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That '96 West Ham (H) was the most one-sided game I think I've ever seen. 100% domination and it was relentless, bet their keeper got MotM despite conceding 3. Without any exaggeration - it could quite easily have been 11 or 12-0

Unsung heroes to man, legends

Cabaye/Cisse vs Stoke vibes

80k. I think we'd actually fill it for most games in the first few years too if it were to happen, the demand to see the team is there. I'd expect the novelty to wear off a little for some but as the team gets better the demand will grow again. It's all about balancing maximising the revenue (mainly having excellent corporate facilities) whilst still having reasonably priced seats for the next generation. If we have to leave SJP then I only want to do it once. Make it huge, make it fantastic, make it to last

Needed a green suit, a top hat and a little wooden walking stick to complete the full look

I know I'm pushing it - deliberately tbh, but I'm just throwing scenarios out there where clubs like Chelsea or anyone else tbh, could just start exchanging players, agreeing bullshit amounts based on nothing without any actual cash changing hands an just arguing about it later in courts. The rules are that badly written that any challenge to them would probably win out and clubs could just game the system. I'm taking the piss a bit but not loads. Exploiting player exchange deals will be the next loophole is my prediction, Chelsea already in pole position unsurprisingly

This is kind of what I'm getting at tbh. What if Osimhen was 'valued' at £100m, Player 1 - £5m, Player 2 - £5m and Player 3 - £90m. Where does fmv come into this? These values are all interchangeable. One is kept on the books for a year and flipped, the other is kept for 2 years then flipped and the other is loaned out for a loan fee greater than their 'value'? Who decides all of this shit and works it all out IN ADVANCE of the exchange taking place? Bet Chelsea's quants are all over this shit and that's why they're stockpiling players. They're going to be chips they're going to exchange. Tinfoil hat alert obviously

Why £80m though? Where's that come from? Who's decided that? I'm not being arsey, I'm just playing devil's advocate. Why not £70m? Is it £100m? No cash has been exchanged, only players. Why, and how, is it monetised?

Genuine question: If Chelsea wanted Osimhen and couldn't afford him 'financially', due to PSR or whatever, but Napoli accepted Chalobah, Broja, Madueke (insert whatever names you like - you get the picture) in exchange then how would that be accounted for? Literally 1 player in exchange for 3 they don't need and no actual money has been passed form one to the other. Napoli keep one, loan one out and sell the other in the following window. How would that pass through the books?

That would require the lazy fucking pig to actually turn up once in a while. Not likely

Already down to 6s on PP

This means there is a chance I might have to listen to a few seconds of him speaking to sky (until I reach the mute button). This is a new fear unlocked again, it has been delightful not having to worry about this rancid piece of fucking shit uttering another word as he'd all but disappeared off the face of the earth. Need to keep that remote closer. It'll be even worse if Klopp gets another PL job

Chips well and truly soaked. Cheers

Makes picking the weekend acca a bit easier however. Blackpool to lose every week

Not sure of the exact implications of the decision today but I think any significant legal defeat for the PL and it's rules has to be seen as a good thing. The wording, the consistency and the application of their rules has been called into question and upheld. That should encourage any past and future sanctions to be appealed by any club with a bit more confidence now. This isn't the end of it all but it's a start

Been of the same opinion for a long time now about the ground an I've always very much been in the 'let's stay and make SJP as good and as big as it can be'. I'm hugely attached to that grass rectangle of land that has seen nearly 130 years of football and history and tradition, you literally can't buy that as it's completely priceless. How many sporting teams can say they've got 130+ years of memories all played out on the same bit of turf? I love the bones of the place and expanding to 80,000 on the current site would be dreamworld but that's simply not feasible Due to the current state of football finances I think we 100% need that new stadium, just up the road, in order to just have the chance to compete. If we want the team to be as big and as good as it can be then I can't see that happening without a new stadium. And if we're doing it let's make it a fuck off, massive 80,000+ stadium that's going to ensure the next generation of fans can get a ticket too. It'll hurt but I think it needs to happen

Just from sheer body language and his response to some awkward questions in the post match presser he looks massively rattled and is struggling to justify results and how he's got his team (not) performing. Hard to judge because he's trying to answer in English rather than Dutch but he looked utterly lost when the reporter reeled off a list of things that his team were doing poorly, almost felt a little sorry for him for a nanosecond. He's under huge pressure now, not just for the early results but for the way they've come about

That de Ligt tackle would worry me today. He was a mile behind play and was never ever getting there but he went for it regardless. He looked a second behind and just not up to the PL pace, it's his first game and he kind of gets a pass for that but making a huge lunge like that when everyone in the ground knew he wasn't getting there is a bit of a red flag for the future

He played his part today and did ok. I still think he's extremely limited but his weaknesses are amplified when he's on the ball and needs to do something creative and productive. We were under the cosh for an hour but he held firm, stuck it out, got a foot in when necessary and disrupted Spurs' attacks. When we're on the back foot and soaking it up then he always looks better. Ask him to bring it out or pass/create then he's out of his zone. He did well enough today, solid 6 or 7 out of 10. The score on BBC is a joke

Can't dismiss the fact he inherited an utter shambles too. Under Bruce we were a unorganised, unmotivated pushover of a team and soft as puppy shit. To flip it around as quickly as he did was/is and get stats like that is phenomenal

No more than bantz scores that boring fuckers think are still funny. Nothing to see, move along

You also can't discount the fact he took over the team that finished 2nd to City (12 points adrift) just a few months earlier. He inherited one of the best squads in the division, has spent all that money (I'm sure they've recouped quite a bit back obviously) and they're further away from challenging as they've been for decades. He's got to be on a very, very short leash

I'll be honest I thought it looked a good tackle at the time. It looked like he slid in and knicked it out for a corner first time around. I never got a chance to see it much again as play continued and it barely got a mention for the rest of the game by comms and Sky in general Would be nice to see a few angles of it but it's not that important as we won anyway

Can't bait him and complain when he wades in and has a pop back mind...

Striker off, CM on. Need to protect the 0-3 loss