Mole_Toonfan

You can choose to believe the excuses of Mike Ashley if you want, i choose to believe he's full of shit and the same thing will happen next summer.

Not really. Aguero scored 20 in 31 last year which numbers wise is a pretty good season by most peoples standards, but none of it actually mattered and was probably one of his worse seasons performance wise. Son probably would score 20+ goals for Spurs if Kane was out the whole season, but what would it mean for Spurs overall success as a team? probably not that much tbh.

And they would finished 5th max, it's not about how many goals you score but when you score them. Kane's importance to Spurs is far more than just the number he puts in the stats column.

Mike Ashley is the owner, just don't be surprised if we are complaining about the same shit next summer.

I really doubt that makes a difference, it's just an excuse. We'll hear the same crap next summer imo.

Whether they knew it or not, i personally don't tend to believe news reported after the fact. 99% of the time it's utter bollocks.

Who else have Brighton signed? don't recall reading them sign anyone else other than the 16m lad.

Some creative help for Eriksen and a pacy forward of the level of someone like Sanchez, trouble is the players that would improve them are highly unlikely to want to join them.

Aye it's just a bid, no actual news whether it's been accepted or not either.

Chill man, Brighton have hardly spent anything at all summer before this supposed deal. We are a disgrace but Brighton are hardly the shining example of ambition either.

If we get any of those things I'd be surprised tbh.

He's one of those skillful play across the front line without a position types isn't he? Can't say I have seen much but any signing is good atm

Aye, like it does in La Liga. Madrid and Barca get shit loads more than everyone else, unless they changed it. But yeah clearly it's better this way.

I genuinely don't believe people actually think the bubble is going to burst if i'm honest, wanting it sure but believing it? nah, there's zero evidence to actually suggest it's going to do anything but grow. I'm pretty sure that Sky subscriptions are going down for a start. Aye and i have said this before but the reason the Premier League is so huge has nothing to with the English viewership, if it were then why does Italian and Spanish tv deals pale in comparison? It's because worldwide they are nothing compared to the Premier League, while the American,African, Asian and what not continues to grow it does not matter. It's incredibly short sighted to just look at what Sky and BT are doing, that's not the reason the league is so big even if they are the ones paying the big contracts atm. The current situation is exactly because of BT though. It's not at all short sighted, it's just acknowledging that that's the reason for the latest increment and if their increased spending and Sky's increased spending starts failing then it'll have repurcussions on the money involved in the Premier League. The bit in bold is what's short-sighted. As soon as Sky and/or BT determine it's not financially viable for them anymore there will be a host of offers coming in from all over the place. Also, overseas rights currently account for just about 1/3rd of the total payout. I would expect this share to continue to grow overall, but it's already more significant to clubs in the bottom half as overseas rights benefit all clubs equally whereas domestic rights disproportionately benefit those at the top because of the way it's distributed. For the top 6, the overseas money was less than 30% of their payment for last season (as low as 26% for Chelsea), but it was over 40% for those in the bottom 3. There have already been reports of some of the deals for the next cycle (2019-2022). NBC ponied up £1B for six years (which is double what they were paying in the last cycle). That plus new deals in China and part of Africa already have the next cycle at almost 50% of the current total. When all is said and done the next cycle will probably at least double the overseas rights, so this "bubble" has a ways to go. Aye

I genuinely don't believe people actually think the bubble is going to burst if i'm honest, wanting it sure but believing it? nah, there's zero evidence to actually suggest it's going to do anything but grow. I'm pretty sure that Sky subscriptions are going down for a start. Aye and i have said this before but the reason the Premier League is so huge has nothing to with the English viewership, if it were then why does Italian and Spanish tv deals pale in comparison? It's because worldwide they are nothing compared to the Premier League, while the American,African, Asian and what not continues to grow it does not matter. It's incredibly short sighted to just look at what Sky and BT are doing, that's not the reason the league is so big even if they are the ones paying the big contracts atm.

I genuinely don't believe people actually think the bubble is going to burst if i'm honest, wanting it sure but believing it? nah, there's zero evidence to actually suggest it's going to do anything but grow.

They'll have been f***ing embarrassed by that. Of course they'll care. Anything apart from a hiding would be nice to take to Huddersfield. Still think we can get something though. It was a year ago man They have finished 2nd since then and played in the CL, they are massively small time if they give a shit about it and i doubt they will. I doubt they are going to let a defeat to an already relegated side over a year ago, effect them. Only Newcastle fans actually think this is a thing.

Rafa mentioned it as a joke, honestly they have bigger aims and finished 2nd last year. I'll be surprised if they actually care.

That was over a year ago though, doubt they'll actually give a shit if i'm honest.

Who the fuck is Winks?

I think Wenger particularly did it to match up initially, but then he realized that it suits his players a lot more than any other system so he kept it.

In fairness the better managers are the ones that are using it, almost exclusively.

We'll see it a lot this season mind, Arsenal and Chelsea both use it and i wouldn't be surprised if City use it as well.

Waiting and hoping Sums this amateur lot up.

Aye, don't understand why anyone would really.