It's ridiculous that GD is the first tiebreaker, it should be head to head results between teams on the same number of points. GD is too easily skewed by results against the crap teams (especially when they've been eliminated and can't give a toss in the later matches).
Well there is a bit of a difference between fixated with a stroppy CB, versus the possibility of a multi-billionaire buying your bankrupt club.
Not that I was in any way involved in yacht-watching, of course.
Saints: Commercial activities £12m, Matchday £19m
Man Utd: Commercial, merchandising and sponsorship £268m, Gate and matchday income £107m
We all know they're much bigger than us, but it's like an elephant and a flea.
I think it depends on the details of the loan agreement. If I remember correctly we made a loan where we couldn't recall the player for the season (Boruc I think, and we could've really used him because FF was out. It potentially cost us a top 4 place).