Unbelievable

Apologies mate. It’s just when you say stuff like the club has “failed” to grow commercially and you “can’t tell” whether we’re making up ground when it appears you haven’t even looked at the data I get a bit irritated. Will try to be more patient going forward.

Or to be more precise, we closed the gap on those 5 (significantly even), but somehow Arsenal seem to have done even better in absolute terms.

Ah. Well the progress as a percentage obviously depends on the base from the previous year to which it is compared. However, seeing as Man City’s is the highest revenue of those mentioned at roughly 3 times ours, I think we’re closing the gap both absolutely and relatively speaking.

Alternatively you could have done some research yourself, no? I mean, the Deloitte data as per a 5 second google is here: https://www.deloitte.com/uk/en/services/financial-advisory/analysis/deloitte-football-money-league.html Our revenue (all types combined, not just commercial) grew by 29%, compared to e.g. 1% for City, 3% for Man U, 5% for Liverpool, -3% for Spurs, -7% for Chelsea. Does that answer the question about closing the gap or “simply moving up the table”?

It’s not hard to tell if you wanted to find out…

Maybe I am coming at it from a different angle. I wouldn’t demand, or even expect any football club owner to put massive amounts of their own money in. I do expect them to act in the best interest of the club however, and make it as competitive and self sustainable as it can be. From what I can tell that is exactly what our owners are doing. So far, despite their near limitless riches, they have done and are doing what any good owner could have done without resorting to throwing silly money around to buy success that would not be properly earned. For that I applaud them rather than criticise them. I much prefer this than for our club to be turned into PSG on steroids.

Shearergoal literally did on the previous page, then you and the usual suspects intimated as much by this of repeated line that they’re missing a trick by not having a training ground sponsor, stadium renaming, etc. They’re not missing a trick. They are aware of their options (whereas we are not) and have made a conscious decision on how best to proceed. They’ve surely earned the trust of fans by their actions so far, wouldn’t you say..?

Of course. Football finance expert Dave Powell pretty much confirmed this in this great Everything is Black and White podcast (around 28:50 mark) Still we get the same posters every couple of days coming in to explain to us how our owners are “failing”

Wut

Important week ahead. We look like we’ve started believing our own hype a bit. Proper back down to earth performance and result, and much work to be done

Our goal difference taking a hit too

Well done Dubs. What a pathetic display by all bar maybe Tonali

Shocking from Gordon

Fair play, well done Kluivert and Bournemouth

Ffs, why Isak?

Alright, time for a Trippier special

Tonali keeping us in it all by himself

Bournemouth have been fantastic all game

Tino has been chasing shadows all game

What a goal that would have been

Nice volley Gordon

Tonali is amazing

Tonali

Isak hasn’t had a sniff today