Chris D

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It’s matchday. #nufc

There’s also more risk when you pay more for a player, which is always going to be greater in the Premier league.

Nice 🧵 on NUFC from Chris. Hey, being in this privileged position is special, but - as Chris covers succinctly - my appreciation of how Pep, Klopp, Arteta, Slot etc are able to cope with demands has increased massively this year. I know about resources but even I’m exhausted from all the games.

Some financial musings on missing out on Europe 🧵 #nufc
The media mutterings is that it's Europe or bust. Whilst being in the CL each year would be lovely the reality is only Arsenal and City (Liv?) can guarantee that. For the rest of us we have to be more pragmatic and the club will be.

Should've recalled Targett and played him as a striker apparently...

#nufc

Yeah. Well said. The legacy teams have the revenue to misfire and we absolutely do not.

My concern with a rebuild whatever that may be is that you sell or release 4 or 5 then need 7 or 8 to replace them. Better quality than what is there and better backups on bench... Then there's the cost? Ross Wilson and the likes have a huge job whatever route they take

Such a terrific thread. I am still very much in on Howe, especially as he’s never (this past summer doesn’t count for a variety of reasons) had financial backing to bring in substantial players. I do believe he’s taken the current roster, as constructed, as far as he can. #nufc

The solution to this many games is squad depth. The solution to squad depth is the wage bill. The solution to the wage bill is revenue increase.

Unless you hit incredibly lucky with a vein of young players/swings on cheaper deals, it's very, very hard to compete in the UCL & EPL without top 6 revs

Looking at who moved and who we needed in January (Full Back/Centre Back) there was only 1 or 2 actually moved - the rest stayed put - tells me quite simply there wasn't anyone who either wasn't a massive risk financially or performance/adaption who could come in

But how to even rebuild? Intensity used to be our identity, but what is it now? Our old game plan does not scale to the CL calendar we want to have, so where do we turn next? What does Newcastle do well to build on for next season? A lot of interesting problems for our man Ross to solve. 8/8 #nufc

5. It seems clear that our exec team looked at the fixtures/table/roster in January and saw no feasible way to stay in CL spots with a transfer here or there. It feels like we should expect a re-set in the summer, but we've all thought that before. (7/8)

...we've actually gotten less physical and have pivoted to skill players. It has not really worked so far.

4. Not original, but PSR has truly stunted class mobility within the PL. If you established financial dominance in the pre-PSR era and have legacy revenue from it, it is hard to fail. (6/8)

Be so good that your rotated team can beat Brentford on 3 days rest.

3. Newcastle used to be the most physical team, but now that level of physicality is Premier League table stakes: you cannot *start* to compete until you have that. With more matches and bringing in more skill players, ....(5/8)

...concurrent competitions. It does make me appreciate what Pep has done more.

The fact that Newcastle have played as many matches as of today as Everton will all season is being used as an excuse, but really that's what the challenge is:.. (4/8)

2. It's clear that NUFC/Villa and the like will ping pong at the margins of Champions League qualification season after season, because none of us will have the depth and PSR to maintain the pace of matches in consecutive years. Only the overwhelming quality of City/ARS can dominate in 4...(3/8)

I always assumed that the Peps/Artetas of the world wanted Champions League ready players, but it's clear teams of that caliber NEED CL-ready players. There is not in-season training time to improve that much when you're always in 4 competitions.

(2/8)

So, the Premier League part of this season is clearly going to be a disappointment. I have more than a few thoughts on this.

1. I'm still an Eddie Howe fan, but it's clear that his best skill - individual player development - is incompatible with the kind of calendar that we had this year. (1/8)

We used to be the physical team muscling the others off the ball, but you can't play that we for 70 matches, so we don't....but we haven't thought of anything better yet.

Lionel Hutz day dreaming about that world. It is a beautiful place with people singing and dancing in a circle with a smiling sun shining.

Can you imagine a world where pulling Woltemade down is a foul? #nufc

Shooooooooot #NUFC

Osula is making the runs but nee bugga finds him. #NUFC

We'll finish this winter with at least 40 days at or above 60°. In Denver, Colorado.

That's nearly half of our entire winter. 60°+.

Average winter high temp: 44°-45°

#COwx

the LOVE sculpture in jfk plaza, covered in snow

a snow covered path lined with trees on the ben franklin parkway

rodin’s “the thinker” covered with snow

the general washington statue outside the art museum

took a BLIZZARD WALK out on the parkway, saw some things

New York, Philly snd Boston will get more snow in the next 18 hours than Denver’s had all winter.

#COwx

A map of the National Weather Service's snowfall forecast through 7:00 a.m. Tuesday, showing more than a foot of snow along the East Coast from Philadelphia to Boston.

Is that a lot of snow? ☃️

12-15" of snow Philly-NYC-Boston?

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Newcastle are truly pushing the envelope in VAR/non-VAR disaster decisions that screw us. #nufc

5 or 6 more tries this season and we may actually get a result against City.

Seriously though, that looked way better than our Carabao cup efforts.

#nufc