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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

The tie was over before it even started , you could tell Man United had their name on the cup after the way they won that Lyon game . Absolutely nothing is stopping them win that cup.

This just made me laugh, in a thread explaining why they shouldn't worry about being rubbish in the last 5 games the opening post shared an insight about how PSG have just made it to the final of the Champions League: "Look at Paris St Germain, for example. They won the title and went unbeaten all season. But as they started to prepare the (Champions League) semi-final, they lost two games in a row. Now they're comfortable through to final."

Its almost more important now who the VAR official is and whether they are more senior than the onfield official

And Laurent Charvet.

I believe

Referee: John Brooks. Assistants: Simon Bennett, Dan Cook. Fourth official: Rob Jones. VAR: Darren England. Assistant VAR: Natalie Aspinall Previous games this season with John Brooks as referee: Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal - 02/11/24 Arsenal 0-2 Newcastle - 07/01/25 Newcastle 2-1 Liverpool - 16/03/25

Glad everyone seems confident we'll sail through. The tie is not over.