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NUFC Sportswashing 2022

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tommoftm said:
They'll spend a fortune in the next few days. There'll be clubs trying to blag as much as they can and it'll all unravel towards the deadline.
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I dont doubt it. They need to live up to expectations and they need to stop up.

But its not what you spend, its what you buy, and how quickly they fit into the team.

They could well find they spend a fortune on mediocrity and end up relegated. Or these big name buys could be the foundation of a good team next season.

It's anyones guess.
 

tommoftm said:
I'd imagine it's so that spreading payments that gives them scope to spend shit loads more without breaching FFP. Just a thought like. It how most clubs do business. Apart from Ashley.


They'll be insured.


I wouldn't worry about them falling on hard times, mind


Fantasy land.

They'll spend a fortune in the next few days. There'll be clubs trying to blag as much as they can and it'll all unravel towards the deadline.
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I smell gravy.
 
tommoftm said:
I'd imagine it's so that spreading payments that gives them scope to spend shit loads more without breaching FFP. Just a thought like. It how most clubs do business. Apart from Ashley.


They'll be insured.


I wouldn't worry about them falling on hard times, mind


Fantasy land.

They'll spend a fortune in the next few days. There'll be clubs trying to blag as much as they can and it'll all unravel towards the deadline.
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So obvious man 😂
 
tommoftm said:
I'd imagine it's so that spreading payments that gives them scope to spend shit loads more without breaching FFP. Just a thought like. It how most clubs do business. Apart from Ashley.


They'll be insured.


I wouldn't worry about them falling on hard times, mind


Fantasy land.

They'll spend a fortune in the next few days. There'll be clubs trying to blag as much as they can and it'll all unravel towards the deadline.
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At least try to not make it obvious, Tommo.

From f***ing sedgefield as well 🤮🤮
 
The mental gymnastics on here has been a great watch mind. I can only imagine watching on in horror if the shoe was on the other foot. Still everyone will like you and hate us now we're rich. Love a special classy relationship.
 
What if the Saudis don't lose interest? What if they want a Champion's League before City or PSG? What if they go absolutely nuts on class players in the summer?
 
tommoftm said:
The mental gymnastics on here has been a great watch mind. I can only imagine watching on in horror if the shoe was on the other foot. Still everyone will like you and hate us now we're rich. Love a special classy relationship.
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Why you got ftm on the end of your user name?
 
halfpast3 said:
Spread out payments are pretty normal to be fair. Maybe something to do with ffp? @Grumpy Old Man
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Is correct. Then they've increased the value of the squad with minimum outlay, and can attract higher "market value" sponsorship deals. Not that they won't loophole that garbage anyway.
genewolf said:
Everyone already hated you. What a sad life you must lead pretending to be a Sunderland fan.
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I'm a mag. No intention of keeping up the pretense
 
Skellington said:
They've been relatively open all along about the fact that they wouldn't be spending much money:

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That list consisted of Mauro Icardi, Nathan Ake, David Brooks, Callum Wilson, Hamza Choudhury, Demarai Gray and Adam Lallana.

It was also stated that there were plans to make significant changes to the backroom staff, make sizeable donations to the Newcastle United Foundation and support Wallsend Boys Club and the Great North Run (via
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Have to remember that Staveley spent months haggling Ashley down from £330m to £300m, and then had to borrow half of her deposit from him (even though she later denied this).

Since they got their feet under the table, Unai Emery has fucked them off, the Chief Executive has left 7 days after joining, and it seems a whole host of clubs and players have knocked them back in the transfer window. No one wants to go near them when they see the details.

Its not that difficult to find players that would improve them enough to finish above Watford, Norwich, and Burnley, which is their immediate objective. There's players like that all over Europe. Big Sam got us Kirchoff, Kone, and Khazri in this window. Yet they haven't been able to do it. Ashley got them 3 french internationals and 2 other players when he was in a similar position. The only explanation at this point is that they haven't got the money, which to be fair, was never any secret.

Which makes spending £25m on Chris Wood an extraordinarily stupid decision. He's on a 2.5 year contract as well. Even if he performs relatively well, his value will plummet to next to nothing in almost no time. They didn't really need a right back either. You just can't afford to make dreadful decisions like that when you're on a lower midtable budget, and it looks like that was all the money they had. They are more like Venkys Chicken than Man City owners. They currently have the worst side they've had in 30 years and if they go down, their owners mightn't be able to prop them up next season.

You do wonder why PIF would have anything to do with this at all, and I really don't know. The only thing that I can think of is related to the PR angle. Very easy to forget now, but when this deal was first mooted, there was a genuine expectation that fans might protest against the idea of these people owning their club (!) Khasshogi had only been dead for a little over a year at that point. If they went and spent billions on Man United or Inter, the concern would be that the whole thing would backfire and create more negative publicity than good. Staveley had been kicking about the middle east looking to buy a club for years - why not give her the money (less than the cost of the Crown Prince's yacht) and see what the response is? They'll get their investment back off her one day, and they'd have a better idea of what the results would be if they ever decided to do it for real. Bin Salman has spent loads on PR people to try and salvage his image. It would be a very useful exercise for them.

Either way, the money clearly isn't there now. Maybe Staveley and her husband hope that will change? Maybe that's why her fella's spending his spare time superimposing the PIF director's head onto Shearer?

The immediate future for the mags looks very bleak indeed for me. Wouldn't be surprised to see Defoe blasting goals past them for us again before 2022 is out.
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I thought Staveley only borrowed £10m from him? Spending all that money on Chris Wood has given people they have loads of money too, and will pay over the odds :lol:
 
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