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That was the Week that Was (Jun 5-9 2023)

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Monday Jun 5:

 

That Spanish kid I’ve mentioned in here before is again being strongly linked with us. He scored twice in a 2-1 win over Barca at the weekend and cried afterwards as it was expected to be his last game. Other clubs are in for him too though so we’ll see what happens. It feels like we might be signing three or perhaps even four midfielders this summer though, which would suggest that Thiago will have to move on.

 

Maybe he’ll see out his final year but I don’t think he’ll play much even when fit as we’re moving on from him. I love Thiago, he’s top class and he’s been a top fella since he came here. But he plays less than half of the games and is on big wages. It makes no sense to keep him another year if we can let him find another club. We won’t get any fee for him but losing his wages and freeing up a non-home grown spot is beneficial.

 

The Mac Allister fee is meant to be around £45m which is a steal in this climate. Turns out he has a clause, which is no doubt why we’ve gone for him. We wouldn’t be signing him if he was £80m, not necessarily because Klopp & co don’t think he’s worth it, but it goes back to those reports when we dropped out of the Bellingham race because Klopp wants to sign a load of players and not just one or two. Look at the fees quoted for the players we’ve been linked to. £30m for Gabri Veiga, £45m for Mac Allister, £25m for van de Ven, £30m for Kone and £35m for Thuram. £165m total for five players, which will be offset to some extent by whoever we sell. Probably Kostas, Kelleher and Phillips. 

 

This is how we operate, which makes me feel really stupid for being taken in by all of their Bellingham bluster. We just don’t make signings like that, we never have and probably never will. The only chance we had at Bellingham was if we’d got him when he left Birmingham. More fool me for ever believing that for once we’d actually act like one of the world’s biggest clubs and flex our muscles on a transfer.

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johnsusername

Cheers Dave, you've really articulated the way the game has gone with super-wealthy foreign states buying up the British game.

 

"They've ruined the game."

 

Spot on. 

 

And as you conclude, the Premier League and its members (and the government, I'd say) are ultimately to blame for letting it happen (encouraging it, probably, with open arms and open wallets). 

 

It sounds a bit OTT, but it's really quite depressing. The game I grew up with, the game my dad and uncles and granddad etc all knew, it's on the way out. 

 

Progress? Is it bollocks.

 

But this is Britain, where the super wealthy are encouraged to shack up, avoid taxes and do whatever the fuck they like without consequence.

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22 hours ago, johnsusername said:

Cheers Dave, you've really articulated the way the game has gone with super-wealthy foreign states buying up the British game.

 

"They've ruined the game."

 

Spot on. 

 

And as you conclude, the Premier League and its members (and the government, I'd say) are ultimately to blame for letting it happen (encouraging it, probably, with open arms and open wallets). 

 

It sounds a bit OTT, but it's really quite depressing. The game I grew up with, the game my dad and uncles and granddad etc all knew, it's on the way out. 

 

Progress? Is it bollocks.

 

But this is Britain, where the super wealthy are encouraged to shack up, avoid taxes and do whatever the fuck they like without consequence.

I’v stopped going after more than 40 years over this. Paris didn’t help, but it’s not a sport any more.

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DalyanPete

If I was calling a prosecution witness I'd call you Dave. Yet again a brilliant summation of this shit.

McNulty always mentions the 115 charges to be fair to him, even if he is a cunt.

I'm quite happy for them to sweep up everything as hopefully Milan are now added to the list of asking,  'WTF is going on here'

 

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Bobby Hundreds

Problem is the Saudis and Qatar will eventually give the illusion there's some kind of competition. Personally I like the idea someone mentioned of every club not state owned to refuse to play state owned clubs. Take your three points, why should we provide the entertainment you are stealing.

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dave u

It's the only way to stop it. Or for the other clubs to just start their own league and not invite them.

 

Won't happen though, partly because most club owners (and a lot of fans) are desperate for a state to come along and make them the next Man City.

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On 13/06/2023 at 12:35, dave u said:

It's the only way to stop it. Or for the other clubs to just start their own league and not invite them.

 

Won't happen though, partly because most club owners (and a lot of fans) are desperate for a state to come along and make them the next Man City.

 

Witnessed that in Leeds when the 49'ers were first mooted. "We're gonna be the next man city, us" like it's something to be proud of. That attitude won't help with the punishment of those cunts. There's more of a will to wank over them than to stop them doing what they're doing. Largely media driven. 

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