supposedly the ones that should be penalised, but the day Barcelona and Real Madrid are penalised... well, I don't gamble, but I'd put a wager on this not happening for the next decade regardless of what they spend.

Whatever happens, after the utter dross we've had for the past four years, a season where we'e utterly spanked the likes of Everton, Arsenal, Spurs (twice) and United playing some utterly sublime attacking football is going to live long in the memory.
Again, credit where it's due (and this time in a less sarcastic manner): Liverpool have been playing some fantastic football this season and have earned their CL spot.