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Bumping this old classic Was nice to see us closing the game out with a bit of old fashioned shithousing. Excellent result and a welcome return, thoroughly approve of it, long may it continue

He reacted and took the bait that Diaz was offering, it's his own fault tbbh. Obviously Diaz's behaviour is disgraceful but he got the exact reaction from Schar that he was looking for. No idea how much contact was made but if Diaz stays on his feet it's a joint bollocking and a booking each at worst. Once they slow it down and look at it they're never overturning it and I don't even want to discuss the possibility of successfully appealing it, there's no chance whatsoever

Already feels like a big result if we can get 3 points here. Going down to 10 and still getting off the mark would be a huge boost for the start of the season

Shocking from Diaz but Schar took the bait 100%. Any time you stick your face into a confrontation like that you run the risk. The ref has made it clear he doesn't need any excuse to get the card out for us and Schar gave him that chance

Extra 15 mins to get the bets on the laaaads

Firmly of the opinion that we need to just leave this one alone and look elsewhere. I'm sure that £65m could be used to fill 2 positions and just wait another year if Guehi is really the one we want. Maybe £30m on a different CB and £35m on a RW, sit tight until Botman is back in about 20 games time and reassess the situation. Guehi is obviously a cracking player but that's a hell of a lot of money for what he'd bring. Also got no issues with Palace digging their heels in and demanding the full asking price, normally you'd expect a bit of compromise from both sides but they've set a price and we obviously haven't met it yet, if City were after Bruno I'd expect us to do exactly the same, can't have it both ways. Not a fan of going public like Parish did the other night, should have kept it private but I think that was more about his own PR for his own fans. Not the end of the world but they need to find a solution pretty quickly now, there is still time though

Boca (H) looks canny in long sleeves

Fair enough, I should have added an 'imo' into that sentence

This is what I was trying to explain last night. Yeah we'd like a little more for him but he's very much surplus to requirements and we need to shift him before he's worth nothing. That may mean we have to accept less than we think he's worth but that's just life. We might need to ay a bit more than we think Guehi is worth to get him, it works both ways 'worth' is a very subjective word to use I know

They offered 8 (apparently). I'd snap their hands off for anything close to 10 No idea where the ridiculous hostility has come from tbh

I don't believe they were offering a million quid? I never even mentioned a replacement? Not really sure what you're getting at tbh

Just take whatever they're offering ffs.

Story broke 11 days ago and it was out of nowhere. I'm aware of the urgency of the deadline but...

The Southern magnolia Middlesbrough. Steak & Ale pie FC

Luke Shaw's bedroom is full of Callum Wilson posters

If he's not got Wayne Lineker's number I'll show my tits in Fenwick's window all winter

We'll get them eventually mate. We both know this

City (A)

The fact he's conducted a live interview with SSN is enough for me to say fuck it and walk away from him and them. He's got every right to dig his heels in and ask for as much as he thinks we can get away with but to air it all publically like that a huge no-no from me. By all means reject it but keep it private and at boardroom level. And that's before we even get into the realms of the undoubted 'Newcastle cave in and pay whatever Palace wanted' drivel that would follow any bid being accepted. Sends out a message that we'll bend over and take it for any old shite like Man U have for the last decade. Once you get that reputation you'll overpay for every player you go in for. Fuck it, there's other CBs - Guehi is class and I'd love to see him in black and white but not after this like

No idea if that's correct or not, I'll take your word for it But I find it incredible that the other 19 clubs who'll be directly impacted immediately by the result of the case don't even want the decision of the case to be made public. That's fucking absurd to me. Hiding the details of the case I can kind of understand but waiting until it's all over and not even announcing the result of it?? Fuck - that's some shady shit

How on earth can you allow a case to go ahead - whose outcomes either way, will affect every other club massively - and not allow any reporting on it, including the fucking judgements until after it's already done and dusted? How the fuck is that allowed? How on earth is it transparent? How on earth are clubs supposed to adjust their entire financial strategies based upon the decisions of a completely closed court? This is a huge deal here, the state of accounting to circumvent all of this bullshit is off the dial and the fuckers running the gaff won't even allow the fucking decisions to be made public let alone the evidence and rationale behind it all. The whole thing is utterly fucked but the PL are the absolute worst man

If we manage to sign Guehi and sell Almiron on the same day I think I'll fucking burst

Without wanting to kick the whole Tripps thing off tangent in here but the bust up with the fans at Bournemouth seemed to be a bit of a turning point. Or I could just be misremembering the timings of it unravelling, it was a bleak few months Oct/Nov-Feb

Plus he's already managed to escape from that fucking borstal of a club once before, can't see him wanting to back there in a hurry. Not if he's got any sense anyway

Just a foot offside but he still took the chance really well, great finish. Very encouraging