Ghandis Flip-Flop

Erm they didn’t play for Spurs Did they win the appeal? I thought they just held things up in the courts for long enough that the majority of the provable stuff fell outside of the allowable time for charges to be brought

Right I get people’s frustration but let’s actually look at the types of injuries we've had this season. Murphy and Pope - Dislocated shoulders - so not related to training or playing intensity Barnes - freak foot injury - not related to playing or training intensity Burn - Fractured back - impact injury following awkward fall - not related to playing or training intensity Anderson - Spinal stress fracture - unsure of circumstances resulting in injury - possibly training related? Willock and Joelinton - recurrent muscle injuries - genuine possibility these haven’t been managed well, but given the lack of minutes Willock had it’s not down to cumulative intensity of play. Botman - ACL issue post impact - impact injury not related to intensity - was initially misdiagnosed however which is a black mark against the medical team. Wilson - continues to be made of glass. So whilst I’d agree there is much for the entire club to learn, I’d argue a significant portion of these long term injuries are just unfortunate, rather than being the result of how the team play. Obviously in top of this the Tonali situation has left us short of numbers in midfield too, which has resulted in overplaying of whoever is currently fit. But that would potentially be an issue even if we played in a less intensive tactical manner. Mainly as I suspect much of the fatigue the players are experiencing is mental rather than physical

I’m beginning to wonder if we have a recall option on Joe White's loan at this point, full academy graduate midfield by the end of the season. It worked for Roeder back in 05/06 ? we’d all be over the moon with another 7th placed finish at this point right?

Don’t worry about it, they can just upload your replicant consciousness into a new husk, once the injury crisis has subsided

Which signed Tonali and Minteh last summer? And has generally made most of our "Purple" ? signings from Europe.

You see I don’t get this opinion at all, we are two years ahead of schedule and this season was always going to result in a bit of a slump or regression given the fact that we are really only 3 (This jan being the 4th and it’s still open) windows into an actual build. Jan 21 was about staying in the league rather than being forward looking, Bruno signing aside. People quote how long it took City to challenge as being 4 years, before FFP and from a significantly higher base too. They’d had significant investment by Shiniwatra prior to their big takeover and also had lots of saleable assets. Unlike the utter car crash and squad largely bereft of quality that was here post takeover.

Yes but that assumes you don’t sell anyone and that our revenue stalls. People talk about a lot of easy PSR wins, such as training ground sponsor, stadium naming rights etc. these will be phased in over time to allow the revenue to continue to grow organically. Rather than shooting our wad all in one go so to speak. The honest reality is going to be more expensive tickets etc too, especially for folks coming to the end of the Ashley price freeze. Additionally, actually continuing to progress in cup competitions means increased revenue from additional games. Taking ownership of retail and refreshments in the stadium, rather than the undervalued contracted out situations we had before and the fan zone; will all see our revenue start to creep up.

I mean I could go and tweet that I’m having a threesome with Karen Gillan and Gillian Anderson tonight. It sadly doesn’t mean there’s any truth to it. Basically I’m just saying I’d wait until there’s multiple sources with a better track record of getting things right in relation to Newcastle, before I shat the bed (Preferably with Karen Gillan and Gillian Anderson in it). Also known as wait for the harbinger of doom Craig Mope to confirm it first.

Because it’s Twitter and he'll probably release another one tomorrow with Joelinton expected back in three weeks? ??‍♂️

I see everybody losing their shit over that article regarding Joelinton out for the season. Is that guy legit? Never seen him tweet anything about Newcastle before, so is there substance to it? Or is it the usual Neurotics Online case of presume the worst even when no evidence exists?

If their fees weren’t amortised across the total duration of their contracts yes. But Hall will be £6M a year for FFP calculations

I think it’s been mentioned that we are also taking back control of retail at the same time as binning off Castore. If they play their cards right and actually stock the club shop with stuff to buy, unlike Castore, that could also end up being another increased source of income too.

It was a sickener, particularly as we all knew the money was just going to disappear into the aether and not be reinvested.

Yeah but Ashley would sell his Granny if there was a 20% profit in it for him

To allow us to spend £100M for FFP purposes, given a £60m+ profit on someone like Bruno could conceivably allow us to buy 6 players at £50M each amortised over 5 years, providing we keep growing our commercial income. It’s convoluted and I wish as a football fan I didn’t have to try and get my head around this bollocks.

They’re being investigated for breaches during Abramovich's time found by Boehley's lot when going through the books. Given they’ve found wrongdoing themselves and have fessed up, surely they have to receive some sort of punishment? They might be pushing for leniency given change in ownership and honesty, but given the recent punish,ents doled out, they can’t get off Scot free. Surely they're screwed in general soon too, if they don’t get back into the CL soon too I’d imagine

Because their turnover is enough to service that debt comfortably. It does seem to go against the publicly explained reasons for ffp though and also allowed Burnley to be bought with their own money before they were relegated too, if memory serves me right.

Who's chief sports writer is the much maligned and ridiculed Lee Ryder. I mean the joke when I lived back in the North East was you couldn't wipe your arse with the Chronicle, as more shite would come off the paper. Has it ever been terribly accurate other than when the club deliberately fed them stuff?

Not necessarily, that may be due to the fact we feel we can still get a fee for him. This isn’t Ashley’s Newcastle anymore. We will be renewing contracts to protect the club now, rather than because we can’t be arsed to sign new players. i also wouldn’t be surprised if Burn is actually an a relative pittance given the coming home emotional pull.

Depends on what you mean by challenging for Conference places. If we are 10th looking for a run at the end of next season yes. But if we are in touching distance of top four most of the season and drop back into 6/7th, then I’d argue we are par for being 3 full seasons into a project. I think people need to temper expectations, I mean did yesterday not serve as a massive illustration of how far behind City we actually are as a club? It will take time to cement our position and there will be further bumps in the road. Especially given the deliberate road blocks ffp/fmv will cause us at times.

Willock and Joelinton don’t exist now then? ??‍♂️

Think the likes of Targett, Lascelles and Krafth will be moved on this summer as a way of freeing up FFP funds, which will see his path to first team minute look less contested. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a similar renaissance for this lad as we've seen for Gordon this year. It takes time for many to get up to speed with Howe's system

It was but I can remember always crediting Pedro with that desire to atone for his mistake, as a big reason I loved the ugly fucker as a player. There are plenty of players with Bruno's talent who don’t possess that attitude and desire to get back and make up for a mistake.

Probably missed the most critical one in Pope. Been why our defence has been sitting deeper and giving opposition No10’s all that space to operate in

Is everybody suddenly forgetting the very deliberate talk by Ashworth around club specific release clauses? I would not be surprised if that clause does not apply to fellow PL clubs, despite them being amongst the few clubs who could afford him. I would imagine if we sell to another PL club it will be for a much larger fee than his rumoured release clause.