Here is the Match Cam – behind-the-scenes – video, of our terrific 5-1 win on Saturday at home to Sheffield United.
The win gives us a decent chance of finishing 6th in the Premier League this season and finishing with European football next season.
That’s our goal in the final 4 games of the season.
These videos are always good to watch – especially when we win.
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277 comments so far
clinath@ed
Apr 29, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Comment #161£472m
Fenham to Chalfont
Apr 29, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Comment #162Novo,
It’s hilarious re man town. They want rid of all these Prima Donna’s and has beens. Nobody in their right mind will take them.
They will be quick enough to take the Saudis money though and your Delaney’s will look the other way with his double standards. But they want a huge clear out and it’s proof they’re right in the clarts. Why Ashworth chose them is beyond me. I think he may have been found out and rumbled. But NUFC are in a great place and there’s a feel good atmosphere around the club as we move forward whilst that place is toxic. We must get 6th above this lot though.
clinath@ed
Apr 29, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Comment #163Fenham, thanx for the link
clinath@ed
Apr 29, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Comment #164Saudi buying our rivals ex stars for huge amounts sticks in my craw(?) when they (the Saudis) can’t spend on their own club.
US
Swablr
Apr 29, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Comment #165Jail, I’m hoping to get to Shearers for 12, which means I’ll be skipping lunch at home to get there. I’d like to see you and meet NY. I’ll be there for Magic Mac and Paul (and Magic reckons Ruddy is coming), and others who are going.
I’ll probably stay there 90 minutes then nick off for a bite to eat before the match.
In any case I’ll still see y’all after the game.
Raj of Hailsley
Apr 29, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Comment #166Don’t know why they don’t make it that everyone can spend what Real Madrid can if it’s not putting you in debt, that way wages can’t exceed what RM are paying and everyone can compete.
Raj of Hailsley
Apr 29, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Comment #167Swablr,
Shall we go up together and aim for 11.
Hibbit
Apr 29, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Comment #168more from the BBC Laura Scott
Senior sports news reporter
Simon Stone
Chief football news reporter
Premier League clubs have voted in favour of developing plans to introduce a spending cap.
Sixteen clubs approved proposals for the Premier League to complete the final economic and legal analysis needed to create a spending-cap model.
The model might be presented to clubs at June’s annual general meeting (AGM), and if voted through it would replace the current Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) from the 2025-26 season onwards.
Manchester City, Manchester United and Aston Villa opposed the possible introduction of a spending cap on Monday, while Chelsea abstained.
The league’s current financial rules, under which Everton and Nottingham Forest were penalised eight and four points respectively this season, have been criticised for favouring clubs with the highest revenues.
A spending cap would limit clubs’ outlay on transfers, wages and agents’ fees.
Proposals have reportedly included spending being capped to between four and five times the amount the lowest-earning Premier League club receives in TV revenue.
Leeds United, who finished 19th in the Premier League in the 2022-23 season, earned £112m in broadcast revenue – the least out of the 20 clubs in the top flight.
What are the current rules?
The Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules permit clubs to lose £105m over a three-season period.
The Premier League says the current regulations are designed to try to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of clubs and maintain the competitive nature of the league by preventing “unfair advantages”.
What is the background?
In February, the Premier League was warned that a failure to reach a funding deal with the English Football League (EFL) would mean an agreement being imposed on it by a new football regulator being created by the government.
The following month, the Premier League and the EFL failed to settle on a funding deal.
Instead, the Premier League said that the clubs in the top flight had agreed to introduce a new, competition-wide financial system to replace the Profit and Sustainability Rules.
What is Uefa’s Financial Fair Play model?
When the idea of moving away from the Profit and Sustainability Rules was first discussed, it had been anticipated that Premier League clubs would move towards a model adopted by Uefa.
Under Uefa rules, clubs can spend no more than 90% of their revenue on squad costs. This will reduce to 70% from the 2025-26 season.
This means the amount they can splash out is limited by the amount of cash they generate.
Why do some clubs oppose the plans?
Some clubs oppose the idea of a spending cap because they feel it threatens to penalise clubs with large revenues, which – they argue – have been built by sporting achievement and commercial innovation.
Others say that levelling out competition in the Premier League threatens to undermine the global standing of the league itself, as it could put English top-flight clubs at a disadvantage against their European counterparts.
What happens next?
The Premier League will now develop a spending-cap model.
The vote on Monday only concerned the development of a model, not the introduction of one.
Premier League clubs will meet again at June’s AGM, when they might be presented with the Premier League’s analysis and model.
Discussions will then take place on the model, before a possible vote.
What could a spending cap look like?
Football finance expert Adam Davis believes that the proposed spending cap would allow clubs like Newcastle and Nottingham Forest to spend the amount they feel they need to in order to be competitive, but could also push some teams to financial breaking point.
“We don’t know the ins and outs of what the spend cap will include but our understanding is that the amount that is allowed to be spent is likely to be on player wages, amortisation and agent fees,” said Davis.
“That will be a fixed total based on the lowest amount of broadcasting money received in the Premier League, so whatever is earned by the 20th club. Over the last few years that has basically meant approximately £100m-worth of broadcasting income, that is what the likes of Sheffield United will earn.
“The spend cap will be a hard multiple, and the rumoured amount is five times that amount, which would basically mean a spend cap of approximately £500m.
“From a good perspective, that will open up the likes of Aston Villa and Newcastle to spend more than what they currently have because under the current regulations it is tied to their own revenues.
“It would also mean under a new regulation, teams like Nottingham Forest could spend what they want to spend, or claim they need to spend, to stay competitive.
“A potential negative is that spending will increase in the Premier League to potentially unsustainable levels.
“The danger is that by saying you are able to spend more, it could be interpreted as you must spend more to remain competitive. We could potentially see more and more clubs pushing to breaking point.”
Raj of Hailsley
Apr 29, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Comment #169https://www.nufcblog.co.uk/2024/04/29/newcastle-set-to-announce-statement-deal-for-alexander-isak-the-telegraph/
Hope he signs.
Swablr
Apr 29, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Comment #170Jail, that would be good but I was aiming for 11.00 at Chi. i couldn’t manage sooner I’m afraid. 🙁
9
Apr 29, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Comment #171Fenham @161 re Ashworth.
It’s absolutely clear why Ashworth would prefer MUFC to us, and in fact there are 3 reasons, any one of which would swing the deal:
1 (obviously) pay rise
2 His pal Brailsford, they’ve worked together before
3 Financial rules: he can scout out talent and be told NUFC aren’t allowed to spend that much, or scout out talent an MUFC buy immediately..
I hope this helps.
WLtoon
Apr 29, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Comment #172I don
Davas
Apr 29, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Comment #173Again, that bbc article just states that us and villa could spend more than we can now but completely ignores the uefa regs.
Raj of Hailsley
Apr 29, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Comment #174Swablr,
I’ll bell you after I’ve spoke to magicmac54, we could meet magicmac54 in tge Centurion at half eleven and meet clinath@ed off the train and walk up together.
Raj of Hailsley
Apr 29, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Comment #175WLltoon,
Are you up for that.
magicmac54
Apr 29, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Comment #176Swablr
Evening mate, i’m not sure yet if Ruddy is going or not, he lives in Scotland now, he said he would get back to me to confirm if he and his French girlfriend could make it or not, I’ll contact him this week to see if he can make it mate. PS I hope you and all the family are keeping very well marra, looking forward to seeing you and all the blog members who will be in attendance.
Swablr
Apr 29, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Comment #177That sounds like a plan Jail. Ace.
Fat Basta*d
Apr 29, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Comment #178I’d take Bruno Fernandes from Manure. He’s a high scoring midfielder
WLtoon
Apr 29, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Comment #179I don,t know about anyone else but i am getting pretty much fed up of all the new financial changes being brought into our game all of a sudden.
Wtf is going on eh.
Are Nufc that much of a threat to total financial dominance that rules are getting thought out and brought in to stop the likes of us doing, basically what Man U , Chelsea , and more recently Citeh have done for years.
There was never a focus on a clubs spending power or limitations as there is now, it seem a massive coincidence that only now rules are getting changed every five minutes.
I just do not trust the PL, simple as that, they are as corrupt as they come , so are the greedy 6, all for themselves.
Since when have the PL or the FA been that concerned about a clubs finances up until the last couple if years.
Ask Bury fans if the big spenders cared a jot of how a club was run, or whether they were in jeopardy of going under, same as Darlo, with the safe cracking owner Reynolds as their owner.
The Saudi`s have certainly stirred things up with the big boys, that`s for sure, and the Toon do get a lot of attention, for mixed reasons, and the sooner we win something the better,
There would nothing more satisfying for me than to see us shove some silverware right down the entitled footers throats.
WLtoon
Apr 29, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Comment #180Raj,
Too right i am up for it, i mentioned it on here a while back.
Im waiting for a pal to get back to me about the Brighton game, see if he can tag along.
Either way , i will be there
Novocastrian66
Apr 29, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Comment #1819; Man Reds are close to PSR limits apparently. They have to offload players as FtC has stated.
Swablr
Apr 29, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Comment #182Hi MagicMac. All fine here, thanks. Aye, Ruddy moved to Cambletown didn’t he. I don’t have a good memory for names but that stuck in my mind because Andy Stewart sang a song that went
Oh Cambletown Loch I wish ye were Whiskey, I would drink ye dry.
(Or die trying – my words). See you on 11/5 MagicMac
Fenham to Chalfont
Apr 29, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Comment #1839,
#171
4 – has absolutely zero loyalty and is a little RAT. The type of guy he is suits a club like man town
That’s the only one us NUFC fans should understand and know.
Essex Geordie Bill
Apr 29, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Comment #184If us and other clubs are allowed o spend more on players all that will do is raise the cost of them.
Obviously I haven’t understood the new rule. But is one way I am interpreting what has been said so far.
WLtoon
Apr 29, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Comment #185A few posters mentioned Freddie Woodman earlier, he plays tonight for Preston against Leicester.
A keeper who showed huge promise when he was younger, he seems to have found his level tbh, he is a bit on the short side to be a really dominant keeper.
Davas
Apr 29, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Comment #186I wonder if the fact that man utd are apparently open to offers on most of their squad will have a detrimental effect in the last few games.
clinath@ed
Apr 29, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Comment #187Raj, cheers for that gesture mate..
lochinvar
Apr 29, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Comment #188One take on the new FFP proposals is that ManTown are rumoured to be selling virtually all their current squad bar 3. In that scenario Jimmie Radcliffe will be squealing at the cost which he hadn’t budgeted for.
Man City don’t want us parking our tank on their lawn.
Villa have spent highly for this season and don’t want to have to spend more to keep up with the likes of City and United.Newcastle that is.
9
Apr 29, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Comment #189Fenham @182 be realistic, mate. He’s an ordinary guy like me and you, except he has no allegiance to NUFC, Why should he? He doesn’t belong here, we offered him a better deal than he was getting at Brighton, because he is stunningly good at what he does. Now he’s had a better offer. This does not make him a RAT, mate. Think on,
9
Apr 29, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Comment #190Incidentally, because I believe it happened before DA joined us, who is the genius responsible for scouting and signing Bruno?
lochinvar
Apr 29, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Comment #191Davas,
Man u squad being sold
Not only do they want rid of van Ten they’re pissed off that they’re going to be offloaded. Hardly an incentive. Let’s hope they go on their holidays as they don’t want injuries before they get moved on and nothing to come back to in Salford next season when Spain or Germany or Turkey come calling.
They
9
Apr 29, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Comment #192MUFC v NUFC next month = a nailed on cert away win. HWTL
Munster Mag
Apr 29, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Comment #1939, I tend to agree. Fans thought he was the dogs bollocks when we got him.
The info I heard was that he wasn’t happy with the power Eddie had, and there wasn’t a great connection there, which I said ages ago on here, long before anything came out.
You can see that in Eddie’s body language etc.
I don’t think he’s the genius that some on here initially thought, and have zero regrets losing him.
He wasn’t the scouting power at Brighton anyway.
So Man U can have the little shite.
Sorry I’m denigrating him now like Fenham:)
Munster Mag
Apr 29, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Comment #1949, Nickson was the guy responsible for Bruno
9
Apr 29, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Comment #195Munster @ 193
Many thanks. If true, Nickson is clearly top of the tree! Keep him!!
Ooooo........it's Nicky the ball tosser
Apr 29, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Comment #196I think the way forward for football in general are for these really big sums of money somehow to be encouraged away from individuals pockets, ie owners, players, agents, and into infrastructure. Caps on spending to achieve a more level playing field, with excess monies encouraged into infrastructure seems fairest to me, and best for the game, fans, local economies etc.
9
Apr 29, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Comment #197OK, just done the usual flash research and it tells me Steve Nicks is King of Kings. There must be some reason why he doesn’t get DA’s job, but I guess it’s a little more complex that 3 minutes on Wiki allow me to know. I sincerely hope his salary has been doubled (at least).
Been with us since 2014. What a star!
Ooooo........it's Nicky the ball tosser
Apr 29, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Comment #198The very best players come for the money though. So if there’s a salary cap in EPL, we’ll lose them, and that’s no good, certainly for us, as we chase the highest honours.
9
Apr 29, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Comment #199Stevie NIcks: Man amongst Men. King of Kings. Check it out =he’s not a star at all, he’s a superstar. Quite possibly the most important man at NUFC, And that is saying something. Ask Amanda – she knows.
Davas
Apr 29, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Comment #200Lochinvar
That’s what I’m hoping happens. 🙂