Newcastle United Thread - 2021/22

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Staveley "We're proud to be part of the Premier League. It's an incredibly competitive league, which we love. Premier League football is the best in the world, and Newcastle United is the best team in the world."

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They have a problem attracting players to Newcastle.

Manchester is not London for some players who like the big city and lots of people from their home country but it is not miles away and has the Cheshire mansions to live in.
If they got themselves on a level playing field challenging for the title say. Where would a player go? There or here or Chelsea?
 
blueju said:
I don’t think the same narrative will be used when talking about Newcastle as is used with us. For some unknown reason there’s already this myth of them being this sleeping giant just waiting to bask in the glory of yesteryears again. The fuckers deserted their club after a few losses back in the day with crowds down to 10,000 or less and they only came back when they started winning games the slapped arse gobshites. The media created this myth there’s no way they’re going to suddenly drop it.
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The thing is though the UAE has a better image globally than the Saudis and has positioned itself as a tourist hotspot globally acceptable partner, while SA is still seen as repressive and restrictive, even though if honest in Yemen at least both are as big a bastard as each other.

The outcry over this will will be on a par if not bigger than about us, hence why the prem and club insist there isn't any ownership from the state involved, but articles are already being written about human rights, sportwashing, geordies losing their soul etc.

One thing that is annoying though is in said articles the mantra about it being independently owened is pushed while still calling us state owned
 
ctwrd said:
They have a problem attracting players to Newcastle.

Manchester is not London for some players who like the big city and lots of people from their home country but it is not miles away and has the Cheshire mansions to live in.
If they got themselves on a level playing field challenging for the title say. Where would a player go? There or here or Chelsea?
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It’s a goldfish bowl up there, players used to live either on the Darras Hall estate and latterly Wynyard or Billingham ((John Hall former Newcastle owner was involved in the former project).

The players can’t go into the town without being mobbed, day or night, it’s a relatively small City Centre but the girls do wear next to nothing on a night out even in freezing temperatures :-)
 
ctwrd said:
They have a problem attracting players to Newcastle.

Manchester is not London for some players who like the big city and lots of people from their home country but it is not miles away and has the Cheshire mansions to live in.
If they got themselves on a level playing field challenging for the title say. Where would a player go? There or here or Chelsea?
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Not to mention the weather the further north uou get tends to be worse, then there is the language barrier, they have to learn English and geordie
 
ctwrd said:
They have a problem attracting players to Newcastle.

Manchester is not London for some players who like the big city and lots of people from their home country but it is not miles away and has the Cheshire mansions to live in.
If they got themselves on a level playing field challenging for the title say. Where would a player go? There or here or Chelsea?
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It‘s fucking bleak up there. Good for a holiday with some lovely Northumbrian scenery and decent hotels, but I can’t think there would be that much up there to appeal to a young footballer these days. I can’t imagine the likes of Mbappe being too interested in a night out on the ‘Toon every weekend either. Maybe they’d all live near London and fly up to training every day.
 
swinton blue said:
This might have already been asked
What is the relationship like between our owners and theirs?
Would there be any needle when we play them or will our owners be quite happy with the Saudis coming in ?
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Business is business...
 
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