beswetherick Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 12 minutes ago, Rogers said: Can you believe Shearer went there for only £15m That was a massive transfer fee in 1996 to be fair. It’s all got a bit silly since then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcityowlsfan Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Obviously there are serious question marks over there new owners but fans being fans will just see the money side of things. Billionaire owners seem ten a penney now don’t they? I like some others wish football was regulated properly and we had a salary cap for all leagues. It’s too easy for rich owners to turn clubs like Man City and Chelsea (let’s not forget before money took over the game, Wednesday had won more than both of these teams) into champions of the PL. Newcastle are a very well supported club but haven’t won anything for years. Like some other clubs including ourselves unless they drop on an exceptional manager, they were always swimming against the tide (until now). A salary cap would allow the bigger clubs to fight it out, not the richer clubs to dominate. This break in football has rammed home how money rules the game and ruins it in equal measure. 30-35 years ago they would have already cancelled the season IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudge27 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 I'd look at moving to a salary cap like the US have. Right now there is the odd exception, but football just isn't fun generally, it's predictable on the whole who will win what. A general cap with further allowances allowed dependebt in income (like a rejigged and better ffp) across all the divisions and Europe. But it'll never happen. God knows how the league run by all these businessmen let's the players take so much money that could better benefit customers as the fans are these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markg Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 I like Newcastle. Good luck to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agentwalker Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 21 hours ago, Bulgaria said: You just know that there will be a group of fans at the first game under the new owners wearing white robes. The KKK making a come back is taking it a bit too far mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helmut_rooster Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 On 21/04/2020 at 15:35, Bulgaria said: You just know that there will be a group of fans at the first game under the new owners wearing white robes. With cans of special brew and flip flops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helmut_rooster Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 11 hours ago, markg said: I like Newcastle. Good luck to them. I dont, I hope they get relegated and fire Mrs Doubtfire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helmut_rooster Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 13 hours ago, Putney said: You can still spend and make a loss within a limit, I think this has been a sore point for their fans as they've seen other clubs spend money excessively when they've been almost working to a sell to buy ethos. Prior to Joelinton and Almiron their record signing was Michael Owen for £16m in 2005. Don't necessarily agree with the stance on money but Ashley has been pretty terrible with their managers and renaming St James Park. Dont see what's wrong with renaming the stadium, the branding put up was to show what they could do to market a potential real stadium sponsor bringing in more money. If it wasnt for sponsorship Arsenal's ground wouldn't have a name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FroggattOwls Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Lot of people now throwing shade at this take over, wait until they realise there is a actual member of the Saudi Goverment who owns and runs a PL club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FroggattOwls Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Also isn't there a direct conflict of interest between the Saudis owning TWO PL clubs ? When Newcastle play Sheffield united...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coopswfc76 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Going on about character nobody gets rich enough to own a Premier League club these days without being a horrible poopydoo somewhere along the line. Dont think Thailand are overly keen on Human Rights. Cant stand Newcastle self entitlement but I'd love this to be us, how they get around FFP will be interesting though although I've a feeling that will be gone in the next 2/3 seasons anyway as new money challenges the establishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul.. Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 On 22/04/2020 at 13:14, markg said: I like Newcastle. Good luck to them. Same, fans who support their club through thick and thin whilst suffering from some terrible, incompetent, corrupt owners, familiar story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrie Madden Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 On 23/04/2020 at 12:55, coopswfc76 said: Going on about character nobody gets rich enough to own a Premier League club these days without being a horrible poopydoo somewhere along the line. Dont think Thailand are overly keen on Human Rights. Cant stand Newcastle self entitlement but I'd love this to be us, how they get around FFP will be interesting though although I've a feeling that will be gone in the next 2/3 seasons anyway as new money challenges the establishment. Presumably throwing mud at Chansiri ? Sorry is Mr Chansiri the King of Thailand ? Not sure he is, yet the driver (allegedly) of this Consortium is the Ruler of Saudi Arabia the same bloke who sent a squad to torture, kill and dismember a Journalist he didn't like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 (edited) Seems potential broadcast piracy and associated financial issues are more of a concern than human rights abuses: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52414385 Edited April 24, 2020 by Ever the pessimist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socialist_Owl Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 (edited) On 22/04/2020 at 15:40, helmut_rooster said: Dont see what's wrong with renaming the stadium, the branding put up was to show what they could do to market a potential real stadium sponsor bringing in more money. If it wasnt for sponsorship Arsenal's ground wouldn't have a name. Because stadium renames have generally proven not at all worth the money spent in terms of advertising exposure or branding impact, or infrastructure changes to accommodate the renames themselves. It's a really silly bit of corporate willy-swinging that's going to die off quickly in the era of retrenching penury coming up. Edited April 24, 2020 by Socialist_Owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGHERSTATE Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 So what happens to Bruce.....................................................................?................... The dirty side of football could come and bite him on the arse.....He knows a lot about loyalty apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl.1867 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 On 22/04/2020 at 21:12, Putney said: You can still spend and make a loss within a limit, I think this has been a sore point for their fans as they've seen other clubs spend money excessively when they've been almost working to a sell to buy ethos. Prior to Joelinton and Almiron their record signing was Michael Owen for £16m in 2005. Don't necessarily agree with the stance on money but Ashley has been pretty terrible with their managers and renaming St James Park. Beheadings, public executions, a devastating war in Yemen in which innocent civilians are being slaughtered, the export of the ideology which has given us modern Islamic terrorism and the murder of a journalist, among other things, are one thing but...RENAMING A STADIUM?! Outrageous behaviour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando_Trustful Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 On 25/04/2020 at 02:44, HIGHERSTATE said: So what happens to Bruce.....................................................................?................... The dirty side of football could come and bite him on the arse.....He knows a lot about loyalty apparently. Hopefully he gets booted out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Have to say it would be some nice karma if Bruce is booted out, less than a year after leaving us. I don’t blame him for taking the toon job but the way he went about it was a bit disrespectful to us. I expect his pay off from the new owners will cheer him up a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Reading yesterday that Pochetino is a shoe in for manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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