Here is Eddie Howe’s press conference for our fourth league game of the season at Brighton tomorrow afternoon: we really need a win with a win and two defeats so far in the league this season.
And yesterday we were drawn in the same group as Borussia Dortmund, PSG, and AC Milan in the Champions League – every game will be very difficult.
But it does give us a chance to measure how close we are to the top teams in Europe at the moment.
Some great Eurpean nights ahead for our fans.
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magicmac54
Sep 1, 2023 at 3:26 PM
Comment #81Lesh
Afternoon mate, in all honesty i much preferred the old system of the days of the European Cup when the little clubs around Europe could be drawn against the big glamorus clubs, i myself went to see a lot of Irish clubs competing against big clubs such as Benfica Liverpool Man Utd Celtic FC Porto etc etc. The champions league was devised purely to generate more money for the bigger clubs, to the detriment of the smaller clubs around Europe!! No matter how you dress it up, in my opinion it`s a very unfair system against the little clubs Lesh.
jimiley
Sep 1, 2023 at 3:29 PM
Comment #82200 million for a player reaching the end is two thirds what they paid for us. Church in his prob 2 mil a week wages and prob 3 year contract and they are paying more for Salah than they paid for this great club
Proof that football has gone mad and the Saudis have more money than sense
Davas
Sep 1, 2023 at 3:34 PM
Comment #83There is seeding on a lot of sports so I can kind of live with that but not the fact that Taco highlighted in that teams, that have a better record in the past in europe, get a bigger share of the pot in the current year. That, to me, is totally wrong.
JAMSHA
Sep 1, 2023 at 3:36 PM
Comment #84do you guys think we may get someone on loan? or is the business over?
Essex Geordie Bill
Sep 1, 2023 at 3:36 PM
Comment #85can someone put up the Eddie Bingo link?
CLINT FLICK
Sep 1, 2023 at 3:41 PM
Comment #86Jim
It proves western greed and any club/player will do anything for money.
All tgey have to do, is pay!
Thet care less about money than ‘we’ do!
‘We’ care more about money than they do.
It’s called GREED! So, who’s dumb?
😀
😉
magicmac54
Sep 1, 2023 at 3:41 PM
Comment #87Jamsha
I would say business is over as far as incoming players is concerned mate, but on reflection i think it`s been a very satisfactory transfer window for us Jamsha
CLINT FLICK
Sep 1, 2023 at 3:42 PM
Comment #88Davas
For ‘seed’ read grab!
😉
magicmac54
Sep 1, 2023 at 3:43 PM
Comment #89Essex Geordie
Bill
Yes i was asking for the link for Eddie`s bingo earlier also mate.
Essex Geordie Bill
Sep 1, 2023 at 3:44 PM
Comment #90Dortmund game is on Sky tonight, a chance to check them out!
ToonDarnSarf
Sep 1, 2023 at 3:45 PM
Comment #91Davas – the argument is that the bigger clubs generate more revenue for the CL in terms of viewers and therefore sponsorship and advertising. Which game gets more worldwide viewers, Copenhagen v Salzburg or Man Utd v Barcelona? If the bigger clubs didn’t get more money then a breakaway would definitely have happened by now.
It’s the same for players too. A striker or flair player is more exciting so often gets paid more. How many people have Isak’s name on their shirt compared to Schar? I’m sure a fair few have Bruno too. Bet there aren’t too many with Burn.
Ibizatoon
Sep 1, 2023 at 3:47 PM
Comment #92Comment 546 has the link for Eddie Bingo…
https://www.nufcblog.com/2023/08/30/current-newcastle-transfers-in-and-out-with-just-two-days-left-in-window/comment-page-14/
scott
Sep 1, 2023 at 3:47 PM
Comment #93Breaking news of the fire brigade being stood down after reports of a large forest fire!
Turned out to just be the candles on billsons cake! 😉 😀
Happy birthday fella!
The Taco Taker
Sep 1, 2023 at 3:50 PM
Comment #94To join Fantasy Champions League just setup a team here:
https://gaming.uefa.com/en/uclfantasy/
Then join Eds league with this code:
84VMUGYS03
Please use your blog name as your team name.
There is no H2H so it is league format only.
We are up to 10 members now in less than 24 hrs. 18 days to go.
Ibizatoon
Sep 1, 2023 at 3:52 PM
Comment #95Taco…Just been taking a look at the rules, have you noticed you can make subs between Tuesday / Wednesday fixtures to maximise your points total, as well as change your captain to someone who hasn’t yet played?
magicmac54
Sep 1, 2023 at 3:59 PM
Comment #96Ibizatoon
Thanks very much for the link to Eddies bingo mate, cheers.
Ibizatoon
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:00 PM
Comment #97You are most welcome Magic. Good luck – I think you’ll all need it this week 🙂
niafron
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:01 PM
Comment #98Bonsoir Mesdames et Messieurs!
Sorry lads, wasn’t there for the draw yesterday… but well…
Welcome to Paris!
magicmac54
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:07 PM
Comment #99Ibizatoon
I most certainly concur in reference to Eddie`s bingo this week young man 😀 😀 Perhaps the luck of the Irish will get me over the line 😀 Positive thinking Ibizatoon, or just deluded mate 😀
DrGloom
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:07 PM
Comment #100niafron – you ready to host a party )
niafron
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:09 PM
Comment #101DrGloom
Ahah! Of course, will be there for those who will come.
The crazy thing being i’m not even sure to find a ticket.
But sure we can meet.
Transfer Sage
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:10 PM
Comment #102Sport and money is a weird thing. I can understand from a capitalist approach to business that those at the top get more money, it’s how markets work in this sense. The fairness question is far too political and has so many facets it’s not something I’d discuss on a football blog, but that is what it is.
Where sport has a problem is that it is meant to hold a concept of fairness and that through hard work and talent you can achieve. Well many sports, especially football, have drifted away from that in the past 30/40 years significantly.
Speaking purely of football, FFP rules effectively allow those clubs better at marketing/commercial to have an advantage in a sporting sense as they have access to more funds, which just creates a cycle which keeps them at the top, thus earning more funds, and it continues. Rarely do you see a success story other than a one off season where a team breaks through (without other forms of wealth). Whilst it could never be fully mitigated, reasonable steps like salary caps for a squad or transfer spending caps could help level things.
Then when you look into all sports, medical doping isn’t allowed but financial doping is. An athlete can spend huge sums of money for a training camp at altitude but an athlete with less access to wealth can’t take a £50 course of medication which mimics that…even though the outcome is the same. I’m not arguing the rights and wrongs but many things are considered a form of cheating with the exception of financial doping.
CLINT FLICK
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:11 PM
Comment #103Using the idea of ‘competion’ as a euphemism to legitimise capitalism leads to the exact opposite…no competion/monopoly, eventually!
Der!
Dead end!
Let the breakaway commence!
😀
Ibizatoon
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:12 PM
Comment #104Magic…I think they sometimes go hand in hand 🙂
Niafron…Were you happy with the draw?
Essex Geordie Bill
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:12 PM
Comment #105Just posted my Eddie bingo effort1
Eddie Bingo V Brighton 2/9/23
Pope
Trippier Schar Burn Targett
Tonali Bruno Longstaff
Almiron Isak Gordon
lesh
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:12 PM
Comment #106TDS
Despite any impressions you may have of me, I can assure that I have been around the block a bit. Whether managing an operation for an world-renowned British blue-chip or life experience, I’m not oblivious to the ways of business and the world.
JAMSHA
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:13 PM
Comment #107magicmac54
yea been a good window, but i hope we can get one on loan a cb or rw for more depth and cover
The Taco Taker
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:13 PM
Comment #108TDS,
There are too many things in favour of the top teams though. We are lucky in that we can bankroll anything that FFP will allow but most teams are not in that position.
The seeding ensure that the top teams have a more favourable draw thus making it more likely that they will progress. That in turn already gives them more money in most cases via the win bonuses and bonuses for making it to the last 16 etc (but those bonuses are fair because they are the same for all participants and the seeding system is understandable for reason that you and I have both described)
To me allocating a share of the prize pot based on the same rankings though is not fair. Why should Man Citeh automatically get given €36.38 million when Union Berlin get €1.137 million? They got extra prize money in the past when they did what they did in the past 5 years, There is no good reason to award them more just for showing up this year, they would get extra money anyway if they do well again. That rule is a step too far for my liking.
DrGloom
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:14 PM
Comment #109Anyone know when the champions league group fixtures will be released?
Essex Geordie Bill
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:15 PM
Comment #110Here is the EB link.
https://www.nufcblog.com/2023/06/22/full-agreement-reached-for-sandro-tonali-transfer-to-newcastle-medical-tomorrow/%E2%80%9D
The Taco Taker
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:15 PM
Comment #111Ibiza, yes you can do that but if you sub out a player who gained points (or switch captain) then you will lose any points that the those players gained.
CLINT FLICK
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:17 PM
Comment #112Even the word SPORT is brought into disrepute by, as tsage so eloquently put it, financial doping.
lesh
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:18 PM
Comment #113Magic
So, you’ve been lying low for a few days and denying us of your wit and wisdom.
I hope all’s well with you and yours and with a lot of luck, you and the others from The Island might be co-hosting a Blog meet in Dublin.
Fingers crossed eh
The Taco Taker
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:18 PM
Comment #114DrGloom,
It will be tomorrow.
Essex Geordie Bill
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:19 PM
Comment #115Eddie sort of hinted that Botman and Joel might not be quite ready but who knows! 🙂
The obvious alternatives were Anderson or Longstaff, takes yeh pick.
JAMSHA
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:20 PM
Comment #116our first game is against PSG, milan are playing dortmund on 19 or 20th this month, so i guess guess its same for us 19th or 20th sep
CLINT FLICK
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:21 PM
Comment #117Egb
I’d probably keep Burn at LB and stick Tino in at cb.
Dr G
When they’ve concocted how to favour certain teams?
😀
niafron
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:22 PM
Comment #118@Ibizatoon
Sure i am.
Tough group, but it’s so cool to have the Toon’s army coming to Paris.
All the games will be interesting by the way.
The Taco Taker
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:23 PM
Comment #119JAMSHA,
Yes the dates are all known they are:
Matchday 1: 19–20 September 2023
Matchday 2: 3–4 October 2023
Matchday 3: 24–25 October 2023
Matchday 4: 7–8 November 2023
Matchday 5: 28–29 November 2023
Matchday 6: 12–13 December 2023
ToonDarnSarf
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:25 PM
Comment #120Lesh – not saying you’re clueless, not at all. Just pointing out that the boat has well and truly sailed on fairness in sport. Our club already benefits from being part of the PL and therefore being in the CL despite only finishing in 4th. It just seems a bit rich for someone to complain that a few clubs are getting preferential treatment over us (which they would say they’ve earned from success in Europe) whereas we get preferential treatment over other clubs who have considerably more success in Europe than us over the last 20 years purely because we’re in the Premier League.
You’re complaining about the situation but what do you actually propose that is even slightly realistic?