Jackie Broon

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Never bought that he was going to go there, would be such a sideways move.

Any dodgy decisions will be going the way of PSG.

The Vermont stuff happened in 2023 and coincided with his and the rest of the team's form going to shit that season, and he's been pretty inconsistent ever since

You all seem to have forgotten how long it took for Bruno to be unveiled.

I don't get this view of Trippier, seems lkke a bit of a rewriting of history. Overall he seems to have had a destabilising effect on the squad with his off the pitch 'activities', which others allegedly joined in with, and on the pitch he often went missing and cost us goals.

I think we should break the bank for Anderson. We need more players in our squad who have the right attitude and love for the club, that is invaluable and vital and if that balance is off everything falls apart. That balance is off at the moment and putting that right will do more than anything to move us forward.

And he could easily snap a leg in two. Best to get rid and move on.

It's different in that Milner is a great pro who always tried. His career might take off with a club that he is motivated to play for, but he clearly just isn't for us most of the time.

Wasn't it because they sang about Ashley being a fat cockney bastard?

His first touch is really inconsistent and he's not good when pressed, often giving the ball away cheaply in dangerous positions. Unless he can improve those areas he'll never be a top level player.

Following being knocked out of all three cup competitions and mackem loss I thought he would be gone if he didn't take advantage of the lighter schedule and relatively easy on paper run in to have a strong finish. If anything, we've looked worse than at any point this season.

That's not the right maths. They bought the club for £305m, since then they have put in £558.3m by issuing and buying shares and £172m by buying the St. James Park lease = £1bn That's not counting other undisclosed stuff like the cost of related party sponsorships. 1.5bn is reportedly what they value the club's shares at in seeking to sell a stake in the club. If that is even true, it is likely that is inflated, unrealistic or a negotiating position, it is very unlikely that it reflects what our true value is. Forbes value us at £800m.

It's hard not to, It's hard to pick out anything we've done well this season, it has been a shambles... transfers, tactics, selection, substitutions, game management, motivation, mentality all a fucking shambles.

We were told all season by the Howepy clappers that our poor performances were due to fatigue and not enough time on the training ground. We've actually been worse since. He's grasping around in the dark not knowing what does or doesn't work. There has been absolutely no sign he has the slightest clue how to trun things around for next season.

Seems unlikely given Howe's comments about too many new players being destabilising.

I very much doubt that has much, if anything, to do with them having visited before... much, much more to do with them being regularly in the top 4 and CL for the past 20 years. Sucess is what gets worldwide support.

Great stuff, finally maybe a realisation that the best way to attract worldwide support and increase revenue is by performing in the PL and European competition, not doing daft far-flung pre-season tours that are potentially detrimental to competitive performance.

Although the previous 33 seasons also had only 7 different champions, and a disgusting number of liver birds.

Yes, but even taking that out completely they've lumped in a billion plus on us and demonstrated that without, or even with, massive ongoing investment we're not able to get anywhere near the established big 6 financially. It's pie in the sky to think we some sort of great investment financially, it doesn’t add up. I think the reasons they've invested in us are much more likely to be strategic / image based or just because influential people within PIF like football.

I think there very little chance we'd do anything that requires us to temporarily relocate. It just doesn't make any sense. The idea that we would build on, or partially on, the existing footprint would be the worst of all worlds. It wouldn't have any less impact on Leazes Park, possibly more, would still impact on Leazes Terrace and would be massively disruptive to the club and supporters. It just doesn't pass the Ockham’s razor test.

They've also put in: £453m by issuing and buying shares in the club. £172m by buying the St. James' Park lease from themselves Whatever it cost to buy Leazes Terrace and other property £100m+ in related party sponsorships Overall the cost of owning us has probably been more than £2bn