TheBrownBottle

Yeah, it’s tricky - and I think the uniformity of playing styles etc is impacting everything too.

It’s been poor to date - but don’t tell @Unbelievable that (just kidding @Unbelievable )

Yeah, completely agree on that front - if he wants more than that, it absolutely starts having a PSR impact (though the PSR impact of tens of thousands extra per week isn’t significant). If he wants say £400k pw then that becomes an issue. But that’s a lot of ‘give’ - and if other players at the club are unsettled by one of the world’s best forwards getting more than them, I’d suggest that they wind their neck in or score the goals he does.

100%. The strategy has been flawed - don’t get me wrong, I like ambition, it’s great, but this is another transfer window where we’re just not nailing this. Newcastle United are still not a ‘big club’ - a League Cup and CL qualification isn’t going to alter that. We have to shop in the next bracket down - and we should be able to attract players ahead of Brighton or even Villa etc. Plenty of time in the window yet, but they’ve lost a lot of time and some of the players who may have been sensibly targeted may have already moved.

There aren’t - and Haaland was a goal-a-game centre forward

Not sure how reassuring Howe’s ‘the players we’ve approached weren’t interested’ line from his presser yesterday will be in that regard

But it isn’t based ‘on a forecast’. It isn’t based upon projections, nor assumptions, nor guesses. PSR is based upon very, very simple maths. Isak’s transfer fee - which is on our books every season in ‘amortised’ form - would reduce in the season from over £12m to over £7m. It you gave him the difference, it would have no impact on PSR calcs. I don’t give a shite what the football hacks have written - they’ve proven over enough time that despite it being their ‘profession’, they write shite for low salaries.

Only the original fee gets amortised - you don’t amortise assumed value etc. His new salary would replace the old one, and it becomes an ‘extra over’ calculation. What I haven’t included is a signing-on fee for a new deal - but the point is that a chunky new contract could be awarded at ‘zero’ cost (PSR-wise)

They aren’t ’educated guesses’ it is literally how amortisation works. And we’re not discussing how much Newcastle can spend this summer - you’d need the 24/25 figures and 25/26 forecast to be accurate. But renegotiating an extra £100k per week for Isak would have no impact on PSR at all.

Yes, I’m saying exactly that. Who wrote the piece - glorified fanzine writer Caulkin, or tactics rain man Waugh? You don’t need to know the club’s ’financial situation’. PSR calcs are completely standard, and were laid out for you. We could give Isak an extra £100k per week and it would be ‘PSR neutral’.

You’ve been given the maths tbf

Standard football hacks not understanding basic maths shocker. They’ve been like this for years. Completely untrue unless Isak wants an extra £200-300k per week (which he might well do). Even then, so what? If he’s who you need, then sell. Sell a ‘purple’ if necessary. Sell a Gordon or a Joelinton.

I’ve never had that impression, and the complete lack of action where they are not hamstrung by PSR adds weight to that We’re nearly four years in - where is the club’s executive board? No communication and a lack of structure at the club.

They absolutely can - even the reduced overhead of the reamortised transfer fee would ‘zero cost’ from a PSR perspective. NUFC signed Isak in the 22/23 season for £63m. So that means £63m / 5 =£12.6m per season amortisation We’re now in 25/26 - so three seasons have already been amortised; so 3 * £12.6m = £37.8m. So the new five year deal would be £37.8m / 5 = £7.56m amortisation per year. £12.6m - £7.56m = £5.04m difference. So NUFC could give Isak an extra £100k per week and our PSR wouldn’t move at all.

Which players play for 30 years professionally? What proportion of footballers become pundits / managers?

Howe implied Isak’s head has been turned

Literally not what Howe said

That’s a fucking bizarre statement from Howe tbh. I’m now thinking that something is awry - and if there isn’t, Howe hasn’t exactly helped end speculation.

You mean you don’t want to dress like Bet Lynch?

I agree mate - I think a new GK isn’t just needed but necessary

Honestly lads, it might never happen - cheer up

That’s a relief And of course I meant nowt pejorative against the kids

They’re required to do that - but Emmanuel College has a longstanding history of ‘teaching the controversy’ as American Christian fundamentalists like to say

At Emmanuel College?

Hopefully the players can educate them on evolution being a real thing