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I'm still surprised Wolves made a profit on Nunes tbf, looked pretty bog standard for them

Nah, just make the gold trim and Adidas logo white.

Pretty much same as this year (black) but hooped on top rather than just white. Also think the home shirt is better than the reaction - a JD coathanger photo doesn't do it anywhere near enough justice imo.

Fulham 1v1 Everton Ipswich 0v3 Brentford Southampton 0v3 Man City Wolves 2v1 Brighton Bournemouth 1v1 Villa Newcastle 2v1 Chelsea Man United 2v2 West Ham Forest 4v1 Leicester Spurs 2v2 Palace Liverpool 1v0 Arsenal

Along with his shot creating actions and unsuccessful tackle percentage, I trust Fbref is telling everyone about how to say Igor's name.

Thicken the stripes, lighten the Gold, reverse the white stripes/black sleeves, Gold the edge of the Sela logo and we may have a winner.

Sorry Rich, meant to reply to this as my first post came across as Flippant. I think with Tino and Hall they were both highly rated and playing in positions which feels quite difficult to fill, also a younger age profile as well Elliot has come off a middling season and is 22, he lacks the athleticism and pace to play out wide so you have to play him centrally imo, which begs the question. Are you willing to pay 40m for a reserve cm? They may get 40m for him after all Arsenal rinsed Fulham for 40m for ESR but I think he doesn't make much sense for us. Although, I Caveat all of this by saying if Eddie wants him im in.

Man if Andy had Eddie.

Not sure whether they claimed it as their own, but they held the title for a number of years. Eventually they handed the honour back to the local authority, so the 1988 FA Cup is actually held by a council.

Not as Inter were boring in their games vs. Barca mind

The bottom two characters - I'm struggling to see if the man in red is playing the woman in blue onside when they're frozen still, nevermind if they were in full motion. Obviously, no defence could risk a situation like that happening so in real life they'd just keep the attacker half a yard in front of them at all times. There'll be a lot more battling so it'd probably fuck Isak's career

It looks shite, but it’s adidas, we had 15 years previously to learn that their kit designs are fucking awful. Ultimately the point is money, and they’ve put more wedge down than any other manufacturer, so they’re onboard. Football kits need no more than one iteration; what worked in 1894 works today (would still like to see us bring back blue shirts). Most football kits are bought by kids, and they won’t give too much of a shite re the aesthetics

And conversely, attackers 'not affecting play'. Total horseshit.

Pulis' Stoke win that.

Can't even beat PSG.

Aye here now with that shite.

Instinctively I hate Wenger's idea. This could be due to a natural 'I don't like change' to be fair. But my worries are as follows: 1. It probably won't do anything to make offside more/less contentious. It'll still be decided by comparing the exact positions of two people at the precise moment another person kicks the ball in a completely different position. This whole 'clear daylight' bullshit seems a red herring. Officials will still just try and get it right as best they can. They'll never be perfect because that's impossible. 2. Stronger teams willl generally be attacking more than weaker teams. Favouring attackers more will favour stonger teams more and so presumably make football more predictable [tbf. it's possible it'll help weaker teams who just want to whack it over the top, given pojnt 3.] Football is the most popular sport in the world, and also the one the bookies find hardest to predict because it's so low scoring, which makes it more unpredictable on an individual game basis. 3. Thinking about how the game could practically play out. An attacker can stand in an offside position behind a defender and then just briefly move their foot level at the point a pass is made and be onside. That's not fucking football. Defenders will have to be aware of what's going on in front of them to see the pass, know what's going on beside them to know the offside line and know what's going on behind them, all at the same time. That seems unbalanced. Like a good cricket pitch has a fair balance of bat and ball, a good football game should have a good balance of attack and defence. 4. Making it easier for attackers to get in behind defenders could result in even more low blockage, or a full on reliance of athleticism uber alles. 5. Ultimately I don't see what problem this solves. Offside is still decided by an infinitely small distance at a particular moment of time. Just saying it'll result in more scoring does not mean the game will be better. If we just wanted tons of scoring we'd all watch basketball or cricket. It's perfectly possible I'm wrong about all this. Offside's been changed a number of times in the past [Bill McCracken represent!], and I don't mind it being tested. But the whole, 'it'll result in more goals therefore good' I would strongly dispute, and I don't actually think the current rule is a problem personally.

How do you make that out when it literally says in the end "...which could increase the overall outlay well beyond 20 million"?

Specials fan in the house 😂

Arsenal need to give arteta more time, a contract extension and 300mil more to spend. 1billion in total should be enough for atleast one trophy.

Surely Trafford is one of the few goalies who could still reach World class level? he's still only 22 and conceeded 16 goals this year.