Chris_R Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Hate that me tbh. Saints and Villa man, f*** that. I know we are ran by idiots but Newcastle should be going all out to get him, selling the club as if it's the biggest. Ha, we're more likely to sell ourselves as a stepping stone to going to Southampton. Actually, it's not at all, it's fucking true and it's fucking depressing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I am no accountant, but did it not look pretty suspicious that we had the highest wage bill considering how small our squad is and how crap most of our players are? I know there may be some hang over from the old days, the likes of Jonas and Colo being on big money and I reckon we probably got the likes of Sissoko/Cabaye/Remy/Debuchy to come in on big money as well but outside of that who is getting that £78.3 million? When the reporting came through didn't our operating costs go up hugely as well out of no where in a time where player trading was at a minimum? Either way, I'm sure losing the likes of HBA, MYM, Jonas and Santon will have cleared quite a bit of that expenditure. Agree with your last point. But when we had that strong squad for awhile I reckon we had a lot of player on big wages. MYM, Colo, Cabaye, Ba, Marveaux, Sissoko, Debuchy, Cisse, Santon, HBA around that time period. Not now however. I suspect Krul, Saylor, Janmaat, Tiote, Sissoko, Cabella, Cisse, Colo & De Jong to be on decent wedge but the rest? Can't be. Being able to afford good wages is what has traditionally allowed us to outgun all other PL clubs outside the top 6. For a long time we could out spend or pay more money in wages than every other club except Arsenal, Man Utd, Chelsea & L'pool. Obviously City jumped above us. Since Ashley has taken over Spurs have established themselves as the closest continual challengers. I wouldn't be surprised to see other clubs catch us up. West Ham, Swansea & Southampton. In terms of buying power. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hhtoon Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Hate that me tbh. Saints and Villa man, f*** that. I know we are ran by idiots but Newcastle should be going all out to get him, selling the club as if it's the biggest. Do you actually believe at the moment we are a bigger club then Southampton in terms of football credibility? Even if you do, Austin and his agents won't and will expect more money to come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Definitely think there's something in this but in his position I'd wait too to see if we sign some great players. Big commitment from him to sign this early when last summer our spending tailed off and we were left with just an ok squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Hate that me tbh. Saints and Villa man, f*** that. I know we are ran by idiots but Newcastle should be going all out to get him, selling the club as if it's the biggest. Do you actually believe at the moment we are a bigger club then Southampton in terms of football credibility? Even if you do, Austin and his agents won't and will expect more money to come. Ashley may have brainwashed the world into thinking we're not a big club, but imo were a massive club. Worlds bigger than Southampton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Hate that me tbh. Saints and Villa man, f*** that. I know we are ran by idiots but Newcastle should be going all out to get him, selling the club as if it's the biggest. Do you actually believe at the moment we are a bigger club then Southampton in terms of football credibility? Even if you do, Austin and his agents won't and will expect more money to come. Ashley may have brainwashed the world into thinking we're not a big club, but imo were a massive club. Worlds bigger than Southampton Reality is though that we are not though, at least we don't act like one so it's all irrelevant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Beyond sad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Broon Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 In the past matchday revenue was the largest proportion of most clubs' revenue. We have matchday revenues ahead of anyone outside of the top 4-5 clubs which gave us much greater spending power than anyone outside of the top 4-5 clubs. However, matchday revenue is now a small proportion of overall revenue, most of it comes from premier league TV revenue which has increased 27 fold since 1997 and is relatively evenly spread across the league. So, unlike just 5 or so years ago, all established premiership clubs are pretty much as rich as each-other (aside from Man U, Arsenal and the oil clubs). Differences in matchday and commercial revenue have much less of an impact on spending power than they did in the past (aside maybe from Man United and Arsenal because theirs is so much greater than everyone else). With the TV deal as it is, financially, we're just simply not significantly bigger than the likes of Southampton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bada Bing Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 The problem is that we don't exercise the full buying power the club has, which is accentuating the likes of Southampton & Swansea overtaking us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Also the fact we pay up front for transfers, whilst laudable, puts us at a disadvantage because we cannot afford to pay as high a transfer fee as our rivals e.g. Everton and Lukaku. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ads Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 This bell end signed yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Didnt play, didnt score Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Didnt play, didnt score He'll fit in well here then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 This bell end signed yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Needs locking tbh. By end of July his price will be 20m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Who ever pays 20m for him is more than welcome to him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I wouldn't pay £15m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deckard 13 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Sadly, he is worth 15m easy. More the state of the game than anything mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ads Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Only one year left on his contact, no? Not worth £15m in that instance, TV money or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 tbh we paid 6 for Riviere so i'd have no issues with us paying 15 for someone who is so much better. It would give the club a major major lift also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I wouldn't pay £15m. I know you wouldnt as you most likely dont have 15m. Its a perfecty acceptable sum to pay for someone who has scored goals at any level hes played at including in a side much worse than ours in the top flight of the hardest league in the world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Sadly, he is worth 15m easy. More the state of the game than anything mind. Well he's worth whatever people are willing to pay for him. There will be competition and so the price will naturally rise. £15m wouldn't be that much of a stretch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie1892 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 tbh we paid 6 for Riviere so i'd have no issues with us paying 15 for someone who is so much better. It would give the club a major major lift also. Riviere was £1.8m. The club did the usual trick of including his wages, etc. for the duration of his contract. Source: journalist at France Football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeloEmre Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 No way Monaco would sell him for £1.8m after scoring 10 league goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie1892 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 No way Monaco would sell him for £1.8m after scoring 10 league goals. Are you kidding? We've all seen how gash he is. Even at £1.8m we were sold an horrendous pup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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