Elliot Anderson (now playing for Nottingham Forest)

[PauloGeordio]

51 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Still think him leaving was the best thing that could have happened to him (for his career).

Development, regular game time. Back to us on a free when his contract runs out! 

[Boey_Jarton]

Thought he was superb last night. So comfortable on the ball and has bags of energy and drive 

[Coffee_Johnny]

Really happy for the lad. No doubt a big  wrench (and slap in the face) being pulled away from boyhood club, rewarded with being relied upon and putting in a magnificent season, also rewarded with a much improved contract no doubt, then topped off with an international European trophy. What a year!

[TRon]

13 hours ago, Dr.Spaceman said:

We going to do this every time he has a decent game on the tele? 

 

Only if it's against a big team in the PL for me tbh. I thought he was a good squad player for us, but never really made a decisive impact when he came on. 

 

I would much prefer to have kept him, we got robbed at £15m, but that was out of our hands.

[The College Dropout]

3 hours ago, SUPERTOON said:

Still think him leaving was the best thing that could have happened to him (for his career).

Aye this. 
 

Was always a great move for him. 
 

At 35m it looked a good deal for us at first. A £10m overpay at the low end. Then at £15m when you consider Vlad it was a great coup for them at the time. But now it’s a complete steal. 

 

 

Edited 12 hours ago by The College Dropout

[OverThere]

And this is why Stavely is no longer with us. Disastrous mishandling of the finances.

[Jackie Broon]

2 minutes ago, OverThere said:

And this is why Stavely is no longer with us. Disastrous mishandling of the finances.

 

Why are you pinning that on Staveley when Darren Eales was CEO from July 22 and from what we know PIF had final sign-off on all big financial decisions?

 

Staveley probably had to leave because of her own finances rather than the club's.

[Skeletor]

Staveley, responsible for rescuing the club from Ashley, giving hope and belief back to fans, Eddie Howe, Champions League football and inevitably her legacy led us to our first domestic trophy in 70 years. Awful person she is, boo her.

[The College Dropout]

IMO we would be in a better place now if she was still here. 
 

She would’ve learnt from that and maybe needed stronger controls from PIF/Eales.  
 

Amanda-less Newcastle don’t seem to get much done business wise. 

[J7]

11 minutes ago, Skeletor said:

Staveley, responsible for rescuing the club from Ashley, giving hope and belief back to fans, Eddie Howe, Champions League football and inevitably her legacy led us to our first domestic trophy in 70 years. Awful person she is, boo her.

To be fair, you can acknowledge both that, and the PSR mess last summer. 

[Whitley mag]

Bit galling we’ve still got Longstaff and Willock, when this lad would have been perfect for us going forward.

 

 

[Smal]

Staveley and Ghoduossi’s whole thing was how well connected they were to the Saudi’s/PIF. We can only speculate of course but I don’t think it’s a leap to say they’ll have had the necessary connections to get deals and financing green lit (Isak, Tonali etc.) much quicker than whoever is responsible for that now(???). It really is a shame they’re gone.

[80]

5 minutes ago, J7 said:

To be fair, you can acknowledge both that, and the PSR mess last summer. 

It's pretty amazing that many seem to emphasise the latter over the former though. A 'safe' pair of hands is pointless if you've got nothing worthwhile to protect. It was obvious in December 2021 that we were predestined to have a serious run in with PSR - so long as anyone wanted us to achieve more than with Ashley, it was just a question of when and how.

 

Building things is far far harder than sitting still and letting them rot to pieces under the guise of steady, sober leadership.

[nemtizz]

Only 4 more years 'til he runs his contract down to rejoin us.

[Kanj]

8 minutes ago, nemtizz said:

Only 4 more years 'til he runs his contract down to rejoin us.

need a permanent countdown clock. I’m absolutely desperate for him to rejoin!

[GideonShandy]

5 hours ago, OverThere said:

And this is why Stavely is no longer with us. Disastrous mishandling of the finances.

 

Yes.  If only she'd had the sense to veto the acquisitions of Isak, Bruno, Tonali, Gordon, Botman, Barnes, Hall and/or Livramento, then we'd still have Elliot Anderson and the Minteh kid. Of course we wouldn't have won a trophy or been in the Champion's League twice in three years, but at least we'd be able to offer more money for Joao Pedro before being outbid by Chelsea anyway. Dreadful incompetent woman. Wish she'd never darkened the club's door.

[GideonShandy]

And I forgot to mention all the money she wasted on hiring that prissy Southern relegation specialist from Bournemouth when the club already had a Proper Football Manager who Knew The Club and was One of Our Own.

[Ellis H]

Her aggressive ambition has been sorely missed. Impossible to say how things would have been if she’d stayed but I would be convinced she’d be trying her best for the club, Howe and us. The current lot? not so much.

 

On Anderson, not a single person thought he’d develop so well and so quickly this time a year ago. Minteh was the golden boy who we’d definitely regret losing and who all the tears were shed over. It’s simply rewriting history to suggest selling Anderson was a huge mistake. There’s no guarantee he’d turn out this well if he’d stayed, in fact it’s very likely he wouldn’t have and most would be happy to shift him this summer.

[Tonalis Bookie]

6 hours ago, Smal said:

Staveley and Ghoduossi’s whole thing was how well connected they were to the Saudi’s/PIF. We can only speculate of course but I don’t think it’s a leap to say they’ll have had the necessary connections to get deals and financing green lit (Isak, Tonali etc.) much quicker than whoever is responsible for that now(???). It really is a shame they’re gone.

 

The fees were negotiated and decided by DA, the pot of money was always pre-determined and we had to work up to a specific figure. The mismanagement happened across other areas. However seeing some of the fees saved around the club it is hard to see how we got ourselves into a mess. Ashley left us in a mess but some wages are so horrendously lower for specific individuals there were a few blessings