bluevillain
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No surprise BBC sport review this morning on tv,no showing of the none penalty.
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tommybooth
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That was shocking. Whatever piece of shite wrote that needs to get on the first plane to Turkey for his penis extension to his k&&t.
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Er thanks I think.
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Day Newcastle win the league will be Prem’s darkest… unless Kim Jong Un or Taliban have bought clubs by then
THE GLUT of pre-season Premier League predictions was strange in one respect — the widespread idea that Newcastle United would suffer a dip in fortunes.
- Dave Kidd
- Published: 21:43, 14 Aug 2023
- Updated: 22:00, 14 Aug 2023
While most pundits suggested Eddie Howe’s team would finish outside of the top four, filthy-rich state-funded football projects don’t often do ‘dips’.
Newcastle winning the Premier League would be the competition's darkest ever day Credit: Rex
And especially one being carried out as intelligently as Newcastle’s.
Reality bit when they demolished upwardly-mobile Aston Villa 5-1, with excellent goalscoring performances from summer signings Sandro Tonali and Harvey Barnes.
And while we shouldn’t reach too many conclusions from one round of matches, the two most ruthless displays of the opening weekend came from the two clubs powered by sovereign wealth.
Manchester City’s victory at Burnley, effectively finished before half-time by two Erling Haaland strikes, was another prime example of the dead weight of financial might flattening decent budget opposition.
This weekend, Newcastle visit Pep Guardiola’s champions for an early-season six-pointer between, for my money, this season’s eventual top two teams.
Pity the poor little American billionaire venture capitalists at Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United trying to compete with the vast petrochemical riches of the authoritarian Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi regimes.
Their own particular ‘Just Stop Oil’ campaign seems doomed.
City are the great benchmark for Geordie Arabia, as the other club to have made the transition from mid-table sleeping giants to world domination via Middle Eastern black gold.
And Newcastle’s owners are learning from the mistakes made by City during the early years of Abu Dhabi rule.
There have been no loose-cannon signings such as Mario Balotelli, Carlos Tevez and Emmanuel Adebayor.
No Newcastle executives have been calling out Ballon d’Or winners as bottle jobs, like City’s Garry Cook when Kaka refused to join his club.
And the Saudis are determined to avoid City’s scrapes with Financial Fair Play constraints, which have seen them face Uefa, and now, Premier League charges.
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The only thing worse would be if Kim Jong Un or the Taliban bought a Premier League clubCredit: Rex
The £30million transfer of Allan Saint-Maximin to Al-Ahli shows Newcastle will circumvent FFP by offloading players at inflated prices to their blood-brother clubs in Saudi Arabia.
This is legal, if not ethical.
But if you expected ethics from the Saudis, you obviously missed the bit about the executions of gay people, repression of women and dismemberment of a dissident journalist.
But it is possible to hate Saudi wealth and influence, while admiring the way Newcastle have progressed since their 2021 takeover.
As the regime’s fourth transfer window nears an end, the Tynesiders’ burgeoning success has been built on sensible recruitment and excellent coaching.
Much was made of Howe improving players, such as Joelinton and Miguel Almiron, who were already in the building before the Saudis arrived in the North East.
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Newcastle have learned from Manchester City's mistakes Credit: AP
But the gradual shift towards a Saudi-bought team is nearing completion — eight of Saturday’s starting 11 were purchased by the current regime at a cost of a quarter of a billion, with subs Barnes and Tino Livramento setting them back a further £70m.
Tonali, Barnes and young defender Livramento, 20, represent excellent business and the assumption that Newcastle don’t have the squad depth to compete in the Champions League and at the top of the Premier League looks a little lazy.
There were certainly no duffers among Newcastle’s nine subs last weekend. Saturday’s visit to City looks intriguing, provided you hold your nose about the source of funding at both clubs.
Guardiola was always effusive in praising Howe whenever City routinely gubbed his Bournemouth team and now you can fully understand the Catalan’s admiration.
Newcastle are getting under the skin of the old order — especially Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp, who had a lovely little dig on Sunday.
Asked about the new Premier League rule which states only one member of a coaching team can be in the technical area at any moment, Klopp said that it would only be a problem for one club, Newcastle.
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Newcastle manager Eddie Howe and club chiefs have made smart movesCredit: Rex
The German was voicing the previously unspoken truth that this regulation had been introduced specifically to combat Howe’s irritant lieutenant Jason Tindall, with whom Klopp and his staff had clashed on the Anfield touchline last season.
These annoyances will grow as Newcastle rise beyond the reaches of Liverpool, United, Arsenal and Chelsea.
The Toon will eventually usurp City — perhaps only after Guardiola finally leaves Manchester — because they are England’s richest club and ultimately it always comes down to money.
That will represent the Premier League’s darkest possible moment — unless Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin or the Taliban are ever allowed to buy English clubs.
It took Abu Dhabi three years to reach the Champions League, five to win the title and 15 to lift the European Cup.
The Saudis are already ahead of that curve — because they are doing it smarter.
There's some fucking bile & hatred in that topped of with racism.
It's that poor an article it looks like a shit parody attempt that the Echo would be proud of.
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Fingers crossed
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I see they’ve flown Gabby & the gang out to Oz for the World Cup semi finals, but not even in the stadium. It wouldn’t affect my enjoyment or otherwise as a viewer if they’d carried on presenting from the UK.
What's the point of a challenge system ? If the wanker running Var refuses to overrule his mate, no amount of challenges will change their minds.
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Haaland scored twice without breaking a sweat, if that’s them both pissed off how many will he score when it’s love and joy in the dressing room? No one will get near him in the golden boot race this year, specially with Kane being shipped off to Germany.
I actually think VAR should be run by a completely independent body to the referees. I think its exactly like you say, they are afraid of overruling their mates and its designed to support the performance of the ref rather than highlight the clear fuck ups. Anyone in their right mind could see that was a pen last night and there just is no justification for it. They need sacking off and replacing with people who can do the job independently and competently.
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Project driver who posts on here as tweeted he is on White and Jordan talk sport this morning, although i think to discuss Chelsea's finances. who knows they might get on to discussing City as well.
Hence 5 places in CL and last night's cheating at the swamp.
5 places due to City's coefficient, the red tops should be thanking up, the ungrateful cunts.
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