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Newcastle Utd (and Viz)

bluestevon said:
How they go about it is gonna be very interesting, they need to spend to try stay up for sure, but who they target is key.

Any player they go for from most clubs now will receive a 200% mark up.

If they're smart they don't get gouged - but can see them throwing silly money at the likes of Tarkowski (with six months left he should be cheap - but can see them throwing 20m at Burnley to get him in January), likes of Davies, Keane and Holgate we could actually manage to get rid off for good fees - Here's hoping.

Staveley is massively digging them a hole with all her "we want to win the premiership in 5 years nonsense" all that does is create pressure and let's everyone know they're gonna be desperately spunking cash all over the shop
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Only way they're winning the title in 5 years is
a.fluke it like Leicester.
b. Rely on var winning it for you by December like RS.
Or c. Breaching FFP.
 
Manager wise they would be mad not to go for Conte. He'd make them very hard to beat and keep them up + attract players.

Other shouts like Zidane dont make sense with the position theyre in as surely they need someone with premier league experience.
 

bluestevon said:
How they go about it is gonna be very interesting, they need to spend to try stay up for sure, but who they target is key.

Any player they go for from most clubs now will receive a 200% mark up.

If they're smart they don't get gouged - but can see them throwing silly money at the likes of Tarkowski (with six months left he should be cheap - but can see them throwing 20m at Burnley to get him in January), likes of Davies, Keane and Holgate we could actually manage to get rid off for good fees - Here's hoping.

Staveley is massively digging them a hole with all her "we want to win the premiership in 5 years nonsense" all that does is create pressure and let's everyone know they're gonna be desperately spunking cash all over the shop
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I think it's actually beset with a lot of challenges. In the big picture, lots of money will see increase in performance, but how that plays out becomes interesting. As I think I said, Malaga had a Sheikh and he basically gave up. Sheffield United had Saudi investment and are not at the top end of the league.

I gave the scenario yesterday of like ourselves, under Koeman on steroids of what could happen. You have this dangerous mix, of unrealistic fan expectation, a previous structure that was wholly different to the one they would need, a lack of understanding of a need to put the structure in and a fanbase/manager that want to shortcut the process and go overboard at hurdles. We had pretty much all of the above, and I can sense they may run into similar problems but much quicker.

Staveley saying 5 years to win the league is ridiculous, and will not help the situation. The other interesting point, is people will sell again at markup, but it will mean they will essentially run into FFP limits very quickly, having signed a bunch of guys at Tarkowski's level (if thats the way they go). Now don't tell me a team of Tarkowski's or Michael Keane's will win them the league. They will be half way up. To me that's a better outcome than signing a bunch of mercenaries and giving them to a Gerrard/Lampard as manager.

If I were them, I would be getting on the blower to the best sporting Director I could find and giving them control of the club.
 
catcherintherye said:
They're value is 500m dollars, so about 350m pounds.

I have no idea why they have invested in Newcastle. Let's see how committed they are. Staveley is a compulsive liar.

And Newcastle have won nothing for 50 odd years. So I'd say Malaga were bigger myself.
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Don’t really think we can slate anyone, in the premier league era we are arguably the most pointless team of that age. Won nothing, don’t compete for anything, appeared in 1 CL qualifier and one FA cup final in 26 years. We are a big club historically but right now we are nothing.
And a liar she may be, but she’s had a hand in making them the wealthiest club on the planet.
 

Zatara said:
Manager wise they would be mad not to go for Conte. He'd make them very hard to beat and keep them up + attract players.

Other shouts like Zidane dont make sense with the position theyre in as surely they need someone with premier league experience.
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Conte apparently has said no. There's no way he'd knock back top jobs only to go "yeah, I'll join a club in a relegation scrap then spend loads and rebuild" at Saudi United
 
wainy said:
Don’t really think we can slate anyone, in the premier league era we are arguably the most pointless team of that age. Won nothing, don’t compete for anything, appeared in 1 CL qualifier and one FA cup final in 26 years. We are a big club historically but right now we are nothing.
And a liar she may be, but she’s had a hand in making them the wealthiest club on the planet.
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Well lets see how wealthy they are. She remains a liar and I highly doubt they win the league within 5 years.

And we may be pointless, but we have still won infinitely more than Newcastle in that time, and been relegated infinitely less times than them, which sort of gives the context of how irrelevant they have been.
 

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