Alan Pardew

[Happy Face]

Well - ok - but that doesn't do much to contradict my point.

 

We spent the utter minimum we can.

 

Of course it does ffs, are you daft?

 

Let's look at what happened here - You laughed at the suggestion that we probably have the 8th most valuable squad in the league. Not just disagreed with it, you laughed at it. This obviously implies that you think that its far from the truth. It would be a strange thing to laugh at if you believed we had the 9th most valuable squad in the league, for example.

 

You say that "We spent the utter minimum we can." -as if this somehow backs up your point (You think we have far from the 8th most valuable squad in the premier league). Is Arsenal's squad of inherently lower value because they have a low net spend too? No, let's not be stupid.

 

Now squad value is not anywhere near an exact science but there are some factors that we can look at to get an objective view: salary (the big one) and transfermarkt values, even, yes, net spend/feed paid but they have to be looked at within context.

 

To sum up, you're talking utter s**** as usual.

 

 

Calm Down Petal 

 

You get what you pay for pretty much - fair enough there might be the odd anomaly - but generally the rule of thumb is correct.

 

There's generally a reason why a player who costs £0.5m costs that much - and if you think our squad is really that valuable - apart from the obvious clues on the pitch - just take a look at the bench.

 

and before you start talking utter rubbish about what players are ''worth'' against what they cost - think about it for a second.

 

There's a reason they are still playing for one of the least ambitious teams in the country.

 

(I mean this season - our best player has been a loanee ffs, that's mackemesque!)

 

How many squads beyond the top six would you say are better than ours? Everton probably, after that I think you'd struggle to name many.

 

Southampton, Hull and possibly Villa are the only teams above us at the moment that don't have better squads.  They all play top 6 teams this weekend so if we put in a performance we'd likely move above them or close the gap.

[Spudil]

 

Calm Down Petal 

 

You get what you pay for pretty much - fair enough there might be the odd anomaly - but generally the rule of thumb is correct.

 

There's generally a reason why a player who costs £0.5m costs that much - and if you think our squad is really that valuable - apart from the obvious clues on the pitch - just take a look at the bench.

 

and before you start talking utter rubbish about what players are ''worth'' against what they cost - think about it for a second.

 

There's a reason they are still playing for one of the least ambitious teams in the country.

 

(I mean this season - our best player has been a loanee ffs, that's mackemesque!)

 

Terrible post, you've lamely skirted around all the issues I raised with your "point"

 

Here look : http://www.transferleague.co.uk/ on the front page there is a table of premier league squads valued by transfer fees paid.

 

Funnily: Were 8th.

 

So even by your own conditions you are still wrong.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I think the fact Remy is a loanee has quite a lot to do with waiting to see if he's been a bit rapey or not.

[TRon]

Well - ok - but that doesn't do much to contradict my point.

 

We spent the utter minimum we can.

 

Of course it does ffs, are you daft?

 

Let's look at what happened here - You laughed at the suggestion that we probably have the 8th most valuable squad in the league. Not just disagreed with it, you laughed at it. This obviously implies that you think that its far from the truth. It would be a strange thing to laugh at if you believed we had the 9th most valuable squad in the league, for example.

 

You say that "We spent the utter minimum we can." -as if this somehow backs up your point (You think we have far from the 8th most valuable squad in the premier league). Is Arsenal's squad of inherently lower value because they have a low net spend too? No, let's not be stupid.

 

Now squad value is not anywhere near an exact science but there are some factors that we can look at to get an objective view: salary (the big one) and transfermarkt values, even, yes, net spend/feed paid but they have to be looked at within context.

 

To sum up, you're talking utter s**** as usual.

 

 

Calm Down Petal 

 

You get what you pay for pretty much - fair enough there might be the odd anomaly - but generally the rule of thumb is correct.

 

There's generally a reason why a player who costs £0.5m costs that much - and if you think our squad is really that valuable - apart from the obvious clues on the pitch - just take a look at the bench.

 

and before you start talking utter rubbish about what players are ''worth'' against what they cost - think about it for a second.

 

There's a reason they are still playing for one of the least ambitious teams in the country.

 

(I mean this season - our best player has been a loanee ffs, that's mackemesque!)

 

How many squads beyond the top six would you say are better than ours? Everton probably, after that I think you'd struggle to name many.

 

Southampton, Hull and possibly Villa are the only teams above us at the moment that don't have better squads.  They all play top 6 teams this weekend so if we put in a performance we'd likely move above them or close the gap.

 

I'm not really talking about where we are placed in any given week, I'm thinking more about where we should expect to finish come the end of the season. We are talking about the relative merits of our squad compared to the rest of the division. So again, the question is: how many teams outside the top six have a better squad than us?

[Happy Face]

 

Calm Down Petal 

 

You get what you pay for pretty much - fair enough there might be the odd anomaly - but generally the rule of thumb is correct.

 

There's generally a reason why a player who costs £0.5m costs that much - and if you think our squad is really that valuable - apart from the obvious clues on the pitch - just take a look at the bench.

 

and before you start talking utter rubbish about what players are ''worth'' against what they cost - think about it for a second.

 

There's a reason they are still playing for one of the least ambitious teams in the country.

 

(I mean this season - our best player has been a loanee ffs, that's mackemesque!)

 

Terrible post, you've lamely skirted around all the issues I raised with your "point"

 

Here look : http://www.transferleague.co.uk/ on the front page there is a table of premier league squads valued by transfer fees paid.

 

Funnily: Were 8th.

 

So even by your own conditions you are still wrong.

 

In that table the amount separating 12 places from Villa (7th) to Palace (20th) is just £72m.

 

The amount separating the one place from Villa (7th) to Arsenal (6th) is £89m.

 

Clearly the top 6 is a cut above EVERYONE else in the league and the rest are all very much in similar boats.

 

http://i42.tinypic.com/w811yx.jpg

 

There's a valid argument that 7th to 12th should form a group in the middle of the table distinct from the bottom 8, and Newcastle should be in that group.

[Happy Face]

Well - ok - but that doesn't do much to contradict my point.

 

We spent the utter minimum we can.

 

Of course it does ffs, are you daft?

 

Let's look at what happened here - You laughed at the suggestion that we probably have the 8th most valuable squad in the league. Not just disagreed with it, you laughed at it. This obviously implies that you think that its far from the truth. It would be a strange thing to laugh at if you believed we had the 9th most valuable squad in the league, for example.

 

You say that "We spent the utter minimum we can." -as if this somehow backs up your point (You think we have far from the 8th most valuable squad in the premier league). Is Arsenal's squad of inherently lower value because they have a low net spend too? No, let's not be stupid.

 

Now squad value is not anywhere near an exact science but there are some factors that we can look at to get an objective view: salary (the big one) and transfermarkt values, even, yes, net spend/feed paid but they have to be looked at within context.

 

To sum up, you're talking utter s**** as usual.

 

 

Calm Down Petal 

 

You get what you pay for pretty much - fair enough there might be the odd anomaly - but generally the rule of thumb is correct.

 

There's generally a reason why a player who costs £0.5m costs that much - and if you think our squad is really that valuable - apart from the obvious clues on the pitch - just take a look at the bench.

 

and before you start talking utter rubbish about what players are ''worth'' against what they cost - think about it for a second.

 

There's a reason they are still playing for one of the least ambitious teams in the country.

 

(I mean this season - our best player has been a loanee ffs, that's mackemesque!)

 

How many squads beyond the top six would you say are better than ours? Everton probably, after that I think you'd struggle to name many.

 

Southampton, Hull and possibly Villa are the only teams above us at the moment that don't have better squads.  They all play top 6 teams this weekend so if we put in a performance we'd likely move above them or close the gap.

 

I'm not really talking about where we are placed in any given week, I'm thinking more about where we should expect to finish come the end of the season. We are talking about the relative merits of our squad compared to the rest of the division. So again, the question is: how many teams outside the top six have a better squad than us?

 

The league table as it stands is all we have to judge whether our squad is performing at the level you would expect though. 

 

Clearly last season it wasn't.  The season before it excelled.  This season, so far, we're as you'd expect.

[Spudil]

some stuff and a graph

 

That's all well and good, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the argument I was having with Haris Vuckic so I'm not sure why you quoted what you did.

 

Btw the difference in the amount of spending used to justify describing

the amount separating 12 places from Villa (7th) to Palace (20th)

 

as "just 72m"

 

and

 

The amount separating the one place from Villa (7th) to Arsenal (6th) is £89m.

as "Clearly the top 6 is a cut above EVERYONE else in the league and the rest"

 

Is "just" 17 million. Seems like you are putting some (unjustified) spin on your argument here, as usual.

[Happy Face]

some stuff and a graph

 

That's all well and good, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the argument I was having with Haris Vuckic so I'm not sure why you quoted what you did.

 

Btw the difference in the amount of spend used to describe

the amount separating 12 places from Villa (7th) to Palace (20th)

AS   just £72m.

 

and

 

The amount separating the one place from Villa (7th) to Arsenal (6th) is £89m.

AS Clearly the top 6 is a cut above EVERYONE else in the league and the rest are all very much in similar boats.

 

Is "just" 17 million. Seems like you are putting some (unjustified) spin on your argument here, as usual.

 

eh?

 

 

[Spudil]

Try again. It was quite difficult to format, tbf.

 

 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

 

Calm Down Petal 

 

You get what you pay for pretty much - fair enough there might be the odd anomaly - but generally the rule of thumb is correct.

 

There's generally a reason why a player who costs £0.5m costs that much - and if you think our squad is really that valuable - apart from the obvious clues on the pitch - just take a look at the bench.

 

and before you start talking utter rubbish about what players are ''worth'' against what they cost - think about it for a second.

 

There's a reason they are still playing for one of the least ambitious teams in the country.

 

(I mean this season - our best player has been a loanee ffs, that's mackemesque!)

 

Terrible post, you've lamely skirted around all the issues I raised with your "point"

 

Here look : http://www.transferleague.co.uk/ on the front page there is a table of premier league squads valued by transfer fees paid.

 

Funnily: Were 8th.

 

So even by your own conditions you are still wrong.

 

In that table the amount separating 12 places from Villa (7th) to Palace (20th) is just £72m.

 

The amount separating the one place from Villa (7th) to Arsenal (6th) is £89m.

 

Clearly the top 6 is a cut above EVERYONE else in the league and the rest are all very much in similar boats.

 

http://i42.tinypic.com/w811yx.jpg

 

There's a valid argument that 7th to 12th should form a group in the middle of the table distinct from the bottom 8, and Newcastle should be in that group.

 

I think that illustrates quite well how hard it is to break the top.

[Happy Face]

Try again. It was quite difficult to format, tbf.

 

"Just" refers to the fact that £72m separates 12 places.  An average of "just" £6m per place.

 

That's much smaller than the £89m that separates Arsenal from the next most expensive squad which is Villa.

 

 

 

 

[Guest bimpy474]

Oh joy more graphs

 

<a href="http://reactiongifs.com/?p=3625"><img src="http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/do-not-want-jump.gif"></a>

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jack Flash]

He got asked about the pre-game march in the press conference

[BottledDog]

He got asked about the pre-game march in the press conference

 

That's great Jack. What did he say?

[Guest icemanblue]

Something awful, I hope.

[Jack Flash]

2 down...

[BottledDog]

Something awful, I hope.

 

Bet it was pretty much this...

 

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll311/eulbricht/vomit.gif

[TRon]

Something awful, I hope.

 

 

Seriously though, he rarely lets us down on that score.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I need a line-by-line analysis of his answers please.

[Jack Flash]

3!

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Couldn't be letting down the fans.

 

Who was number one?

[KaKa]

I need a line-by-line analysis of his answers please.

 

He said a bit about how it was the reason we lost this Saturday's game.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

 

2 down...

 

 

You guys are just too cool.

[Guest Haris Vuckic]

 

Calm Down Petal 

 

You get what you pay for pretty much - fair enough there might be the odd anomaly - but generally the rule of thumb is correct.

 

There's generally a reason why a player who costs £0.5m costs that much - and if you think our squad is really that valuable - apart from the obvious clues on the pitch - just take a look at the bench.

 

and before you start talking utter rubbish about what players are ''worth'' against what they cost - think about it for a second.

 

There's a reason they are still playing for one of the least ambitious teams in the country.

 

(I mean this season - our best player has been a loanee ffs, that's mackemesque!)

 

Terrible post, you've lamely skirted around all the issues I raised with your "point"

 

Here look : http://www.transferleague.co.uk/ on the front page there is a table of premier league squads valued by transfer fees paid.

 

Funnily: Were 8th.

 

So even by your own conditions you are still wrong.

 

Looks legit

[Spudil]

 

Calm Down Petal 

 

You get what you pay for pretty much - fair enough there might be the odd anomaly - but generally the rule of thumb is correct.

 

There's generally a reason why a player who costs £0.5m costs that much - and if you think our squad is really that valuable - apart from the obvious clues on the pitch - just take a look at the bench.

 

and before you start talking utter rubbish about what players are ''worth'' against what they cost - think about it for a second.

 

There's a reason they are still playing for one of the least ambitious teams in the country.

 

(I mean this season - our best player has been a loanee ffs, that's mackemesque!)

 

Terrible post, you've lamely skirted around all the issues I raised with your "point"

 

Here look : http://www.transferleague.co.uk/ on the front page there is a table of premier league squads valued by transfer fees paid.

 

Funnily: Were 8th.

 

So even by your own conditions you are still wrong.

 

Looks legit

 

Ehh yeah.

 

Oh look: transfermarkt rates our squad as the 8th most valuable too.

http://www.transfermarkt.com/en/premier-league/gruendungsdaten/wettbewerb_GB1.html

 

A whole 50 million ahead of Sunderland in 9th.

 

What's an acceptable source to you, just HappyFace?