All Aboard the Slot Express

[Insidious]

With rules on squad sizes and home grown quotas then there is a finite number of players the big clubs could sign anyway. If UEFA said from 2030 e.g the max salary allowable before tax is £8M plus max bonus 25% on top that would shake it up lol. Might stop the likes of Trent heading to RM. Could also push for savings on salaries be used to reduce season ticket prices. Greed is not good

I think we'll (generally speaking) go back to somewhat lower wages, on average, with a small few getting the bigger wedges.

Isak is on £280k-per-week I think and Wirtz gets a good wedge, but I don't foresee anyone getting the sort of money that Van Dijk or Salah are on once they depart.

It's wild to think that in the next 18 months or so Alisson, Salah and Van Dijk could all have departed. In the cases of Van Dijk and Salah I do think we're very sadly at a point where there is a better use of nearly £800k-per-week but no matter the stats or the data and so on it will be a very sad day when they're gone.

[jimmyliver]

Yes, of course I back him. That's my point. He has enough credit in the bank to deserve our backing.

If he fails to turn things around by the end of the season then that changes. But for now it's full steam ahead (pun intended).

Yes I agree he deserves til the end of the season to see if he can turn it around and I hope he can , as sid has said , it’s the style of football , it’s turgid, he has to change something , and I worry that the players might not be responding to what he says any more .
Everyone keeps saying ah he’s brilliant to one interview he’s so honest , I wish he would shut up now , his back is against st the wall , keep everything in house , no media soundbytes and try and turn the situation around , if he doesn’t make top four then he will be gone , whether that’s fair or not , they certainly won’t allow a rebuild with him having input .
No more low block , thin squad talk , just focus on performances and results , if he doesn’t he will be gone .

[Steveo]

We’ve gone from the most exciting team in the land - if not Europe - to a side that puts you to sleep - not to mention that sides like Bournemouth - with what was just 1 win in 13 - can toy with - despite losing 4 of their best players to bigger clubs.

The Mighty ‘Carrier Bag’ awaits… We need to show something more akin to Inter or Marseille than PSV or the season is all but over.

[JockStrap]

Yes I agree he deserves til the end of the season to see if he can turn it around and I hope he can , as sid has said , it’s the style of football , it’s turgid, he has to change something , and I worry that the players might not be responding to what he says any more .
Everyone keeps saying ah he’s brilliant to one interview he’s so honest , I wish he would shut up now , his back is against st the wall , keep everything in house , no media soundbytes and try and turn the situation around , if he doesn’t make top four then he will be gone , whether that’s fair or not , they certainly won’t allow a rebuild with him having input .
No more low block , thin squad talk , just focus on performances and results , if he doesn’t he will be gone .

Yep. It doesn't really matter what he says in press conferences. That only pisses people off when we're not winning.

If he starts getting results then talk of low blocks will be ignored.

[Kev0909]

We’ve gone from the most exciting team in the land - if not Europe - to a side that puts you to sleep - not to mention that sides like Bournemouth - with what was just 1 win in 13 - can toy with - despite losing 4 of their best players to bigger clubs.

The Mighty ‘Carrier Bag’ awaits… We need to show something more akin to Inter or Marseille than PSV or the season is all but over.

And a change of manager totally will change that......

Maca
Grav
Gakpo
VVD
Salah
Somewhat konate.....
Bradley will stop being injured most of the season
And Gomez.......
And the pathetic excuse of squad depth, Chiesa..... endo...?????? and???? a kid.

All will become world class again, stop aging...... and never get injured

And we'll suddenly actually have squad depth

And pigs will fly.........

lack of forward planning and investment over the years....boom here we are..... that's the facts.... fsg need to go.

Wake up stevy baby, we're fucked without new owners.... another 30 years.

No manger can fix this without funds... and depth..... and replacing the egos...... player power n all that

Anyone that thinks.... we don't need a rebuild and a lot of changes wake up....... yeah sack slot.... blame him........ so many problems with the squad, and the depth is a joke, simple as that.

Squads a joke, simple as that......... need a miracle worker.

[Steveo]

Who says it’s the manager? We don’t have one. We have F$G - ‘Hedwards’ and Slot doing the coaching apparently…

[Ravo19]

To be fair to slot he should be backed or sacked now,he doesnt deserve the rumours that he is just the 'caretaker' manager untill the end of the season.
We/he need(s) at least a CB this window.it looks life fsg looking for one more bad defeat to pull the trigger,which will happen,sorry jockstrap its when not if.

[Insidious]

To be fair to slot he should be backed or sacked now,he doesnt deserve the rumours that he is just the 'caretaker' manager untill the end of the season.
We/he need(s) at least a CB this window.it looks life fsg looking for one more bad defeat to pull the trigger,which will happen,sorry jockstrap its when not if.

If we are to pull a trigger at any point this season, you'd think doing so before the Man City game (not too far behind 4th, eight days of prep before that match, will be a World Cup year so a new Manager won't get a good pre-season before 26/27 kicks off) then you'd think in-and-around that Newcastle fixture is the time.

[Ravo19]

If we are to pull a trigger at any point this season, you'd think doing so before the Man City game (not too far behind 4th, eight days of prep before that match, will be a World Cup year so a new Manager won't get a good pre-season before 26/27 kicks off) then you'd think in-and-around that Newcastle fixture is the time.

Good point but also think he should have gone last sunday,mid week CL game shouldnt be a problem and would have been a good starting point for manager or caretaker.

[teesred]

Who exactly would be better owners?
There's nobody who'd buy a premier league club that's not in it purely for the extraction and exploitation of wealth. It would only be another bunch of US owners who would be part of the same clique that the rest are in.
Newcastle fans found out that it's not always what it might seem to be.

Just realized this is in the wrong thread. Nevermind. Ah lolz..