macphisto

Can you judge a stadium by TV?

Anyone read the Athletic article about Spurs? This stood out, "Spurs’ financials dove into the red in sync with the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic, and while both the virus and other matters since have contributed to a half-decade of loss-making, the bulk of those deficits have been driven by a single line item: the accounting cost of depreciating the recently built Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (THS)." I thought infrastructure had nothing to do with PSR?

I've had similar experience and often wonder if it goes back to their Bedouin tradition? Almost like Life of Brian in that they need to barter. You have to remember that it's only within the last 100 years that they've gained their wealth.

Agree, good team but not excellent. Excellence belongs to teams like Man City in the past few years. You can't be excellent when you're in 7th with a +6 goal difference. I'd also say a team has to have a few world class players to be in that bracket too.

Is it really mind boggling? Was he not Chelsea's player of the season for a few years running and also an England regular? I ask the above, even though I never rated him as a player!

100%, their commercial income has been amazing for a long time.

Any examples of decent players at this stage of their contract signing an extension? Interesting situation where data analytics seems to be determining what Liverpool offer as opposed to personal opinions.

I wrote about fans in Thailand watching the match. This is class. This is what it means to be growing our global base. I wonder if there was anything like this in other countries where the gathering is just made up of locals, not Geordie expats? Any footage from Saudi Arabia?

Different landscape now, who's paying these big transformative fees? The external money from PSG/Man City and even Chelsea, under Ambramovich, that oiled the transfer system has really gone down due to PSR and possibly Qatar losing a little interest after hosting the World Cup.

Celebrations in Thailand was class!

I wonder if we could claim damages/ loss of earnings in either not being able to strengthen resulting in us not finishing in a European place or being forced to lose Anderson/Minteh on the cheap/against our wishes? Apologies if it sounds stupid, I didn't tread the whole thread.

Completely different clubs and from afar I see them as good places for players to get accustomed to the Premier League without too much pressure. I would chuck Brighton and Fulham in the same category too. It is completely different at Newcastle where players don't have that bedding in period. I'm not saying don't buy young but they have to be top pedigree, like Hall, and they don't come too cheaply. I'm sure there will be occasions when we buy a cheap player from nowhere who can do a job but that will be very rare.

I'm not so sure we did buy to sell initially, more buy young (better value) and develop the team. The problem with selling our main players, where are the buyers? A lot of money flowed into the game through PSG, Barcelona and Madrid when we talk about Suarez, Bale, etc. No one is spending that type of money now.

I wonder what agents are making of the lack of spending? Must be losing a lot of money so I wonder if they're agitating for change behind the scene. Obviously not bothered about the welfare of agents but they are a powerful influence in football.

Very few people follow Leicester in Thailand, all of the traditional teams have big followings and I see quite a few Newcastle tops too; last year I even saw a local wearing the Joelinton hawaii shirt.