Premier League 2021/22

[The Kraig]

6 minutes ago, Lineker said:

 

Not a bad update, but I loved this one with the castle ramparts becoming the top of the shield.

 

Quite amazing Norwich had that ugly squiggle demon for 50 years. And now it's a lion! Nice!

[Colly]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59378193

Interesting little article on the "rock and a hard place" position United With Pride are in. It was bad enough for me as a very low profile Twitter user to be unsupportive of the takeover, for an already marginalised group in football to stick their head up is a big ask. Obviously that's kind of the point of the group, but a difficult position.

[Adam]

31 minutes ago, Colly said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59378193

Interesting little article on the "rock and a hard place" position United With Pride are in. It was bad enough for me as a very low profile Twitter user to be unsupportive of the takeover, for an already marginalised group in football to stick their head up is a big ask. Obviously that's kind of the point of the group, but a difficult position.

It just all comes across so naive, and so lacking in understanding of what the priorities should be here for an LGBTQ+ organisation in the Newcastle United sphere.

I'm not a Newcastle fan obviously, but as an LGBTQ+ football fan who lives and works in this city I find the United with Pride statement and some of the comments in that article to be very alienating. It feels as though they want to enjoy having a successful football team without having to worry about the impact their ownership has on LGBTQ+ lives, and sadly that isn't a position they can have now the PIF own the club.

No one should get dog's abuse on social media, so I sympathise with that to a degree, but the original stance of the group deserved heavy criticism because it was tone-deaf at best, and actively harmful to its members at worst.

Hiding behind "we want to help influence views in Saudi Arabia" is, in my view, a cop-out, and adds to the naivety because sadly, such a group has zero chance of ever making an impact on a state regime so ingrained in traditional religious culture in a completely different part of the world. United with Pride are either foolish for thinking they can make a difference there (unfortunately) or actively hiding behind that principled stance to avoid admitting that they care more about their club being successful than the cause they profess to stand for.

[The Lusophone]

Someone ask LGBTQ people in Qatar and the UAE how that 'dialogue' is going since those states purchased PSG and Man City. 

[Colly]

I think that's kind of the point though, an NUFC fan group can't influence the internal politics of middle eastern states, and they're probably rightly focusing on trying to make it easier for local fans to feel a part of the club. If they make an out and out statement against the ownership they and anyone else with their lovely rainbow black and white scarves will get dogs abuse from our thicker supporters. I do feel for them.

[Lineker]

Quote

Premier League clubs should pay a stamp duty-style tax on every transfer fee to help support the English football pyramid, the government’s fan-led review has said, in one of 47 recommendations to safeguard the future of the game.

The highly anticipated report, led by the Conservative MP Tracey Crouch, was commissioned this year in response to ongoing crises of governance. Its proposals, according to Crouch, set out “a long-term sustainable position for English football”. The government will make a statement on the report in parliament on Thursday, with the possibility of legislation being announced next spring in the Queen’s speech.

Confirmed in the review is the recommendation that an independent regulator should oversee the English game. Able to grant licences to compete in league football, the regulator would have oversight of a club’s finances and decide whether owners and directors were fit to hold their role, including the application of a new integrity test.

Rules around owners’ responsibilities and financial commitments would be beefed up under the report’s recommendations, coming into line with practices more commonly applied to banks or media companies. The transfer levy, meanwhile, could see a tax of as much as 10% put on Premier League deals, with the money redistributed. The review calculated that in the past five years a 10% levy would have raised about £160m a year.

Other proposals include:

• A golden share, held by supporters, that could veto certain key changes in a football club – from changing the name to selling the ground.
• Shadow boards made up of fans who must be consulted by clubs on key decisions.
• Limits on the amount of money owners can put into a club, to prevent unsustainable practices and stop the distortion of competition, set according to the size of a club’s existing finances.
• A reappraisal of parachute payments to be determined between the Premier League and Football League – and, if there is no solution, by the regulator.
• Compulsory relegation and promotion clauses in players’ contracts.
• Compulsory equality, diversity and inclusion plans for every club, building on the success of the Football Association’s leadership diversity code and the Premier League EDI standard.
• A review into the future of the women’s game.
• Trials to allow the consumption of alcohol while watching a match.

“I genuinely think that what we’ve set out in the report is good for the game,” Crouch said. “It will set out a long-term sustainable position for English football.

“I think it will encourage growth and investment and I think it will drive improvements across the game that have been required for many years, decades in fact.”

It is understood the government supports the key recommendation of a regulator, but Crouch warned this change would not be enough. “I think it’s really important to say that this is a whole package of reforms,” she said. “An independent regulator is one thing but if you don’t have proper prudential regulation, good corporate governance, supporter engagement and a golden share it’s basically just a bunch of people issuing a licence.”

The review was widely welcomed across football. “This is potentially a huge step forward for football governance,” said Kevin Miles, the chief executive of the Football Supporters’ Association. “The government committed to a fan-led review which has listened to the voice of fans. It’s now up to the government to deliver upon the recommendations.”

Rick Parry, the EFL chairman, said the review was a “really thorough piece of work” which had “comprehensively recognised the financial challenges” within the game. “We believe that reform in football should be about making clubs sustainable,” he said. “We support both redistribution and regulation within the game”.

The Premier League said it welcomed the review and commended Crouch and her expert panel for their work. “We recognise the vital importance of fans and the need to restore and retain their trust in football’s governance,” a statement said. “We also acknowledge the call for some form of independent regulation to protect English football’s essential strengths.

“The Premier League, alongside English football as a whole, is a global success. We have an outstanding track record on and off the pitch, including the positive impact on youth development, communities and the wider game, of which we are proud. It is important to everyone that any reforms do not damage our game, its competitive balance or the levels of current investment.”

The Football Association said it recognised the review’s importance and would work with the government over the recommendations.

 

[Naitch]

On 23/11/2021 at 23:10, Lineker said:

 

I've seen an edit that kept the black outline around the shield, which I rather liked. The yellow and green touching each other without a separator or fade irks me, which is why I've disliked the last 2 kits.

Interestingly, the guy who runs a marketing agency that let me go in January for "not being good enough" (when they didn't provide any of the training and support they promised for a job I had no experience in) is complaining on socials that the club didn't work with a local agency on this. Pretty sure I've read an article saying that the London-based agency they did use have worked with numerous other PL clubs, so that was probably more of a factor than "hurr durr location".

[Adam]

The backlash from those wanting to hold onto their greedy positions has already started re: the Fan-Led Review, Christian Purslow has been spouting off about it on Talksport.

My faith that anything will actually get done is low, because I doubt the Premier League will ever agree to slicing a little bit of their riches off to give to us paupers in the lower leagues. We shall see.

[Bigal]

 

[The Lusophone]

Oh this is unexpected.

[Kyle]

Just warning you now that Salah is inevitably going to play like shite today, on the basis of me triple-captaining him in FPL.

[Colly]

We've gone weirdly bold today, looks like Ritchie and Fraser as fullbacks. Either genius or insane, as most of our goals conceded come from failing to cut out and deal with crosses. I'd have had Manquillo in.

[gunnar hendershow]

A really fantastic chance by Jonjo Shelvey, because of course.

[gunnar hendershow]

Arsenal, and especially Saka, were due for that. 

And it looks like he hurt himself on that strike. That guy can't catch a break it feels.

[FLiam]

Good result - unfortunate for Saka but Martinelli really made an impact and hopefully he can step up and impress in Saka's seemingly inevitable absence. Telling that Pepe still did not get on the pitch. 

[Colly]

We're so shite. And this idiot dropped Tomiyasu from his draft team to sneak Alonso in...

[FLiam]

Newcastle’s next few fixtures look easy.

[DavidMarrio]

Game against Southampton was weird. They seemed to completely change their tactics for the game and it just worked in our favour and left them exposed on the back. Finished 4-0 and could have been more

[Dang117]

So many wasted this chances in this game from both sides, and the Leeds kit is an eye sore.

[Benjamin]

13 hours ago, Kyle. said:

Just warning you now that Salah is inevitably going to play like shite today, on the basis of me triple-captaining him in FPL.

I did the same thing, so of course he returns like a chump. This is after me debating if I should have triple-captained TAA, too, who of course got more points than Salah. 

7 hours ago, DavidMarrio said:

Game against Southampton was weird. They seemed to completely change their tactics for the game and it just worked in our favour and left them exposed on the back. Finished 4-0 and could have been more

They seemed to switch back to their usual tactics in the second half and it did a whole world of good, even though we still had a host of chances, we just didn’t take advantage. McCarthy had like only one or two saves the whole night, just goes to show how off our finishing was, we could have scored a lot lot more, and should’ve.

Now I gotta’ hope Carrick pulls off some miracle, right? 😕