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timeEd32

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  1. Happy for him as if he’s my kid. What a 12 month turnaround.
  2. Yeah, the projections would need to account for this. An expansion needs to get us into the £80-90m range in today’s money.
  3. It would be very fitting if Leicester became the club to bring all of this crumbling down.
  4. Yeah, it’s local. I will drown my sorrows in $18 beers.
  5. Paid far too much money to take my son to see Messi and Argentina tonight. Messi is now injured. It's going to be cold. I have many regrets.
  6. Similar to @TheBrownBottle I don't actually enjoy much of anything about the modern stadium experience. I have little interest in the amenities for any sport and I hate how expensive the average event is. So when I post about Beyonce and expensive seats it's just through the lens of that potentially being necessary to compete. I think at the end of the day this decision is a fairly simple math problem with two key questions guiding it (I'm also not local, so I'm leaving my meaningless opinion out of it). 1) What are the ambitions of the club? From Darren Eales in the FAB meeting minutes: 2) How important is staying at SJP? Eales again: So the club's stated aim is to consistently compete with the existing top 6 and, in fact, replace one of them and they understand that can't just be done via overachieving on the pitch. It's based on finances. They have also said many times the priority is to stay at St. James' Park, but there's a caveat in this recent quote. In terms of match day revenue we know there are two tiers in the top 6 (note: not all stadium-based revenue shows up in match day income - much of it beyond ticket sales is in the commercial bucket and Spurs are a great example of how enhancing the stadium unlocked major commercial gains - but this is the cleanest way to look at it). Tier 1 Man United - £136m Spurs - £117m Arsenal - £103m Tier 2 Liverpool - £85m (does not include Anfield Road expansion) Chelsea - £77m Man City - £72m (does not include North Stand expansion) Newcastle - £38m in 2022/23 (guessing around £45m in current season, inflated by CL) We almost certainly cannot join the Tier 1 group without a new build, but given the preference for staying put if possible I think we'd happily accept joining the Tier 2 group as Liverpool opted to do. So the question is can we essentially double the current match day income while staying at SJP? I think if the answer based on what's feasible and the revenue projections is yes then that's what we'll do, though cost, short term disruption, and timeline will be relevant factors. If the answer is no because of site limitations or other then they will almost certainly have to look at a new stadium. The alternative puts far too much of a ceiling on both match day and commercial revenue to achieve the stated goal.
  7. The short version is because he has some flaws around squad management and a small preference for Premier League experience some have decided he's basically shit at everything and is desperately handing out jobs to friends and family.
  8. Another fairly strong statement:
  9. At first I thought that was £40m/year and I was about to lose my shit.
  10. A CB who can also navigate commercial deals and FFP...
  11. Couldn't care less if he has a point or if we're being petty. The facts of the dispute are irrelevant. In fact I hope we're conspiring with Adidas against him and that it all feels very unfair. His 14 years of ownership felt unfair.
  12. "doesn't know what's happening" = "GUIMARAES UNCERTAIN ABOUT FUTURE; NEWCASTLE MAY LOSE MIDFIELD MAESTRO AMID FFP CONCERNS"
  13. It's just poorly translated I think. I think it means "it's hard to accept that surgery is now the only option after trying to avoid it."
  14. I've posted before about research done on NFL players returning from ACL injuries. The gist is it's common for players to return to play within 9-12 months, but not "return to perform" another 6+ months beyond that. There's all sorts of caveats on the exact type of injury, the person, etc. but it's entirely possible we don't get the full Sven back until the beginning of the 2025/26 season.
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