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

[Triggaaar]

Surely nobody on here can deny that we are where we are due entirely to TB's investment.

Calling @Randy McNob

 

[raymondo]

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I like this table. Our loan army obviously increases our squad worth massively.

Blimey...or Bloomy even

 

[raymondo]

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Even at this point in the day, you couldn't stand up straight?

 

[Papa Lazarou]

https://archive.ph/2024.10.24-161334/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13997777/NEWCASTLE-CONFIDENTIAL-truth-Alexander-Isak-contract-Arsenal-mystery-texting-Amanda-Staveley-revealed-Mike-Ashley.html

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

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Even at this point in the day, you couldn't stand up straight?

This was me only 5 minutes ago

 

[FatSuperman]

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]

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!!