The College Dropout

Locking into PSV JUVE. Bakayoko baller test is on.

Phil Foden is undoubtedly a top baller. But…. Is he a bit 2-dimensional? I prefer Jude. Jude is a baller but Jude is just him personified.

City have played with the belief of Newcastle United at the etihad. They would take this like.

Kovacic and Ceballos are similar players right? Ceballos a bit more aggressive in the tackle has saved his Real career. He’s a budget Kroos in there but it kinda works. Mbappe has been brilliant tonight.

Old as hell innit? A favourite baller of mine. I want to see him and Modric one more time at the next World Cup. Surely that’s why they keep going? Loved him from the moment he chopped Morata down all those years ago. He’s just got better and better.

One of my new favourite ballers.

Can't wait to sell VVD on FPL. Fucking donkey.

Man City defending as shit as us. John Stones is so fragile. Needs a strecher after completing 1 pass. Looks a serious one.

1 league title in 35 years. This is only my opinion but if everything was equal, I would expect Arsenal to have higher revenues. Liverpool is still a fine footballing city but London has by far and away the best youth players in England - arguably the best city in Europe. A London national team would match the rest of England combined. It's an unfair advantage that's difficult to replicate. Manchester and Birmingham are probably the next most fruitful. In what world could we "play by the rules" and become league winners within 10 years like she said?

Probably. Get the feeling thier Xg probably wasn't that high though.

Only Liverpool are close to maximising their own potential (not counting City or Chelsea). The others have sucked or don't win things. That impacts their revenues. A winning Man U would generate 20% more than they already do. We don't have the "organic" potential as the big 6 in 2025. Neither do Villa. We don't have the history of success that's built a comparative fanbase. We don't have a great location comparatively for both revenue and youth development. We might have 1 of these over 1 or 2 but not both.

London. Revenues for tickets. One of the best catchment area for youth players in the world. Young fans from their heyday reaching peak earning potential. Arsenal were the second biggest winners of the initial 20 year PL era IMO. Maybe it's an age thing but to me they will always be the premier London club.

Aye he's like a race horse - go, go, go. That can be improved though. He's never had a great run of form at Liverpool. He's one of those where one day it could just click. Or he moves clubs, is a bit more confident and composed with less pressure

They got a battering which might distort the numbers a bit. Outside the Liverpool and the other game they got battered in, I don't think they give up lots of quality chances. Maybe a lot of low quality chances that add up. I fancy Forest to keep it tight at the back ish. It's Bournemouth's A1 finishing that I think is harder to sustain.

Not knowledgeable here at all. But related parties are different to associated parties. A material difference that we could've exploited which is why it was closed. This is reductive. But if it wouldn't have a material impact, they wouldn't have changed it,

I don't think most fans know enough or care enough about it. Especially non-NUFC fans. If you're an Arsenal fan. You're a bigger club than Newcastle, they should be able to buy any Newcastle player. Financial Fair Play means Newcastle rich-Owners don't matter that much. Tough luck Geordies. Get us Isak. They don't care about the details. Just "111 charges", "Financial Fair Play". Madrid will take their best players. No need to take sides in a status quo.

Looking at this there's 2 exceptional sides. And a glut of teams at about the same expected goal difference. With Bournemouth & Forest as outliers.

I think the APT stuff is illegal and the only amendments that will stick will allow us deals 10-30% higher than what would’ve otherwise been approved. Maybe more.

It sounds like Staveley and the club thought we could secure multiple deals at a price point higher than the PL allowed. That seems to be a fact at this point. And this is with APT in place. You would assume they thought higher was possible prior.

From our collective memory - if they had seen this coming and put in sponsorships day 1, things could’ve been different. I guess everyone was just so keen to get the sale over the line. In retrospect, how this has all panned out was obvious. I also think significant relaxation of the rules is inevitable. But the PL will try and kick it down the road for as long as possible. May end up being years still.

Am I wrong in thinking they could’ve announced a £100m stadium sponsor day one of the takeover? The APT rules came in 2 weeks after the takeover iirc.

The last line is how I’ve felt for some time. Arsenal are a bigger club than us, better location, better existing infrastructure - there’s no ‘organic growth’ that will catch us up to them if they are being run properly. We need to leverage our advantages. Our advantage is the power of the Saudi state.

Arsenal are a massive club with solid infrastructure who had been underperforming for at least 5 years. In the best market for revenue and academy players in England and maybe the world. Thats a massive difference to Newcastle United. Prior to this Arsenal had fallen to 6th in revenues from the big 6. A successful Arsenal should generate more revenue than Spurs and Liverpool.

Last season was their first year back in the CL for some time too. Decent co-efficient and a run to the QFs is a decent chunk in additional TV and gates.

Arsenal results published. Big jumps in both revenue and wages.