madras

The things some will do to escape Moyes.

At the same time as Wood and Targett. Our sights have changed somewhat since then.

We wanted Carlos and Digne at the same time as getting Wood (fnarr fnarr). We've moved on since then. Was there anything in the Kamara interest beyond paper talk.

I know a few that never go to home games, never had an ST but rarely miss an away game cos its a "better day out". I doubt they'll be raking in money either, they'll be selling at face value.

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Hadn't we been linked and I'm sure @brummie spoke highly of him.

Hasn't started in the Feyenoord derby. They are a goal down at HT so that'll learn them.

And partly built on unfettered spending pre FFP.

We'll see if Man City did adhere to those rules and they were only in that position due to unfettered spending pre FFP.

Liverpool in the 60s were always rumoured to be like those. A middling 2nd division club with no greater support than others suddenly blowing top level clubs out the water for Ian St John and Ron Yeats, suspiciously this happened just after a Littlewoods pools board member joined their board.

I do. My job involves travelling all over the North and football is the universal language. Its great watching people realise they're wrong. For me the galling thing is there's nothing we are doing now that Ashley couldn't have and he'd have made more from it.

Have you talked to other clubs fans about the Sela deal when they whinge about it ? I have, just ask them how much is a fair amount for a Champs league club and get them to look up other clubs deals.

Yeah but City are purely where they are due to limitless spending pre FFP and quite probably breaking FFP rules since.

Let them. Makes them just look bitter when you point out the facts.

I'm not sure that was the intention of FFP but it was the effect.

How can "bought success" be levelled at us when it's literally all accounted for under FFP and rules were brought on specifically to stop us doing what they have ? Plastic fans ? Another one that will be laughed at as a quick scan of the attendance records will show.

I can understand makingvtickets non-transferrable but maybe there should have been an amnesty, like there was with season tickets, so someone who had built up points on someone else's season ticket could transfer to their membership and be able to apply that way. I've two mates that live down south and rarely miss an away game since the 90s who built up points on someone else's season ticket who now can't go.

Rules like making sure payments are transparent are designed to stop others catching up ? Really ?

Might also have been we sent 2 sets of fresh legs on 10mins beforehand then his and Wilsons.

What I hate is when posters go down the Trumpian route of saying that when charges get time barred it means they are innocent of those charges. Pure sophistry.

And De Bruyne is 32 and often injured.

Have you heard of "packing" as a football data style stat ?

Agree and disagree. As Sir Bobby said the step from 4th to 3rd is hard, from 3rd to 2nd is even harder, or something like that. But expectations are in check, I've yet to hear anyone expecting 3rd or better.

See the XI they put out ? And for all Pep's whining about playing games close together he doesn't seem to use subs to refresh. Not like he doesn't have the squad.

I'd be quite happy. It isn't though.