5 - Lescott
Just doesn't shut up
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Yeah credit where it is due, about to watch number 11 now!
I can see Jeffs opening comments not going down well
Yeah credit where it is due, about to watch number 11 now!
I can see Jeffs opening comments not going down well
Would you prefer they spunk a couple of £100 million and drop the debt on the club?E sports and rolling out the line about FFP
Clearly didn’t have the ambition to get into top 6 and are happy jjst surviving in the prem providing our t shirts are shown on the Xbox
That’s the spirit!I wonder if relegation looms in January and the scenario of hiding behind ffp when the whole project risks collapsing will change.
No but signing a centre back or centre mid for 30 million in Jan could have been the differenceWould you prefer they spunk a couple of £100 million and drop the debt on the club?
Toti came in and did well and I’d wager up until the Neves injury we’d still have gone with Neves and Moutinho as the trusted two.No but signing a centre back or centre mid for 30 million in Jan could have been the difference
I have that instinct too.Just a hunch, but I wonder whether the release of these videos a relatively long time after the end of the season (Sellars said they were recording 4 games before the end of the season), suggests the club have now made a decision to keep Lage after some deliberation. Would be odd to release this then not back the coach, given he has his own video, though that would also be very Wolves...
What a surprise10 mins into Jeff shi and already sick of it
Personally I don’t think Bruno’s position was under scrutiny apart from how the season ended and the argument then was injuries which if he’d been able to sign the players he wanted wouldn’t be an issue. It’d be like Pizza Hut sacking a branch manager for not selling stuffed crusts when they didn’t send them anyJust a hunch, but I wonder whether the release of these videos a relatively long time after the end of the season (Sellars said they were recording 4 games before the end of the season), suggests the club have now made a decision to keep Lage after some deliberation. Would be odd to release this then not back the coach, given he has his own video, though that would also be very Wolves...
If you want to seriously compete with the top 6 then you need to build your revenue streams and esports is one way to do it. Look at how much Liverpool and United generate just because of the huge international following they have. Man City are building a big US following because they’ve partnered with a top esports team called FaZe ClanE sports and rolling out the line about FFP
Clearly didn’t have the ambition to get into top 6 and are happy jjst surviving in the prem providing our t shirts are shown on the Xbox
I think the issue is there. They spent net £126m to turn us from a club worth tens of millions into one worth hundreds. To get us up another level might cost more like a billion and still might fail.I love the words fans use, "ambition" and "investment".
I.E spending loads of money on what is a terrible investment (football players & their wages)
Yeah exactly, people massively underestimate the amount we'd need to consistently spend. Even if we'd have managed to make the Champions League for one season really wouldn't hugely move the needle long term, especially as player bonuses always eat loads of that anyway.I think the issue is there. They spent net £126m to turn us from a club worth tens of millions into one worth hundreds. To get us up another level might cost more like a billion and still might fail.
On the other hand if we don't spend enough we might be back to being worth a lot less again!
I mean I appreciate them not lying, if you want them to come on and tell you what you want to hear rather than what the truth of what they are going to do is then fair enough but I'd rather honesty.Jumped to sellars and jeff videos. Warning, if your glass is half empty, do not watch them. It will only upset you even more.
Think youve misunderstood where i was coming from. I am very much you can only spend what you have got. It was more for those who will find any excuse to moan as the videos will be a big trigger for them.I mean I appreciate them not lying, if you want them to come on and tell you what you want to hear rather than what the truth of what they are going to do is then fair enough but I'd rather honesty.
I've known this is the way they are going to run the club since Jeff literally said it very clearly 3 years ago. Would I prefer Fosun were a sugar daddy? Of course, but they are an investment firm. I think we will have around £20-£30m net spend this year, with a decent wage bill to use after letting go of some of the older top earners who've gone stale/aged.
£30M net spend in summer would put us around about 8th in the league vs last season net spends btw.
Think the best we can hope for is mid table obscurity for the rest of FOSUN's tenure. I'd rather they sell us on for a nice profit than oversee stagnation and decline on the pitch as is bound to come.Financially there has to be a sweet spot. Spend as little as possible to keep us in the premier league and competitive. Hope for a good cup ru now and then or a great season where we qualify for Europe. Anymore than that requires ridiculous investment or a great deal of luck with the young and hungry model.