gdm Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 3 hours ago, nbthree3 said: First questions at Rafa's press conference naturally about us What could have been! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Aye, and that’s exactly how you conduct yourself in a press conference. Bet he never mentioned anyone needing a slap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) Finding the likes of Spurs & Leeds crying off to the Premier League at the minute to make sure we stay within FFP and worrying about it being anti-competition, etc. hilarious. Where were they the last 14 years when our commercial income went from on a par with Spurs to about half in the Ashley reign? Were they wanting meetings to discuss how he wasn’t growing Newcastle in line with where we were and should be to ensure fair competition. Maybe if they had, there wouldn’t have been the need for this takeover and we’d have been on a more even footing, instead of having the potential to leave them in our dust now? Fuck the lot of them. You see it with Burnley now. Their takeover is awful but because they’re not a threat the other 19 don’t care less. I bet if further down the line someone pumps in a shitload of money and threatens to spend huge, they’d sharp go running to the Premier League. Edited October 15, 2021 by Optimistic Nut Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 25 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said: Alright patter about us in this. But not from the Newcastle fans, imo. Their fashion choices are horrific too. Look like a 90’s boy band ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Rafalove said: But not from the Newcastle fans, imo. Their fashion choices are horrific too. Look like a 90’s boy band ffs. Lee Lawler makes me want to die inside whenever I see him, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InspectorCoarse Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said: Lee Lawler makes me want to die inside whenever I see him, like. Can he not shave that weetabix off the bottom of his chin ffs ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said: Lee Lawler makes me want to die inside whenever I see him, like. he’s ultimately harmless, but aye, he always seems to miss the mark for me. His constant grammatical errors, poor fashion choices, fake tan, and refusal to back boycotts have annoyed me tbh. Got in to an argument with him in his comment section after Rafa left about boycott’s, in the end his argument was “ why does everything always have to be so negative”. I tried telling him because everything about the club WAS negative, but he then Started talking about how we had actually spent some money in the transfer window that time on Maxi and Joe. Pretty sure he mentioned on his channel that boycott’s needed a big name to lead them like “ TrueGeordie”. Wonder if there’s an angle there. Edited October 15, 2021 by Rafalove Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 8 minutes ago, POOT 2.0 said: You fucking snobs! Get yourselves on TV if you feel you can better represent NO chance I'd want to be whoring myself around, like. Face for radio, and all that you’re right, I feel awful for criticising him but, he grates on me. He has more balls than me to be doing all that shite, though I can’t help but feel maybe there’s a part of him that likes the attention? I mean he’ll be using that platform on sky to build his audience certainly. He has stated that his ambition is to be able to do NUFC fans tv or whatever it is, full time. Good luck to him aswell, but howay man dress like a man your age from this century. There are people in the comments section saying things like “ this is exactly what I would expect two geordies to look like”. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankles Bennett Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Klopp suggesting we will build a super team with unlimited money and be a super team guaranteed a Champions league place. This after Liverpool spent the 70s and 80s buying up all the best talent from rival teams in the old first division so they could dominate domestic and european competitions! Pot calling the kettle black i think!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Klopp can fuck off, strokey nonce that he is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionOfGosforth Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Looking ahead...in an ideal world, we get a good management team in, in the next couple of weeks, pick up some results, make one or two decent January signings, we stay up. It's summer 2022, we've got 200m to spend (approximately given what's been reported, before we hit FFP issues). So, let's say we spend 200m on 5-8 players, I think realistically, that gets us somewhere close to the 8-10 spots in the league. Maybe that's a little pessimistic, but something like Villa, Everton, West Ham area. 200m is a large sum of money, so much more than we've spent for so long, but what does that get you these days? Most half-decent players seems to cost 30-40m. So let's say we're a somewhat established top 10 side, now what? We can't outspend anyone given FFP, unless there's loopholes i'm not aware of. So, and I know i'm getting way ahead of myself here but, what's the realistic plan to crack top 6, top 4? I think it has to be somewhat the Leicester model. We can't go out and sign the world's "best" or "elite", FFP won't allow that. It's not 2008 anymore, we can't just do what Man City basically did and outspend everyone. So how do we get there? Huge investment in the training ground and managerial and coaching setup is a must but I think the scouting....the scouting team has to be the best there is. Just as important as the manager, DoF etc. Who that might be? No clue, not up on the best in that area. Investment in the academy is needed but that will take years to bear fruit. If we're going to somehow get near the top 6 or top 4, we need the very best scouting to unearth those gems that we can spend 10-20m and make the leap. I don't even know if it's realistic honestly. Those top few clubs are light years ahead of us. I'm as excited as anyone but realism is starting to kick in a bit and although it's been obvious from the first moment this became real, this really is a very long-term project. Dunno, just a few random thoughts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 4 hours ago, nbthree3 said: First questions at Rafa's press conference naturally about us He's so fuckin lovely man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, Ankles Bennett said: Klopp suggesting we will build a super team with unlimited money and be a super team guaranteed a Champions league place. This after Liverpool spent the 70s and 80s buying up all the best talent from rival teams in the old first division so they could dominate domestic and european competitions! Pot calling the kettle black i think!!! Genuine question but where did the money come from? Was it a case of rich owners? Or being well ran? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionOfGosforth Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 8 minutes ago, Ankles Bennett said: Klopp suggesting we will build a super team with unlimited money and be a super team guaranteed a Champions league place. This after Liverpool spent the 70s and 80s buying up all the best talent from rival teams in the old first division so they could dominate domestic and european competitions! Pot calling the kettle black i think!!! It's a daft statement for him to make it's not even truly possible in reality, unless FFP is relaxed and then we're competing with everyone with money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Poor Klopp has only spent around half a billion quid at Liverpool during his reign. How will Liverpool compete? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankles Bennett Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, Rafalove said: Genuine question but where did the money come from? Was it a case of rich owners? Or being well ran? I think it was just a case of having a manager like Shankly who was way ahead of other managers who persuaded liverpool to speculate by buying the best talent from clubs that survived by selling their best players. This allowed Liverpool to dominate and even became profitable by selling their reserve players for large fees! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 So from being well ran? There is a difference to be fair between what they’ve done and what we’re about too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Is the chairman here for the match ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, Ben said: Is the chairman here for the match ? 4 minutes ago, Ben said: Is the chairman here for the match ? Reported as yes, his excellency will be there on Sunday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, POOT 2.0 said: He's not an excellency. I believe that term is only for Royalty. Any minister/high level position is refereed to as his excellency. Edit: But to be honest, there is no real obligation to call him that. Edited October 15, 2021 by Newcastle Fan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweMag Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 6 minutes ago, POOT 2.0 said: He's not an excellency. I believe that term is only for Royalty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InspectorCoarse Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Just call him Yosser ffs and have done with it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfella Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 59 minutes ago, InspectorCoarse said: Just call him Yosser ffs and have done with it "Manager of Newcastle? I could do that. Gissa job" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Do PIF have a 14 day cooling off period? They might just beginning to realise the massive job they’ve got ahead of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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