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Harry Kane?

Painful as it is to say it, some of the touches and control he had last night were far better than the rest of team

dat list It's like a who's who over 'Who fans would not want managing their club"

Someone compared it to us sacking Bobby because he finished 5th, which I think is a really good comparison. They're going to be mid-table fodder for the next few years. Some similarities yes, but think it was more a case that they never really adequately replaced the spine of the team...Toure/Vieira/Henry, and just went for a succession of light weight technical players over the years, and for all the improvement in the league since then, there is still a place for gritty hard working players, who have a never defeated attitude. Has to be a balance of course but I can't think of an Arsenal player that another player would be 'frightened' of going up against I'm convinced Anelka ruined Arsenal. They bought him for £500k and sold him on for £27m or something with everyone saying how much of a genius Wenger was. After that he seemed to become obsessed with signing nobodies in an effort to discover the next diamond in the rough. If they'd balanced their transfer policy with some big name established players I think we'd be looking at a different Arsenal today. Maybe a bit...they did spend big money (at the time) to get Henry, but there probably was a bit much focus on finding the next big payout from an unknown

Someone compared it to us sacking Bobby because he finished 5th, which I think is a really good comparison. They're going to be mid-table fodder for the next few years. Some similarities yes, but think it was more a case that they never really adequately replaced the spine of the team...Toure/Vieira/Henry, and just went for a succession of light weight technical players over the years, and for all the improvement in the league since then, there is still a place for gritty hard working players, who have a never defeated attitude. Has to be a balance of course but I can't think of an Arsenal player that another player would be 'frightened' of going up against

Why are Real Madrid top of LaLiga when level in points with Barcelona, even though Barcelona have a better goal difference. Guessing La Liga goes by number of defeats first?

No. Just no

all it would take for the whole illusion of pundits defending him to be shattered would be a simple question to each of them.... Would you want him managing your club? The awkward uncomfortable silence would be right up with there like a post Brent joke scene in The Office.... lots of looking at feet, avoiding eye contact, and the slightest excuse to change the subject

agree Just smells like one of those Chelsea transfers that should be brilliant but won't be.....Torres/Shevchenko style

This - I used to have loads of pirated music but haven’t downloaded anything dodgy in years as Spotify feels like good value and covers pretty much everything I listen to. Football costs a fortune and being split across a number of providers inevitably means there are plenty of games I don’t have a access to (even after paying all that money). Spotify gives the square root of fuck all to the artists Perhaps it means the most popular artists earn less. At the same time it allows for much lower barriers of entry for starting bands and artists, less reliance on agents (record companies) and arguably a healthier marketplace for music. The analogy works quite well with football come to think of it. Don't agree with this....the best will always earn millions one way or another. I personally think Ed Sheeran is garbage, and Adele couldn't sing her way past the first round of x-factor, but enough people disagree with that opinion that they are sitting in houses worth millions, and I'm almost certain they sit and dry their tears over my opinion with £50notes every night

Or on the flip side, not have to watch it at all. We don't need eyes to see where this is going

Pretty much always ideas above his ability though...seemed to think he was an Arsenal/Chelsea player but never anywhere near good enough

So some probably flawed logic on this piracy guff....Qatar object to to broadcasts being stolen, but at the same time won't allow any legitimate way for KSA to access. Glib as hell, but what did they expect?

Apparently, some people will believe everything they're told

What am I missing here? He's saying that being cross-examined in a billion-pound legal case is showing her up? A quick scan of his timeline shows a fair few RT's of stories poo-pooing the takeover. Wonder why. Fail to see the relevance really. Not directly related (unless you believe rumours of her using the 'winnings' to fund her stake). This will be worth a hell of a lot more to all involved than NUFC. If anything it will show the calibre of lawyers involved on both sides

Too difficult to pick a worst. There's been some grim line ups under Ashley. Then again I almost cried looking at the line up against Monaco in the Uefa Cup in 97/98....Literally a 6-4-0 and predictably humped. Not an Ashley lineup, but Roeder had some grim choices to make a team out of...Ramage, Huntingdon, Bramble...eurgh It's a wonder it took so long for us to be relegated

If he's on £800 per month, £20k would surely do. Journalist speculating, I suspect. Probably would if there wasn't a £30K offer sitting there

Probably. Could see some legal action against PL purely to spite Qatar, and a massive bid for next set of TV rights, while Newcastle dropped and some German/Italian team becoming their focus. Probably not Roma after their begging, Juventus and the Milan's ruled out...who's next? Germany pretty much a closed shop given their ownership models. France....what's the point? Spain, if not Real Madrid or Barcelona then nah? Portugal? Potentially, but not a great league. Scotland would be amusing

Yes that is true, but it doesn't happen immediately. It takes a few years of success for any particular team to generate money for the PL. Leicesters year was the most entertaining in bloody ages, but almost certain the PL income was down that year, as they didn't have the reach of the traditional 'big' teams I'd love to see some sort of study on tv viewing figures for all games, social media engagement etc etc comparing the figures between seasons where theres a tight title race with Leicester (or hell Chelsea or City) winning and Man Utd or Liverpool running away with it (obviously can't really use this season due to the disruption). My guess is there would be higher viewing figures and general engagement when Man Utd or Liverpool are winning it compared to Leicesters title win. Exactly what I mean. If Leicester had challenged for several years, or been consistently in Europe, they'd attract more fans and push the viewing figures back up. At present it is the usual suspects that generate the majority of PL income and takes a while to change. eg Spurs are appealing to watch now, but when they were the mid-table team they didn't get half as much interest. It's taken them what 10? 15? years to become established Euro challengers.

Yes that is true, but it doesn't happen immediately. It takes a few years of success for any particular team to generate money for the PL. Leicesters year was the most entertaining in bloody ages, but almost certain the PL income was down that year, as they didn't have the reach of the traditional 'big' teams

Their former owner was pressured by the Premier League to sell after an arrest warrant for him was issued and his assets frozen, meaning he had no money to run the club. As the Premier League had urged him to sell, and he had no money to keep the club going, they weren’t in a position to reject it. PL/FA rules at that time also forbidded an owner with a criminal record from owning a club. There was also no Global pandemic, no accusations of piracy, and no objections from Amnesty or fiance's of murdered journalists.

No it's no conspiracy, but could potentially disrupt their cash flow for a few years and no business likes uncertainty in their figures beyond annual growth. If Newcastle got into the top regions of the league they'd probably suffer a drop at least initially, and this has the potential to disrupt their growth plans for the next few years. Would be interesting to see what kind of hit they took when Leicester won a few years back. Almost a pity it was pretty much a one off (despite this seasons good form). Football reputations and finances generally change pretty quickly barring some exceptions based on massively extended success. We're probably the best example, showing how quick and easy it is to fall behind. From being one of the biggest earners in mid-90's and a couple of years early 2000's we've gone to a club just making up the numbers. A few better decisions over the last 15 years and it could easily have been us sitting in the Tottenham/Arsenal/Liverpool situation.

Why would they care? One of their big 'money making' teams (Man Utd/Man City/Liverpool/Chelsea/Arsenal/Tottenham) will miss out being in the top 6, and they're will be a few years gap in their finances till Newcastle have enough of a following abroad to replace it.

More likely agent driven having told him that there are Championship and League 1 players being paid significantly more than he is.