The Fish

I'm not fobbing it off man. You claimed Schar has a higher xG than ASM. He doesn't. He also doesn't have a higher xA, or more goals or more assists. So I dunno wtf you're talking about.

That's part of the Beeb thing though, isn't it. They have to disclose, just like MPs. Walk into any office and ask someone what they earn, see how that goes.

I dunno, it's the trade off for a team that was where we were. You can either have a Fancy-Dan, or a grafter, if you find someone with both you won't have him for long. I just enjoy them while they're here and don't mind if they're not also doing the job of the midfield and defenders, just like I don't mind if Dummett isn't weaving his way through tackles to set up a shot.

It's private. I wouldn't want people knowing what I earn because they might charge me more. In an environment like a professional football team it could cause wewwwww ructions.

Not really, cos you said 'especially'. Meaning Wykiki's question has merit.

Oh I think he 100% is destined to remain at the level we were when he signed for us. He doesn't consistently make good decisions when in good positions. He's 24 now, I would be surprised if he learned the vision and alacrity of thought that that requires. I'm not expecting 100% defensive effort from our mercurial, flair, Fancy Dan, lookatme-lookatme, French winger, and honestly I can't understand why anyone does. Same happened with Ben Arfa, Robert, Ginola. Same people bitching about ASM's lack of graft are the ones bitching about Almiron's inability to go past someone.

No he fucking doesn't you big old 'can't understand xG' dumdum. This season; ASM has 4 assists and his expected Assists is 5.2, he has 5 goals and his expected Goals is 4.9 Schar has 2 assists and his expected Assists is 0.6, he has 2 goals and his expected Goals is 1.3 What this means is ASM has laid on more good chances than his teammates have finished, and has scored more goals than you'd expect from the chances he's had. Schar has laid on fuck all chances, but somehow has 2 assists, and he's scored more goals than you'd expect from the chances he's had. One of Schar's "assists" was when Pope bounced the ball off his unsuspecting head for Wilson to get our first win of the season against Burnley, hardly inspiring creative play. It's rare that I can, in all honestly claim this, but I literally could have done what Schar did for that goal. The other was, fair play, when he brought the ball out of defence for the counter which sent Willock through for our second against Brentford.

If we had the golden vote, yes. Otherwise, I don't think it adds much benefit to the fans. Does knowing that Joelinton is on £60k a week or whatever, mean you rate him higher or lower? And if does change how you feel about him, should it? He's getting what the club reckoned he was worth so

Why? Genuinely, why is there an expectation that a flair player at a lower Premier League team is the complete package, but the defensive players get a pass? There's some alternate universe where Targett is pilloried for failing to dribble past three men with fancy footwork. He is the star man of a poor team (or was), he'll end up getting sold to Watford or similar, then going back to France and dazzling for a season, then bumbling down the leagues. However, he's still the most creative, most dangerous, biggest threat we've got and unless we sign someone like Paqueta or Blas, he will remain so because there's nobody at the club who comes close to him in those regards.

Aye, the player we build a team around is Bruno. Everyone else, and I do mean everyone, is replaceable in the summer window for all I care. However, the mooks on here moaning about a flair player we signed when we were turboshit not being the complete package, is idiotic. Jesus Christ Wykiki, that is some unrelenting stream of horseshit and no mistake.

This got a genuine nose-pinch, deep-sigh reaction from me. No, it's not Wilson's fault. I'm saying that, Wood, Joelinton, Almiron, Longstaff, are not very good at finishing chances. Had Wilson (or dare I say it Dwight Gayle) been fit and preferred, I'd expect ASM to have more assists than he does, and to attempt more assists than he already does. I don't expect ASM to track back because that's not his game, I don't see you digging out Burn for failing to dribble past a couple of players and put in a cross. No his game hasn't improved as much as some others' has, but then his game was good whereas others' was fucking awful. His attitude is fine, it's only people demanding the moon on a fucking stick who're painting him as some sulking moody cunt.

Salarysport, footballleaguefc. Howay More reliable? dunno, but they're certainly more believable.

There's no way he's on £52k a year. A load of sites are saying £20-£30k and FM22 has it around the same.

Edwards had softened his projection to £60-80m ( a leap of 33% by the way) so lets say £75m, plus say £20m from player sales - £95m, then a commercial deal or two swells our FFP envelope to £100m. If we signed Tarkowski, Grillitsch+ Nketiah, we'd have dramatically improved our 1st team and kept our powder dry for a big expense. Conversely if we spend £70m ona few players to improve our first team and suddenly Darwin Nunez becomes available to us for £60m I'd expect us to stretch the 'budget' and sign him too.

Cry me a river, MSM-er. On your two points 1. Yes he is. 2. Yes he is. But, in his role, he's way more likely to lose the ball than pretty much anyone else. And I want him to moan like a fanny. Might get us a freekick for nowt. Honestly people need to get a grip, ASM is a really talented attacking threat, but if he was a) consistent, b) good at defending, c) more generous, he wouldn't have signed for Mike Ashley's Newcastle United under the stewardship of Steve fucking Bruce. There's a reason why bigger clubs have swerved him. But we're not yet better than him. Sure if someone throws £40m at us, take it, but he's not the first one out of the door.

I agree with that, his performances since Howe aren't at the same level as they were under Bruce. But how much of that is because he's now no longer Plan A (B and C)? And how much of it is because we haven't had Wilson fit? Is he guilty of being greedy? Absolutely, but I'd be less likely to attempt a pass if all I see in the centre is Wood, Almiron, Joelinton, etc. I agree that his days are numbers, but to be honest everyone bar Bruno would be wise to see what his options are. However, the narrative is that he's not a threat, that he's lazy, that he doesn't create anything etc. This isn't true.

Aye, it's as much about getting the right personalities for the average midtable Premier League player, as it is bringing in someone like Bruno. We need Trippier-types, not Shelvey-type. The Lascelles of 2015/16, not the beaten man he is now.

Like shite is he on £52k a year man. If I had to stick a number on it, I'd say around £20-25k a week. This new contract won't see a significant uplift, maybe £25-30k.

With a higher xG, so that means it's not just daisy cutters but better than anyone else in the team.

Just some objective information courtesy of FBREF: League wide he's; 15th for Shot Creating Actions per 90, 1st in dribbles that lead to a shot, 14th for Key Passes, 20th in expected assists, 38th for assists, 46th for passes into the box, 1st for dribbled past players, 12th for progressive distance. For NUFC; Nobody creates more goal scoring opportunities for the team than ASM, Nobody creates more good chances (xA) for teammates than ASM, Nobody has more assists, Only Guimaraes has more Shots on Target per 90 than ASM, Nobody has a higher expected goal return than ASM (and he's scored more goals than expected too), Nobody has completed more passes into the box than ASM Nobody has dribbled past more players than ASM (146), Joe Willock is next (39) Nobody has more progressive distance than ASM (4901yds), Joelinton is next (2409yds) So when he said he'd have more assists if he had better players to pass to.. well

Saw some absolute danger had been sharing photos of young lads half undressed, so did the right thing and emailed the FA about it. Not stupid though, did it anonymously incase the pest gets wind of it.

Have they? Trying to rob the world of a feel good story like Joey 'use your eye as an ashtray' Barton managing a team of too-good-for-the-league loanees to glory? How typical of a beige, anti-romance town like Northampton.

FFP was 100% brought in to protect the established clubs. Just as the proposed changes to the Premier League's O&D test, and the rules around sponsorship have been brought in to stop PIF getting Aramco, Saudia and STC to sponsor our shirts, sleeves and training ground for eye watering sums. Objectively these would be reasonable measures, if they were enforced retrospectively and across all national leagues. But this, in conjunction with 'seeded' teams for the CL, are thinly veiled measures to ringfence the establishment. Like you say though, the kind of wealth that the owners have, and the objectives they have, should mean that challenging for honours is a matter of when, rather than if. Especially given the sensible approach they've taken to recruitment, appointments etc.

To be honest, you could field a limp Ryvita and a bag of salad at the back, and you'd still be odds-on favourites to twat the three remaining teams. I like the down-playing of expectations from the ownership/management, and I think it's the best approach, BUT I'd love to peak into an alternative universe to see which superstars we threw oil-money at.

Honestly, it's as much about outgoings as it is players coming in. We've heard a budget of £60-80m, but my read is that that's very much 'as things stand'. If we canpull in a few commercial deal s(an area that billionaire businessman Ashley entirely neglected/poisoned) and if we can offload some fringe or unwanted players, that budget could very well increase significantly. I think we'll only see 3-4 first team players join replacing the likes of Shelvey and Lascelles, we'll add a few younger players to our decade-neglected youth system. However, if we've spent £40m on a few bodies and Darwin Nunez becomes available to us at a fair market value (£60m), I'm convinced we'll spend that. Just like in the January window if we could have signed Botman for £30m we would have done that on top of our other business.