| David Squires completely nails it again on 14:38 - Oct 12 with 769 views | hype313 |
That's brilliant, yet again by Squires.
Saw this comment the other day and thought it made some sense.
"The Premier League should be viewed a little like a property market. If you got into New York property in the 70s as a rich man, you’re making a killing. Go there now with a billion and you are not making the same margins.
The first movers were Chelsea and City. Outside that, billionaire owners haven’t really made much of a dent. You need to be smart to succeed in the richest league in the world. Maybe Newcastle United will be that, but there are no guarantees.
Even in the world of petrodollars, Liverpool beat City to the title and still compete at the highest level.
We’ve seen Spurs in a Champions League final.
We’ve seen Lyon and Leipzig make Champions League semis.
There’s a diminishing return on being mega-rich. Just look at the state of Everton to confirm that.
Newcastle can’t stockpile the best players like Chelsea did in the 2000s.
Even when you can stockpile players, it doesn’t mean you’ll succeed.
United has spent as much as City since Ferguson left. What do they have to show for it?
PSG bought every elite free transfer this summer. They spent £80m on a right back. They were beaten by Rennes at the weekend. A club with a wage bill two-thirds of what Lionel Messi earns. They haven’t won the Champions League yet.
Even City, who do things properly, can’t win in Europe." |  |
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| David Squires completely nails it again on 14:42 - Oct 12 with 743 views | Steve_M |
It's a tangential detail in this week's strip but the Sports Direct mug chimney is great. |  |
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| David Squires completely nails it again on 14:45 - Oct 12 with 720 views | Illinoisblue |
He and Cold War Steve are relentlessly incredible. |  |
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| David Squires completely nails it again on 14:47 - Oct 12 with 715 views | Darth_Koont |
Excellent.
Squires gets there’s in the end re: the bigger moral and political issue of selling the Saudis arms, working with them as strategic partners in the Middle East and training their Air Force to bomb Yemeni civilians.
So why the controversy over Newcastle now rather than outrage against the tangible support of a murderous regime that’s been business as usual for successive UK governments? Those are the real mental gymnastics. |  |
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| David Squires completely nails it again on 14:48 - Oct 12 with 710 views | Mookamoo |
| David Squires completely nails it again on 14:42 - Oct 12 by Steve_M |
It's a tangential detail in this week's strip but the Sports Direct mug chimney is great. |
That did make me smile.
That and their rightful position (14th) |  | | |
| David Squires completely nails it again on 15:07 - Oct 12 with 631 views | Freddies_Ears |
| David Squires completely nails it again on 14:38 - Oct 12 by hype313 |
That's brilliant, yet again by Squires.
Saw this comment the other day and thought it made some sense.
"The Premier League should be viewed a little like a property market. If you got into New York property in the 70s as a rich man, you’re making a killing. Go there now with a billion and you are not making the same margins.
The first movers were Chelsea and City. Outside that, billionaire owners haven’t really made much of a dent. You need to be smart to succeed in the richest league in the world. Maybe Newcastle United will be that, but there are no guarantees.
Even in the world of petrodollars, Liverpool beat City to the title and still compete at the highest level.
We’ve seen Spurs in a Champions League final.
We’ve seen Lyon and Leipzig make Champions League semis.
There’s a diminishing return on being mega-rich. Just look at the state of Everton to confirm that.
Newcastle can’t stockpile the best players like Chelsea did in the 2000s.
Even when you can stockpile players, it doesn’t mean you’ll succeed.
United has spent as much as City since Ferguson left. What do they have to show for it?
PSG bought every elite free transfer this summer. They spent £80m on a right back. They were beaten by Rennes at the weekend. A club with a wage bill two-thirds of what Lionel Messi earns. They haven’t won the Champions League yet.
Even City, who do things properly, can’t win in Europe." |
Brave to draw and publish that one! It is utterly brilliant, so Squires... |  | | |
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