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Oh is the full price £55? I'd assumed they were £30! Even better then.

no worries man, hope Adidas honour them!

https://www.adidas.co.uk/newcastle-united-fc-24-25-home-jersey-kids/JX6515.html Newcastle 1st and 3rd kids shirts £15. Looks like a glitch, no idea how long it'll be there or if it'll be honoured.

I'm on about having birthdays. I don't think Slot has them.

The richest club in the world needing a plan B to beat the champions of Norway at home is ideal aye.

Needs to be concentrating on the next game rather than having birthdays tbh.

Tbf we had hundreds of kids who were ready for PL football waiting in the wings. Criminal they were never used, is he stupid?

Gonna be a wild ride seeing us make up that 1 point deficit.

If you mean PL players then that wouldn't be an issue if the new service was bringing more money into the league than the deals with Sky etc. Which it should even at a lower price point because of increased scale, cutting out the middlemen and their profit margins, getting revenue from advertisers and sponsors direct etc. It would undoubtedly have a knock-on effect on the lower leagues and their TV deals so there should be filtering down of funds to compensate them for that (lol).

And also if they want to eliminate piracy, which they desperately do. At some point they need to realise that the only route to that is a price point that appeals to everyone. It doesn't need to be as cheap as IPTV if the UI is slick enough and the experience convenient enough, but it needs to be fairly cheap.

It's true but it's not really relevant here I don't think? In terms of changing behaviour (rampant piracy) it has worked and it can work for the PL as well if they price it correctly. The PL isn't a complex landscape of thousands of artists, it's one organisation that could make a killing by cutting out the middleman and selling direct to consumer at a sensible price and at huge scale, all but killing piracy.

I work for them (atm ) but can't see anything except their TV business shrinking beyond all regognition. They'll pull out all the stops to not lose PL coverage but I think it's coming eventually. They're losing HBO content on the entertainment side at some point soon as well, I think.

@midds @AyeDubbleYoo @Disco There was actually a reddit thread today about the very subject we were discussing yesterday: https://www.reddit.com/r/football/s/UH5VjkLW26 From a City AM article, thought this bit was interesting as it coincidentally mentions £10 as a price point. Hopefully there is scope for sensible pricing when this inevitably comes around.

Don't disagree but they'd be well advised to get the pricing right if they want to remove illegal streaming as a factor. Those pricing examples you've given are probably not far off what they'd go for if they went down the road of continuing the Sky model, which is outdated and has always been very exclusionary to those without sufficient financial means. Instead I'd love to see a huge rethink. Get rid of this nonsense idea that was invented in the 90s, of the PL being a premium product with a premium price tag. Instead aim to have everyone who loves football watching as much of their product as is possible, with cost not seen as a hurdle to anyone. They'd have an opportunity to achieve absolutely incredible reach with young and old viewers if it was priced at say £10/month and they'd eliminate illegal streaming in the process. Or make a deal with Netflix/Amazon and get it on there at little or no extra cost. They could make more money doing it this way if they strike the right balance, guarantee future fans and ensure almost every single view of their product was legal, exposed to their advertisers and whatever else they wanted to do with it. There are parallels with TV in that Netflix got things very, very right in the beginning and gave people what they had been crying out for. They made people abandon their torrents with their slick UI, incredible library, fair pricing, flexible subscription etc. Then the rest of the industry wanted on the gravy train and it all went to shit. The PL would have no real competition and no excuse for not prioritising reach over outdated pricing from day 1, but sadly I think shortsighted greed will win the day as it generally always does these days.

Nah it's that you're an absolute dweeb about it.

Doubt there's anyone else outside the top 1.5m with this high an opinion of themselves. Joao Pedro was a beyond obvious move this week and you're carrying on like you (nearly) scouted a kid from the U16s. I had him btw

Oh look, Liverpool might not win every single game they play.

That's not what I'm doing. I'm saying it's far too early to judge, but also factoring in that the team we're discussing have staff and players that have been there and done it again and again. If Man City pick up a couple of top players in January including a DM, will you reverse your write-off? Since that could easily happen your write-off is completely meaningless. It's getting your prediction in early for the sake of getting it in early.

No offence but looking at the Europe thread you said in February you didn't think we could make up 5 points on Man Utd. Which is exactly the type of thing I'm on about - having an attention span of about 5 games and projecting it on to the entire season. It appears to be quite common. Just amazes me how most of us have been watching football a long time but many make the exact same misjudgements every single season. The answer is there is no answer yet, but after less than a third of the season there's not a chance I'm writing off Man City or crowning Liverpool.

The point is that nothing is ever won in November but people are always in a rush to get their judgements in about us, or other sides. Liverpool have experienced zero adversity as of yet and are only 5 (probably 8) points clear. Guardiola has a history of finding solutions and is probably the best PL manager ever. January is also just around the corner. If they find a way to shore up their midfield there's no reason they can't push again. We've no idea who will be top in May cos it's NOVEMBER. See also: the bipolar reactions every time we win or lose a game in the Europe thread, every single year.

Can't believe anyone saying Liverpool winning the league is a foregone conclusion in November Every year it's the same, Man City falter pre-Christmas then they go on an incredible run right through to the end of the season. Yes they look particularly bad atm and have some problems but I think they've earnt the right by now not to be written off until about March at the earliest

At least nobody will talk about the dad thing now.