janpawel

5 minutes ago, gjohnson said:

This....I used to think winning with honour mattered, but I've never seen Nufc win anything in my lifetime. The closest I've seen is agonising near misses. In this time I've seen Chelsea going from the brink of administration to champions in a couple of years. Man City being what would be now a League One side to the most dominant team in top flight history. 

 

Money has and will always be dominant one way or another. So if PIF are actually serious with us we will get there eventually. Just hope I live long enough to see it

Yeah exactly. And I wouldn't want/expect us to spend like they are in the Saudi leagues, spending a billion on Vinicius Jnr etc

But it would be nice to be in a position where we can CONSIDER buying the Olise, Sesko, Marmadashvili's etc of the world like all the top 6 clubs can, every single season, rather than (I'm assuming here) targeting the Traffords and Calvert Lewis of the world 

39 minutes ago, Wolfcastle said:

Nobody but Man United, Liverpool and Arsenal would be able to build anything to challenge Man United, Liverpool and Arsenal except in a freak exceptional season after which they're be plucked bald by them - ironically because of their money having been able to capitalise on the ultra-monetisation of football via things like international fanbases and areas of the country. You might say they got those fanbases for a reason but how is anybody else going to manage the same?

 

 

 

Well said 

6 minutes ago, timnufc22 said:

 

And you see this as a good thing? Man City have no soul and their success is underpinned by luck of simply landing - completely out the blue - the richest owners. Nothing to do with building their success and building their revenue as a result.

 

 Spending crazy money under our new owners like City did pre FFP holds no appeal to me and I assure you the novelty will wear off.

I used to think like this. But after seeing the big 6 / PL try and do everything they can to stop us even remotely getting close to them, so they can share the league / competitions / money between them.. I want them to get fucked and if that would mean us getting sponsored by a Saudi company for a similar amount to a Man U/Man City etc, then so be it

47 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said:

I think we were only ever after Ederson if Joelinton didn't renew his contract. Shame like, he looked outstanding in that Europa League final.

Aye, was really impressed by him 

21 minutes ago, Nucasol said:

Absolute class that. Love to see him as part of the pack. No casinos mind…

Pretty gutted with this one, was a perfect short term and long term RCB for us whether as a 1st choice or 2nd choice, and the free transfer 

Am I right in thinking that as a free signing, the first year costs of agent fees/signing on bonus, wages etc would be similar to that of a singing of £30m or so? So the benefit of a free transfer only kicks in on the second year? 

If so, hope we get Diomande or something and pray we're in CL subsequent seasons 😂

25 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Funny thing about Gordon - he's a bit of a bully at SJP but not the best away from home. Like of his 20 odd G/A. 15+ were at home I think. Most players are better at home but his record is particularly home-focussed.

 

 

You would think he would be better away from home with more space on the counter but it ain't the case so far.

Yeah, think that's why he is uniquely good again the best / top 6 teams, they actually try to win majority of the time and as a result leave some space behind 

Sesko and Havertz are a bit too similar for Arsenal surely? 

Isn't Adeyemi predominantly a left winger? 

13 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

And be back in pot 4. 

Up the coefficient 

Gutted for all the reasons people said, winning something, extra money, slightly more attractive for players etc

But I'm gutted we're not gonna have a midweek game, best part of my Mon-Fri 9-5 life ?

Problem with Gallagher imo is that he isn't anything new to our team, yeah I think he's good as a high pressing, high stamina 8. But we have more than a few of those, yeah I think he'd improve us, but for the money + what we get I don't see it 

Always thought if we'd sell Bruno, we'd need 2 midfielders to improve on what we currently have with him, 1 replacement just wouldn't be a step forward as Bruno is so good and unique, unless it was a Cammavinga or something, which we couldn't do

Can we in anyway use this situation to improve our FFP position? 

E.g lawsuit to claim the wages we paid him over x period etc

12 hours ago, The College Dropout said:

Thanks. 
 

Only 2 red arrows in the last 16GWs. And those were the weeks of my own Freehit and Bench Boost (popular chips in those weeks tbf). 
 

Final rank: 7,199. 
 

That’s going to take some beating. My next best final rank is 64k. 

Class, my first time doing it this year and got 105k

27 minutes ago, Scotty66 said:

Said it last summer and I still think Edwards is used as their smokescreen.

 

Drip feed him some "info" while actually going after someone completely different.

 

Isn't this what happend with the Tonali deal, he said we were definitely going after someone else iirc.

Yep, Nmecha and Barella 

Hopefully it's another smokescreen to Edwards a la Nmecha, Barella 

Having said that £15m would be cheap, no way Arsenal would do that 

He loves a Hollywood save 

51 minutes ago, Sibierski said:

Put it in the Tino thread few months back, but this was a possible suggestion we could head down next season (which was based on Hall not being here at the time) 
 

 

Still feel it’s something the side can evolve into. 4-3-3 out of possession, 3-2-5 in it. Could even look a bit like this in possession for other games:

Tino, Tosin, Kelly/Burn

Tonali, Hall

New winger, Bruno, Willock, Gordon

Isak

 

Just options that I feel enable us to control the ball better. 

 

 

 

Interesting thoughts mate

Playing both Tino and Hall makes it hard to have the back 3 in possession like you said, Tino is better running up the pitch, and Hall is starting to look quality in his distribution 

Will be interesting to see how we fit them both in and maximise there skillsets, both are wasted imo if they're hanging back in the 3, someone like Kelly at LB would make more sense then, but what would Halls role be then? Etc 

7 minutes ago, p_cowell141 said:

Pope

Tino - Schar - Botman - Hall

Tonali - Bruno - Joelinton

Barnes - Isak - Gordon

Barnes right wing? 

So impressed with his heart and determination considering he was being kicked to bits and was clearly in pain / struggling 

4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Agree on Barnes. It didn’t make sense considering we didn’t sign a RW. It didn’t make sense when Barnes and Gordon didn’t start together while both were fit. And it doesn’t make sense now it looks like Barnes is Gordon’s backup. 
 

We need to address problem positions. I

Aye, it was odd at the time and hindsight has only proven that 

Gordon is so good on the left, deffo strange to buy a 40m back up for him. Just hope we get a quality RW this summer 

39 minutes ago, buzz said:

 

 

What does he say before '... just so I know who you are'? 

Don't watch many interviews / press conferences, but has anyone else noticed what an absolute wanker Ange is compared to the start of the season? 

He seems to find away to make a snide comment to any and every question these days, I remember the start of the season he was a joker and all smiles

Don't believe that article at all, but because of all the talk about losing Bruno/Isak, I never thought of who our 3rd most valuable player is, and I think that is Gordon 

Guess the journalists are sick of mentioning Bruno and Isak!