Media thread 2022/23

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Mr Partridge said:
According to Souness on Talk Shite earlier, Haaland will have to average 43 goals a season for the next 16 years to match Ronaldo's 700. Of course a quick look at the calculator does indeed show 700 ÷ 16 is 43.

So we're just gonna ignore the 150 goals that Erling has already scored then Graeme?
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He was reading it from today's copy of the Mail!
 
Mr Partridge said:
According to Souness on Talk Shite earlier, Haaland will have to average 43 goals a season for the next 16 years to match Ronaldo's 700. Of course a quick look at the calculator does indeed show 700 ÷ 16 is 43.

So we're just gonna ignore the 150 goals that Erling has already scored then Graeme?
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This stat has gone absolutely viral and it's doing my head in. Every podcast has brought it up.

Here's a better stat.

Cristiano Ronaldo had scored 56 career goals when he was Erling Haaland's age today.

Haaland has scored 196.
 
Ric said:
I think he meant that is no release clause for any specific club, not that there isn't a release clause at all. Guess it could be interpreted in different ways though.
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I guess so, it’s the slight pause after he says “not true, there is no release clause” “for Real Madrid or any other club”. As you say though it could also suggest there is one but not to anyone specific
 
Is this £800k/£900k figure got any evidence behind it or has Raggy Mike Keegan pulled it out his arse?

What are other player’s bonuses and how do they compare?

Why the vagueness around what his bonus targets are?

Why is it a weekly bonus, unlike our other players?

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These are the questions that need answering before the media spout it everywhere.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
He's be mad not to have a release clause. Look at what happened to Harry Kane last summer, and presumably BErnado this summer. It's nothing to worry about. If we wants to stay he'll stay, and we are very good at making players want to stay.
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It would be actually be more surprising if he did not have one. The lad is the hottest talent in football and by having these buy out clauses he is able to decide his own destiny and, if I took my City hat off, moving round the top leagues sounds a great way of managing your career. Worst case scenario we get a great player for a number of years and then make a substantial profit to reinvest to replace him, if he decides to leave.
 
Octavian said:
Is this £800k/£900k figure got any evidence behind it or has Raggy Mike Keegan pulled it out his arse?

What are other player’s bonuses and how do they compare?

Why the vagueness around what his bonus targets are?

Why is it a weekly bonus, unlike our other players?

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These are the questions that need answering before the media spout it everywhere.
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No evidence whatsoever, and that's the annoying thing!

"It is thought", "allegedly", "according to", "It's reputed" etc etc is not evidence. Yet Keegan tells anyone who will listen Haaland is on almost a million a week in bonuses, but he fails to mention where where his "evidence" came from. And next day The Sun said "according to the Mail".

Don't believe a word, as Thin Lizzy once sang.
 
Erling going nowhere. He's our superior upgrade on peak Lewandowski at Bayern.

He will become the figurehead of a very successful club.

Daily Heil and the WhatsApp army would hate that to happen and will keep printing BS to get plastics frothing.
 
Mr Partridge said:
According to Souness on Talk Shite earlier, Haaland will have to average 43 goals a season for the next 16 years to match Ronaldo's 700. Of course a quick look at the calculator does indeed show 700 ÷ 16 is 43.

So we're just gonna ignore the 150 goals that Erling has already scored then Graeme?
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I can only think that someone handed Souness that stat on a bit of paper and he didn't stop long enough to think about it, he's much more intelligent than that normally.
 
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