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To Dare Is To Do. said:
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Feel free to note this as rebuttal if it's argued that our net spend since 2019 is high.

An example of this is City actually. They spent so much money between 2010-2020, that they can maintain an extremely high value squad without high net spend in recent years.
They can just sell previously bought players and upgrade with moderate net spend. So if they argue their recent success isn't money related by pointing to 2021-2023 net spend... it's a bullshit argument in the same way our so called net spend compared to rivals since 2019 is.
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This effectively echoes what I've been saying, though more eloquently. Do the spending now to get in the right players, which then reduces the spend in subsequent years, essentially squad refresh.

We should already be in this position, considering the money we've spent, but mismanagement from top to bottom has left us essentially needing to hit the reset button.
 
Airfixx said:
Just highly aggravating seeing people spinning untruths bigging up the scum
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Several of the ‘supporters’ on here want Woolwich to succeed because they misguidedly think that it’s going to hasten Levy’s exit. As if that’s going to happen. Woolwich have twice won the league on our ground — in ground-breaking years for them — and our owners didn’t exactly commit hari-kiri in embarrassment.
Having said that, there are at least a couple of genuine Scum fans on here taking the piss who wouldn’t get through the door of our pub on game day.
 
To Dare Is To Do. said:
Firstly, no one is 'bigging up' Woolwich when we complain that their transfer expenditure is more than ours.

Secondly, the way you use statistics is flawed.

I've seen your posts on this- you take a fixed time point (when we moved into new stadium) and then compare net spend since then.
But the fact that our net spend was far lower than theirs before this point distorts the statistic. This is because they can sell the product of their previous high spend to fund players for a lower 'net spend' but same value.

Simplified hypothetical to demonstrate my point:
2020-2023:
Club A spend £100m on strikers, 0 sales,
Club B spend £30m on strikers, 0 sales.

2024-2026:
Club A sell the previously bought strikers for £50m, and spend another £100m on strikers.
Club B sell the previously bought strikers for £15m, and spend another £65m on strikers.

The 2024-2026 net spend on strikers for both clubs are identical. But Club A's strikers between 2024-2026 are of higher value.

Of course the usual caveats apply... monetary value may not = performance etc. But if we are discussing expenditure, this point is very relevant.
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NotThatTedHughes said:
Several of the ‘supporters’ on here want Woolwich to succeed because they misguidedly think that it’s going to hasten Levy’s exit. As if that’s going to happen. Woolwich have twice won the league on our ground — in ground-breaking years for them — and our owners didn’t exactly commit hari-kiri in embarrassment.
Having said that, there are at least a couple of genuine Scum fans on here taking the piss who wouldn’t get through the door of our pub on game day.
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Safe to say there isn’t a single fan that thinks like this.

You don’t half talk some bollox
 
NotThatTedHughes said:
Several of the ‘supporters’ on here want Woolwich to succeed because they misguidedly think that it’s going to hasten Levy’s exit. As if that’s going to happen. Woolwich have twice won the league on our ground — in ground-breaking years for them — and our owners didn’t exactly commit hari-kiri in embarrassment.
Having said that, there are at least a couple of genuine Scum fans on here taking the piss who wouldn’t get through the door of our pub on game day.
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Was your previous name George Graham?
 
Richard Arlison said:
Tonali very clearly didn't want to leave Milan but he was offered so much money by Newcastle that he agreed to it. If I was guessing, Milan maybe put some pressure on him too saying how much they wanted the money.

What's your point? Can you even remember your point?
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According to your logic and following the outline posted earlier, Newcastle would have approached Tonali or his agent first before they spoke to Milan.
Milan wouldn’t have known about any potential transfer as the Milan-loving Tonali would have knocked them back out of hand. So, no pressure on Tonali.
Perhaps, in some cases, clubs approach other clubs regardless of the player’s perceived interest?
 
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