There are 20m reasons why he stays there...............
[Albion] Roberto De Zerbi - JOINS AS NEW HEAD COACH (4 year contract)
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Weststander
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Spending £b’s in fees and wages, part funded by rule breaking faux sponsorships and illegal additional remuneration to players/staff via Abu Dhabi entities. Charges proven, but time barred once it went to CAS. Abu Dhabi had dragged it out for years to achieve that, using several top firms of lawyers to lead UEFA a merry dance.
Right down Guardiola’s alley.
Barcelona, Bayern, Abu Dhabi. He’s only manages where trophies are a near cert.
Missed out to Pep in the LMA awards. What do they know, eh?
Vote for him in the BBC Manager of the Season poll - he's currently second (Eddie Howe winning by 4%)
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Lazy choice, I could win the league with Man City
Justice
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I wonder when fans will start to get pissed off ‘enjoying the ride’ and enjoying players why they are here. It’s natural progression for supporters to want more success when some comes your way. We are already dreaming of some decent success in Europe league.
Weststander
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Vote for him in the BBC Manager of the Season poll - he's currently second (Eddie Howe winning by 4%)
Premier League 2022-23: Vote for your manager of the season
Manager of the season? Have your say in our Premier League awards for 2022-23.www.bbc.co.uk
Howe’s leading. He performed a miracle by getting 9 more points than us.
(Excluding Owen obvs).
Ooh it’s a corner
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Fans of the big spending clubs don’t really get the very valid point you’re making @Weststander - to them it’s perfectly reasonable to spend so much.
I have been a tad surprised(though of course I shouldn’t be) that the pundits praising Howe never seem to notice just how much they’ve spent since the Saudi takeover - fair play he’s also done an excellent job but don’t ignore the money they’ve spent!
I have been a tad surprised(though of course I shouldn’t be) that the pundits praising Howe never seem to notice just how much they’ve spent since the Saudi takeover - fair play he’s also done an excellent job but don’t ignore the money they’ve spent!
BN41Albion
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Yep - the media making out like Newcastle reaching the Champions Lge is some kind of miracle underdog story is nauseating - ok they've not spent Chelsea levels of money (yet) but its come as no surprise to absolutely anyone bar the media it seems that they've been taken over by a state and are now in the Champions League
The Guardian wrote that our play was "appointment to view" football
I think they spent £164m this season. Not chicken feed is it.
Weststander
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With high wages too. Isak, Guimaraes and mates would be on good money. Newcastle's 2021/22 wages/amortisation costs are based on Ashley era spending.
I watched this video earlier - it's a good summary of how RdZ sets up his teams. We've seen this kind of thing before -
The obvious question was "how do you stop RdZ?" - and the analyst replied: "My next video is on Newcastle, and watching their game against Brighton was quite eye opening.. Brighton looked completely lost, newcastle were able to completely block off any central passes and would constantly force a long ball or out wide into the fullback. I think it didn't help Brighton they were missing a few key players, but the aggressive man marking in the centre definitely seems like the best counter to this style"
That should be interesting. I think we were a jaded team with players missing. I'm not sure "aggressive man marking" is the answer when we are fit and with our best players playing. We'll see what they have to say.
The obvious question was "how do you stop RdZ?" - and the analyst replied: "My next video is on Newcastle, and watching their game against Brighton was quite eye opening.. Brighton looked completely lost, newcastle were able to completely block off any central passes and would constantly force a long ball or out wide into the fullback. I think it didn't help Brighton they were missing a few key players, but the aggressive man marking in the centre definitely seems like the best counter to this style"
That should be interesting. I think we were a jaded team with players missing. I'm not sure "aggressive man marking" is the answer when we are fit and with our best players playing. We'll see what they have to say.
Weststander
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Watching the fans forum, RDZ oozed a passion for the club and his/our dreams, we’re so lucky to have him.
Our best signing of the summer was retaining him.
Our best signing of the summer was retaining him.
Justice
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He has his work cut out now we looked abysmal when missing the two midfield generals last season.
That's the spirit
Would be interested to see our results without them on the pitch. They were both out for the arsenal home game where we got destroyed I seem to remember
Gonna be hard to play de zerbi ball without caicedo. We desperately need a replacement.
saafend_seagull
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Wolves. 6-0.