I am surprised how Burnley seem to be going down without a whimper. I was convinced they would get out of the mire back before Christmas. The team who looked doomed was Norwich. Now it looks like the latter can pull off an incredible escape. You would have to argue that both Watord and Burnley are now more likely candidates for relegation. The midweek game between Everton and Newcastle will be fascinating as it has the potential to define the remainder of the season for both teams. Newcastle's expectations will be high with their "new" team whereas your wonder what Lampard can get out of the underperfoming Blues. It is one of tose games that you would like both teams to lose!
Nicked off Facebook: I know this isn't Saints but I saw this comment on the BBC and had to share: "Utd should have appointed Bruce as the manager. Not only was Fiona Bruce available but her expertise with antiques would have got the best out of Ronaldo and Cavani"
Picking up on the BBC commentary following Leciester's defeat in the cup to Forest, I wonder what the odds would be for Brendan Rodgers being the next managerial casualty. I don't thin he will get the chop this season but it will be interesting if they under-perform again in 2023-24 he will be shown the door. Weird to see managers from the British Isles electing to field weakened teams in the earlier rounds of the FA cup and paying the penalty.
They moan like hell about City buying their success but Utd have bought relative failure. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60290406
I thought Newcastle didn’t spend until the new owners came in. They seem high up in that table for zero spend.
A common misconception. For all Toon fans’ hatred of Ashley, he did spend lots of cash. The problem was, most of it was wasted on poor quality, and the managers didn’t help.
Why is 2012 picked? Is it just because it is 10 years. Seems somewhat arbitrary anyway I wonder what the table looks like if you start from when Man City where first bought? I was going to muse about starting on Ferguson’s retirement but that is only one year after this
It's not aimed specifically at Man Utd rather the spending in the top 5 European leagues in the last 10 years, they just happened to come out on top. The BBC made it all about Utd. I added the PL just for interest. https://www.football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2021/wp367/en/
The MOANING about how much they suffered under him just isn't borne out by reality though, is it? I mean they may have bought rubbish, but not sure that's down to Ashley. Anyone would think they'd spent a bag of crisps over the past fourteen years, the way they witter on about it.
Genuinely would want him straight out the club if he played for us. Cannot be doing with this at all. Hope he gets prosecuted.
Yep, on top of the actual cruelty to animals right there, the fact that he is a role model for kids is just sickening.
Abusing animals is utterly disgusting. That he's effectively teaching what (I presume) is his kid to abuse animals is downright evil.
