The january transfer window is made for short term fix, the last time we made panic buys was for Howe's 1st window. I can't stress how important it is to get some signings even on loan this winter. Isak and Murphy need backup/competition at the very least.
Our first team can beat anyone if they are fit and firing but beyond that we don't have much strength in depth I still think we are taking a big risk if we don't bring anyone in this window. Great video Craig
Great piece as per usual Craig. Very informative and great depth. I wonder if Newcastle are able to do a 'pre deal' and get something agreed and set in stone for the Summer in regards to Jonatahan David?
I think it’s more to show our current players we are still ambitious, regardless of PSR slowing our progression. Big players want to see progression and ambition within a club. Isak or Bruno will leave in the summer anyway.
@@niallpowell5456 I believe regardless we will lose either Isak or Bruno. I suspect it’ll be Isak. We need money to spend, we are stale since 2023 with transfers. We can’t keep our current stars forever, not until we have a more sustainable income.
@@niallpowell5456 we’ve already reached our PSR peak, for the next 5 - 10 years we will need to trade in order to gain a good positive funds. That means selling our best assets eventually to gain good profits and repeat again. This is how you grow and raise your income. Just means we need to correct replacements to cover those who leave. Can’t hold onto isak forever
Greig it,s great news .and yes it,s going to take time and my generation have not got time ..yes am in my sixties and that,s the frustration.. but after all said and done we are miles better than we were 3 years ago ...signings yes yes yes but will we get any I don't think so fingers crossed this month in February will decide our near term future ?? great blog as always
Look forward to these after every presser 👏👏 Regarding the new training ground and looking at Madrid and other high level training centres - know the Gosforth park area well I’m not sure the footprint could hold multiple pitches, offices, academy, ladies facilities, small stadium -take a look at areal shots it’s big but not that big even if golf course is used - what’s your thoughts on this ?
Great post Craig .. take care on your travels .. that's great news about Populus .. I might not be super popular on saying this but the new ground has to be the way forward. That will do so much more for Newcastle in terms of PSR if, as you have indicated, if those folks at Populus can do for us what they are doing for Tottenham and others, this can translate into being able to act in windows where we currently find our hands tied. Hopefully we'll get back to winning ways tomorrow yes, I feel like we can also and likely will do so. Away the lads 😂 🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤
If it is going to be years away still, we need to further upgrade the current training ground alongside plans for the new one. At Darsley Park, we have upgraded what is there in the current building but the place needs to be physically bigger. Like you touch on in this video, the current training ground needs to be extended. It needs to be done if a whole new training ground is still 5-6 years away.
Hi Craig, could I please ask you to explain the new financial rules coming to the premier league next season (spending cap of 70% for clubs in Europe and 85% for those clubs not in Europe) and the impact this will have on Newcastle? Thanks!
Thanks for the video Craig, I suspect we'll see Schar coming back in after what happened last weekend. If he wanted to freshen things up, then potentially you could go with the Joelinton-Willock link down the left and shift Gordon to the right. That's probably too much after just one poor performance though.
Great great news re the new training ground. Yes, it is effectively canny late. the projects sold to some of our superstars are dragging. That's an FFP PSR hindrance slowing commercial gains massively, but the project is still in operation. Got to me Gosforth IMO. Match tomorrow? 0-3, maybe 1-3!
It wasn't just against Bournemouth Craig, we were lucky against Wolves, very lucky and they are at the bottom of the table. We've relied on luck more than skill this season.
Another insightful video Craig. However after last week I can't help but think your score predictions have somewhat of the commentators curse about them.
A new training facility is a great step forward. We have been top of the league for injuries for the last 20 years. We've had different managers, coaches, medical staff, physios, but year after year we have the most horrendous injury record. The only thing common is the training facility. Maybe it's the make up of the training pitches.
If players go out and none come in, that weakens us. It weakens us further at a very important time and puts at risk what we are trying to achieve. In my opinion. :)
My concern is it seems like Mitchell looks to be repeating his performance in the last transfer window in this transfer window - in that Mitchell and Howe have a list of scouted, discussed and agreed targets prior to the window. But then Mitchell just watches them all sign for other clubs. Which is why he got to the desperate point last window of trying to save face by getting the final remaining name on the list, but having to bid way over the odds. And then when that failed he started trying to suggest new random names that either hadn't made the pre-agreed list or hadn't been discussed. That looks to have happened with the man city new signing - on the list but slipping through his fingers. On top of that, his job is also to move players on at best time for our funds but without negatively impacting the team. He also hasn't done this. For someone so vocal in his negative comments on the previous transfer performance, he sure is taking his time to do anything to help us improve.
Protect your quiff, Craig! I lost my new car window sponge to the wind today! Schär in for Botman tomorrow for me, but , who knows! Saints missing two of their brightest young stars for the game.
Scouting has never been a problem with this club - going back to days of having Modric from Zagreb lined up! Just now it’s worse than ever for getting players in. In Ashley era we wouldn’t, now we just can’t. Have got clubs like Bournemouth with a stadium size of the Gallowgate out gunning us in the market 😣🤯
I think💯 if they don’t at least strength in the Summer window & I’m talking 3 or 4 player’s. It’s going to mean losing 1 or 2 big name stars wanting to leave because they may feel let down in the project, especially if we don’t get a European place. Also like you & Eddie have alluded to, things becoming stale will probably start to happen sooner than expected. Are they walking a fine line for the CL spot not at least getting one player in?
Maybe the architects will be like our scouts, come up with exciting plans for the club to execute on none of them. Unforgivable to not strengthen 3vsundows in a row, squad ages and you have to keep upgrading.
Situation seems so unbelievably clear does it not? There won’t be any reinforcements this window. Eddie, and us fans, of course would dearly love some but they won’t come at the risk of point deductions for falling foul of PSR. I don’t want a winger in this window if it means a 4-10 point penalty next term. Perhaps the squad is at risk of becoming stale, perhaps not, it certainly didn’t look stale during the winning run. but if there is no headroom there is no headroom. It seems somewhat cut and dry to me.
Sorry to query you Craig but i just watched the press conference and that was not what Eddie said about incomings was it? Doesn't he elude to the possibility of if the right deals are there then there's a possibility and to never say never? Or did I just watch a different press conference. The toon review You tube chanel are also asking why you are posting that when it's not what Eddie said! I'm a massive fan of all your content but think this needs addressing
He literally said “how many times do I have to say it” re incomings. Of course he then said “never say never” but the message was clear, as it has been all window. But fans can believe what they want to be believe, of course.
I think💯 if they don’t at least strength in the Summer window & I’m talking 3 or 4 player’s. It’s going to mean losing 1 or 2 big name stars wanting to leave because they may feel let down in the project, especially if we don’t get a European place. Also like you & Eddie have alluded to, things becoming stale will probably start to happen sooner than expected.
Definitely need the new stadium to generate sufficient revenue moving forward. There's no other way to bridge the gap financially to the other big clubs. Did you see the Deloite rankings? We're still miles behind Spuds
I echo the sentiments shared by some on here that these plans being released are nothing more than a Psy-Op to deflect away from the lack of signings! I notice the time frame for this training ground is vague only that it may take years, how awfully convenient. Kick the can down the road ladies and gentleman as will be the case with the new stadium/expansion plans. No wonder they have Howe as Head Coach because he's malleable and not likely to kick up a fuss like a Rafa Benitez would! I will believe it when I see it...
Hopefully C Wilsons back before his Birthday 27 Feb. Plan for a Facility by on Rubens lands a good move. To the Qualification for any Euros.. The Squad cant wait til summer to hedge it.
Journalists are guilty of talking out both sides of their mouths at times. When we were forced to sell Anderson and Minteh it was how can the club have let this happen. Now it’s a case of heaping pressure on the club for not buying players. It’s a case needing to be patient and signings will come in summer. The club want to buy a Bruno or an Isak, for that we must wait.
Finally something positive!! I hope we get a new stadium also like the one in Saudi 150,000 seater Saudis aren’t here to be second they want No1 spot stay safe people trust the process remember we need to build from the foundation up 😊😊😊
A must win game. I don’t think it’ll happen but if we don’t beat the worst team in premier league history it will be a disaster…. re new training ground. Where’s the likely location? I’m thinking Gosforth Park Race Course. Ruben’s own it and there’s loads of spare land…. Problem is it’ll probably be at least 5 years…. At least it’s progress…
In the year 3024 Buck Rogers has travelled to the new future to see some exicting ground works on Nufc new training ground. Someone has dug a 6ft long trench and put some cones around it... 😂
Are the NUFC recruitment team quietly looking at the possibility of signing two centre forwards in the summer with Callum Wilson's contact coming to an end and the possibility that NUFC don't finish in the top 5 potentially needing to replace Isak. Should he want to play Champions league football next season?
150,000 seater stadium 🏟. Love ya optimism Neil, if only that were possible. As far as I know there's only 2 sites in the city that could accommodate such projects, 1 being the Town Moor, the other Leazes Park and unfortunately there's no way we'll get permission for that 😢
Why so far off, reguarding the training ground, & new stadium. If , in their words, "we want to be the best " - & "be nu 1", the words of our chairman & Gouv of P.I.F, Y.A.R. why so long ? You're right, the modern day player demands to play in the best facilities. I just wish their was more of an urgency about it... seems like everything's, tomorrow ¿ In the here & now, the team has to show a massive reaction tomorrow. From that dysmil hiding, at home to Bournemouth.. I'm not buying this, " the players were fatigued," mantra. Bournemouth had the same amount of games, plus injuries. Hence, the Need for a *Revival. Tomorrow... ⚫️⚪️💪⚫️⚪️
I disagree again Harvey Barnes was brought in as the squad backup you are suggesting. I do think he's a top rated player and they would struggle to bring in any better. I realise he competes with Gordon but we do need a back up incase of injury.
just hope they don't have to have a feasibility study about the feasibility study to see if its feasible to have a feasibility study. what a time to announce it to, great bit of spin to distract us from the fact that they are buying nobody. believe it when i see it
Top sides dont get battered off Bournemouth on their own turf when on a 10 game winning streak. We have a long way to go still, the team & Eddie. We got played off the park & Eddie lost the managerial battle that day as well.
I don’t get all the comments about Kelly being a free transfer so if we sold him for £15 million ish it would be pure profit. It’s absolutely guaranteed he’d of received a healthy signing on bonus as he was a free agent. By the time you factor in agent fees he probably stands the club about £10 million…. Hence a sale makes no economical sense especially when you factor in he would need to be replaced…..
Even if he got a 5m signing on bonus that would only be 1m per year for the next 5 years. Where as 14m pure profit would be enough to pay for a 50m player over a 5 year contract.
@ people keep banging on about this amortisation shite but nothing happens… based on your numbers the sale of Anderson and Minteh banked Newcastle £70 million ish”pure profit” so in theory that means we could spend north of £300million….. We’ve spent nothing; it’s in total bullshit. Amortisation is a media fallacy created to keep the transfer market “interesting”
Excuse my cynicism but I will wait until the spades are in the ground and money committed on stadium and training ground before I celebrate someone being commissioned for drawings. As you said Craig 3 windows since a first team player brought in and although they have spent a significant amount of money in the early days the spending has slowed down significantly on all fronts. I believe at this point PIF have spent no monies that could not be recouped in full by a sale of the club. ( their buying of AS share valued the club at 1 billion which would show a nice profit) I really hope my cynicism is proved totally wrong but at 70 years old my experience of Newcastle owners is be thankful when they deliver but until they deliver believe nothing
At least this means that the Saudis are in for the long haul. I was concerned that they would sell up and move on given the obstacles that the Premier league keeps putting in their way.
I only got 4 minutes into this vlog. But does anyone consider that the players would want champions league football rather than a new training ground to be the big issue. I think that that opportunity was lost last week with the defeat by Bournemouth. So how many top players will still be at Newcastle to enjoys this marvellous training ground.
Vlachidimos was taken from Forest as a PSR favour to them with the sole intention of moving him on elsewhere for a small profit. I'd expect him to be gone by the end of the month.
Bored of the window, just close already. Fast forward to Summer! The most frustrating club to be a fan of, we never do anything efficiently. We take too long on transfers and lose out. We have dragged our feet on sponsors which would have helped PSR massively. We are 3 years into the project and we are only now discussing training ground plans that have been promised since takeover! Don't even start on how long we are waiting for a new stadium! All this should have been done immediately after the takeover was confirmed!
Well Eddie doesn’t have subs to change games because he decided every signing needs to be a 40 million pound prem proven player. And the fact you mentioned longstaff and not miley when talking about subs that can change a game is baffling.
It makes no sense from a financial point of view that the club cannot bring in the right player this window. If they can do business in the summer then surely they can do it now as well.
Business in which summer, last or this coming one? Last summer, then they would have had to balance the books by selling, so who out of the first team will you pick to go? Next summer, the PSR annual figures reset on 30 June so they can go again for that year and three year cycle. It’s pretty simple, they spaffed too much money on too few players. Not that they were bad players, just players we couldn’t afford for PSR at the time. The6 needed twice as many coming in which meant younger players for development.
@@gruffy4967 Howe has said they can do business in the summer. If they can do business in the summer surely they can do business now. Any player who isn't first choice are sellable in my books (disregarding young talent). Some first choice players , who shouldn't be a starter are sellable as well.
@@jesperfuglsang There are plenty of articles on the PSR situation. If they spent 70 million in the summer or now, they need a major sale going out. Isak, Bruno, Gordon, Tonali would make enough to spend on a big player. Maybe Botman, his remaining amortisation amount may make it worth doing if we make a good profit on him. Barnes? Sell him for 30 million and you’ve probably made somewhere between a PSR loss and 5 million profit. You can maybe make 5 to ten million on Hall, probably less on Livramento. So who exactly out of the first four are you selling now? And then factor in squad unity, squad and tactical fit, then how long Eddie usually takes to get them up to fitness and then integrating them. A signing may be nice for this season, but this club is here for centuries, with PSR we cannot make a mistake with 70 million, 10 to 15, like Osula, maybe losing a few million maybe okay, but not 70. I think the Guehi deal was either a loan to buy or staged payments, the bulk after next PSR period.
@ The club has been operating at a loss since the takeover, that surely isn’t a surprise, going on the official website will tell you they lost 73 million year ending 30 June 2023, 71 million to 30 June 2024. Last year they eventually made a profit of 28 million. However, what do you think they used to make the signings of Hall, Osula, Pivas, Vlachodimos? That is 69 million or thereabouts. They have made signings, just no5 big name, flash ones.
I am aware that post June it wouldn’t be allowed, but pre June deadline it would be necessary so again, who is it out of those players you are selling at a discount? Isn’t it strange how all of the people screaming for signings cannot remember last year when we had our trousers pulled down by both Brighton and Forest? And they also forget we nearly lost Gordon and had to take Gomez?
Its not a risk if we consider just how useless someone like Miggy is. Alternative is keep them all, they all run their contracts down (all getting on in age too) and then we've so few players we've to sell a crown jewel to fund the overhaul.
What is a football club at it's very root? It's 11 players going out in front of their fans trying to win a football match. Everything else after that should be in support of that primary goal. Now as much as we would all love to boast that our club has world class facilities & a stadium that is the boast of the league it's a simple fact that with the PSR restrictions we are operating under we simply cannot afford to do that right now. Not when we are threadbare in terms of the playing squad. I don't see the logic in using what little money we have available improving infrastructure when we are literally running on fumes with our match day squad? Maybe i'm missing something here but infrastructure projects increase the value of the club as a re-sellable asset to the benefit of the owners but does nothing for eddie howe & his staff nor helps the current players who are having to run themselves into the ground to stay available week after week as we don't have the players to rest & rotate our first 11 & remain competitive. Infrastructure projects are nothing but vanity projects for the suits! Sorry for the rant, cheers as always craig.
So if any spending on infrastructure doesn't impact FFP/PSR, are they looking to sell the current plot of land to a property developer for a helpful fortune? Chelsea & hotels anyone? 🤣
You're 100% spot on regarding if we fail to strengthen the starting 11 it's a massive risk. We're 1 or 2 injuries away from a crisis
The january transfer window is made for short term fix, the last time we made panic buys was for Howe's 1st window. I can't stress how important it is to get some signings even on loan this winter. Isak and Murphy need backup/competition at the very least.
Our first team can beat anyone if they are fit and firing but beyond that we don't have much strength in depth I still think we are taking a big risk if we don't bring anyone in this window. Great video Craig
Great piece as per usual Craig. Very informative and great depth. I wonder if Newcastle are able to do a 'pre deal' and get something agreed and set in stone for the Summer in regards to Jonatahan David?
excellent as usual craig.
Thank you Brian!
If thr stadium will take a while then they needed to do the Training Ground now. I was a bit concerned but this is great to hear
Training ground will probably be delivered first, yes.
Awesome Craig :) Stay safe!
Thanks Aaron!
Thanks Craig , good luck getting to saints . Surely a win tomorrow . 👍 ⚽️
I think they are throwing out this about training ground to take focus of another inactive transfer window. Great news on new training ground.
I think it’s more to show our current players we are still ambitious, regardless of PSR slowing our progression. Big players want to see progression and ambition within a club. Isak or Bruno will leave in the summer anyway.
@ not if we get champions league
@@niallpowell5456 I believe regardless we will lose either Isak or Bruno. I suspect it’ll be Isak. We need money to spend, we are stale since 2023 with transfers. We can’t keep our current stars forever, not until we have a more sustainable income.
@@leerud we can’t lose isak or we go completely backwards. We will have lots of money in summer to buy without dismantling team
@@niallpowell5456 we’ve already reached our PSR peak, for the next 5 - 10 years we will need to trade in order to gain a good positive funds. That means selling our best assets eventually to gain good profits and repeat again. This is how you grow and raise your income. Just means we need to correct replacements to cover those who leave. Can’t hold onto isak forever
Great stuff
Greig it,s great news .and yes it,s going to take time and my generation have not got time ..yes am in my sixties and that,s the frustration.. but after all said and done we are miles better than we were 3 years ago ...signings yes yes yes but will we get any I don't think so fingers crossed this month in February will decide our near term future ?? great blog as always
An excellent narrative Craig.
We got to get 6 points from next 2 games if we want to sustain challenge for CL
I agree.
Look forward to these after every presser 👏👏
Regarding the new training ground and looking at Madrid and other high level training centres - know the Gosforth park area well I’m not sure the footprint could hold multiple pitches, offices, academy, ladies facilities, small stadium -take a look at areal shots it’s big but not that big even if golf course is used - what’s your thoughts on this ?
I’d have to take a closer look! Thanks for the heads up on this though.
Dear Craig,
Canny video as always 👍
Score prediction:5-0 the Toon 👍😁😎✊👏🤘💪
Regards
Great post Craig .. take care on your travels .. that's great news about Populus .. I might not be super popular on saying this but the new ground has to be the way forward. That will do so much more for Newcastle in terms of PSR if, as you have indicated, if those folks at Populus can do for us what they are doing for Tottenham and others, this can translate into being able to act in windows where we currently find our hands tied. Hopefully we'll get back to winning ways tomorrow yes, I feel like we can also and likely will do so. Away the lads 😂 🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤
You have replaced the Newspaper---- long may it continue 🙂🙂
If it is going to be years away still, we need to further upgrade the current training ground alongside plans for the new one. At Darsley Park, we have upgraded what is there in the current building but the place needs to be physically bigger. Like you touch on in this video, the current training ground needs to be extended. It needs to be done if a whole new training ground is still 5-6 years away.
Same group that did Allianz Stadium in St. Paul, MN for Minnesota United. Small, but lovely stadium.
Who did the stadium for the Vegas Raiders ? That is a good looking stadium
Hi Craig, could I please ask you to explain the new financial rules coming to the premier league next season (spending cap of 70% for clubs in Europe and 85% for those clubs not in Europe) and the impact this will have on Newcastle? Thanks!
Thanks for the video Craig, I suspect we'll see Schar coming back in after what happened last weekend. If he wanted to freshen things up, then potentially you could go with the Joelinton-Willock link down the left and shift Gordon to the right. That's probably too much after just one poor performance though.
Schar wasn't great when he came on, that's the only problem!
Thanks craig ..
Great great news re the new training ground. Yes, it is effectively canny late. the projects sold to some of our superstars are dragging. That's an FFP PSR hindrance slowing commercial gains massively, but the project is still in operation.
Got to me Gosforth IMO.
Match tomorrow? 0-3, maybe 1-3!
It wasn't just against Bournemouth Craig, we were lucky against Wolves, very lucky and they are at the bottom of the table. We've relied on luck more than skill this season.
Yes, final half hour vs Wolves the warning signs were there, for sure.
Bang on.
Totally agree Craig, only positive is that not many other teams are adding to their squads 🤣....yet 😬
Bramley moore 😍😍
Another insightful video Craig. However after last week I can't help but think your score predictions have somewhat of the commentators curse about them.
Got the 2-goal cushion right… 😂
@Fair play, we will take that every week. My comment was in hope that I may go some way to reversing any potential jinx. Keep up the good work! HWTL
A new training facility is a great step forward.
We have been top of the league for injuries for the last 20 years.
We've had different managers, coaches, medical staff, physios, but year after year we have the most horrendous injury record.
The only thing common is the training facility.
Maybe it's the make up of the training pitches.
Or the slope of the pitch at st james
Craig, did you see the bbc's analysis of Bouremouth's game plan? Very interesting
If players go out and none come in, that weakens us. It weakens us further at a very important time and puts at risk what we are trying to achieve. In my opinion. :)
My concern is it seems like Mitchell looks to be repeating his performance in the last transfer window in this transfer window - in that Mitchell and Howe have a list of scouted, discussed and agreed targets prior to the window. But then Mitchell just watches them all sign for other clubs. Which is why he got to the desperate point last window of trying to save face by getting the final remaining name on the list, but having to bid way over the odds. And then when that failed he started trying to suggest new random names that either hadn't made the pre-agreed list or hadn't been discussed.
That looks to have happened with the man city new signing - on the list but slipping through his fingers.
On top of that, his job is also to move players on at best time for our funds but without negatively impacting the team. He also hasn't done this.
For someone so vocal in his negative comments on the previous transfer performance, he sure is taking his time to do anything to help us improve.
Protect your quiff, Craig! I lost my new car window sponge to the wind today! Schär in for Botman tomorrow for me, but , who knows! Saints missing two of their brightest young stars for the game.
The game against Bournemouth shows the central defense has to change back to either Botman / Schär or Burn / Schär.
Scouting has never been a problem with this club - going back to days of having Modric from Zagreb lined up!
Just now it’s worse than ever for getting players in. In Ashley era we wouldn’t, now we just can’t. Have got clubs like Bournemouth with a stadium size of the Gallowgate out gunning us in the market 😣🤯
I think💯 if they don’t at least strength in the Summer window & I’m talking 3 or 4 player’s. It’s going to mean losing 1 or 2 big name stars wanting to leave because they may feel let down in the project, especially if we don’t get a European place. Also like you & Eddie have alluded to, things becoming stale will probably start to happen sooner than expected. Are they walking a fine line for the CL spot not at least getting one player in?
Callum Wilson don't make me laugh. Soon as the transfer window closes he will be injured again😂😂.
Should get a good 5-6 hours of him being fit in Feb
Maybe the architects will be like our scouts, come up with exciting plans for the club to execute on none of them. Unforgivable to not strengthen 3vsundows in a row, squad ages and you have to keep upgrading.
Really don't know how the club messed travel plans up, storm has been known about for days
Yup
@@TonyODOnnell-tt8gh They are already there, the private jet landed a couple of hours ago
The MOTM is Craig’s hairspray
😂😂
Situation seems so unbelievably clear does it not? There won’t be any reinforcements this window. Eddie, and us fans, of course would dearly love some but they won’t come at the risk of point deductions for falling foul of PSR. I don’t want a winger in this window if it means a 4-10 point penalty next term. Perhaps the squad is at risk of becoming stale, perhaps not, it certainly didn’t look stale during the winning run. but if there is no headroom there is no headroom. It seems somewhat cut and dry to me.
Im sure they can handle a 30-40 minute flight on a private jet on the same day as a game
Sorry to query you Craig but i just watched the press conference and that was not what Eddie said about incomings was it? Doesn't he elude to the possibility of if the right deals are there then there's a possibility and to never say never? Or did I just watch a different press conference. The toon review You tube chanel are also asking why you are posting that when it's not what Eddie said! I'm a massive fan of all your content but think this needs addressing
He literally said “how many times do I have to say it” re incomings. Of course he then said “never say never” but the message was clear, as it has been all window. But fans can believe what they want to be believe, of course.
You can never rule out a loan to buy, as with Lewis Hall. Why would he?
I think💯 if they don’t at least strength in the Summer window & I’m talking 3 or 4 player’s. It’s going to mean losing 1 or 2 big name stars wanting to leave because they may feel let down in the project, especially if we don’t get a European place. Also like you & Eddie have alluded to, things becoming stale will probably start to happen sooner than expected.
I'm a postie man up Craig
For the players a new state of the art training centre would be more important than a new stadium.
None of our current squad will be alive to see it 😂
Definitely need the new stadium to generate sufficient revenue moving forward. There's no other way to bridge the gap financially to the other big clubs. Did you see the Deloite rankings? We're still miles behind Spuds
I echo the sentiments shared by some on here that these plans being released are nothing more than a Psy-Op to deflect away from the lack of signings!
I notice the time frame for this training ground is vague only that it may take years, how awfully convenient.
Kick the can down the road ladies and gentleman as will be the case with the new stadium/expansion plans.
No wonder they have Howe as Head Coach because he's malleable and not likely to kick up a fuss like a Rafa Benitez would!
I will believe it when I see it...
Do u think Lewis miley gonna get some minutes in first team soon Craig
Great chance to hit one into the Leazes end net from Benton :-)
Hopefully C Wilsons back before his Birthday 27 Feb. Plan for a Facility by on Rubens lands a good move. To the Qualification for any Euros.. The Squad cant wait til summer to hedge it.
Journalists are guilty of talking out both sides of their mouths at times. When we were forced to sell Anderson and Minteh it was how can the club have let this happen. Now it’s a case of heaping pressure on the club for not buying players. It’s a case needing to be patient and signings will come in summer. The club want to buy a Bruno or an Isak, for that we must wait.
Not as much as my quiff 😂🤣🤣
with the break ins on players houses I would hope they would add residential areas with high security.
Good point
Finally something positive!! I hope we get a new stadium also like the one in Saudi 150,000 seater Saudis aren’t here to be second they want No1 spot stay safe people trust the process remember we need to build from the foundation up 😊😊😊
The training ground is huge, and probably should have been started already.
Perhaps you would like to tell us where the 150,000 seater stadium is in Saudi.
@@michaelgallagher9245 Sorry, but I've got to call bullshit on that.
Sounds like you've been playing too many computer games.
A must win game. I don’t think it’ll happen but if we don’t beat the worst team in premier league history it will be a disaster…. re new training ground. Where’s the likely location? I’m thinking Gosforth Park Race Course. Ruben’s own it and there’s loads of spare land…. Problem is it’ll probably be at least 5 years…. At least it’s progress…
It is progress, but it could still be slow. Racecourse most likely, although still TBC on that.
In the year 3024 Buck Rogers has travelled to the new future to see some exicting ground works on Nufc new training ground. Someone has dug a 6ft long trench and put some cones around it... 😂
How nieve can the new signings be that a new training ground would happen in even 1 or 2 years.
Are the NUFC recruitment team quietly looking at the possibility of signing two centre forwards in the summer with Callum Wilson's contact coming to an end and the possibility that NUFC don't finish in the top 5 potentially needing to replace Isak. Should he want to play Champions league football next season?
150,000 seater stadium 🏟.
Love ya optimism Neil, if only that were possible. As far as I know there's only 2 sites in the city that could accommodate such projects, 1 being the Town Moor, the other Leazes Park and unfortunately there's no way we'll get permission for that 😢
Why so far off, reguarding the training ground, & new stadium. If , in their words, "we want to be the best " - & "be nu 1", the words of our chairman & Gouv of P.I.F, Y.A.R. why so long ? You're right, the modern day player demands to play in the best facilities. I just wish their was more of an urgency about it... seems like everything's, tomorrow ¿
In the here & now, the team has to show a massive reaction tomorrow. From that dysmil hiding, at home to Bournemouth.. I'm not buying this, " the players were fatigued," mantra. Bournemouth had the same amount of games, plus injuries. Hence, the Need for a *Revival. Tomorrow...
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I disagree again Harvey Barnes was brought in as the squad backup you are suggesting. I do think he's a top rated player and they would struggle to bring in any better. I realise he competes with Gordon but we do need a back up incase of injury.
We really need to crack on with these new training facilties. Got to be the land owned by the Reuben brothers at Gosforth Park.
The only people who seem to think we don’t need additions to our squad are Newcastle themselves. Is it honestly ever going to change ????
Can we have a new stadium instead please?
just hope they don't have to have a feasibility study about the feasibility study to see if its feasible to have a feasibility study. what a time to announce it to, great bit of spin to distract us from the fact that they are buying nobody. believe it when i see it
Top sides dont get battered off Bournemouth on their own turf when on a 10 game winning streak. We have a long way to go still, the team & Eddie. We got played off the park & Eddie lost the managerial battle that day as well.
I don’t get all the comments about Kelly being a free transfer so if we sold him for £15 million ish it would be pure profit. It’s absolutely guaranteed he’d of received a healthy signing on bonus as he was a free agent. By the time you factor in agent fees he probably stands the club about £10 million…. Hence a sale makes no economical sense especially when you factor in he would need to be replaced…..
Yes, it would need to be a good offer, otherwise no football or business logic to it.
@ what would you sell him for Mr Hope?
No one wants him. Juventus have signed a defender from chelsea now
Even if he got a 5m signing on bonus that would only be 1m per year for the next 5 years. Where as 14m pure profit would be enough to pay for a 50m player over a 5 year contract.
@ people keep banging on about this amortisation shite but nothing happens… based on your numbers the sale of Anderson and Minteh banked Newcastle £70 million ish”pure profit” so in theory that means we could spend north of £300million….. We’ve spent nothing; it’s in total bullshit. Amortisation is a media fallacy created to keep the transfer market “interesting”
Excuse my cynicism but I will wait until the spades are in the ground and money committed on stadium and training ground before I celebrate someone being commissioned for drawings.
As you said Craig 3 windows since a first team player brought in and although they have spent a significant amount of money in the early days the spending has slowed down significantly on all fronts. I believe at this point PIF have spent no monies that could not be recouped in full by a sale of the club. ( their buying of AS share valued the club at 1 billion which would show a nice profit)
I really hope my cynicism is proved totally wrong but at 70 years old my experience of Newcastle owners is be thankful when they deliver but until they deliver believe nothing
Would it top far fetched to suggest we could build a small stadium at the training ground to then play in whilst upgrading SJP?
Real Madrid did this
At least this means that the Saudis are in for the long haul. I was concerned that they would sell up and move on given the obstacles that the Premier league keeps putting in their way.
Not heard of a train.
No trains running north of York or Preston from the west
Does anyone else think we've blown our chance now of champions league place.
I only got 4 minutes into this vlog. But does anyone consider that the players would want champions league football rather than a new training ground to be the big issue.
I think that that opportunity was lost last week with the defeat by Bournemouth. So how many top players will still be at Newcastle to enjoys this marvellous training ground.
The club is here for centuries, the players for 5 to 10 years. It’s about strategic thinking rather than the next six months.
Other teams are allowed to postpone games why ain't newcastle? Very odd..! Liverpool was allowed last storm.
Over three years in charge and we're only now getting started on a new training ground? Pretty amateur from the Saudis.
Have you forgotten about the millions they have already spent on the current training ground. Some fans are embarrassing.
@paulstones1451 10, wasn't it
@TonyODOnnell-tt8gh was about 20 and am sure they still doing work on it now
Vlachidimos was taken from Forest as a PSR favour to them with the sole intention of moving him on elsewhere for a small profit.
I'd expect him to be gone by the end of the month.
Bored of the window, just close already. Fast forward to Summer!
The most frustrating club to be a fan of, we never do anything efficiently.
We take too long on transfers and lose out.
We have dragged our feet on sponsors which would have helped PSR massively.
We are 3 years into the project and we are only now discussing training ground plans that have been promised since takeover! Don't even start on how long we are waiting for a new stadium! All this should have been done immediately after the takeover was confirmed!
Well Eddie doesn’t have subs to change games because he decided every signing needs to be a 40 million pound prem proven player. And the fact you mentioned longstaff and not miley when talking about subs that can change a game is baffling.
Yes, an oversight, meant more as senior players. Should have included Miley.
It makes no sense from a financial point of view that the club cannot bring in the right player this window. If they can do business in the summer then surely they can do it now as well.
Business in which summer, last or this coming one? Last summer, then they would have had to balance the books by selling, so who out of the first team will you pick to go? Next summer, the PSR annual figures reset on 30 June so they can go again for that year and three year cycle. It’s pretty simple, they spaffed too much money on too few players. Not that they were bad players, just players we couldn’t afford for PSR at the time. The6 needed twice as many coming in which meant younger players for development.
@@gruffy4967 Howe has said they can do business in the summer. If they can do business in the summer surely they can do business now. Any player who isn't first choice are sellable in my books (disregarding young talent). Some first choice players , who shouldn't be a starter are sellable as well.
@@jesperfuglsang There are plenty of articles on the PSR situation. If they spent 70 million in the summer or now, they need a major sale going out. Isak, Bruno, Gordon, Tonali would make enough to spend on a big player. Maybe Botman, his remaining amortisation amount may make it worth doing if we make a good profit on him. Barnes? Sell him for 30 million and you’ve probably made somewhere between a PSR loss and 5 million profit. You can maybe make 5 to ten million on Hall, probably less on Livramento.
So who exactly out of the first four are you selling now?
And then factor in squad unity, squad and tactical fit, then how long Eddie usually takes to get them up to fitness and then integrating them.
A signing may be nice for this season, but this club is here for centuries, with PSR we cannot make a mistake with 70 million, 10 to 15, like Osula, maybe losing a few million maybe okay, but not 70. I think the Guehi deal was either a loan to buy or staged payments, the bulk after next PSR period.
@@gruffy4967 so what you're saying is that Newcastle is operating at a loss each financial year?
@ The club has been operating at a loss since the takeover, that surely isn’t a surprise, going on the official website will tell you they lost 73 million year ending 30 June 2023, 71 million to 30 June 2024. Last year they eventually made a profit of 28 million.
However, what do you think they used to make the signings of Hall, Osula, Pivas, Vlachodimos? That is 69 million or thereabouts. They have made signings, just no5 big name, flash ones.
buy the way bournemouth only had 11 fit first team players
Jonathon David !!! Got more chance of signing Craig David.
Hope the new physio room is up to wilsons standard 😂
That's our final nail in the coffin regarding CL we don't sign anyone we won't qualify for CL
And if we do sign someone, who of Botman, Isak, Bruno, Tonali or Gordon are you selling at a massive cut price sale in June?
@gruffy4967 you won't need to to pre and post PSR won't allow it
We don't sign anyone we can kiss goodbye to CL
I am aware that post June it wouldn’t be allowed, but pre June deadline it would be necessary so again, who is it out of those players you are selling at a discount?
Isn’t it strange how all of the people screaming for signings cannot remember last year when we had our trousers pulled down by both Brighton and Forest? And they also forget we nearly lost Gordon and had to take Gomez?
No excuses for tomorrow, especially after a full weeks rest/preparation.
Sorry but I’ll believe it when I see it, sick of hearing all of the billy bullshit hype that keeps kicking around.
Its not a risk if we consider just how useless someone like Miggy is. Alternative is keep them all, they all run their contracts down (all getting on in age too) and then we've so few players we've to sell a crown jewel to fund the overhaul.
What is a football club at it's very root? It's 11 players going out in front of their fans trying to win a football match. Everything else after that should be in support of that primary goal. Now as much as we would all love to boast that our club has world class facilities & a stadium that is the boast of the league it's a simple fact that with the PSR restrictions we are operating under we simply cannot afford to do that right now. Not when we are threadbare in terms of the playing squad. I don't see the logic in using what little money we have available improving infrastructure when we are literally running on fumes with our match day squad? Maybe i'm missing something here but infrastructure projects increase the value of the club as a re-sellable asset to the benefit of the owners but does nothing for eddie howe & his staff nor helps the current players who are having to run themselves into the ground to stay available week after week as we don't have the players to rest & rotate our first 11 & remain competitive. Infrastructure projects are nothing but vanity projects for the suits! Sorry for the rant, cheers as always craig.
So if any spending on infrastructure doesn't impact FFP/PSR, are they looking to sell the current plot of land to a property developer for a helpful fortune? Chelsea & hotels anyone? 🤣
A quiff AND a selfie stick. Good lord
100% waste of money how about a new stadium, and a new keeper
If players want a better training ground they will have to transfer to Madrid.
Craig the journalist removes comments he doesn’t like 🤷🏼♂️
Tell the truth newcastle have no players that can come on and change games. All the players you pointed out drag the game down too defensive terrible
Sell Isak for 130 million and sign David for 0..
To be honest I would rather have money spent on players.
I think money spent on stadium and training ground falls outside of psr, so it’s not a choice of one or other
@@gregwalsh2045 Yes, true, falls outside PSR.