Denis79
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I do feel more hopeful since INEOS took over so I'll give them more time to adjust the club to their vision.
It's the same point. A top four finish was the bare minimum for big club credibility and TV revenue. That's why it was in all the Glazer managers' contracts. But the club under the Glazers was primarily a brand with a football team attached. That's why Klopp turned us down but took the Liverpool job. He knew that we were a bunch of clowns with all that Disneyland rubbish coming out of Woodward's mouth. ETH's willingness to take the job says a lot in his favour and I want to give him every chance to succeed.
It does. It was about marketing and giving fans a sugar rush. Economists call it inelastic demand - when the quality of the product does not reduce demand for it. And yes we paid a big salary but no transfer fee. It accounted differently.I'm sorry, but the idea we were paying Ronaldo half a million a week because we wanted to get top four on the cheap makes not a jot of sense.
Haha made me laugh. Not saying it’s guaranteed to happen but it better be in my lifetime.How long you planning on living?
Yes, we did.And yes we paid a big salary but no transfer fee.
yeah it wasn't much though if i recall. €17mYes, we did.
Yeah that sounds about right.yeah it wasn't much though if i recall. €17m
I'm hoping for another 30 years...
I know. I have to be negative though so that anything positive is a nice surprise!
Well, we're 11th at the moment, clinging to an incompetent manager and with no attacking threat because our transfer plan involves throwing money at players we don't need, while holding onto those who are no longer able to play at the highest level.
I would say that while we're clinging to EtH, we're heading backwards and I think we'll see that at the end of the season if he stays.
It does. It was about marketing and giving fans a sugar rush. Economists call it inelastic demand - when the quality of the product does not reduce demand for it. And yes we paid a big salary but no transfer fee. It accounted differently.
But also yes Ronaldo was the moment that broke the system. Ronaldo was when Glazernomics collapsed.
But he was no outlier. If memory serves we paid the third highest total in transfer fees and second highest total in wages in the world over a ten year period. This is not doing things on the cheap, by any possible definition.