On the Eve of the new Season...

you mean the undefeated newcastle united, the fourth in the table toon, or both?

godsshoeshine wrote:
you mean the undefeated newcastle united, the fourth in the table toon, or both?

Time to fire the coach and sell the stars, eh?

im sure mike ashley is huddling in a casino somewhere thinking "how can i fuck this up"

godsshoeshine wrote:
im sure mike ashley is huddling in a casino somewhere thinking "how can i fuck this up"

I want Obertan back. The guys a genius…

godsshoeshine wrote:
you mean the undefeated newcastle united, the fourth in the table toon, or both?

I'd print the league table RIGHT NOW and put it on your fridge.

vansmack wrote:

godsshoeshine wrote:
im sure mike ashley is huddling in a casino somewhere thinking "how can i fuck this up"

I want Obertan back. The guys a genius…

Geordie girls wear undies??? I never met one.

Frank wrote:

godsshoeshine wrote:
you mean the undefeated newcastle united, the fourth in the table toon, or both?

I'd print the league table RIGHT NOW and put it on your fridge.

same to you good sir

godsshoeshine wrote:

Frank wrote:

godsshoeshine wrote:
you mean the undefeated newcastle united, the fourth in the table toon, or both?

I'd print the league table RIGHT NOW and put it on your fridge.

same to you good sir

Seriously…who's going to score goals for Toon?

no losses, fourth place with 7 new players no left back and the best player sidelined and that's still not good enough? what exactly are you expecting from newcastle united on sept 13?

godsshoeshine wrote:
what exactly are you expecting from newcastle united on sept 13?

More ladies underwear….

thats your answer to everything

vansmack wrote:

godsshoeshine wrote:
what exactly are you expecting from newcastle united on sept 13?

More ladies underwear….

LESS ladies underwear

Frank wrote:
LESS ladies underwear

Touche

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/16092011/58/premier-league-united-set-qatar-takeover.html

Although it would be nice to rid ourselves of the Glazers and the debt they buried us with. United have shown time and time again that success is achieved via a youth system, not a checkbook…So no big spending required. (imo)

Frank wrote:
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/16092011/58/premier-league-united-set-qatar-takeover.html

Although it would be nice to rid ourselves of the Glazers and the debt they buried us with. United have shown time and time again that success is achieved via a youth system, not a checkbook…So no big spending required. (imo)

according to this website (scroll down to bottom), ManU has the second-highest payroll so it appears that they are in fact spending big.

sweetcell wrote:

Frank wrote:
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/16092011/58/premier-league-united-set-qatar-takeover.html

Although it would be nice to rid ourselves of the Glazers and the debt they buried us with. United have shown time and time again that success is achieved via a youth system, not a checkbook…So no big spending required. (imo)

according to this website (scroll down to bottom), ManU has the second-highest payroll so it appears that they are in fact spending big.

PAYROLL….not transfer fees.

among teams that have tons of money, it's hard to argue that manu are not the gold standard

but they spent £18m on a keeper this summer

godsshoeshine wrote:
but they spent £18m on a keeper this summer

£21.5m pounds on two keepers last year.

I dont' have the time right now but it would be interesting to see who spent what on transfer fees over the last 5 years…..taking into consideration income from outgoing transfers.

Frank wrote:
PAYROLL….not transfer fees.

I agree, Payroll is highly different than Transfer fees.

Plus that's old info.  Here's the 2010 numbers:



This year I think you'll see Chelsea's come down a bit and City's will rise dramatically.  United's has gone up £21m, so all three are probably going to be around £150m.  To put that into perspective, the other big clubs in 2010: 2010: Barcelona £233 million, Inter £207 million, Real Madrid £166 million and Milan £152 million.

And when looking at the Ratio to Turnover, they're doing just fine.  By far the best in the league when compared to performance, and I'm sure it's probably better than teams on the continent, though the appreciation of the Euro (for now) against the Sterling may change all that.

That low ratio number would suggest hat Mankie's argument that United are being very careful with their buying, while other teams are paying big bucks for United's players is a sound one.