Paul Reynard

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[Paul Reynard @AFCHillside]

@_EnGee @SavMondo Dissent?

[The Swedish Rumble 🔰 @SwedishRumble]

This is a curse that really really benefits the top spending clubs like City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal.

“You had 700m to spend” — is stated like it’s a lot? Yeah, go a head and fire Howe, it’s all his fault.

🔺His player wage bill is around £160-180m, it’s not miles of United and Tottenham at £170-180m. But it’s basically half of Liverpool, City and Chelsea’s wage bill of £300m.

Newcastle can’t give players like Donnarumma, Semenyo, Guehi and the likes £400-500k like those clubs.

🔺People bring up “net transfer spend” and other misleading stats. Indisputable facts are that Liverpool, City and co spend £140-160m MORE on wages than United, Tottenham, Newcastle and Villa — every single season. This is excluding agent fees and sign-on fees.

🔺What is £700m? It’s a joke to think you can build a top team for £700m in the PL.

Chelsea spent £902m during 22/23 alone.

🔺But they wasted money on Elanga, Wizza and the likes? Everyone wastes money. Liverpool, City, Real, Barca, Bayern.

Any budget must allow for at the very very least 1/3 signing being complete busts.

👉My analysis of Newcastle is very simple. They are over-performing tremendously because they got a completely ferocious inner-mid with Guimares, Tonali and Joelinton. This allows them to (a) compete in games even if they don’t play up from the back, which literary is cost saving because you must not have top quality at GK and CB, (b) they can also pack more physical ability at those positions, like Dan Burns and co.

Guimares is a top 5 signing in the PL the last 10 years.

But — it’s not enough when you play in Europe which means two games a week from September to March. Hence, they will be an every other year team.

But quite rapidly — the ability to spend will increase. What stands out though, more than anything, is that Newcastle aren’t even remotely receiving the same support as City did — to build up like a factory to enable to PL club. Owners can give interest free loans — yet Newcastle is paying £12m in interest payments per year. They have no farm team. Any investments in the academy is excluded from FFP. Newcastle doesn’t have a top academy. Etc etc etc.

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@SkySports It’s a bit like Saudi Arabia isn’t it? I thought nobody was allowed to have green shirts #poorimitation

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@IainQ1982 @KarlThyer I know that’s how you normally get your penalties. Should be booked for diving

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@IainQ1982 @KarlThyer What you want a penalty for him falling over?

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@JohnapIdris1 @LFC @IainQ1982 here’s one for you to opine on

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@IainQ1982 Hard for me to opine given my colours. You see contact like that all the time from set pieces. If it goes against you then you complain of course you do

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@ToonMouthTyne And what is key to this. Jacob Murphy (right footed, right winger) getting the ball across at better angles. Not everyones cup of tea but works hard and his assist record can’t be argued with

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@fun88eng Isak 1-3

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@ToonMouthTyne Barnes left wing and Gordon right wing will be the plan if Sunday is anything to go by. We also have Willock who looked fresh. RW would be noce but not essential and not the disaster idiots like you would have people think. Long term I am here for

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@BBCSport Crown Green Bowls

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@Nusc2023 @ToonPolls Option 2. 3 could work but would need to be some monitoring of people who suddenly can’t go when they happen to be selected for ID checks. Therefore suggesting they never intended to go

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@Neilfarrington Just looked rusty to me. I would say he has probably been rushed back as have many this season

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@SRRose1 @DARHARDY50 Pen all day. What is the point of VAR

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@NUFC @brunoog97 @bglendenning just heard you say he is the one who is looking to go. I have seen nothing suggesting he is looking to go

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@steve78622 A winning one. I only have losing ones 😂😞

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@steve78622 Nice one