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How long have the club been 'looking into' this? 6 or 7 years now?

It's a bit of problem with higher wages in England generally but we're bad negotiators. We pay players too much relative to their standing and then they have long contracts meaning the player won't get a better (or even comparable) elsewhere. Then, even if they buying club is incredibly keen, they typically can't afford the wages or the fee because the contract is so expensive and long. Take the Kristiansen signing, we signed him on the 20th of January when we were desperate for a left back (we'd only signed Faes & Smithies in the summer), he was 19 and had only played c. 70 professional games, we paid £17m a new record sale from the Superliga. We get relegated, he goes on loan to Bologna who couldn't afford to buy him, they've only made a handful of £10m+ singings in their history. So they can only afford a loan, probably with us paying a decent % of the wage. Basically the loans are a better deal for the loaning club in most cases. Edit: Finngean basically just said that

Players tail off year on year, it’s not just about pace. Morgan and Wasilewki didn't play into their late 30s. Both Morgan and Wasyl last had significant minutes the season they turned 35. They both noticeably got worse too, Wasyl especially was a bit of a liability the older he got. The aforementioned lot were world class, they reason they could play on because their decline started from such a lofty position. Players get worse with age, it’s not just about fitness or pace. Even the speed of thought, agility, durability whatever all slowly tapers off. Especially with Vestergaard’s frame.

How many defenders play into their late 30s?

Terrible parking, people who just don’t give a shit about the right of way, pedestrians stepping out, the works

What is it about reservoir Road in Thornton that brings out cretinous behaviour

It’s not that easy. What other clubs have done what we have?

We’ve signed Reid, no need to sign another utility type winger - especially at Ayew’s age

I have a burgeoning obsession with mid century furniture, picked up a G plan TV stand for £130 on vinterior as they’re offering free delivery this weekend. Saved £60. https://www.vinterior.co

It’s almost like there should be a higher up role that aligns long term recruitment, squad planning and managerial recruitment

#WhenTaken #152 (28.07.2024) I scored 938/1000 🎉 1️⃣ 📍 2 km - 🗓️ 8 yrs - ⚡ 189 / 200 2️⃣ 📍 42.0 metres - 🗓️ 1 yrs - ⚡ 199 / 200 3️⃣ 📍 115 km - 🗓️ 10 yrs - ⚡ 180 / 200 4️⃣ 📍 410 km - 🗓️ 7 yrs - ⚡ 178 / 200 5️⃣ 📍 93 km - 🗓️ 3 yrs - ⚡ 192 / 200

Arctic Monkeys, I got sick of hearing them at uni there although I’ve never been a massive fan anyway

Interestingly enough Mladen Sormaz, now Barnsley’s DoF, is writing a semi-regular column in their local mag. They’re a good outside bet to go up automatically imo

Oh yes. Fantastic technique when shooting, attacks the ball so well in the air and he's a good set pice taker. Numbers are great too for what was an ok Norwich side.

Not even a free parking benefit like they normally put? As much as I bash the club they've done some great things like keeping all causal staff on through covid, the charitable donations etc but they produce absolutely mindless job adverts. Put low grade job ads with low grade remuneration and low grade benefits and hey presto... low grade staff. This is why the lazy 'we're just ran like a business, not a football club' line doesn't work, they do the business stuff badly too.

Maresca probably wanted him to sign a new deal but I can't imagine he'd recommend 3 years. Even if he did the club should grow and pair and say no, we've already been burnt dealing with Vestergaard and his agent once already.

#WhenTaken #150 (26.07.2024) I scored 959/1000 🎉 1️⃣ 📍 587 km - 🗓️ 0 yrs - ⚡ 182 / 200 2️⃣ 📍 2 km - 🗓️ 0 yrs - ⚡ 200 / 200 3️⃣ 📍 191 km - 🗓️ 3 yrs - ⚡ 190 / 200 4️⃣ 📍 144.9 metres - 🗓️ 0 yrs - ⚡ 200 / 200 5️⃣ 📍 333 km - 🗓️ 2 yrs - ⚡ 187 / 200 https://whentaken.com

Scriven straight back to taking wickets, he'd possibly have been one off to the Hundred if he wasn't injured. Incredible that even with a depleted squad he's coming so far down the order such is our batting strength.

We got in a financial mess because we had to spend money to chase the top 6, would you rather Top didn’t spend the money!!

Throw him in a big vat of molten porridge

Worst yet #WhenTaken #148 (24.07.2024) I scored 584/1000 🎉 1️⃣ 📍 534 km - 🗓️ 2 yrs - ⚡ 182 / 200 2️⃣ 📍 6703 km - 🗓️ 46 yrs - ⚡ 13 / 200 3️⃣ 📍 15137 km - 🗓️ 2 yrs - ⚡ 98 / 200 4️⃣ 📍 9632 km - 🗓️ 3 yrs - ⚡ 98 / 200 5️⃣ 📍 1 km - 🗓️ 6 yrs - ⚡ 193 / 200

We might not lose tens of millions year on year if they were great business people

The sharp clubs aren't in PSR trouble because they don't put shit players on massive money and never shift them. If it wasn't for FFP/PSR we'd have carried on as we were, we still haven't learnt arguably as Vestergaard's new deal looks silly on the face of it.

Belter

Wow so enlightened