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[Albion] "Man City, Bayern Munich, Brighton, Real Madrid..."
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AmexRuislip
Trainee Spy 🕵️♂️
Just shows how far the Albion have come in a short space of time.
No big ego to hide behind, just slowly growing and maturing into the club we know now.
Setting new standards most days, that make people think, what a good idea.
Nothing simple, just normal logic IMO
No big ego to hide behind, just slowly growing and maturing into the club we know now.
Setting new standards most days, that make people think, what a good idea.
Nothing simple, just normal logic IMO
Superphil
Dismember
I thought Real Madrid were effectively bankrupt.
nwgull
Well-known member
I don’t think a lot of the responses understand the question. Man City could only be considered to be well run if you really believe that their marketing team is great at securing hugely lucrative sponsorship deals.
Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
Easy mistake to make, well run, well oiled….
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Great response to this Tweet - and not all from Albion fans.
Indeed! Doesn't it feel amazing, a privilege too, to be mentioned in the same sentence as those all time greats of the footballing world!
Ajax can be discounted now as they've completely imploded and don't seem to have a clue what they're doing all of a sudden
SUIYHP
The King's Gull
I feel like a lot of this has emerged from this season. Beforehand a lot of success of the club was attributed to the manager (GPott in particular as a decent English manager gets a lot of hype), but now there isnt any excuse any more. Mitoma, Estupinan, Mac Allister and Caicedo turned A LOT of heads at the World Cup and the footballing world is quickly waking up to the what our club is all about. A wonderful and crazy time indeed.
If there is one thing I’m concerned about, I don’t think we’re under the radar any more…
If there is one thing I’m concerned about, I don’t think we’re under the radar any more…
Nah... that club is (unfortunately perhaps) run in a great way. They're somewhere around 10th in net spend in the PL in the last five years, got a good academy, seems to have very little internal struggle, doesn't overpay for players (like we saw with Cucurella) and win a shiteload of titles (although they've not been as good this season).
You're right, we are becoming a team to beat. We're being used as a benchmark for all the others to follow. In that sense it brings its own pressure as teams will double down in their attempts to beat us.
We all enjoyed the moments under Poyet where we were so dominant and the expectations that went with it. We're now getting the same buzz where we are streets ahead of many and can also compete with the big clubs.
The only caveat is we need to achieve something soon to cap it off, a cup final or Europe. We're at that point that to keep our best players we need to progress further, finishing top half in the league will not satisfy ambitious young players for long.
nwgull
Well-known member
Net transfer spend is only one factor; their main expense is a wage bill of £350m. Without their tremendous sponsorship deals they'd be deep in the FFP poo.