compo 7,046 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 20 hours ago, ChelseaBoy said: Thats football in a nutshell. Haway the lads? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,677 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 On 06/10/2021 at 18:45, compo said: It's beginning to look like the Saudi backed takeover of the magpies is about to go ahead making them a new rich kid on the block and Mr Ashley a good deal richer . I’d suggest Ashley lost a quite a bit at Newcastle over his time there. The problem Newcastle will have, regardless if who owns them, is that the best players in the world don’t want to live in Geordieland 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 7,046 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 27 minutes ago, RANGERRAB said: I’d suggest Ashley lost a quite a bit at Newcastle over his time there. The problem Newcastle will have, regardless if who owns them, is that the best players in the world don’t want to live in Geordieland There's some nice places just outside Newcastle just within an hours travel it's not all woman with hairy chests ? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,011 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 10 hours ago, compo said: Haway the lads? That’s Makems. One of life’s regrets - never saw a derby match at Roker Park. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 7,046 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 The Arabs say they are in for the lo g haul at Newcastle all this talk about a new manager is all I hear ,why dont they stick with Bruce he's had to do the jo on a poundland budget come the transfer window let him buy some decent players and take it from there . Bruce was a first class player at Norwich and one of the first on the team sheet at United, every club he's managed have always been struggling financially, so I would give him his chance . 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,011 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 An interesting proposition and I would like to see the theory tested, not out of admiration for Bruce, just to find out if cash is the only difference between the general jobbers and the mystical gurus. Would you take him in a swop for Gerrard? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,639 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 11 minutes ago, Scott7 said: An interesting proposition and I would like to see the theory tested, not out of admiration for Bruce, just to find out if cash is the only difference between the general jobbers and the mystical gurus. Would you take him in a swop for Gerrard? I'm firmly in the 'Bruce is a dinosaur' camp. That swap would give me nightmares. Ranieri did little with Chelsea after spending a lot of money; Mark Hughes did nothing with Man City after spending a lot of money. It does, maybe, suggest you need that man to improve the general squad by spending money, but then you need someone else to make the difference? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,011 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 27 minutes ago, Rousseau said: you need someone else to make the difference? Jock Stein transformed a team of losing donkeys into what became a nightmare. In his first season he got Simpson on a free and bought Clark from Morton. Next season they won the ……. sorry I can’t go on. I have to take something to dull the memory. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,639 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Scott7 said: Jock Stein transformed a team of losing donkeys into what became a nightmare. In his first season he got Simpson on a free and bought Clark from Morton. Next season they won the ……. sorry I can’t go on. I have to take something to dull the memory. There are many instances of managers transforming a bunch of donkeys into world-beaters, but I was specifically talking about clubs that had a sudden injection of cash, as per your post. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,011 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 I suppose Stein and to a lesser extent, Shankly in his early years, showed that transformation can happen without mega bucks. The Souness/Walter combination illustrates the cash injection brings success model. However it comes about, once the transformation occurs big money is needed to keep it going. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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