Other football - 2017/18 edition.

[BCM]

No one will easily gatecrash the top 6. The gap between the top clubs and the rest in England is astounding. 

 

A well built side with backing has every chance, look at Leicester.  And thats without taking into consideration the middle east wealth they could have.

[suzy]

Watford have just sacked Silva! They really don't give their managers much time do they?

[The Golden Eel]

Wow, that's crazy, I'm genuinely shocked by that

[Numero Veinticinco]

Blaming Everton for destabilising him.

[dylstar]

Blaming Everton for destabilising him.

Ifithadntbeenfortheblueshites

[dylstar]

When a goalkeeper scores a goal normally the opposition goalkeeper misjudges the bounce of the ball.

 

Not Lugo's Juan Carlos. What a strike this was. No mercy whatsoever to Sporting Gijon's Diego Mariño. (Video via @LaLiga) https://t.co/RrRdI8tC4S

 

Check out @yousefteclab’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/yousefteclab/status/954841226410385409?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Edefault%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E0

[sir roger]

Have you seen the state of that squad ..... He's working a miracle keeping them out of the bottom 3.

A one club city, Over 50,000 every other week through the gates, and 9 out of the 11 that started today started for him in the championship..

 

This isnt Mourinho who has spent the fat part of £200 million and wants another £150 million to challenge. This is about spending a reasonable amount on Premier league standard players to give the team a chance of improving.

 

I agree with the analysis of the squad but I think Rafa should circle the wagons & more or less say to the fans that he knows that Ashley is a gobshite who doesn't care but fuck him & Rafa and the squad will pull their tripes out until summer to try to stay up. In that case I think his stock would rise and nobody would blame him anyway if it didn't work. I can't see how jibbing the job now can boost his profile.

[Ne Moe Imya]

Thats the thing though. The club in the right hands could be a big player. They have the fanbase and the ground.  Thats why Rafa stayed, that and he wants to stay in England nearer his family.

 

If they get rid of Ashley and get forward thinking owners in they could easily gatecrash the top 6.

 

Not sure about the last bit, but if there's a club out there that could do it it's definitely Newcastle. 

 

Wonder why Moshiri bought Everton and not the Toon? Would have been cheaper surely and if Rafa had been given the kind of money the blues gave Koeman this summer he would have bought the bones of a squad that could look to challenge at that level in a few seasons.

 

I think Rafa will walk away this summer for sure. I assume he's only stayed this long out of a desire to hang on until Ashley sold and he could be the one to lead them back to glory. It was a good plan with only one flaw - Ashley and his unreasonable price. I doubt Rafa will stick around for another couple of years hoping and waiting.

[WhiskeyJar]

Madrid is preparing a 200m summer bid for Kane.

[dockers_strike]

Not sure about the last bit, but if there's a club out there that could do it it's definitely Newcastle. 

 

Wonder why Moshiri bought Everton and not the Toon? Would have been cheaper surely and if Rafa had been given the kind of money the blues gave Koeman this summer he would have bought the bones of a squad that could look to challenge at that level in a few seasons.

 

I think Rafa will walk away this summer for sure. I assume he's only stayed this long out of a desire to hang on until Ashley sold and he could be the one to lead them back to glory. It was a good plan with only one flaw - Ashley and his unreasonable price. I doubt Rafa will stick around for another couple of years hoping and waiting.

 

Apart from that spell where Keegan and Robson got Newcastle into the top 5 or 6 Newcastle have never been a traditional top 6 club in England despite all the claims about being a 1 club city and massive catchment area. As Mansour and Abramovich have shown throw enough money at any club and you can turn them into virtually whatever you want. Even the owners at Wolves are doing this splashing the cash in the Championship to reach the Premier League promised land.

[WhiskeyJar]

Any betting tips for today?

Saints vs Spurs.

[dockers_strike]

Any betting tips for today?

Saints vs Spurs.

 

Nailed on Spurs win I would say.

[FanchesterCity]

Docker's Strike is absolutely right. With enough (good) investment, almost any club can be transformed. Of course, a club in the back end of nowhere will be significantly harder to transform than one in a major city, but a club in Bristol could just as readily be turned into top club as one in London.

 

I'm no fan of Mike Ashley, but at the same time, he has actually invested in the club (just not enough for their fans liking), and by all accounts he's turned the club into a very streamlined business off the pitch. He's readily admitted that his level of 'rich' doesn't compare with a few of the other serious billionaires. He's just not in their league.

 

What's he actually supposed to do? Sell up without recovering his investment just because the fans want a change? In truth, they just want another sap to spend a fortune, probably fail, then be hounded out by them again within 5 years.

[suzy]

Wow, that's crazy, I'm genuinely shocked by that

Me too

 

  

Blaming Everton for destabilising him.

It did all seem to go a bit downhill after that

[Thoth]

Paul Pogba has ‘demanded’ that Manchester United double his wages to match those of Alexis Sanchez, according to the Daily Mirror.

 

Pogba is currently the best-paid player in the Premier League, signing a deal worth around £200,000 a week when he joined in summer 2016.

 

But with Sanchez agreeing terms worth around £400,000 a week to move to Old Trafford in a move that is

expected to be confirmed on Monday

, the Daily Mirror say Pogba is about to kick up a fuss.

 

Simon Mullock reports that Sanchez’s wages have ‘raised the bar’ for earnings at United, and agent Mino Raiola will use this as an attempt to engineer a pay rise for Pogba.

 

Raiola believes that Pogba’s wage is ‘no longer the going rate’ for a ‘player of his stature’.

 

The midfielder could therefore be in line for ‘a mega deal’, with United eager to secure the long-term future of a player yet to reach his peak years

[Ne Moe Imya]

It's a good thing for us that United are in bed with Raiola with the likes of Woodward calling the shots, otherwise their huge financial advantage would put them miles ahead of us.

 

Long may those two reign at Old Trafford, I say. Wonder what kind of obscene wages they're going to have to pay Ronaldo as his legs fall off? I'd bet he'll ask for a half-million a week, at least, on a 5-year deal.

[Hand Shandy]

Paul Pogba has ‘demanded’ that Manchester United double his wages to match those of Alexis Sanchez, according to the Daily Mirror.

 

Pogba is currently the best-paid player in the Premier League, signing a deal worth around £200,000 a week when he joined in summer 2016.

 

But with Sanchez agreeing terms worth around £400,000 a week to move to Old Trafford in a move that is

expected to be confirmed on Monday

, the Daily Mirror say Pogba is about to kick up a fuss.

 

Simon Mullock reports that Sanchez’s wages have ‘raised the bar’ for earnings at United, and agent Mino Raiola will use this as an attempt to engineer a pay rise for Pogba.

 

Raiola believes that Pogba’s wage is ‘no longer the going rate’ for a ‘player of his stature’.

 

The midfielder could therefore be in line for ‘a mega deal’, with United eager to secure the long-term future of a player yet to reach his peak years

[Trumo]

I think they should be paying all their players a minimum of 200k per week net of tax, before bonuses, signing-on fees etc are factored in. Once the player reaches the age of 30, the club should double that basic pay. Oh, and minimum 5-year contracts all round. The manager should have pay parity with the club's top earners.

[Chip Butty]

I have Robert Fitzgerald Earle MBE as my pundit on the stream I have. Super. 

 

 

Who knew he had an MBE, I'm guessing it stands for Most Boringbastard Ever 

[Elite]

Soton 1 up

[Chip Butty]

Oggy! The spurs left and right backs look well suspect.

[The Golden Eel]

Oggy! The spurs left and right backs look well suspect.

 

That Sanchez hasn't looked great to me in general. Young though

[Elite]

FFS 1-1 Now, useless twats

[Chip Butty]

Soton default to normality. Woeful defending. 

[dylstar]

Madrid is preparing a 200m summer bid for Kane.

Shit.....thought he would of been out with a bad back but he's just scored