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London boy going home? (From Walthamstow).

I'd definitely sell him this summer if we got some proper interest.

Athletic really don't have depth though. Their talent pool is small, once the starting XI is out they're often playing lads who are barely La Liga standard.

He'd do well for Palace. Involved in a deal for Guehi? Probably not but if Parish wants something from us he's far less likely to be a cunt about Guehi.

Sure three of our starting back five are out too. Balances out? We've this bad habit of conceding four goals lately. An early goal and I'll settle.

It's that or Fiorentina Betis for me, none of the other games are still alive imo.

That signing actually makes sense for both parties - he would do well there too.

The difference is Tonali has been outstanding for the majority of the season. People are criticising Willock because he's been poor for a long time, and didn't do much to change that. It's obviously easier to give Tonali the benefit of the doubt when he has a stinker than it is to give Willock the benefit of the doubt when he has yet another game where he's largely invisible/ineffective. It's not a one off.

There's not many better sights in football than Willock knocking the ball past an entire defence and just running, but he isn't going to get the game time he needs. What would we take, £25m?

80m to Parish.

I don't mind, Willock plus 40m for Wharton? Or Willock plus 20m for Guehi Willock is at the end of his shelf life here, feel we need new blood in the middle.

Their top scorer and the two Williams brothers are out injured, no?

How long does Joe have left on his deal? 2 years?

Don't sell him to Parish man.

Man U will win the EL. We'll finish 6. You'll get emphysema from all the cigars you'll smoke. Nailed on.

Probably be a very good deal for them. Roll him out in the 9 position, dropping off to supply Salah and a new output LW. Then sign a striker in 2026 if market is more open for one then.

Liverpool in for de Bruyne?

Aye, tried my very best to like him but, fuck it, he's an absolute arsehole.

We don't play a high line as an offside trap, you're right, but a rule change as extreme as the example I posted would raise the risk and pain of getting your calculations wrong so high that it wouldn't be tolerable anymore. Get it wrong under the current rules and you've got a solid chance of recovering, which makes the risk acceptable. I agree the example you've given there created by the current VAR-enforced rules is appalling, but I don't agree that either extreme is in keeping with the spirit of the original law. And I don't think the VAR issue can be dismissed. Offside as an idea was there to keep competitive tension in the game and prevent it being purely run by quarterbacks hoofing it from one end of the pitch to the other. It was done by the eye and it didn't really matter whether one instance was precisely the right decision or not either (so long as the referees were impartial) as the risk of the decision going against you, whether you were attacking or defending, was enough to generally keep players honest. In de facto terms, offside used to mean 'does it look fair?'. It didn't really matter too much whether it was a nose or an arse past a defender, so long as it felt about right and kept the game fun. Which let tweaks like the 90s daylight rule be introduced. The newly suggested daylight rule in the world of VAR is way more extreme than the old version, though. Combine it with 'not interfering with play' and it's a recipe for disaster. I keep saying it as a joke, but I'm serious - if you want to choose the right body part to judge offside with, go with the perineum. It lets feet, heads and chests cause no problem, but doesn't put defenders at a game changing disadvantage.

Not sure about a defeat but a draw here, draw Arsenal and beat Everton could be enough. Of course we don’t want to have to endure that.

I think he's cracking up mind just the other day he was banging on about the league titles they missed out on and it wasn't meant to be and now he's saying they were the better team.

Being just as good as his current England colleagues does not equal 'generational talent' though...

Decided that indifference is best, any time I get invested in you losing a particular game it always goes wrong

Not sure I like this new magnanimous Froggy Seriously, I know you are and have been utter shite this season, but you're 3-0 up going into the home leg, if you lose, it'll be unparalleled bottling, so I would be semi-relaxed if I where you