NUFC/Sportswashing - Summer 2022


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I genuinely think most are a bit gutted about what’s happened so far this summer. The expectations were much higher than the reality

Every signing so far could have been made under Ashley and very similar ones were
I would not argue much of this. Trippier and Pope perhaps not, due to age and no really sell-on potential.
Human nature is to get excited. Expectation would have been greater than reality at most clubs. Yes there were those idiots expecting / appearing to actually expect signings of M'Bappe levels. A modicum of common sense is all that is needed to temper such thought. In 10 years time, after sustained success, then possibly.
Not really sure what point you are trying to make here?
 
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I would not argue much of this. Trippier and Pope perhaps not, due to age and no really sell-on potential.
Human nature is to get excited. Expectation would have been greater than reality at most clubs. Yes there were those idiots expecting / appearing to actually expect signings of M'Bappe levels. A modicum of common sense is all that is needed to temper such thought. In 10 years time, after sustained success, then possibly.
They won't be here in 10 years. Their job is done to a certain extent having gained 100k fuckwits for their Sportswashing exercise. They'll sell at a profit & buy a big club within 5 years. Probably Man Utd as the link is there through sponsorship. I will carry on protesting against them after it happens.
 
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I'm referring to your comment below as you compared your stagnant commercial revenue to Spurs which had grown as if Ashley had done a bad thing. It's clear you've completely ignored the global growth of the Premier League, especially thanks to Twitter and other social media developments since then.

Of course NUFC had higher commercial revenue than Spurs but like I said you'd had some good seasons prior to 2007, hence more exposure and ability to get better deals. Spurs started hitting Champions League in late 2000's and been in Europe every season since 2006 and regularly finishing top 6.

NUFC were at the limit of spending when Ashley came in and he couldn't maintain the spending and a year later relegation and then mid to lower league places with a 2nd relegation. There was one season getting to 5th but apart from that, how do you think the global brand of NUFC grew? The fact NUFC were only behind West Ham and Everton in commercial revenue, even after 2 relegations and a single 5th place is not a negative at all.

Those teams who have millions of fans globally which are clearly the big 6 in England generate huge amounts via retail, advertising, merchandising and whatever else. That alongside all the exposure the big 6 get due to being on TV and being in Europe just about every season since 2007 adds to their global brand and marketability.

NUFC aren't as big a club as some mags may think and therefore can't command the sponsorship deals that the big 6 can. I know it's only Facebook but look at how millions the big 6 have, hence potential exposure. Note Leicester having over 6m and no doubt helped by the league win and recent seasons. Leicester aside, Spurs have the same amount of followers as the other 13 teams added together.


Facebook isn't as popular as it was late 2000's and Twitter came about. Though it was mid 2017 before NUFC twitter hit 1m followers and it's grown considerably from the Saudi takeover to double that and well over 2m now. This website had NUFC in 11th two years ago and it's not fact but it's still an indication of global interest.


Or there's this interactive map where you can pick teams and it shows how Leicester have changed due to obvious reasons as this link shows.


It's just a Google based result and as the article says trying to calculate global popularity is tricky and almost impossible. There's obviously a lot more than goes into commercial revenue than just Google search results and social media followers. It's still a general indicator of the gap now between the big 6 and the also rans of which NUFC is obviously a part of. NUFC most certainly aren't everyones 2nd favourite team as the Entertainers tag is long gone. This is the decade from 2009 to 2019 but even that won't show the current trend as it shows how Liverpool were higher than Man Utd in 2019 and for obvious reasons.


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It's also not just the clubs as players also have huge social media followings so they again add value to the club again in terms of marketing. How many big names have the Mags had with millions of followers on various SM websites? Some players have more followers than NUFC have on the various SM websites.

As we all know, NUFC had been spending big pre Ashley and Ashley didn't come in throwing money about and cleared a loan didn't he? Aye MUFC had some good seasons prior to Ashley but they ended up in debt and it was unsustainable. Do you really believe that Ashley should have kept spending money the club didn't have keeping up with Spurs commercial revenue, all while Spurs enjoyed top 6 finishes and Europe and NUFC were spent up and couldn't really keep pace any more being a mid table also ran?

Did you miss the bit when I suggested the commercial revenue wasn't that bad when you take away the big 6 and compare it to the 14 also rans instead rather than comparing it to 10 seasons prior? Only 2 teams generated more in 2018 and I also suggested reasons as to why they did given their league positions in preceding seasons compared to NUFC's mid lower league and a relegation.

But aye, you're right as Ashley should have kept up with Spurs commercial revenue. I guess I am also on a wind up pointing out the fact you're ignoring growth of the PL as a global brand. That along with social media growth also being a part of this huge increase in PL commercial revenue of which a huge chunk has gone to the big 6 given they've dominated the top 6 positions for over a decade now 🤪 why do I bother posting all this waffle? 🤣
I don't know why you're posting waffle about Google search histories either.

The gist of your argument relies on the big 6 being unreachable, when at the time the big 6 weren't even a thing, it was the big 4. As agreed Newcastle were above Spurs at the time, City pushing their nose into things was inevitable due to the takeover (same with Chelsea before them). That's the landscape. It wasn't the big 6 unreachable at the top and the rest left in their wake at that time, that's very much the point.

Ashley came in without doing due diligence, didn't understand a lot of standard operating practices of football clubs like player amortization etc and tried to run it like it was a Sports Direct outlet. Madcap decisions like appointing Dennis Wise to have the final say on transfers after watching a few YouTube clips, bringing in Joe Kinnear after Keegan was forced out (won a constructive dismissal case against Ashley), signing players as a favour to agents (Gonzalez or Xisco I can't remember now but you can look it up) etc contributed massively to the downturn in on the field results, which in turn had an effect on commercial revenue. Not to mention capers like renaming the stadium and plastering signage all over the place and paying sweet fuck all for the privilege.

So yeah, it's pretty safe to say that Ashley directly had a pretty negative impact on our commercial revenue situation. After seeing ours remain stagnant while others have grown massively, there's really no other way to see it is there?
 
Not really sure what point you are trying to make here?

Really? Even Luke Edwards appears to have grasped it, I'm sure you can too.

But go ahead then, sit there and pretend that paying for Burnley's goalkeeper in £3m instalments is exactly what you had in mind when the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund took over your club.

Have you not rang the police about this? You've been going on about it for ages. If it bothers you that much report it.

I've never rang the police about anything in my life.

You are irritated enough by my post mentioning the charity money to post a reply? Why is that? Your fans are a disgrace for what they've done here, why shouldn't it be highlighted?

You have utterly disgraced yourselves in a whole range of ways over the past 2 years, and some of us will have no qualms bringing it up. No doubt you will turn a blind eye to the charity money issue, like you do to so many other things involving your revolting football club - but that doesn't mean the rest of us have to.
 
Ah, so that's why they're after the likes of Jack Harrison - to lull the rest into a false sense of security so they get Mbappe for £10m? Playing the long game.
The best bit is, their fans are shouting “WA NEED TO BE CAREFUL FFP” but they’ve got no sellable assets 😂😂😂😂
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😂😂 I can’t wait for their fans to realise they aren’t as rich as they think
It'll take a while mind. The clue is in the Public INVESTMENT Fund bit
 
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Mags getting restless their real life football manager editor isn’t coming off as they planned?

They’ve spent an absolute fortune on Botman and Bruno to name two. I’d be buzzing if I was them
 
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Mags getting restless their real life football manager editor isn’t coming off as they planned?

They’ve spent an absolute fortune on Botman and Bruno to name two. I’d be buzzing if I was them
They’ve been paying for players via instalments. Richest club in the world apparently though. I can’t wait to see them shouting at the ground at the owners who are t there, when they’re getting 10th every season.
 
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