TheBrownBottle

The Montreal Screwjob wasn’t a work, and that is in an industry which does ‘works’

Problem is that the squad was short of numbers in 23/24 for the CL campaign, and we didn’t need to just get one in, one out - we were short before that point.

Agreed, it’s all speculative - and we can’t know if it would have sated Isak and his agent. Probably not by the looks of it

I don't doubt that 40 to 50 people are being billed against NUFC matters. It is an inefficient state system being tasked with being dynamic - it isn't going to happen. Some of our support seems to still think that they're all hardline business execs.

It is straightforward enough: Isak's transfer fee: 63m Isak's weekly wage (reported): 120k/pw Isak contract length: six years (his signing pre-dates the changes to amortisation, now fixed at five years of the contract regardless of end date) So: 63m / 6 = 10.5m/p.a. amortisation Three years gone = 31.5m remaining 31.5m / 5 = 6.3m 10.5m - 6.3m = 4.2m 4.2m / 52 weeks = 80k / pw additional 'headroom' So NUFC could have taken Isak's wage from 120k / pw to 200k / pw with zero financial impact on the PSR 'bottom line' PS I never said that the contract length wouldn't be changed - it would have to be by necessity. But you absolutely can increase your outgoings and have these offset by a reduction in previous accounting overheads

I worked it out a month or so ago on a previous post, but we could’ve doubled his salary at zero change to PSR Footballers’ contracts are regularly changed with many years left depending on performance - it’s the norm in the industry Centre forwards who score lots of goals usually are the highest paid player at a club. If they want what he would have been earning, then change position and find the net. The match on Saturday served as a reminder of the difference a proper no.9 makes

Tbf we could’ve doubled Isak’s salary and it wouldn’t have moved our PSR headroom

That’s right - and I wonder if Spurs should be a bit concerned that Frank has went in for two former players and they both would rather sign for other clubs - to the extent that Wissa is acting like an arse to get to NUFC …

They do, absolutely - but the potential for dodginess with a manager is far greater I’d think.

Not saying it isn’t true, but surely the PL couldn’t ratify that - there is huge potential for match rigging and all sorts with that kind of deal

Proper fucking weirdo behaviour that by Brentford. The PL is full of absolute hoop-lickers for the Sky Six. I kind of liked them (I’ve got a Brentford-supporting mate who is sound), but I’m increasingly of the view that the quicker the historically second- and third-tier clubs from down south are run out of the league and replaced with traditional big clubs from the north the better it’ll be. At least they might have some fucking pride.

It reads like my old matchday crawl tbh

It wasn’t - a new contract would’ve been PSR-neutral. It was an idiotic decision.

Isak really is one of the thickest cunts in football. What did he think his statement would result in? Looks like we get one more year of him, and with any luck he’s off to the continent next summer. I’ll happily celebrate any and every goal he scores, further cheered that I don’t have to hear that fucking dreadful ‘gimme gimme gimme a striker from Sweden’ dirge after it.

The whole ‘refusal to play’ bullshit just shows what spoiled children most of these cunts are. You’re being asked to play football for 90 mins - it’s hardly a big fucking ask. It’s shite how he’s treated Brentford and this all seems miles away from the supposed ‘no dickheads’ policy.

100% to all of this.

I’m just glad I’ll not need to do it again

Haha cheers mate - tbf I keep laughing every time I see my face. Proper Don Corleone bog paper jowls 😁

According the Liverpool Echo piece today, Isak isn’t looking for a move because he’d get paid more money. So we shouldn’t worry about it.

Cheers mate - and that sounds like a nightmare. My bottom two were too deep into the jawline, so to avoid nerve damage they did a coronectomy on each of them, needing to drill the bone away and leaving part of the tooth root in place. I look like I’m storing seeds for winter.

I’ve taken more drugs in the last 24 hours than even the radgiest of NUFC away ends

I kind of like having Mackems in this thread, especially ones who haven’t as yet made lists of NE towns and villages and what % are MLFs and what % should be MLFs

Which is fair enough - and as a general rule I wouldn’t either for most things, but in terms of players / managers / owners shitting on the club, I’d listen to the voices of those going, given that they’re most directly impacted and give up their time and money to do it. I watched the match in a pub on Saturday night and left mildly irritated by a draw which would’ve been a win with a centre forward; if I’d paid my money, went down to Birmingham at stupid o’clock on a Saturday morning and then watched in frustration there’s a good chance I’d have let vent too - and I wouldn’t have needed Bolivian or peeve to make me do it (though I agree it is likely a bit counter-productive). The away end is the vox populi of the club.

Yep - I don’t have a serious issue with Isak wanting to play for a more successful club for more money. But he’s hardly a naive kid - he’s acted like an absolute cunt here.

That’s alright, it’s 4pm over here and I’m at recovering from having all four wisdom teeth pulled yesterday and likely not in a good fettle