Ange Postecoglou admits his Celtic training demands can bring injuries
Kyogo Furuhashi and Albian Ajeti both limped off with injuries in the win over Real Betis.
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Johnson out for 4 weeks too.
i think it's possible levy is resigned to the fact that ange is a bust and he's just holding his nose as long as he can. i don't really buy that ange is levy's perfect manager. i think he's probably disappointed with lots of things about this hire.
it would appear grumpy pricks finish 15th
I suspect you’re completely correct ! PS “ hopefully “ 15th ; we could do worse ) .
In short: a good point well made .
PPS The state of us / our club .
NFL /MLB / NBA is make more revenue because its in the United States.
The sports there is also operated differently from Europe. Most leagues in the US have about 20 to 30 teams max with no relegations. All teams also have salary caps and the revenue (Like TV deals) is split evenly between teams.
So the US team owners actually make money off of their ownership win or lose... while as European football owners lose money if they are not winning. So its natural that they are worth more.
Creating a super league wouldn't overcome the US. Their market itself is just larger than the whole EU combined and basketball/baseball is getting more popular around the world.
Yes Hojbjerg shouldn't have been sold without being properly replaced but I'm certain Ange didn't just let him go. I'm sure Hojbjerg sensed or was outright told he'd be unwanted and/or on the fringes this season.
It's not funny..... it's likely
That’s all valid but there is a reason our big clubs are courted and now owned by Americans. They recognise the investment potential of football as a sport hasn’t been fully realised.
The likes of Glazer, FSG, Boehly, Kroenke are all here because they think we can monetise more from the PL than we already do. A lot more.
He’s not to blame for them, no.
It’s ok you don’t need to know what to say, I just find it amusing that people really bought into blaming him.
Yes, but the problem is, what are the consequences of it?
Obviously, the rich don't care shit about what fans think or the league left behind.
The aftermath of big clubs leaving home leagues to create a new one can either destroy the remaining clubs behind or the super league fails miserably... what after?
If he wins 2 trophies in one season, he’s the best Spurs manager in the Premier League era.
Sport is about winning, not what Jaynola on TFC forum thinks are “good tactics”.
Probably but our last two managers weren’t sacked until the Tuesday of the week.
That is a big if....what if he wins zero trophies and is fighting for relegation?
So far he is the front runner to be the worst manager in premier league era...
If he wins 1 trophy is he a better manager than Poch? Or Jol or Redknapp. None of them won anything.
Then he gets fired and deservedly
It’s pretty obvious which is more likely too.
I’m just waiting for kulusevski to get injured now and son to go down with something plus probably another injury and they’ll all happen once the window has shut.
After we are in EFL... lol
You said it right there in the 3rd sentence. That's the end state of the Super League. A closed structure with 20-30 teams and all the world's best players, streaming live globally, untethered from national pyramids.
That's what vaults (those) football clubs' values over any other professional sports endeavor. That's what ENIC, FSG, The Friedkin Group (Everton), Kroenke, Glazers/INEOS, etc. are working towards.
I don't want it. You don't want it. But several hundred years of historic record of capitalist systems makes me inclined to believe that the billionaires will eventually get what they want. Football won't be some magical line in the sand we make a stand on and defeat the global capitalist scourge.
And, yes, the NFL and NBA are growing in global popularity. That's even more reason why these people want the Super League. They don't measure the growth of their assets merely in isolated value - they measure it relative to comparable properties (i.e. NFL/NBA teams).
They're not looking at it as though THFC has gained $2.7B ($514M - $3.2B) in value over the past 10 years, they look at it as though they lost £2.3B of value to the Los Angeles Clippers ($575M - $5.5B) in the past 10 years. They're looking at the NBA and considering why a sport with less than 20% as much global support is rapidly outpacing the growth of their investments in the world's most popular sport. And they're going to take the lessons from those observations and apply them to their own market.
Whatever happens it’s gonna cost Levy money, there’s no other way
Sack Ange and co - costs Levy money
Appoint a new manager and backroom staff - costs Levy money
Keeps Ange and supports him with new players - costs Levy money
Appoints a new manager and backroom staff and buys him new players - costs Levy money
Relegation - costs Levy money
This is going to be a very interesting transfer window and couple of weeks
Sack Ange and co - costs Levy money
Appoint a new manager and backroom staff - costs Levy money
Keeps Ange and supports him with new players - costs Levy money
Appoints a new manager and backroom staff and buys him new players - costs Levy money
Relegation - costs Levy money
This is going to be a very interesting transfer window and couple of weeks