Whitley mag

Wilson and Trippier out Sesko and Kone in. Win

This season does have the feel of the Cole sale, then the rebuild the following season.

Yeah club considered it cheaper to keep players on long contracts then deal, sad to see him go but Tino softens blow massively.

Watched him last summer play in same team as Kephren Thuram and funnily enough against Tonali, looked the best out of all 3.

Love the bloke but where entering a new phase of the project and we may have to accept it makes sense.

This is the man we need been saying it for the last year, completely different to what we’ve got and tailor made for the PL.

Where definitely interested in Sesko for the summer my source DigBick confirmed this months ago, talks have taken place and pizza face is late to the table on this.

Interesting video on Buffalo’s new stadium and what’s gone into it. Think Populous who the club are using are involved and they’ve taken quite a bit from Spuds new stadium when designing it. Also being built right next to their current stadium, it’s all about the fan experience and sight lines in new stadium. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYJxJdICI1I

Fucking hell bad end to the week for this lot, they were still recovering from the earth shattering news that M&S has decided to shut their chicken town store ffs.

Think announcement on new training ground and associated sponsorship will be the big development before end of season.

Constant Howay The Lads against Burnley and listen to that support when Hughes was going up to lift the cup. Hairs on the back of neck stuff and just compare that to the piss poor support last year at Wembley. Night and fucking day.

Billing , McTominay and Phillips 3 players I hope never grace the black and white stripes. I’d like to think where trying to be a bit smarter whilst battling FFP and trying to bridge the gap.

Surely just means if you all of a sudden qualify for Europe you’ve got a problem straight away, and rather than invest you’ll be looking to reduce costs.

Yeah you’d struggle to find many industries which turn their nose up to investment.

I agree it’ll persist and for the precise reason that other teams have spotted the weakness, including teams in the bottom half. It’s all well and good folk saying Howe doesn’t play with a 6 and it wasn’t a problem last season, the fact is teams have recognised the weakness and the only other way of addressing it is for the back 4 to play an even higher line, which we also can’t do because we have no pace at the back.

Not quite 15% disappointing allocation, they’ll probably not even sell out.

Clearly he gets the rest of this season, but if this run of form was to follow at the start of next season, let’s not kid ourselves he’ll be out the door.

We’ve all shagged your wife Speedie Speedie…

Howe needs to find another string to his bow this summer, or i fear next season will be his last. Both him and his medical team have been found badly wanting this season it’s looked like amateur hour.

Eddie and Andy like this.

Oh hello another young British player linked from a big club who would cost a fucking fortune.

Midfield looked way too stretched when Joelinton went off last week. Play like that against these and it’ll be a cricket score, he’ll not do it but we should revert back to the year Hayden and Longstaff both anchored midfield perfectly against these under Rafa. The back 4 needs screening tonight whatever happens, these will cut us wide open if we play like recent weeks.

I wouldn’t be surprised if a challenge to FFP was on the horizon, it all seems very deliberate from the club this week. Throw in recent articles from the likes of NDM around the anti competitive nature of FFP and I’d guess where there’s lawyers pushing this, somebody will eventually take the rule makers on in the courts. In the short term I think the club is playing sponsorship correctly and I’ve got no doubt if they wanted a training gear or ground sponsor it would be done by now. There’s a method here though and they’re drip feeding the sponsorship deals correctly to maximise revenues across the next few seasons. Short term heavy investment in the youth academy and smarter transfer dealings than last summer will help us be competitive.

I’m all for challenging FFP and clearly we have the means to do so if we wish. It’s clearly a restriction on trade and completely unfair, if you are going to limit what teams spend you do it the American way and apply it across the board as a cap so everyone can spend the same. Of course the top 6 won’t do that because they don’t want competition or a level playing field. What other clubs should at the very least be pushing for in the name of fairness is a Baseball style approach, which allows teams to go over limit, but pay a tax relief to other teams when they do. This would give the other clubs a financial boost I’m sure they wouldn’t object to and may curb the top clubs wanting to making payments to everyone else, when they breach limit.

Forgot to mention Isak out and Solanke in jobs a good un.