Paul Mitchell

[The College Dropout]

Just now, MagCA said:

Give over will you.

 

You have no idea what's going on behind the scenes.

The ends justify the means in football. 
 

If we finish just short of CL football, this inactivity will be criticised.  

[The Bonk]

1 minute ago, The College Dropout said:

IMO we have to go for it this season and be brave with revenue. 

Think the mindset is risk aversion and hope for any sort of Europe adventure next year.

[The College Dropout]

Just now, The Bonk said:

I don’t think Isak is, Bruno definitely. Do I think Isak likes playing for us? Absolutely, but I think he will want a bigger stage than we can provide. Sucks, but seems inevitable, much like Fulham beating us today. 

At the time - I said.  
 

I didn’t think we would have to sell him 3 years down the line in order to fund a rebuild. 
 

We know more now and things have changed. 

[Ben]

4 minutes ago, MagCA said:

Give over will you.

 

You have no idea what's going on behind the scenes.

 

Aye your right, communication from Mitchell is terrible 

[The College Dropout]

2 minutes ago, The Bonk said:

Think the mindset is risk aversion and hope for any sort of Europe adventure next year.

Finishing 7th, not strengthening the squad and expecting European football is silly imo. 
 

Likewise the financial difference between CL and the others is ginormous. With a realistic chance of CL don’t you go for it? 
 

I dunno.  I’m Raw agter a defeat. 

[The Bonk]

1 minute ago, The College Dropout said:

The ends justify the means in football. 
 

If we finish just short of CL football, this inactivity will be criticised.  

If we can miraculously win the league cup, I think that criticism is tempered. Imploding is the NUFC way, but we can hope. 

 

Honestly, it’s actually nice to be having these conversations.

[MagCA]

2 minutes ago, Ben said:

 

Aye your right, communication from Mitchell is terrible 

 

editing this as it was unnecessarily arsey. 
 

Have a nice evening, Ben. 

 

 

 

Edited 22 hours ago by MagCA

[The Bonk]

2 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Finishing 7th, not strengthening the squad and expecting European football is silly imo. 
 

Likewise the financial difference between CL and the others is ginormous. With a realistic chance of CL don’t you go for it? 
 

I dunno.  I’m Raw agter a defeat. 

It is, but that’s been the approach thus far. 

[Ben]

2 minutes ago, MagCA said:

It’s not his job to communicate with you, Ben. 
 

Let him get on with it, it will all be fine. 
 

And it’s you’re*. 

 

I'm not expecting a phone call but I'm perfectly entitled to form my own opinions based on the evidence in front of me

[janpawel]

16 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

While I agree with the first paragraph being the strategy we are following - I don’t get it. What’s the point of keeping the band together one more season and then not going for it? 
 

I’ve been more keen to see what we do off the pitch than on it. Because it doesn’t quite make sense to me.  
 

Me?  I’d sign someone now - and sell Joelinton by June to Saudi to make it work. Or do some creative to get us revenue.  
 

If we follow the strategy I think we are.  There’s only 1 player we could sell that would guarantee rebuild money.  The others are less certain to get north of £80m.  I don’t know how much headspace getting rid of the dead wood gets us and half of those will need replacing.  

 

 

 

I just suggested this in the Joelinton thread and came in here to see this.. Definitely in agreement 

 

Though I wonder who'd we replace with as Longstaff / Willock are poor but we wouldn't want to break the bank when RW, CB, keeper etc are urgent 

 

 

[The College Dropout]

6 minutes ago, The Bonk said:

If we can miraculously win the league cup, I think that criticism is tempered. Imploding is the NUFC way, but we can hope. 

 

Honestly, it’s actually nice to be having these conversations.

If we win the league cup - the project has succeeded imo 

[Displayname]

Inexcuseable not to strenghten the squad now that we were in such a good position for CL. We could have always made some sales in the summer before the ending of the accounting period like last year. The difference cant have been that big considering the cost would just have been half a year of contract cost and 1/10 of the transfer fee in amortization of any potential signing. 

 

I dont think we are going to have a choice other than selling one of the purples this summer. Our squad other than the first XI may be one of the worst ones in the PL.

 

 

Edited 22 hours ago by Displayname

[The Butcher]

If we win the league cup we can get relegated for all I care. That one trophy is all I need.

[Scoot]

Paul Mitchell thread top again. Yes,we must have got beat. This thread went missing for 9 games over Christmas. Funny that.

 

 

[Displayname]

3 minutes ago, Scoot said:

Paul Mitchell thread top again. Yes,we must have got beat. This thread went missing for 9 games over Christmas. Funny that.

 

 

Hilarious.

[Theregulars]

Could also be that it’s the end of another transfer window in which he’s not strengthened the squad, mind 

[Kid Icarus]

5 minutes ago, Scoot said:

Paul Mitchell thread top again. Yes,we must have got beat. This thread went missing for 9 games over Christmas. Funny that.

 

 

The transfer window wasn't open then either tbf...

[Skeletor]

Its hard to pass another transfer window with no significant squad improvements and not be asking questions of the guy whose job that is.

 

 

Edited 22 hours ago by Skeletor

[Elliottman]

1 minute ago, Skeletor said:

Its hard to pass another transfer window with no significant squad improvements and not be asking questions of the guy whose job that is.

 

 

 

We literally can’t spend anymore money, I think Howes made that perfectly clear 

[Skeletor]

Just now, Elliottman said:

We literally can’t spend anymore money, I think Howes made that perfectly clear 

 

We've spent next to no money in a year and a half. At some point that excuse wears thin.

[CallumG6]

Would love to get paid a fat wage and do fuck all. 

[Ronson333]

5 minutes ago, Elliottman said:

We literally can’t spend anymore money, I think Howes made that perfectly clear 

Yet we were fine to bid £55m for Guehi. Either the money is there or we were going to sell someone. 
 

not signing a first team player for 3 windows is not going to take us forward.

 

 

Edited 22 hours ago by Ronson333

[jonny1403]

13 minutes ago, Displayname said:

Inexcuseable not to strenghten the squad now that we were in such a good position for CL. We could have always made some sales in the summer before the ending of the accounting period like last year. The difference cant have been that big considering the cost would just have been half a year of contract cost and 1/10 of the transfer fee in amortization of any potential signing. 

 

I dont think we are going to have a choice other than selling one of the purples this summer. Our squad other than the first XI may be one of the worst ones in the PL.

 

 

 

Sorry, you think the best approach going forward would be to put us in the same position as last year where we were desperately trying to fire sale our players before 30 June?

 

I’m glad you’re not in charge.

 

[Elliottman]

2 minutes ago, Skeletor said:

 

We've spent next to no money in a year and a half. At some point that excuse wears thin.

Well it doesn’t when it’s true?! 

[Elliottman]

2 minutes ago, Ronson333 said:

Yet we were fine to bid £55m for Guehi. Either the money is there or we were going to sell someone. 
 

not signing a first team player for 3 windows is not going to take us forward.

 

 

 

Do you think this is how the club want to operate? Or do you think they’re being held back by the rules?