Nobody Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: They really going with this ‘Big 7’ thing huh? One thing that doesn’t get much mention. We’ve finished 4th and not lost any of the best performers. Not even been close. Leicester finished in the top 6 - 3 times? But lost star players nearly every time. It's weird, we have so few "sellable assets" for other top clubs. Bruno is the obvious one, but he's still only getting started here, and seems to be loving it here. Plus his price tag would be astromonical. Joelinton maybe? But I bet he's still seen as an expensive striker flop that has had a purple patch as a midfielder by many other top clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 10 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: They really going with this ‘Big 7’ thing huh? One thing that doesn’t get much mention. We’ve finished 4th and not lost any of the best performers. Not even been close. Leicester finished in the top 6 - 3 times? But lost star players nearly every time. It's not really a mystery why is it? You're owned by a state who are willing to pour billions into your club. You can only go up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Discounting those we've just signed, Pope, Botman, Willock, Bruno, Joelinton, Isak and Wilson would all be legitimate buys for Champions League or title-chasing squads. What's good is that we're a lot higher up the food chain now than we were a couple of years ago so there's fewer teams to be afraid of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, Froggy said: It's not really a mystery why is it? You're owned by a state who are willing to pour billions into your club. You can only go up. The tag would actually be legit if this was actually the case. The deck is stacked against us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, Yorkie said: Discounting those we've just signed, Pope, Botman, Willock, Bruno, Joelinton, Isak and Wilson would all be legitimate buys for Champions League or title-chasing squads. What's good is that we're a lot higher up the food chain now than we were a couple of years ago so there's fewer teams to be afraid of. I was thinking of this earlier, actually it might become harder and harder to sell your best players due to a lack of viable buyers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 1 minute ago, Froggy said: It's not really a mystery why is it? You're owned by a state who are willing to pour billions into your club. You can only go up. I didn’t say it was a mystery did I? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 6 minutes ago, Froggy said: It's not really a mystery why is it? You're owned by a state who are willing to pour billions into your club. You can only go up. People miss the point of what the “big 6” is. It’s not just the best 6 teams or richest teams, they’re a voting block that work as one in premier league meetings, and conspire together for things like project big picture and the ESL. Newcastle being good or rich isn’t enough to become part of the gang. My hope is that we never become one of them in that regard, but I expect we will. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 If we wanted to sell or the players wanted to leave. It would be easy. Chelsea would snap up Isak for 80-90m for sure. But because we don’t want to sell, he doesn’t want to leave and his contract is long we’d need a PL transfer record fee to entertain it. City would spend a good £70m-80m on Bruno but we’d want £100m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Even in the top 6 there’s a split between City and the American/Spurs owners. Chelsea were on the side of City under Roman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Possibly it's a big 5 now that Kane is going. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 5 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: Possibly it's a big 5 now that Kane is going. I like Spurs attack even without Kane. Think it’s still Better than ours (first choice anyway). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, The College Dropout said: I like Spurs attack even without Kane. Think it’s still Better than ours (first choice anyway). I think they'll have a decent season, I'm just saying they probably can't be considered a reliable part of the CL race for now. If they're have a few good seasons they can be back in the club Edited August 10, 2023 by AyeDubbleYoo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 1 minute ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: I think they'll have a decent season, I'm just saying they probably can't be considered a reliable part of the CL race for now. If they're have a few good seasons they can be back in the club It’s the defence for me. Weak. But I think If they get some momentum they could finish top 4. Or close. West Ham have challenged with less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Starforth leaving the Gazette Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 900+ games, so many managers and players and he's clung onto that photo of him with Debuchy for dear life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 I’ve been watching/reading quite a number of season predictions and the general narrative is that we will struggle with the extra CL games. However lots of them have Villa and Brighton having amazing seasons with out a single mention of their European games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Just now, GeordieDazzler said: I’ve been watching/reading quite a number of season predictions and the general narrative is that we will struggle with the extra CL games. However lots of them have Villa and Brighton having amazing seasons with out a single mention of their European games I'd expect us to be at full strength or near to for our group games. I dont think we would need that to play Austria Vienna or Rosenborg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 3 hours ago, El Prontonise said: And what is your point as well? It's all in the luck of the draw. My point is that their former owner is clearly corrupt as fuck and it tallies in with their decades of easy draws. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 1 minute ago, LFEE said: Who’s paying for this? Usmanovs Bagman? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 sssssh nobody's supposed to know Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 25 minutes ago, r0cafella said: Who’s paying for this? Usmanovs Bagman? Think they are getting some new owners/investment in next couple of weeks. Think that’s what I heard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 5 minutes ago, LFEE said: Think they are getting some new owners/investment in next couple of weeks. Think that’s what I heard. That has been the case for about a year now. Kenwright has been stringing along supporters with promise that the financial situation will be fixed when these mystery new investors come in and they never do. If they exist the suspicion is they are waiting to see how fucked the club are by the FFP rule breach investigation. Keep in mind if they can't raise the capital to complete the stadium they will be financially liable for restoring it back to being a dock (which will paradoxically cost way more than just finishing the damn thing at this point, but could theoretically be hard to avoid if say they get relegated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Puppets Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 I was at the True Faith event tonight with Caulkin, Hope, Douglas and Downie. Surprisingly good actually, and I’ve cool my dislike for Hope somewhat. A lot of fun, and some real sense talked by all of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, Pilko said: My point is that their former owner is clearly corrupt as fuck and it tallies in with their decades of easy draws. I'm sure Abramovich cared a lot about early round League Cup draws. Edited August 10, 2023 by Pata Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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