Football Business: The Truth - Huge Michael Carrick-Man United SACK update, major £800m Everton takeover news

[Music] Well hi Keith, welcome along to today's show where obviously the Premier League now fully up and running, approaching the first international break even. Have you been keeping across everything so far? Yeah and it just seems to be non-stop drama to be honest, nearly every club's got a story, the Premier League's, you know, on and off the pitch it's all happening, it's been so far one of the most dramatic seasons I can remember so all good from our point of view. Yeah absolutely, you touched on the drama there and it feels apt to start off with Tottenham who seemingly lurched from one crisis to another in recent months, plenty going off there as always. One of the interesting stories there from the last week has been the new contract handed to Lucas Bergval, a player who obviously spent the majority of the summer trying to engineer a move away from North London. It was already under contracts until 2031 and the length of this new deal hasn't been disclosed as of yet. Do you see this extension being a good thing or do you think it's just kind of peeped over the cracks with the issues with them? No I think it's good, it's good from the first point of view I think because look you still a very young guy was he 20 years old I think and they're going to extend him there probably six, seven years possibly. So the difference will be if there is going to be a move it'll mean that Spurs will be getting somewhere 70 to 80 million as opposed to 40 with a shorter term contract so I think it just makes sense to tie him down. They've obviously been able to reach an agreement but I don't think it's necessarily solved all the issues but certainly it gives them a much stronger position in terms of negotiation and as I say ultimately the price that they would decide to let him go at. Now there may have been a new release clause put in that contract so it may well be a price in there that they've decided that and he would have agreed to so that should make everything a little bit clearer and cleaner as well should it come to it? Yeah a couple of interesting bits away from the pitch at Spurs as well they're closing in on agreement to a point per year or silly as of a new sporting director. It's formally of into Milan and the plan is that if that deal can be finalised he would start work at Spurs ahead of the January window. Do you see that being a good move if they can get it done? Yeah look I've come across him a few times and we've observed his work and certainly I think it's a very good move for Spurs. The issues of course is he's coming in after a pretty big transfer window we all know how much they spent and so really is there going to be a lot of you know money for him to make moves next summer you can't really judge him really even on January coming up it's going to be next summer when things are going to start to come into his sort of control and so you know it's going to be hard to see where that's going to go and if they carry on spending again the same amount next summer then of course he'll be a crucial figure. The biggest problem I see for him right now is still the the structure of no clear leadership in my opinion within Spurs and you know the thing is he might be struggling to get hold of the pen and use it rather than you know just working out who has got the pen to make these decisions so it's he's a very good qualified candidate but it's the internal politics of Spurs that will be the issue as to whether he can perform to his best of his ability and to use his network appropriately but let's hope and give it the you know the hope that it will turn out to be a good one he's no doubt he can do it and if he is just going to carry on being a central number one figure that will help clarify things as opposed to having two or three people that may have been influential in decisions so it's all going to be about the structure as we've discussed with so many clubs they keep on getting it wrong so many areas and so many times but this is one they've got a chance if they can get the structure right yeah and then Mauricio Pochettino has been in the headlines as well for sharing his view that his Spurs side from 2016-17 should be retrospectively crowned Premier League champions that of course ties in with the period that Chelsea were punished for historical breaches Spurs obviously finished second behind Chelsea in that campaign so obviously a pretty bold claim from Pochettino is that the sort of scenario that could ever actually come to fruition unfortunately not for him and for you know often I quite would like to see these sort of things happening but I'm afraid it isn't going to happen that yeah the Premier League has signaled very clearly that they want things decided on the pitch there's a lot of tune in throwing about these sort of decisions and I understand why it probably shouldn't be withdrawn but I can also have see arguments for it so anyway what I decided was that when I thought about it what Pochettino is doing here is what I would call moral bookkeeping and I think that most of the fans would be on his side I think there's a genuinely feeling that Chelsea did gain an unfair advantage during that period of time or cheating if some people might want to call it and I think that that's you know that there is you know a call for a sanction there but I'm afraid it isn't going to happen the Premier League have made that pretty clear. And then just to wrap up with Spurs we obviously saw Rachelison come close to a move to Everton in the final stages of the summer window that obviously fell through and he's since been left out of the squad for the Premier League by Roberta Deserby who's also made it clear that he won't be involved in midweek in the Carabout Cup either as out of contracts as well next summer Rachelison has been suggested that one possible solution could be a mutual termination within the next couple of months do you think that's something that Spurs would genuinely consider? Well look you know Richie an old Everton player I've taken an interest in his situation what I see is that the prefer well there's a few things complicating this now he and his agent have made an appeal to FIFA to get involved in terms of saying that he needs to be you know the contract needs to be ripped up and he can move that complicates things again and also he's agreed personal terms with Vasco DeGarma which sort of complicates things now where it gets even more complex is that Vasco DeGarma apparently haven't got the money to be able to buy him at the price Spurs are asking for however he can't go on loan because Spurs have used up their quota of international loans so that's a part of a problem there so there's really three courses of action that can happen one they get to a very reduced fee that they can afford and they let them go for that and then you know they've got rid of the wages which is fine they do some sort of you know paying him keeping on for the season let him go in January and and work out that sort of way or thirdly FIFA does intervene now the clubs would not like FIFA to start getting involved in players contracts so I think it'll be one of the two first options personally I think what will happen here is and the FIFA thing the FIFA claim has been brought in by his side to try and get extra leverage on Spurs my opinion is I think what will happen is that you probably will go to Vasco DeGarma fairly soon for a very low very low fee probably even in the hundreds of thousands and I think that they will accept that his saving on his wages will be the benefit for Spurs it's just been a pretty unsafe recituation as you say only year left on his contract the club hasn't got a lot of leverage they may make him wait till January but I think they'll decide that he's not being selected for the different squads at the moment so let's get him off the wage bill and you know shake hands and say goodbye yeah I will move over to Chelsea for a few moments and we've obviously spoken plenty about the future of their ownership in recent weeks with Todd Bowley looking to sell his shares clearly can now close and in on a deal to buy those shares from the American which would obviously leave a vacancy as the chairman of the club if you were to pull out Stefan Borson has recently suggested that Bairdardick Barley is the most likely candidate to step into that role at least in a sort of interim or early stage giving that's the right option for Chelsea short term yeah look I think Stefan's right I think he is the obvious option and in a way it's the more honest option because Bowley it really was a bit of a complex situation that clear lake were there and probably the bigger investor and yet Bowley was the chairman so it didn't quite make sense and probably would have led to more friction and I think as we all know Chelsea has not been a happy ship at board level for the last few seasons since the take over so I think it makes sense for Bowley to go for Egg Barley who's got the clear clear lake link to be the chairman and it may just streamline things a little bit better than they have been before so it's more of an honest reflection of the actual power structure within Chelsea and you know we'll see if he's it guess what I'm thinking about is that private equity guys don't make great chairman they often get a little bit carried away with some of the statements they're making and comparing it to the US as Bowley did a few times and they get hooked up on the on the dollars and cents and the pounds and pennies so let's just see how he is he I don't think he's quite as knee jerk as Bowley was I think he'll be a bit more a bit more reason but what they should be doing is trying to bring in a heavyweight chairman who's got football knowledge and experience and credibility. yng Nghymru'r ddwyr i'r pŵr yn ymdwyr ni'r pŵr i'r pŵr ymdwyr ni'r pŵr i'r pŵr i'r pŵr i'r pŵr i'r pŵr i'r pŵr i'r pŵr i'r pŵr i'r pŵr i'r pŵr i'r pŵr yw'r fan yn ymwyr i'r fan yn ymwyr i'r fan yn ymwyr ing. We'll move over to another club that I've questions to answer behind scenes at the moment in Manchester United. We're seeing fans begin to revolts and show discontent after the club stripped over 600 season tickets as part of a clamp down on ticket tile tin. There was a banner showing in the stratford end ahead of Sunday's Darby reading the way you treat us as a disgrace. Do you see the club budging in the way that they handle things like this? Or is it a case of the situation where I need at worst, do you think? Well, Evan, you said in the question they're starting to revolt. Well, I mean, I can remember protest against the glazes now for many years and so I think the United fans are pretty up there. However, in this case, I think the club is probably right on the ticket towering side of things, but they've executed it terribly. And when you start doing sort of a mass sort of hall of people, there are bound to be some people who are either innocent or who are marginal who are caught in that big number. And that's what seems to have happened in this case. Now, they're starting for a point of view where they haven't got great goodwill anyway with the fans and they just managed to make it worse. And it just seems that time after time there are mistakes being made that just happen in the United hierarchy that how things are perceived that side. It just keeps on repeating itself in it and it's surprising how it keeps happening, but it has. And in this case, as I say, look, you know, I'm not arguing with the fact of what they're doing is just the way they've done it. And what they've got to start doing, if they're going to try and recover this situation is allowing individual appeals and listening to the fact so that there will be marginal cases. There will be people who've done it with relatives or friends and not made a ticket towering situation. There's no doubt that will have happened in such a big number of people. So, they've got to try and recover the situation, but coming in with such a sledgehammer to crack it up, I'm afraid it's another big PR mistake for United. There's plenty of questions surrounding the Montpitch as well. They obviously had a pretty toothless display against Man City at the weekend. They've won just one of their opening four games in the Premier League, despite largely favourable fixtures prior to that derby. They obviously sort of made the decision to commit to Michael Carrick on a permanent basis in the summer. How long do you think they'll be prepared to give in before he sort of faces real pressure? Well, you know, this next couple of games are important for them, and I think after the November International break, they're going to have to start looking at that. Now, the trouble is, you know, they've just, there's echoes of Amerin here again. I mean, they've made the decision and stuck with him in the offseason and giving him the job. And then to go so quickly, it's like nobody is really owning the strategy and really giving somebody the security to happen long term. We all know the story of Fergie at Man United, how he was almost getting sacked and then went on to eat with their greatest manager. And, you know, they did stick by Amerin to a degree, but they've got to give Carrick a chance if they really backed him and believed in him and decided this was the strategy to go forward. It's a team, you know, they didn't, and we gave them plaudits for having a more disciplined transfer window, so they didn't really go mad this window. But still, every squad needs a chance to gel, and I think Carrick needs a chance to do that as well. But the pressure's on. We know at Man United, the pressure's never, never far away, and certainly this start is good now. But that together with the Fandisk content right now, it's a very, it's once again an unhappy place. And the only thing that can solve that is goals and points. And, you know, that's what's got to happen. So the pressure will build, but, you know, in international breaks as well, that's when the football vacuum is filled with stories from behind the scenes, which can put even more pressure on because there's no games to write about. All about conspiracy theories developing at that time. So I think, you know, the second transfer window, you better get something going by that time. So, or else the pressure will really start to build, and then by Christmas, you'd be looking at the start of the new year for them possibly giving in once again and making a change. But it's not the United I grew up with, that's for sure. Yeah, we'll move on up to Everton. There's a little bit of discontent there in recent weeks after the poor and to the transfer window. The fans have decided to try and protest against the Freaking Group by trying to avoid spending money in the ground on a match day. How difficult is it going to be for a club to sort of repair that relationship with supporters when it's reached our stage? It's probably one of the most difficult things to do, and it's terrible that it's got to this stage. I mean, we've all seen fan anger at clubs and different things, but then there's still a debate going on between the club and the hierarchy, that sort of thing. But when it gets to withdraw like this of actual money and, you know, ability to put revenue into the ground, then it's difficult for the club. What I'm worried about is that the club are going to think this is just another PR problem, and they're going to try and wait it out and hope it blows over, and that ain't going to happen. I know the Everton fans well, and I trust them to be genuine and authentic about their protest, and I think that's something that would be a mistake. So what they've got to do, I think, is that they've got to show that they're listening and acknowledge, first of all, the mistakes that have been made. I've got to be a lot more what I would call access to the top levels, and I don't just mean Angus at CEO. I mean, we've got to start seeing the Freedkins turning up for games, you know, show an interest in that, otherwise it'll be a problem, and then they've got to show support for Moys in January. Those are the three things that can fix it, but I'm not really sure that the Freedkin group are that interested, and I think they've already signalled the process being run for minority owner, and I think that they may just be doing a holding pattern right now until that gets resolved. So again, if the teams winning, then these sort of protests still, they tend to weaken a little bit, but still, you know, the thin squad of Everton right now, the chances of going on to a long winning run is still slim. The teams playing reasonably well, but still, it's not good to have such a mental health relationship with an Everton fan base in particular who are genuine fans, and so they've got, you know, I've outlined the way they can fix it, but whether they will take those steps or not, I'm really not sure. You mentioned the desire for minority investment in the club a moment ago. The Freedkin is obviously now actively searching for somebody to step in and provide investment. Any sale of a certain stake in the club is going to be based around their latest billion pound valuation for sort of the full package at Everton. Do you think that's a fair valuation with everything included? Well, I think that's the seller's valuation, and so the buyers will probably come in from a different point of view. But I think, you know, there's probably only a 15-20% gap between, you know, say, 800 million to a billion between potential investors, so it isn't insurmountable. And I think that there is something to be done there. You know, West Ham, David Sullivan is asking about a billion as well, apparently, for, you know, valuing West Ham at that sort of level, so you're going to decide who would you rather have, would you rather have Everton or West Ham, I suppose, at that sort of price. Anyway, the valuation, I think, does make some sort of sense of being somewhere between 800 to a billion. The stadium revenue is still not fully operational yet. There's still haven't started having concerts and different things at the stadium. They've done a few test events, as we know, they've had different sports. And overall, it's starting to settle in, but it takes a good three or four seasons for a stadium to really get into its stride and to get the right staffing situation and get everything humming along. Plus a lot of outside events still to have, and they've got the big transportation issue from Liverpool City Centre to the stadium still to crack, if they're going to really make the most of those sort of events. So a few things there, and I think that if I'm a buyer, I'd be pointing out those weaknesses, and if I'm a seller, I'm saying, well, look at the potential you've got, the growth is there, it's up to you. So it'll be that usual negotiation, but I think somewhere 800 to a billion is where I think Everton will settle at the moment. We'll move to another of your former clubs in Aston Villa. They've got their plans in place already for the upcoming international break. They're going to be heading to Spain as part of a brief training camp. That camp is set to include a friendly against Sevilla on October the 2nd. Do you see that being a good move from the club, or could it be considered sort of overkill for the players that haven't gone away? I'd say it's mildly overkill for the players that haven't gone to international duty. It's something that Emory does though quite often. Yn gweithio yw'n gweithio yn gweithio yn ymwyr i'n gweithio, yn ymwyr i'n gweithio yn ymwyr i'n gweithio yw'n gweithio yw'n gweithio yw'n gweithio yw'n gweithio yw' i gweith i gweith i gweith i gweithio i gweithio i gweithio i gweithio i gweithio i gweithio i g Mae'n hynny'n hynny'n hynny'n hynny'n hynny'n hynny'n hynny'n hynny'n hy Mae'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio yn gweithio. 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And it's clear that Barcelona have got the wherewithal but it's taking them time to get liquid and that's the issue. There's always the fee for backup so Newcastle will get paid regardless. It's just a case of timing and I'm sure they went into this where their eyes wide open about when they did the deal for Barcelona and it may suit Newcastle to hang on and wait for that extra money and get an improved amount of money at some stage. It does slightly damage Newcastle is that as I say the liquidity isn't there in terms of spending the money on future players deals going forward and they may have to make that part of their own ability to pay installments on different players they buy and also their own planning. They've got to decide themselves as to which targets they can go after not knowing if they can therefore make bigger cash offers up front. So what Barcelona is bankable it's as I say it's almost like when you're selling a player to Barcelona you're almost lending to them because you're going to have to wait for your money as opposed to what the contract might have said. But overall the money will come it's just the case of you know letting let's not hope this is the first you know domino that would would fall because I don't I don't think that will happen with Barcelona. I think there'll always be a way around it. It's just that you're going to have to wait from what they might have said in black and white. We obviously saw Newcastle's positive start come to a close a little bit on Monday night heavy defeat away leads who will move on to now the whites were working to agree a new contract with their Bostonial Farca with his current deal due to expire at the end of the season. They're obviously really ambitious with their future plans at Ellen Road. Do you see Farca being the right man to take me to the next level. Well as you say the result was pretty good dominant kelvin Lewin coming into form as well and leads are certainly looking like they've got something this season. You know a manager in his last year if he gets to Christmas he's a lame duck manager every starts to circle around him leads won't let that happen. I think the result would certainly have I don't even think that was the factor I think we're going to go ahead anyway and I think there'll be something signed very quickly. I've expected to be announced during the international break and I think that will be resolved quite quickly I think they've decided that's it Farca is the man and the start has proven it once again. And you know he did all right last year I thought kept them going and I think that there's positive signs again coming up this year so yes it'll get signed and he will get a longer contract that will settle down any rumors and keep them momentum going at Ellen Road. 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Mae'n gwasanaeth oeddwn i'n gwasanaeth oeddwn i'n gwasanaeth oeddwn i'n gwasanaeth oeddwn i'n gwasanaeth oeddwn i'n gwasanaeth oeddwn. Mae'r yng Nghymru i'r unrhyw i'r yng Nghymru yng Nghymru yng Nghymru yng Nghymru yng Nghymru yng Nghymru yng Nghymru yng Nghymru yng Mae'r fwy'n fwy'n fwy'n siop yn fwy'n fwy'n fwy'n fwy'n fwy'n fwy'n fwy'n fwy'n fwy'n fwy'n fwy'n fwy'n fwy'n fwy'n f then they should be getting concerned about him as the frontman, and that's for sure. Look, I'm afraid I've heard there are three other groups involved, and I'm discounting him as being a tire kicker straight away. So that's my point of view, and I'm afraid Mr Lal to me is somebody that is just enjoying his day in the sunshine in the media. Another kind of interest in aspects of it is the detail that Turkey has been sanded out by Laster as a potential option. Obviously had that collapsed move to buy Derby earlier in the summer. Do you think there's a realistic chance of him showing an interest? I don't think there is. Again, I think Turkey's blotted his copybook now, I think with Bristol City and with Derby. He was approved by the regulator, and although he said it took too long, it was 55 days, as opposed to almost 18 months for a new castle to get bought by the Saudi. So actually, he had a pretty quick situation, and I'm sure if he was to get involved here at Laster, then he'd be approved pretty quickly, given they've just recently looked into him for Derby. But I'd worry about his temperament and how he would be his an owner. I'd worry if I was a Laster fan as to what would happen in the first bad run of form. You know, Turkey can be pretty volatile, and as he's shown with the Derby situation. So I'd really worry about him as a potential investor coming in as well. I don't think he's the right solid type of person that Laster would need for a turnaround and a comeback to where they were before. So we all know the facilities are great. The price they're asking is ridiculous for where they are. But if there are serious groups, then a deal would be getting done quietly behind the scenes. It wouldn't be done through the media. And if there is a serious group bidding at the right price, I think that the present owners will accept it. Anything, you know, 80 to 100 million would be a valuation to me. I'm afraid, even to the real estate, they would claim is worth more. I'm afraid that league one level and the start they've had to the season, you've got to be thinking that the 220 million is a bit of a pie in the sky. So look, if it's a serious group and they can come to a proper valuation, it will all be done out of the glare of the media. And I think, you know, Turkey is loving the reflected glare of the media as much as Mr. Laal. So these deals attract lots of people that want to come in there. I've had many, you know, many experiences of, of guys coming in who want the reflected glory of football and you've got to be very careful and weed them out as soon as you can. So I think both the names you mentioned there will not end up being the new owners of Leicester. We'll move on up to Scotland to finish up for this week. We obviously saw the first old firm Derby of the season at the week and Ranges coming out on top of Ibrox. The display from their fans before the game has had plenty of attention, showing an aggressive confrontation between players from the two clubs and years gone by. Obviously not the first time that Ranges sort of display at Ibrox has caused a bit of controversy. Do you think there's any sort of seriousness in the suggestion that they could face a punishment for it? Ah, you know, here they are facing sanctions for trouble and stopping the away fans and here they go, you know, poking the bear in the eye again, you know, it does beg as belief to a degree. Now in terms of this particular display, you know, normally there are rules about sectarianism, about, you know, abuse of language, et cetera. And I don't think that was the case here. And I don't think the police, and I stand to be corrected, but I don't believe the police have actually said that this was a provocative situation and I've actually complained about it. A lot will depend on what the police actually say I think in their report. And I'd be surprised, you know, there's also a bit of football history and humor that you've got to, you know, take some of these things with a pinch of salt. And so I would expect them to probably get off with a wrap on the knuckles in this particular case, because I don't think it is as bad and as anything has been done before. But given we're in this particular volatile situation, to do something again like this is just, you know, hey, will the boys ever look, do they want their away days or not? I don't know. Yeah, we'll move on to Saltic, but stick with that game as well. Obviously the midfield battle was one of the key areas that won Rangers of the game at the weekend. They covered a lot more ground in Saltic, despite actually being out in the middle of the park. We saw kind of McGregor start that game in the Saltic midfield, obviously they called Captain. He's now into the final two years of his contract, so he's not getting any younger either. Do you think we're sort of approaching the stage where they've got to kind of consider his future? Well, I think they should have been considering it for the last two years if you're going to have a proper succession planning. And that's what, you know, somebody like Brighton who done that very well would have been doing, but it seems Saltic have just sort of, you know, carried on with a lack of planning, so to speak. And so it shouldn't be a case of, you know, a couple of bad performances, and then they're starting to work out what to do. They should have had somebody in there working with him in midfield to learn and to become that sort of replacement and play together for a season together at the very least. So, you know, those are the sort of things that professional clubs would have been doing by now. I think it's not going to be a case of McGregor. You know, they're going to have to go through this season with him, but this is again where there should have been proper planning, and something should have been done in the summer window to foresee this situation and go forward. Now, we said last week that, you know, it meant more for the old firm going from McKinnis, and he certainly came through with flying colours and he, you know, he consulted his position, but here we are again coming up, another Saltic Rangers game this weekend, and you know, you wouldn't be surprised if Brighton Neil turned the tables on them as well. So, it means everything in Rangers Saltic territory for them to win, and so McKinnis has gone from devil to saint in one simple game, and Callum McGregor, as, you know, he's given a great service to the club. He's right at the edge now of getting any value for him if they were to let him go, but I think they're going to stick with him, and I think, you know, there's got to be a longer term situation there. That's got to have been discussed right now, and if it hasn't, then I'm afraid knee-jerk reactions to certain games are the wrong way to look at this. It's going to be much part of a bigger picture for a very loyal club servant. Yeah. You mentioned that second old firm, Derby, coming up next week, and Saltic in midweek on Thursday night have the small matter of getting the Europa League campaign underway as well against Farage Barross. Obviously, after the qualifying rounds, Rangers are going to be without any form of European competition moving forward. We know that in terms of revenue, that's going to bring a big kind of boost for Saltic across the season, but in the short term, in the football and side of things, how damaging could that Thursday Sunday schedule be for them? I think it could be a real big red flag for them. I mean, you're right, the revenue will probably be at the level right now, 15, 20 million for the group stages, which is still in Scottish terms, a lot of money, and given Rangers got nothing that does give them an age. But it is that Thursday Sunday, as you say, is a big problem for a squad that is fairly thin. Once again, the fans will shout and point clearly at the board and say the investment hasn't been there, and I've got to agree with the fans to a great degree. I think the board could have been more prescient, and there could have been a lot more secure. Even though they were forming it up against last, obviously, though, it just wasn't enough there to get them across the line, and it could have been just one extra body, it could have made a difference, and they could be looking at 50, 60 million rather than 15 to 20. Anyway, we've rehearsed this argument many times. It's the same old story with Saltic, but I do think Thursday Sunday is going to be very tough for them, and this is where McKinnis has a chance with Rangers to get his squad ticking, and if they're coming up against Saltic who are starting to drop points in domestic fixtures on the Thursday Sunday routine. It's been proven many, many times. That is a big problem for clubs, particularly within squads and injury or whatever, then I'd expect Rangers to come back and start to make a title challenge, and we'll see if anybody else can crop it if hearts can try and get themselves together again. They're sharing some signs, but it certainly is not going to be easy for Saltic to cover both areas, and this is where the board has got to accept some responsibility of things start to fade away. We'll wrap up elsewhere in Scotland. We're seeing Aberdeen facing an investigation from the SPF after their pitching vision away at Kilmarnock, plus the use of pirate techniques in the stands during their quarter final clash. We saw Saltic and Rangers have their allocations at Handen Park for the semi-finals of last year's league cup cuts for similar offences. Do you see Aberdeen being likely to face a similar punishment? Well, I think this was a result of a penalty shootout on a cut match that Aberdeen managed to win the penalty shootout, and the fans went over the top, and as you say, Pyro. As I understand it, Aberdeen is already on a 200-ticket reduction for the cut semi-final and a suspended situation for a previous event, so I'd expect that obviously to come into action, and it may be increased, and so they've got a semi-final at Handen coming up, where they probably may lose up to 500 tickets. yn ymwch i'n gweithio'r ymwch i'n gweithio'r ymwch i'n gweithio. Mae'r gwaithio'r ymwch i'n gweithio. Mae'r gwaithio'r ymwch i'n gweithio'r ymwch i'n gweithio. Mae'r gwaithio. Mae'r gwaithio. Mae'r gwaithio. Mae'r gwaithio. Mae'r gwaithio. Mae'r gwaithio. Mae'r gwaithio.