TheBrownBottle

Just watched the highlights. It’s a thoroughly mediocre side in Brazilian terms - in my lifetime, the c.1990 Brazil side was as bad as it got. We all love Joelinton - but let’s be honest, he doesn’t get near most Brazil sides from our lifetimes.

Poor old Des. Genuinely saw him trip over his own feet when put through on goal away to Derby, Boxing Day 1997. Felt sorry for him that day tbh.

I mean, they have played in Europe before. Once. Briefly.

We’ve played two of those teams in Europe before too

We’d sign Maddison and play him right wing? Has he played right wing? It actually feels like a waste of a creative midfielder tbh

A mediocre midfield racist. The worst kind of racist.

I keep reading that he’s picked Spurs over us. Have we bid for the lad? I know we bid late in the last summer transfer window but Leicester wanted crazy money. After that we’ve made no more approaches, but the press says we’re ‘interested’ whenever there is a slow news week.

Didn’t know Dan Ashworth was one of those daft cunts who do troll bids on eBay

Ashley is the biggest difference. Spurs weren’t a more attractive club pre-Ashley. I still think it’ll take another season or two or doing better to move the balance back.

I’ve said it on here a few times, but he ‘feels’ like a Spurs player to me. Lightweight, looks canny on MOTD, hides when it really counts. He’ll get the love from me if he signs, though.

Spectacular and bigger new ground, higher turnover, better recent track record, higher wages on offer, likely to return to Europe next season, and in London (the players are unlikely to suffer the consequences of living in NE London - they’ll live in a completely different part of it).

Human rights abusing dictatorships using their slush funds to buy foreign football clubs is pretty much the definition of a bad thing for me. I can’t be arsed with the moralising from other supporters though - as if they’d do owt different. And the sport has changed, so this stuff occurs (though the PL did change the rules in April, which will potentially stop future similar takeovers)

Yep, they are. For now.

As a general principle, it being a bad thing seems difficult to dispute to me. We also wouldn’t need it if others had not been funded in a similar way.

I’m still going to take the piss tbh. But I’ve no time at all for any aggressive crack. Teddy seems ok to me - I wouldn’t want to see anyone chased away. Maybe a separate pisstake thread is necessary so that semi-sensible SAFC discussions can take place

Fair enough, all. Genuinely I’m not trying to be an arse about it. I normally like owners to set out their vision for the club, but understand that this isn’t an everyday ownership

No, I don’t think that of course. No worries from me at all. I just don’t think we sit as high in the priority list as some assumed, and now some are realising that with KSA clubs funded by PIF actively enriching and bailing rival clubs out of the shit.

Does anybody else find PIF’s general lack of visibility at NUFC curious? They appear to have no involvement in day-to-day running of the club at all. If this was a super important vehicle for them, then it seems a reasonable bet that they would want their own people more involved. Personally, I think that tells its own story. But that’s probably just me.

Yes, that’s how I read it too. It doesn’t at all mean he’s contradicting Caulkin.

I’m not seeing that tbh. What PIF is doing re the KSA league has nowt to do with us, nor is there any obvious net benefit to us - and ultimately money talks with agents. They’re spending money to improve their own league ahead of a WC bid. There is actually the potential for this to be a negative for us, given that there are no FFP restrictions on the KSA league and therefore they can chuck as much as they want at it. Who needs to worry about a far away European league when you could just spend the cash at home? Particularly given the headaches so far from the PL.

I’m struggling to give a shite about online polls being skewed tbh. And I’m also struggling to see the humour in skewing them.

No, they’re bona fide middle class Tories. Hurst happily blathered on about being a Tory to the FT.

I completely agree that racism towards black players or people generally is not a ‘black people problem’, but it is a problem if white people are the ones who determine what is and is not racism. Just take a look at the reaction in Spain re what happened to Vini Jr and you have to ask what the reaction of those journalists would be if they weren’t white

Veron and Di Maria were ill-suited to English football. They were slower than Hugo Viana’s granny. Veron proved that by moving to London and still being not great. That’s not to say they weren’t good footballers - of course they were. But just like Hugo Viana’s granny’s grandson, the pace of the game in England isn’t suited to all players at all times.

I remember the same arguments about Milner. Doesn’t offer much, runs around a bit, no end product, etc etc etc. The constant sniping at the lad is ludicrous. Loads just didn’t want him in the first place - fair enough - but this all looks like a desire for him to flop so that they don’t feel daft.