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[Albion] Newcastle United vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***











Papa Lazarou

Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Jul 7, 2003
19,330
Worthing


Peacehaven Wild Kids

Well-known member
Jan 16, 2022
3,319
The Avenue then Maloncho
Even at this point in the day, you couldn't stand up straight?

This was me only 5 minutes ago
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FatSuperman

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Feb 25, 2016
2,913
A Newcastle fan giving a very 'interesting' take on our success. That article is basically trying to say ''its fine to lose to Brighton, they've spent loads of money, all funded by Uncle Tony'' while failing to really give any details on the conveyor belt of players we've lost, and hundreds of millions in sales we've generated.
I did enjoy how he talks in specifics about Brighton having a higher net spend than Newcastle, and brushes past three particular years with “The following three seasons saw Newcastle United with higher net spends than Brighton”.

The three years in question totaled:
Brighton -£145m net spend
Newcastle £345m net spend

So that is a delta of almost HALF A BILLION they spent more than us, in the three seasons prior to this one.

The fact their squad isn’t worth more is not because Brighton have been looked after by Tony, but because Newcastle haven’t been as clever with their transfers (as noted by the author).
 


drew

Drew
NSC Patron
Oct 3, 2006
23,555
Burgess Hill
Perhaps we're learning a few more dark arts? I notice that at the coin toss we also 'turned them around ', swapping ends, which annoys the hell out of me when away teams do it at the Amex.

An aggregation of marginal gains
Worked for us, didn't work for spuds!!
 


brighton_tom

Well-known member
Jul 23, 2008
5,508
I did enjoy how he talks in specifics about Brighton having a higher net spend than Newcastle, and brushes past three particular years with “The following three seasons saw Newcastle United with higher net spends than Brighton”.

The three years in question totaled:
Brighton -£145m net spend
Newcastle £345m net spend

So that is a delta of almost HALF A BILLION they spent more than us, in the three seasons prior to this one.

The fact their squad isn’t worth more is not because Brighton have been looked after by Tony, but because Newcastle haven’t been as clever with their transfers (as noted by the author).
Yep. Exactly what I thought. A brushing past of a very key point.
 




Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat
Worked for us, didn't work for spuds!!
It rarely does at the Amex. I don’t know the stats, but I said one day, when the opposition won the toss and shot towards the south, it won’t work for them, and it didn’t.
 


Bodian

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May 3, 2012
14,120
Cumbria
It rarely does at the Amex. I don’t know the stats, but I said one day, when the opposition won the toss and shot towards the south, it won’t work for them, and it didn’t.
Someone on here, was it @Washie?, came up with a mega spreadsheet showing the stats for this (and indeed for every other stat you could possibly dream of).
 








Deportivo Seagull

I should coco
Jul 22, 2003
5,437
Mid Sussex
Thanks for posting this. I've been there 3 times I think, and every time has been sensational -- it's the best away trip. And yes you're right about their disgraceful positioning of away fans, but you've also illustrated perfectly that there are certain compensations to it.
I must one of the few that doesn’t have an issue with the view from the away end.
 


Jul 20, 2003
20,635
I did enjoy how he talks in specifics about Brighton having a higher net spend than Newcastle, and brushes past three particular years with “The following three seasons saw Newcastle United with higher net spends than Brighton”.

The three years in question totaled:
Brighton -£145m net spend
Newcastle £345m net spend

So that is a delta of almost HALF A BILLION they spent more than us, in the three seasons prior to this one.

The fact their squad isn’t worth more is not because Brighton have been looked after by Tony, but because Newcastle haven’t been as clever with their transfers (as noted by the author).


They should blame Dan Ashworth. Twice.
 






Kalimantan Gull

Well-known member
Aug 13, 2003
13,423
Central Borneo / the Lizard
A Newcastle fan giving a very 'interesting' take on our success. That article is basically trying to say ''its fine to lose to Brighton, they've spent loads of money, all funded by Uncle Tony'' while failing to really give any details on the conveyor belt of players we've lost, and hundreds of millions in sales we've generated.
Forget the net spend, if you want to properly compare the teams as of today its better to look at purchase cost of the squad - for which according to transfermarkt is 620m euros for Newcastle and 383m euros for Brighton. Their squad cost significantly more than ours so his point is shite.
 


FatSuperman

Well-known member
Feb 25, 2016
2,913
Forget the net spend, if you want to properly compare the teams as of today its better to look at purchase cost of the squad - for which according to transfermarkt is 620m euros for Newcastle and 383m euros for Brighton. Their squad cost significantly more than ours so his point is shite.
Is that for the entire squad?

Because the author also chose to ignore the average cost per player being higher for Newcastle. Kind of key given we don’t actually have all ~45 of our players in the PL squad
 






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