Couldn't disagree more. Great for the first two minutes and then it either goes dead or becomes hostile to the team, manager, owner (delete accordingly). I'd say it's one of the great myths of football.
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No surprise when they have Bruce as manager
Bar the Keegan years it's been like that since I came up here in '89. The target changes, take your pick of the three options I quoted, but the hostile reaction towards their own remains consistent. It's bizarrely self destructive.
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I was there in around 98, Bobby Robsons first game, they beat us (Sheff Wed) 8-0. Place was like a morgue. Like LT says, it's an absolute myth that the atmosphere there is bouncing, maybe they're getting confused with the Bigg Market
You are showing your age now. Bigg Market bouncing? Back to the 80's ?I was there in around 98, Bobby Robsons first game, they beat us (Sheff Wed) 8-0. Place was like a morgue. Like LT says, it's an absolute myth that the atmosphere there is bouncing, maybe they're getting confused with the Bigg Market
Saying that, it may have gone full circle and be buzzing again ?. My days in the pubs in the Toon are long gone.
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If Arsenal do not score against City they will have to select their goal of the month from their training sessions. ?
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Or from their EFL Cup match against West Brom this evening.
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Bild in Germany have reported what Haaland wanted for go to Chelsea ( well Raoila )
£825k a week
£33mil to the agent
£30mil to the player as a signing on fee
?? - just mental
The sooner agents are restricted the better
£825k a week
£33mil to the agent
£30mil to the player as a signing on fee
?? - just mental
The sooner agents are restricted the better
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Personally would like to see a massive sorting of the transfer market as a whole (though will never happen). Imagine if there was a simple formula so, for example, the transfer fee was set at twice the wages left on the existing contract and so a player earning £15million a year with 2 years left would cost £60 million pounds. Add to that some provisos for each year that they have been in a clubs academy system up to the age of 21 to encourage player development and help support the lower league clubs and cap wages at £1 million pounds per week so as they money saved could not be extorted into players' pockets and transfer prices could not be inflated by ridiculous wages and you have, to my mind, a reasonable solution that would leave so much more money in the game and mean that clubs were not always gambling on their financial future. Could even have an impact on the leagues by reducing the gaps between the haves and have nots. On that basis, the fees being asked for Kane now would be reserved for the true elite players whilst a large number of players would be available for under £10 million.
I know, total pipe dream and woud wipe a chunk of the value of current assests (and it still seems wrong to look at a human being as a financial assett) but something needs to be done. Almost overnigh the £100 million transfer fee has become a norm with no sign of stopping there.
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Unconfirmed reports that Arsenal have made an offer for the Cardboard Cutout Antonio held up in the air on Monday night!
(Apologies to gooners…the rarified atmosphere of top of the league has made me a bit lairey ?)
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Kane says he is staying - which basically means City won’t pay the fee required
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..which we knew already for several weeks. The tabloid rags will be absolutely gutted their dream transfer hasn't come off. I'm sure by December the rumour mill will be powered up again.
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one hopes not.
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Guess that is Kane stuck at Spurs as the market will all be about Haaland, Mbappe and Lewandowski next summer as well as the younger players who make an impression this year. Think he has missed the boat unless he has an unbelievable year.
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Think I remember when Dortmund signed him they only got him if they agreed to the massive agent fee when he was sold.
That shouldn’t be allowed IMO,but no one forced them to agree to it.
Not sure about the £825k pw tho Phil ???
Don’t believe everything you read ??
That shouldn’t be allowed IMO,but no one forced them to agree to it.
Not sure about the £825k pw tho Phil ???
Don’t believe everything you read ??
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Can't understand why Man City would want Kane when Haaland is available, and could have had Messi on a free.
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I think it will be a different story with regards to the price we hold out for though. Right now he has three years remaining so the club were in a strong position. Once you get to two years remaining though that starts to weaken, as you don't want to let it get down to his last year as you're forced to take a really low offer then. And if the price comes down in a year's time that almost certainly brings Man Utd into the mix, maybe Chelsea if Levy ever considers selling to them.
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Let’s be honest - he was desperate to leave but no one will pay the fee so he is staying. If a club paid his fee he would have left in a flash.
