Newcastle Thread - 2023/24

[Tolmie scores]

The problem with a salary cap is that, if you set it high enough for it not to reduce the attractiveness of the PL to European players, it is meaningless. Set it lower and risk an exodus. (See women’s game.)

womens game salaries is due to lack of attendence..Utd v Spurs on now...three and half empty stands...one game sold well yesterday at £10 txt..Arsenal v Chelsea but its a business not a charity - you can't pay out more then you generate

 

[urban genie]

Sleeping giant
deserve to be in europe

ffs, sometimes I think these deluded geordies would be worse (or at least as bad) as the arse and red scouse fans if they actually become successful and start wining trophies.

 

[TShed]

Inter City Fairs Champions,,,,,,,,,, you’ll never sing that,,,,,,,

 

[I'm With Stupid]

It could be.

Didn't people used to say Dortmund players always seem to get injured?

Erling was meant to be injury prone when he joined us and also though this may sound stupid because he's injured now, he only missed two or three league games last season. Other players have left Dortmund that had regular injuries and seemingly have a better injury record once they left.

So there might be something to it with Newcastle, or they just went through an unlucky spell.

There's also the issue of when you're not an absolute elite team, you have to make compromises with your signings. One of those compromises might be that you sign great players who are a bit injury prone. I'm convinced, for example, that if Kompany didn't get injured so often, a Real Madrid or Chelsea would have come in for him long before we became a title winning team.

 

[jonah62]

Sleeping giant
deserve to be in europe

ffs, sometimes I think these deluded geordies would be worse (or at least as bad) as the arse and red scouse fans if they actually become successful and start wining trophies.

Reality comes at you really fast!!

 

[mexico1970]

Rather the Geordies than the red top filth.

 

[Gray]

Newcastle are knackered. Their efforts over the last season and a half have caught up with them. Better not being in Europe I suspect.

 

[supercity88]

I was hoping Newcastle would get through but it isn't a huge shock they're out. A lack of experience and a lot of injuries combined with a tough group. A shame for them but they can focus on the league now which isn't a bad thing.

The atmosphere was flat as a pancake when Milan equalised. Always a lot of hype about the noise at St James but when that goal went in the fans checked out.

 

[Newman Noggs]

Interesting to see where they go from here. In 2010/11, 2 years after the takeover, we spent £183m on the likes of Dzeko and Yaya, next tier signings. The following year we signed Aguero to push on and incurred significant losses. We have had CL income ever since. That was pre-FFP.

Newcastle don't have that luxury. FFP is doing its job and restricting their investment to progress to the next stage. Early elimination won't have helped and failure to qualify this season will really set them back.

Part of me says, they voted for it so fuck 'em. But another part of me hates to see cheats prosper which, of course, they will if FFP achieves its objective to guarantee CL entry to united, arsenal and liverpool (oh, and Spurs)

 

[Tom Ford]

Newcastle are knackered. Their efforts over the last season and a half have caught up with them. Better not being in Europe I suspect.

Think injuries to a squad that was pretty thin in the first place is one of the main contributing factors myself.. Newcastle’s full hit on the park is capable of beating nearly everyone especially at St James Park.