28 Sep 2025 08:58:15
A question for ED01. Looking at yesterdays results, Palace beating Liverpool, Sunderland beating Forest, Brentford beating Utd, Wolves dominating Spurs, Brighton beating Chelsea etc do you think FFP and PSR are starting to level things out? or is the way coaching has now got so technical all the flair has gone from players and systems are winning matches?
{Ed001's Note - bit of both. There is a real problem with the game devolving into a tactical game of chess, with flair being coached out as it is not possible for a coach to control it. But the PSR regs have made the transfer windows messy and teams unable to build as they once could.}
28 Sep 2025 14:02:10
Thanks ED01 for your comments. It is a real shame that players are now becoming pawns in a game of chess between managers and coaches. I would love to see players given freedom to express themselves more.
28 Sep 2025 14:45:40
I doubt it was really accurate but apparently some managers just used to say “just give the ball him he is our best player. ”
I also seem to remember certain players given the “freedom to play anywhere. ”
I’m not a fan of FFP/ PSR.
28 Sep 2025 17:42:33
Well said RPD, Ed001 and Tom. There is probably nothing we fans like more - besides our team winning! - is seeing a flair player dazzling us with their skill. In premier league days this would have included only most obviously the likes of a Zola, Robben, Hazard and now a Palmer or Estevao. Yes, a player the manager will allow that 'freedom to play anywhere'
29 Sep 2025 10:31:51
JBS, yes I agree about flair players and giving them freedom but that’s not going to happen with Maresca, he is a systems man.