| Top 7 13:04 - Oct 20 with 1658 views | SaintNick |
Take a look at the Premier League table, it is slowly sorting itself out, the big 6 plus Newcastle now occupy the top 7 places and then look at the 6 clubs below us, all with greater resources than us .
It highlights that if you have a mega lot of money you can buy your way into the top, but if you just have a shed load then you are in with the rest of the pack |  |
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| Top 7 on 13:12 - Oct 20 with 1624 views | Butty101 |
Newcastle havent spent a mega load of cash on big names. They got a good manager and not tried to run before walking. |  |
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| Top 7 on 13:23 - Oct 20 with 1592 views | 1885_SFC |
Strangely, there are 4 Midlands clubs in the PL - Leicester, Wolves, Villa & Forest - and all 4 currently occupy the bottom 4 places. |  |
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| Top 7 on 13:24 - Oct 20 with 1591 views | SaintNick |
| Top 7 on 13:12 - Oct 20 by Butty101 |
Newcastle havent spent a mega load of cash on big names. They got a good manager and not tried to run before walking. |
Maybe not big names but they have spent over £200 million in January and the summer window, thats a lot of spending.
Thats got them to the top of the 14 clubs under the big six, if they are within a shout of the top 4 they will spend even more in the January window | |
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| Top 7 on 14:38 - Oct 20 with 1535 views | Butty101 |
| Top 7 on 13:24 - Oct 20 by SaintNick |
Maybe not big names but they have spent over £200 million in January and the summer window, thats a lot of spending.
Thats got them to the top of the 14 clubs under the big six, if they are within a shout of the top 4 they will spend even more in the January window |
Westham spent £163mill this summer.
Forest spent £150mill this summer.
Everton £80mill (plus 100's millions of the last 5 seasons)
Aston Villa spent 70 this summer and 100mill last year.
All those clubs are towards the bottom.
Eddie Howe has bought sensibly and nearly a whole new team for that money. Matt Targett was a villa reserve when he signed for them. Since Jan they are in the top 3 or 4 teams points wise.
Sometimes you just have to take your hat off and say hes done a fantastic Job there. | |
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| Top 7 on 16:04 - Oct 20 with 1476 views | kingslandstand1 |
| Top 7 on 14:38 - Oct 20 by Butty101 |
Westham spent £163mill this summer.
Forest spent £150mill this summer.
Everton £80mill (plus 100's millions of the last 5 seasons)
Aston Villa spent 70 this summer and 100mill last year.
All those clubs are towards the bottom.
Eddie Howe has bought sensibly and nearly a whole new team for that money. Matt Targett was a villa reserve when he signed for them. Since Jan they are in the top 3 or 4 teams points wise.
Sometimes you just have to take your hat off and say hes done a fantastic Job there. |
And I'll fess, I didn't want him down here and wonder if he could have done it without spending those millions (sensibly). I now think maybe he could have as didn't we spend north of £50m? |  |
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| Top 7 on 18:54 - Oct 20 with 1358 views | dirk_doone |
Nick, I don't know if you know you are doing this but about this tme last year when Liverpool were 2nd, you posted that there was a big two and other teams couldn't hope to compete with them. This season, now Liverpool are 7th, there is a top seven. If they were 4th, there would be a top 4 etc. To be fair, Sky do the same. When Liverpool were 11th earlier this season they changed their top 10 table to a top 11 one.. Now they are back in the top ten, they've reverted to showing the top 10. |  |
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| Top 7 on 18:58 - Oct 20 with 1354 views | 1885_SFC |
| Top 7 on 18:54 - Oct 20 by dirk_doone |
Nick, I don't know if you know you are doing this but about this tme last year when Liverpool were 2nd, you posted that there was a big two and other teams couldn't hope to compete with them. This season, now Liverpool are 7th, there is a top seven. If they were 4th, there would be a top 4 etc. To be fair, Sky do the same. When Liverpool were 11th earlier this season they changed their top 10 table to a top 11 one.. Now they are back in the top ten, they've reverted to showing the top 10. |
Sounds like SKY alright. Have they launched a campaign to stop Klopp receiving that touchline ban yet for the City game? Imagine their cameras not being to film his goal celebrations. Terrible thought... | |
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| Top 7 on 10:50 - Oct 21 with 1205 views | PatfromPoole |
| Top 7 on 13:23 - Oct 20 by 1885_SFC |
Strangely, there are 4 Midlands clubs in the PL - Leicester, Wolves, Villa & Forest - and all 4 currently occupy the bottom 4 places. |
I was amused that Wolves tried to get QPR’s manager, an English guy who just happens to be fluent in Portuguese, having previously coached in Portugal….. |  |
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| Top 7 on 13:39 - Oct 21 with 1141 views | SaintNick |
| Top 7 on 18:54 - Oct 20 by dirk_doone |
Nick, I don't know if you know you are doing this but about this tme last year when Liverpool were 2nd, you posted that there was a big two and other teams couldn't hope to compete with them. This season, now Liverpool are 7th, there is a top seven. If they were 4th, there would be a top 4 etc. To be fair, Sky do the same. When Liverpool were 11th earlier this season they changed their top 10 table to a top 11 one.. Now they are back in the top ten, they've reverted to showing the top 10. |
Im not sure what your point is here, last season there were only two contenders for the titlea dn those two teams were a Big two, but I have never suggested otherwise about anything other than a Big 6, (Plus the emergence of Newcastle.
The only BIg Two are Liverpool & Man Utd in terms of global support etc but not in spending power.
There now being a top 7 is nothing to do with Liverpool, it is about Newcastle coming into the equation
People accuse me of a Liverpool bias, but the truth is many on here are more fixated about them than I am.
I have never mentioned the word top 6 or 7 etc, it has only been about "BIG" 6 or 7
This wont change when Arsenal for instance had two season in 8th and Leicester were above them I never suggested the big 6 were now including leicester instead of Arsenal.
There are 7 clubs with bigger support and more financial resources than the rest of us, | |
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| Top 7 on 21:44 - Oct 29 with 908 views | dirk_doone |
You'll have to make that top 9 now. But, to be fair, your Liverpool are hanging on to the coat tails of Fulham and Brighton. Newcastle are leaving them for dust though. [Post edited 29 Oct 2022 21:46]
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