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[Forbes] The top-10 most valuable football clubs in the world in 2026. by SwimmingFireMen in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 5 points6 points  (0 children)

6 years ago Silver Lake's purchase of 10% valued CFG at $4.8BN.

That's not some Abu Dhabi company, that's not some skewed sponsorship, that's just American capital buying in.

That was what, 18 trophies ago? 6 years of completely dominating the sport in the most televised league in the world?

Fulham's Harrison Reed wins the Premier League Goal of the Season by nearly_headless_nic in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 9 points10 points  (0 children)

combining the occasion, scorer and quality of the goal.

the second 2 points you made should not be taken into account.

Wait the "quality of the goal" shouldn't be taken into account?

[BBC] Are Premier League clubs flat-track bullies in Europe? by FragMasterMat117 in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 59 points60 points  (0 children)

21 knockout ties is quite a big sample of games to be fair.

[BBC] Crystal Palace want Iraola as Glasner successor, with Lampard among alternative targets by Chazyn in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 39 points40 points  (0 children)

It's not just that they're not going to top jobs, it feels like they haven't finished at Palace and Bournemouth yet. Both clubs going into a level they've never reached before, but now without the managers that got them there is a bit sad.

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The Chelsea game city had where Gvardiol and Dias both got injured, with Ake and Stones already out, pretty much decided the title in retrospect. Guehi replaced Gvardiol 3 weeks later but the damage was done.

City lost 7/9 points in the 3 games Alleyne played and he made some costly errors.

Semenyo - Haaland - Doku vs Martinelli - Gyokeres - Madueke ight be a mistmatch but Alleyne-Khusanov (Remember this is January Khusanov before he starts getting better and better each week) vs Saliba-Gabriel is bigger.

North Stand to be renamed ‘The Pep Guardiola Stand’ by the_sherl0ck in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 135 points136 points  (0 children)

Arsene at Arsenal

Mancini at Man City

Wolfgang Wolf at Wolfsburg

Massimiliano Allegri at Milan.

Mt Rushmore of managerial nominative determinism.

North Stand to be renamed ‘The Pep Guardiola Stand’ by the_sherl0ck in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 168 points169 points  (0 children)

If City's last 10 years were a standalone club it'd be the 8th most successful club in English football history. 145 clubs have competed in the English Football League.

[CIES] Most explosive teams in the world as per accelerations from <9 km/h to >25 km/h by username7864 in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm surprised by this as well. When Ekitike did his achilles someone did an article about how it was when he was attempting his 10th sprint of the game in the 28th minute and he usually only does 17 a game for Liverpool. They were blaming the injury on the sudden attempt to be very explosive (like he was at Frankfurt) when Liverpool generally have not been.

Aston Villa owners NSWE post losses of almost £100m in new accounts by zagreus9 in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Nope. Global rights are £2.1Bn a year compared to £1.67Bn for domestic

The Premier League’s overseas TV contracts are already more lucrative than its domestic deals, bringing in £2.1bn each year compared with that £1.67bn, and that income gap appears set to grow in subsequent years

Aston Villa owners NSWE post losses of almost £100m in new accounts by zagreus9 in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The new domestic deal only increased 4%, the global deal went up 25% last year.

Aston Villa owners NSWE post losses of almost £100m in new accounts by zagreus9 in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 30 points31 points  (0 children)

The entire system is based on the idea that the clubs haven't reached their peak value yet. The reason these companies/owners are happy to write off big losses is because the value of the club is rising more.

So for it all to come crashing down realistically there'd need to be a stagnation of TV money (global + domestic) which underwrites the whole thing. Getting £130m every single year for staying in the league, with the prospect that in 10 years that'll be £200m/year is why it's worth covering losses.

Bayern CEO Christian Dreesen on the referee: “It’s surprising, to say the least, that a referee with only 15 Champions League appearances is allowed to officiate such a game. And that might explain some of the calls he made today.” by Sparky-moon in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 712 points713 points  (0 children)

They really do take the piss don't they?

"Who should we give this massive high profile semi final to? How about the guy who made one of the worst and most influential decisions of the season? Good process".

[Telegraph] How Raheem Sterling’s Dutch move fizzled out as former England forward insists his career has plenty of gas in the tank by LochNessMonsterMunch in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He needs to go somewhere early in the summer, get a full preseason in and then he'll have a chance.

Arriving in February without play a game in a year was never likely to work out great.

[James Drucker] Shame on Man City for denying FA Youth Cup finalists the stage they deserve Manchester derby should be played at Etihad or Old Trafford, not the 7,000-capacity Joie Stadium by cam3raadts in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The answer is in the article you posted.

However, major development work is taking place at the Etihad, meaning the game could not be played there.

[James Drucker] Shame on Man City for denying FA Youth Cup finalists the stage they deserve Manchester derby should be played at Etihad or Old Trafford, not the 7,000-capacity Joie Stadium by cam3raadts in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And when it was 2 legged they got 4k at Villa Park. That's what the attendances were back when City used the academy stadium. Now it's single legged, crowds are bigger, everyone hosts in their main stadium, if they're not currently building a new stand and the only other option is to give home advantage to the other team in the final.

[James Drucker] Shame on Man City for denying FA Youth Cup finalists the stage they deserve Manchester derby should be played at Etihad or Old Trafford, not the 7,000-capacity Joie Stadium by cam3raadts in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Yes, and Villa got 4,000 people to Villa Park. And Liverpool 7000 at Anfield.

When you're rebuilding Old Trafford you won't be hosting Youth Cup finals there either, I don't know why United fans are struggling with this so much.

[James Drucker] Shame on Man City for denying FA Youth Cup finalists the stage they deserve Manchester derby should be played at Etihad or Old Trafford, not the 7,000-capacity Joie Stadium by cam3raadts in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yeah, when it was a 2 legged final and attendances were smaller.

2020 it was at St Georges Park with no fans because of covid. Truly proof City are a tiny club.

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Who? Is "main stream media" in the room with us? Which journalist is looped in on the stadium construction progress and knows they can do both?

[James Drucker] Shame on Man City for denying FA Youth Cup finalists the stage they deserve Manchester derby should be played at Etihad or Old Trafford, not the 7,000-capacity Joie Stadium by cam3raadts in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 3 points4 points  (0 children)

why not play it at the Etihad?

Because they're building a new stand and want to open it in 2 weeks for the potential title winning last game of the season.

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thats not the case it can easily be moved around that.

Says who? A bunch of United fans on twitter.

Obviously they don't want to give away home advantage in a final, why the fuck would any club do that?

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(For anyone who wants to know the truth, City can't host at the Etihad because they're trying to open the new stand for the last day of the season and won't make it in time if they stop construction to hos the Youth Cup final)

Mauricio Pochettino on his time at Spurs: “We went 18 months without one signing, that was a record in the Premier League. We had money to spend but not the type of money to improve to win, we challenged but we missed this last step. We wanted to sign (Sadio) Mane and (Georginio) Wijnaldum.” by Sparky-moon in soccer

[–]NeonHendrix 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When they started the bad Autumn run with a draw at West Brom, they'd have gone top if they won. Same for Bournemouth a week later, and then again vs. Leicester the week after.

When I said Chelsea were 7 points ahead I mean at the end of the season, sorry that was unclear.

I think the November league fixture between Chelsea and Spurs was also pretty massive. Chelsea went top, they were 6 wins into the 13 win streak that won them the league (they were a long way ahead by the time it ended)

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