Stifler

1 minute ago, LFEE said:

Looks like @Stifler dream has died…

 

 

I would have thought that he would have had better suitors than Juventus.

16 minutes ago, TK-421 said:

Just seen this on a twitter post, of the long sleeve version. Ouch! 



That's the danger when its just another piece stitched onto the short sleeve, you run the risk of stuff like the material pattern not lining up.

Yeah it is always going to happen.

For the record other teams also have the stitches on bit for their long sleeved version, unless you also have the authentic long sleeved version. Arsenal do have, and I think it depends on how well our long sleeved versions sell in order for us to get it in future.

4 minutes ago, John P said:

So is the pinstripe detail on the non-authentic version too? It's not listed in the product description thing, but it looks like it does have it on the pictures?

It looks like it is on the pictures.

Anyone seen the originals T-shirts?

The white one looks class.

3 hours ago, The College Dropout said:

The quality in the PL mid pack is being gutted by the top 6. 
 

It’s a shame.  
 

(we are in danger of being left behind - these lot are building super teams)

The result of 4 seasons of non-top 6 clubs gaining a Champions League spot, and both Man Utd and Spurs having laughably bad league campaigns.

1 minute ago, gdm said:

I’ve never been in the stack but there’s no way it’s worth £50m probably not even worth £2m

It made £1m in December.

As it happens I think we’ll sell the stack when we get our new stadium with a built in fanzone.

How soon is very doon?

1 hour ago, Myleftboot said:

The Saudi version of MASH Holdings. Hopefully not.

There have been some absolute shite accounts join this forum since the takeover like.

They have spent over £30m to bring in Bruno when it looked like we were going down, brought in Trippier to try and steady the ship. Sacked Bruce as soon as he gave himself enough rope, brought in an up and coming manager. Took us to 2 cup finals in 3 years, winning a trophy for the first time since 1969, first domestic trophy since 1955. Brought in Isak for £60m, plus £10m in add ons. Brought in young players we can develop. Invested in the women’s team to take them from the lower leagues of women’s football, to compete for a place in the WSL. Twice invested in the training ground whilst we await a suitable site for a new academy complex. Bought the Strawberry land back in the off chance we’ll need it to expand SJP, but are instead looking at building us a new stadium worth between £2bn-£4bn (potentially the most expensive stadium build in the world).

Mike Ashley could buy another club and own them for the same 14 years he owned us, and between us and them he wouldn’t even touch what PIF have done for us in less than 4 years.

4 minutes ago, tgarve said:

Station? 

Nah, where the arena was.

The developer who wants to buy it for housing is struggling to get funding, Sadiq Khan sent a plea to Chelsea earlier this year to get in touch with him about the site and they have now held meetings with him.

Looks like Chelsea are going to build a new stadium at Earls Court.

31 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

I think it’s 50/50 whether they stay up they won’t be as outmatched as some think and I think their recruitment is smart, think Mayenda will be a handful and the new lad has pace and physicality.

 

Think Wolves and Brentford could join promoted sides in peril this season.

Nowhere near 50/50.

Their squad is poor. Just taking the play offs for example, in all 3 games they conceded chances that the other team didn’t take, and took their few chances. When they come across Premier League teams, those chances are not going to be missed. The domination they let the other team have with the ball is going to open up even more chances. The player who dragged them over the line in the semi-final scored an own goal, and gave away a penalty the last time he played against Premier League opposition. The guy who got them over the line in the final had already signed for Brighton.

For them to stay up, it will take a Nottingham Forest like season run of over performing on XG for, and XG against.

The only real Premier League team you could say that have a chance of going down is Wolves because they have lost their main man and don’t look like having the money to replace him. West Ham maybe shit, but they have the experience to know how to win shit mundane to see them to safety. There are question marks over Brentford with them losing their manager and best players, but they will no doubt already have a book of players who they can buy to bring in and replace them. By all means the manager they have now was brought in with taking the managers roles at some point in anyway, and if he doesn’t work out, no doubt they’ll move quickly to replace him with someone who will.

On the face of it you could say that Everton having their players another year older would also put them into trouble, especially as some of them have already left the club.

At the end of the day, how many teams do you think will drop down to that level where they are in a relegation battle? 1, maybe 2? Are Sunderland then in a better position to overtake them as well as Leeds, and Burnley?

1 hour ago, GeordieDazzler said:

Both are terms used by Geordies, just the Mackems decided to lay claim to one of them in the 90’s, alongside calling themselves Mackems, changing their logo to a design more similar to ours, and electing to adopt the nickname the Black Cats, and they have the audacity to call us 92’s.

6 minutes ago, Kimbo said:

My prediction/conspiracy theory is that there will be a Saudi led European Super League within 5 years and these clubs are already in bed with them. That’s a realistic goal for them and it’s far bigger than Newcastle.

 

As far as Newcastle is concerned, the club was sold to them by Staveley and I think everything needs to be pushed forward by a non-PIF person. They’re there to invest if someone sells it to them, but otherwise we’ll be a forgotten relatively minor investment.

Nah, the Super League will be a closed Premier League.

The Saudi’s will be asked to buy the Champions League TV rights for a step above what they go for now, in exchange for a club or 2 of theirs being invited to the competition each year.

2 hours ago, JigsawGoesToPieces said:

Need to change the title tbh, sounds like we are nowhere near.

 

Romano saying this morning that Chelsea advancing.

Romano sell tweets for clubs and agents.

I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s just saying that on behalf on either Brighton or the players agent in order to try and put pressure on us to either offer more for him to Brighton, or more in wages.

5 hours ago, madras said:

Can't see how we'd qualify for the next one. It's designed that way. Legacies only.

Something like 8 European teams qualify for it, with them on about expanding it even further. The 4 Champions League winners, plus the best coefficient teams.

Currently there is a limit of 2 teams from each nation, but if they do expand it, then that may get scrapped. So in the next 3 years we just have to get our European Coefficient up, and it doesn’t matter if it’s via the Champions League or not.

It will take 3 excellent runs in Europe, but it’s doable, especially if we manage to strengthen our squad.

29 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

The calendar is ludicrous, that is beyond doubt. But saying the Club World Cup is "the worst idea ever implemented" is just throwing the baby out with the bathwater. It's a global game; there should be room for it.

 

There does need to be effective lobbying against this tournament - there's so much to criticise. But it should be in the interests of delivering a good version; one which isn't motivated by geopolitics, revenues and vanity. What Klopp is saying is just reductive. Pointless too; it's here now, and it'll almost certainly expand. 

 

The calendar absolutely needs review. But let's start by looking at the dead rubbers, like international friendlies and tournament qualification; let's maybe fuck off bloating the UEFA competitions; let's explore the domestic cups (could the League Cup be in alternate years, for instance?); let's consider more player regulation - e.g. maximum appearances per season. 

 

A CWC for the right reasons really shouldn't be beyond the comprehension of the game's leaders. But here we are. We've got odious, narcissistic self-serving cunts pulling the strings, so it's impossible. (But enough about Klopp, wahey!)

The problem is, clubs like Klopps beloved Liverpool will all cry out for things like scrapping the League Cup, and also reducing the Premier League to 18 teams all on the grounds of there being too many games, then go out and request an expanded group stage to the Champions League.

He’s wrong.

The most recent worst ideas in football are giving teams 5 substitutes, and adding 15 minutes onto the end of each half for stoppage time.

I wonder what prick who was only thinking about himself is responsible for those?

Hutchinson Lua Lua.

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Just now, Kilcline said:

Tuchel having half of these in September's squad is my final line of judgement on him for me, and I loved that we got him in! 

September:

Tuchel gives Stansfield his first England call up.

Just now, La Parka said:

Seems to do it in the league. Might just be the pressure of this occasion. 

Step up now though, isn’t it?

If Stansfield is who Birmingham have leading the line next season, then they need to rethink their aim of winning promotion.

8 minutes ago, La Parka said:

Stansfield feels like a competition winner. 

Uh huh.

I wonder if we’d be interested in him.