Stifler

Alright, let’s look at Bournemouth, our last opponent. Last summer they sold all their big name players, every single one of them, except for a long term injured Kluivert. Their manager is leaving because he’ll face the same this summer, regardless of them achieving European football or not, and because there are clubs now after him who match his own ambition. Now let’s go to Palace. They fluked their way to an FA Cup win last season. They have sold a few of their best players in the summer, with the rest up for sale this summer. Their manager is leaving because much like Iraola at Bournemouth, the club isn’t matching his ambitions. Shall we try Brighton? You know that club who sells everyone to. Chelsea when they come calling, including their manager? The team who played Chelsea last night, and their fans couldn’t be bothered to turn up.

They’ll eventually sell us for a profit, but in doing so they’ll have created a team that tries to compete, and hopefully does.

The Premier League from the very start was designed to do exactly this. Arsenal, Man Utd, Spurs, Liverpool, and Everton all thought that they had the right to more money. Initially they didn’t even want relegation, they literally wanted a split from English football. People forget that they were forced to accept relegation even back then. They never anticipated a Chelsea happening, then when it did they never anticipated anyone having any more money again, then Man City happened. They both quickly established fanbases which meant there were more eyes on the league, which meant it was impossible to stop them. 3 years before our takeover came to light, it had been discussed in Premier League meetings how state nations, namely Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Kuwait were all looking at buying Premier League clubs. They thought it was a bid for Man Utd, Arsenal, or Spurs to either take them back where they believe they belong, or to give Spurs that last boost that they needed. Spurs were even in takeover discussions with PIF before they opted for us. They never thought that they would buy us instead, hence why there was a scramble to change the rules afterwards. If you notice, SCR has changed the rules to their benefit again, now infrastructure spending in total (including interest on loans) is exempt. You know why this is done don’t you? It’s because Man Utd want to spend £2bn or more on a new fuck off monster of a stadium. Arsenal want to add another 20k seats, will pay a fortune to do so (more than the Emirates cost in the first place), and need to pay the TFL to expand 3 nearby stations. Chelsea are scrambling to find a solution for a new stadium and that’s going to cost them a fucking fortune. Liverpool sooner or later will need a new stadium or an Anfield rebuild. None of them have owners who will put their hands in their pockets to pay for it themselves, so they need to have that ability for these clubs to loan the money.

No, but more similarly to the point I was making, I don’t think we should get in the Champions League (or Europe) and just be ‘Ok, let’s just be happy we got here, but let’s vote in a way that keeps us getting into Europe without us having to do much’.

Clubs who exist to make their owners money. No ambition to challenge. Happy to vote in rules that prevent them from challenging, but keeps them from letting their arses fall out. No real fanbases, in areas where there were up until quite recently more fans of clubs like Man Utd, Liverpool, and Arsenal than those clubs.

Awww shame. I hope they fuck off back down the leagues where they belong. The sooner clubs like Bournemouth, Brighton, Brentford, and Crystal Palace are booted out, the fucking better.

Their next 2 league games, Burnley and Spurs.

I just think that there is a twist coming, Ipswich turned their poor initial form around and have seemingly been up there for ages, but have dropped in recent weeks. Everyone think it maybe Southampton as they have came from nowhere, but I think Millwall have just went about their business and no one has noticed. Ipswich strike me as the team that should have went up, had it in their hands, messed up, got given a 2nd chance in the play offs and still messed it up.

Hartlepool were one of the teams they were looking at before opting for Wrexham. Imagine if we were discussing Hartlepool being promoted to the Premier League.

I still think Ipswich will fuck it up, and Millwall will come up.

Charlton are keeping them in with a chance as it stands.

‘You’re free to raise ticket prices yourself for much needed money when the big boys with the big names come around. No not for the big 6 fans, Twenty’s plenty remember?’

Yes because it matters for when we next qualify.

The current Strasbourg manager is shaking in his boots now.

Can we get back to Chelsea’s losses and how Man Utd and Spurs both have debts of over £1bn on their books please?

Here, Adidas, can we have a word?

Leicester winning 2–1.

Leicester need to win regardless of WBA’s results, the only saving grace could have been if WBA get a points deduction, but that’s most likely set to save Oxford in anyway.

The Premier League and also the EFL have played their part with the FFP hunts. How dare they win that fucking title, how fucking dare they?

So they revealed better plans a few years ago, decided to pull back on those plans because it would mean closing section of their stadium, to reveal lesser plans where they don’t have to close sections of their stadium, but now have to close sections of their stadium. And people wonder why we are taking our time?

Feels like West Ham fans see a celebrity on TV and go to wiki to claim them.

Don’t forget every cast member of Eastenders.

It depends on if Liverpool, and Arsenal are stupid enough to get dragged into a bidding war.

In the early 2000’s I used to go and watch North Shields with my stepdad. I’m not kidding you, sometimes we were the only ones there. We had to go to Morrisons and get some pies beforehand because they didn’t have any catering facilities, or toilets I believe. The fact that since the old committee have been ousted and they are regularly getting 500 or more for games is amazing. I honestly think that with better facilities they could get more. If they managed to get owners with a bit of money then surely looking at Hebburn is the benchmark. A decent stadium, good catering facilities, the beer pavilion etc. North Shields is a town with a lot of potential, and a town on the up I think. They could really be able to tap into it a little more. All In all, it’s a disgrace that money from football doesn’t flow down. Non-league clubs should be getting funding to have much better stadiums, and in the case of rural clubs and dare I say it North East clubs, a bit of funding to help with travel costs.

North Shields got over 1,000 fans the other week. Ok it was a local derby against Whitley Bay, but still. That stadium is a massive deterrence, NUFC women have seen a massive drop in attendance since their move there. It’s a fucking shocking stadium for football.