Demand side perhaps Bubbs. But supply side? It must be easier to attract players if you have European football? Brighton had no trouble attracting the likes of Caciedo, Miatoma and McCallister without European football. I suspect it is this type of player when they signed for Brighton that TS will ...

Osman (f.e.) wasn't a Moyes type of signings, but all parties at the club had agreed that he was a type of player to take a punt on. For now and the future. But on director f*cked up the deal. Exactly Osman was not a Moyes signing - I doubt he said got get me Osman (in essence if he comes great if ...

Not so sure about that. Smaller squad needed, easier workload with more preparation and recuperation time coupled with less travel. It arguably enables a smaller more focused overhaul of playing personnel with less need to puff up the numbers in the squad with resources focused on the first XI. Cer...

There is a difference between deliberate sabotage and taking a risk. Doubt anybody seriously believed we would win the EL what with Liverpool and Bayer in it. Europe next season was a league issue therefore. We are still not out of it and had we got a reasonable rub of the green could have had 2 mor...

His stats at Man City were really mediocre - I certainly wasn't sold on him because of that. Stats are not everything especially given he was 19/20. He barely started due to the wealth of resources they had but you could always see his class because when he did come on he did not look out of place....

He is **** that Palmer

I feel really fed up with the club at the moment. We have no real identity I think the owners have no ambition or the wealth needed to progress the club. Does it matter who is Manager at the moment? Yes the games are dull but look at Villa they turn over less money but spend more The Directors do n...

Not sure he's done 'great'. Knocked out in the 2nd rd of the League Cup, 4th round of the FA Cup and no Europe. A 41 game season and £250m spent on new players in the summer. Put a smile on their faces a fair bit, for sure....but without the added challenge of european football they have had it eas...

steps wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 3:08 pm Mate, I’m a bit of a sarcastic so and so, apologies.

No problem. Guess I am just to enured to all those on here who believe your statement to be true.

I like him and clearly with 30 goals this season he is a good finisher. I think he is too similar to a David Connelly type of forward though and not sure how he would do in the PL. Hard to see how he would fit in to our current system.Could possibly be a back up option for one of the two wide forwa...

Fair play to Ange, he set his team up to play “the right way” though. :clap: “Right way” at Newcastle though? Unless you have the resources of a Man City or Real Madrid to begin to think that there is one “right way” to play irrespective of who the opposition is or where the game is being played is...

Possibly so, i might be tempted to bid right now for aa couple of their players with cash payment on day 1 the window opens. Garner, Patterson, Tarkowski. £40m job lot. Branthwaite will go for big money, probably to Liverpool, Man Utd or similar. The bottom line though the world knows they are skin...

A lot is being seen by the press and pundits through PL tinted glasses. Man City are pure class and are playing in the CL possibly the only team who could claim to be better than them at present. Sure they may not win the league, after all 4 in a row has never been done I believe, but to my mind whe...

‘Why doesn’t he give the kids a chance” goes the mantra. He puts several on the bench and it is look at how weak the bench is. Do we want to give the youngsters at least a hope of playing or do we want to fill the bench (thus the squad) with more experienced players? Equally the player qualification...

Sullivan leaves and sells up to a crook (it's happened before). We drop down to League One in the next 5 years. Would you rather have Spurs or Chelsea as our new sugar daddies? That's what you're suggesting is good enough for other clubs. I don't want to be rude but I don't think people suggesting ...

Which towns across England will see their clubs knocked out of the Football League to allow a bunch of reserve teams to battle it out for the League 2 promotion slots? Knock out current clubs and you are doing it wrong. With the financial issues most lower league clubs have PL and top championship ...

Still think we need a player who can see and make a pass if we lose Paqueta (especially if we also change the way we play) and I am not sure this is the strong point of any of the feasible names mentioned (Grealish, Gibbs-White, Eze are not because all would likely cost north of £60m before you even...

If Paqueta leaves we will need a proper 10, one who plays like he does with his head up and sees a pass especially if Moyes goes and the new guy is more possession based. Kudus is fine at 10 in a Moyes system away from home or possibly at home against the big clubs when it is all about countering at...

We have Levy and Hearn to “thank” for the “free” stadium far more than our board. Had they not kicked up such a fuss over the original deal we would have ended up paying a lot more including running costs. Everton have a nerve appealing - though no doubt they will get it reduced. Cheats charter. Lit...

I have no doubt that he is an astute businessman, my point is that could he appoint a younger more dynamic MD? Of course but why doesn't he? Also regarding the board/investors and even the senior staff, none actually work at the business full time or barely part time. The position regarding the MD ...