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NUFC/Sportswashing - Summer 2022

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Exile 1968 said:
They are not the Richest club in the world, they have the richest owners. They believe PIFs full investment fund is set aside for them....it isn't. They are being used as a Sportswashing vehicle. The Saudis have their feet under the table now. My guess is they'll flip them for a profit possibly when their value reaches 1bn then buy one of the Big Clubs who have higher Marketing potential & world wide appeal. They won't move or extend the shit tip, no new training complex will be built & they won't own them in 4 years time.
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VXi said:
To be fair, no one with a braincell thought we'd get either Mbappe or Haaland. But, I bet you felt great typing it though.
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Are you calling half your fan base idiots?

The headlines ran were "Richest Club in the World".....that does not equate to a 20 year old Albanian Chelsea loanee. To say otherwise is absolute bullshit.
 
Adamfsafc said:
Heard some talking in the pub last week. Apparently there was 36000 tried to get a ST when they went on sale and couldn’t. Talking about needing a 82000 capacity stadium and it selling out every week, all of this with a straight face.
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They're clueless as that number wasn't how many individuals were online, it's how many queue places were taken up. They're oblivious to the fact that individuals had more than one place in the queue by using multiple devices. Some had more than a couple and someone even claimed to have 40 on one mag forum
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and there's no doubt these weren't isolated as we've done similar ourselves when wanting limited tickets.

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Though to be fair I reckon they wouldn't be far off filling a 70,000 stadium if they were up there challenging ala 90's style. We wouldn't be far behind them if we were up there doing what they did in the 90's (not that we'll ever get up there! :lol:). One thing is clear, the 2 clubs have some of the largest fan bases and have rarely hit the potential heights they could due to nee success in the last 50 odd years and the cock waving competition about attendances is pointless at times!

Bigger crowds won't be happening for them anyway as ticket prices will go up well before any significant capacity increase and aren't they developing more of the club behind the scenes first? This will price out 1,000's of fans who wouldn't be able to afford those rises and the ones who can will just fill those places. I can understand why Spurs increased capacity as they get tourists etc and have a fan base who on average will earn more so will spend more. Up here the extra income from every 1,000 extra fans would probably take a lot longer to pay towards the development than it would for Spurs.

It would be a stupid move by the owners to increase the ground significantly at huge cost in the next 5 seasons, even possibly 10. Who is to say they will be successful in the next 5 seasons as Everton certainly weren't and Leicester could well struggle soon with not being in Europe any more and they've been spending trying to keep pace at the top. Will the mags be able to generate the extra revenue required to do this on top of the players fess/wages in the next few seasons even fiddling sponsorship etc?

But after all that waffle above, there's no doubt we'd be doing the same and dreaming about the SOL being extended to 63,000 or possibly more if we had mega rich owners throwing big money at things but obviously not at the level of delusion we've seen (also helped being fed this 30,000+ myth by the media).

One mag being a bit more realistic
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and admitting it wasn't just 1 fan per 1 place in the queue for everyone and the number could possibly be a lot less.

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maginpeace said:
Half the fan base?

Fans write headlines?
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Yes - half. In those first few days I would say at least half of the fans thought it was PSG/Man City rolled into one. Until of course your expectations were reduced by recruiting the 8th choice manager, haggling over personal terms for backroom staff, not getting a DoF in immeadiately...and then of course reality hit with the signing of Chris Wood. Before those events expectations by 50% did not point to Broja!
 
jlaws said:
Yes - half. In those first few days I would say at least half of the fans thought it was PSG/Man City rolled into one. Until of course your expectations were reduced by recruiting the 8th choice manager, haggling over personal terms for backroom staff, not getting a DoF in immeadiately...and then of course reality hit with the signing of Chris Wood. Before those events expectations by 50% did not point to Broja!
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I would say fan expectations are still very high; higher than they have been for a long time.
 
jlaws said:
Yes - half. In those first few days I would say at least half of the fans thought it was PSG/Man City rolled into one. Until of course your expectations were reduced by recruiting the 8th choice manager, haggling over personal terms for backroom staff, not getting a DoF in immeadiately...and then of course reality hit with the signing of Chris Wood. Before those events expectations by 50% did not point to Broja!
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Yes mate. Spot on. We’re all gutted with the events of last season. I’ve never seen the club and fan base as divided.
 
jlaws said:
Yes - half. In those first few days I would say at least half of the fans thought it was PSG/Man City rolled into one. Until of course your expectations were reduced by recruiting the 8th choice manager, haggling over personal terms for backroom staff, not getting a DoF in immeadiately...and then of course reality hit with the signing of Chris Wood. Before those events expectations by 50% did not point to Broja!
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The hope was to stay up, and that happened. The hope this season is to finish top 8. The rest is just details TBH but keep spinning it if it makes you feel better.
 
Sporty said:
They're clueless as that number wasn't how many individuals were online, it's how many queue places were taken up. They're oblivious to the fact that individuals had more than one place in the queue by using multiple devices. Some had more than a couple and someone even claimed to have 40 on one mag forum
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and there's no doubt these weren't isolated as we've done similar ourselves when wanting limited tickets.

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Though to be fair I reckon they wouldn't be far off filling a 70,000 stadium if they were up there challenging ala 90's style. We wouldn't be far behind them if we were up there doing what they did in the 90's (not that we'll ever get up there! :lol:). One thing is clear, the 2 clubs have some of the largest fan bases and have rarely hit the potential heights they could due to nee success in the last 50 odd years and the cock waving competition about attendances is pointless at times!

Bigger crowds won't be happening for them anyway as ticket prices will go up well before any significant capacity increase and aren't they developing more of the club behind the scenes first? This will price out 1,000's of fans who wouldn't be able to afford those rises and the ones who can will just fill those places. I can understand why Spurs increased capacity as they get tourists etc and have a fan base who on average will earn more so will spend more. Up here the extra income from every 1,000 extra fans would probably take a lot longer to pay towards the development than it would for Spurs.

It would be a stupid move by the owners to increase the ground significantly at huge cost in the next 5 seasons, even possibly 10. Who is to say they will be successful in the next 5 seasons as Everton certainly weren't and Leicester could well struggle soon with not being in Europe any more and they've been spending trying to keep pace at the top. Will the mags be able to generate the extra revenue required to do this on top of the players fess/wages in the next few seasons even fiddling sponsorship etc?

But after all that waffle above, there's no doubt we'd be doing the same and dreaming about the SOL being extended to 63,000 or possibly more if we had mega rich owners throwing big money at things but obviously not at the level of delusion we've seen (also helped being fed this 30,000+ myth by the media).

One mag being a bit more realistic
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and admitting it wasn't just 1 fan per 1 place in the queue for everyone and the number could possibly be a lot less.

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40 devices. Righto. :lol:
 
maginpeace said:
I can’t remember bombing anyone. And I’m definitely not scum. But ok.

From a construction point of view of your acronym or mnemonic or whatever, the Gay makes no sense. It’s just there. Unless you’re specifically talking about a gay infant?
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Your owners blow children up and you know this yet you're still happy to support the players that are bought with money from your child bombing owners. So you are scum as far as I'm concerned
 
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