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[Optimistic Nut]

1 hour ago, Stifler said:

They absolutely were not.

They had a couple of big name stars at intervals, but always sold them. They were never one of the biggest clubs in the world, they weren’t even in the top 2 biggest clubs in France.

 

 

 

 

Before they became rich we were buying their best defenders for £4m a pop (Domi, Goma, Rozehnal)

[Menace]

4 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Tbf he’s temporarily been replaced by Howe’s nephew - it doesn’t get more jobs for the boys than that  

 

You make a good point - Andy Howe and Nickson had a play in past signings didn't they? No issues with that going forward they unearthed some gems.

 

Just find it odd people are quick to criticise Amanda/Mehrdad for past spending but Eales gets away relatively scott free 

[TheBrownBottle]

2 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said:

 

Before they became rich we were buying their best defenders for £4m a pop (Domi, Goma, Rozehnal)

Goma having played for Guy Roux’s Auxerre was as notable from memory 

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by TheBrownBottle

[TheBrownBottle]

2 minutes ago, Menace said:

 

You make a good point - Andy Howe and Nickson had a play in past signings didn't they? No issues with that going forward they unearthed some gems.

 

Just find it odd people are quick to criticise Amanda/Mehrdad for past spending but Eales gets away relatively scott free 

They did - no real issues with recruitment nor Howe’s nephew for me

 

Agreed re Eales - that was on his watch, and he should’ve been across it.  His ‘everyone is available’ statement was probably the only destabilising moment at the club post-takeover, and seemed to result in a complete communications shutdown.  I think I heard Penfold talk as much during the Ashley era - comms have been poor and slow. 

[TRon]

4 hours ago, Stifler said:

They absolutely were not.

They had a couple of big name stars at intervals, but always sold them. They were never one of the biggest clubs in the world, they weren’t even in the top 2 biggest clubs in France.

 

 

 

 

I don't follow French football so not about to argue. I just assumed because they represented Paris that made them the biggest club in France. Even so, I imagine that's what attracted the Qataris when they wanted to buy into the French league. 

[TheBrownBottle]

7 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

I don't follow French football so not about to argue. I just assumed because they represented Paris that made them the biggest club in France. Even so, I imagine that's what attracted the Qataris when they wanted to buy into the French league. 

They bought PSG due to the WC bid - Nicholas Sarkozy is a fan of the club and wanted them to buy it, and Platini had a key vote on the 2022 WC bid, along with the Al-Thani ties with France.  
 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jun/18/sarkozy-psg-bein-sports-questions-michel-platini-qatar-2022-world-cup

[Stifler]

 

39 minutes ago, TRon said:

I don't follow French football so not about to argue. I just assumed because they represented Paris that made them the biggest club in France. Even so, I imagine that's what attracted the Qataris when they wanted to buy into the French league. 

Marseille are the most popular team in France in terms of support. If you didn’t support your local team, you supported OM, they were France’s version of Man Utd, or Bayern Munich.

They had won the joint most amount of titles, along with St Etienne, although OM had won the Champions League.

 

Monaco were the 3rd most successful side in France, and had recently had their own big money takeover.

 

Lyon had just came off the back of winning 7 league titles in a row and competed well in Europe. Nantes were another club who were more successful than PSG before their takeover.

 

In their final full season before their takeover, PSG’s average attendances didn’t even break 40k.

In fact they only broke an average attendance of over 40k 6 times prior to their takeover. A low attendance when you could argue that they had the whole population of Paris to themselves considering Paris FC and Racing Club de France languished in the lower leagues and in and out of professional status.

[Ghandis Flip-Flop]

3 hours ago, Menace said:

 

You make a good point - Andy Howe and Nickson had a play in past signings didn't they? No issues with that going forward they unearthed some gems.

 

Just find it odd people are quick to criticise Amanda/Mehrdad for past spending but Eales gets away relatively scott free 

Were there not comments from Eales last summer that Eddie just needs to focus on "his job on the grass" or similar? Certainly seemed as if Eales was making a power play last summer, prior to his diagnosis understandably changing his focus.