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geordiesteve710

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  1. This is the best example I have seen of why the while concept of "value" is a complete misnomer to begin with when it comes to players. I have added to it below. The "value" of a player is hard to define as players have (at least) two values at any time, the value to a potential buyer -lets call this value A and value to the club he is registered to (i.e. the potential seller) value B in this scenario. A transfer will only happen when circumstances dictate that value A exceeds, or at least reaches, value B and the clubs then come to a figure that is acceptable to both. There are several variables to this. Off the top of my head you'd have: - how good the player is - how reliable is his temperament - injury record - length remaining on contract - age and associated potential for inprovement/ resale value - do they qualify as homegrown for uefa rules? - any international caps? If so, what nation and how good are they? - what are his personal circumstances (eg is he settled where he lives or on the other hand agitating for a move) - what strength in depth does the club (buying or selling) have in that position? - where is the club on the table (eg pushing for Europe/fighting relegation or comfortably midtable - ironically, another consideration would now be what is the club's FFP position? Eg do they need to sell? How much headroom does the buyer have to splash out? - is the buyer needing to retain funds to revamp the squad in several areas or is this the only signing they will make in a window? - another consideration when selling to clubs in Saudi or other countries with no FFP restrictions (like we did with ASM) then it is fairly well understood that the player will be hugely remunerated for making that move, already pricing other potential suitors out of even making a move and reducing the leverage a selling would theorerically have to demand a large fee in an arms-length transaction with a value-driven buyer. Footballer transfers are rare in occurence (compared to say people going to the shop and buying a loaf of bread) so there is a limited sample to benchmark against. Given the vast array of variables how do you reliably/accurately demonstrate what the hypothetical FMV of a transfer would be? I can understand it for sponsorships and commercial deals (even if I don't agree) but trying to apply fmv to player transfers is a fools errand.
  2. We parked on Marlborough Street in December. Quiet, wide, reasonably leafy residential street. We parked next to a little pedestrian cut to Lansdowne Road.
  3. Castle Leazes stadium being turned down feels like a big one, back in an era when gates receipts from non-corporate seats made up a much bigger proportion of a football club's overall revenue. But as someone has said above, there is the likelihood that it would already be outdated now. The biggest sliding door moment for me was Abramovich buying Chelsea. That doesn't happen and Newcastle would finish top 4 in 2003/4 at the point when the four teams that did were able to pull the ladder up and put distance between themselves for a good 8 years. Would also mean no Souness fucking us up financially and maybe no Ashley, who knows. Chelsea would have been absolutely fucked for a long time as well, their finances were a complete mess at the time.
  4. FA have already confirmed that Newcastle have drawn Man City and announced that as there are no replays if the tie is level after 90 minutes it will be decided on the day by determining how many Gallagher brothers support each club. More as we get it.
  5. At this point I'd be delighted if we got a home draw and it wasn't Man City. I'd give us a punchers chance against any Man Utd, Chelsea or Liverpool at home, but to draw any of them away would honestly geel like a lost cause for me right now.
  6. Gordon, Bruno, Miley and all. Bring them off and take the hit to the gd
  7. What you're saying is right, but I can't help think a bit of leniency there might have helped us in the long run.
  8. "In north london tonight the only team playing progressive football is the team in red and white." It's 7 minutes in you pretentious twat. Stop setting your agenda.
  9. Fucking hell. Grim as fuck that. How do people think they can just openly carry on like that. I've seen some of ours in Aston chanting "we support our local team" at a group of Villa fans who didn't have white skin so clearly weren't local to the area. (Never mind that Aston is one of the most diverse areas of one of the most diverse cities in the country of course .)
  10. Barkley was the best player on the pitch by a mile when we played them last month. We're a different team at home so I'm thinking we will shade it by the odd goal.
  11. Instead of flying to Dubai, the plane Wilson was on turned its tracking radar off and was diverted to sunderland international. He's in the starting xi
  12. It's the fucking derby. What more justification would you possibly need??
  13. I'd take a draw to stop the rot and qualify for the Europa League now if offered.
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