macphisto

I100% agree with you but does that not apply to all of the top teams? Who replaces Sala, Haaland and look at Arsenal up front at the moment? As I say, I agree with you but a lot of teams go with this high risk strategy. Some of these clubs are taking too big a risk but at the same time I wonder if fans are a little stuck in the past with big squads, say Yorke, Cole, Sheringham and Solskjær? That depth just doesn't exist anymore. Shows how the game has changed.

I could easily see clubs making a lot of money when broadcasting is brought in-house and they launch a Premier League "Netflix" for fans all over the world. Only issues there will be how you distribute the income and if the money will go straight through the clubs to players and agents.

I'd definitely sell him but if it's decided to keep him then I'd give him a new contract if his current one runs out in 2027. One thing we can not do with PSR is risk a saleable asset under 30 years old leave on a free in a few years time. Situation changes a lot once you get into the final 12 months of a contract which is why this summer is so important regarding Willock.

No one is against a squad, but this is where you'd want Mitchell to have an impact at the club. A lot of people have criticised the club for being poor sellers and in Willock we have an asset we could sell, for hopefully decent money, to then reinvest in new and better players with the aim of building the squad. When people say the club are bad at selling players, surely it's players like Willock they're referring to? We'll not get much for him after this summer as he'll be in the final year of his contract.

This season, our management of injuries has been excellent. To be any better, we'd have had no injuries.

I'd be very surprised if he's not sold in the summer. What I could see online, his contract expires in 2027 so this will be the optimum time to get the most for him. Hopefully stays fit and makes a decent contribution until the end of the season to attract clubs. When people say we need to be better at selling players, surely Willock is a prime example?

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.