thomas

Five years of transfer famine only to feast with McClaren.

get you some gelly mitchum clog them pores right up. for real it's like quick pour concrete for the armpits. it's amazing.

Get a load of old man bimpy over here. Probably just got done printing a pamphlet on his gutenberg press complaining about horseless carriages. edit: safety

it's the forums bracing themselves for another week of good posts by yours truly

Is that a rule now for having an opinion that a player is not good and not worth keeping? We have to somehow know the availability of replacements/improvements? Seems like a silly requirement tbh. I'll just stick to thinking he's not worth keeping, ta.

I, too, would grudgingly accept his sale if we brought in someone who scored twice as many as he ever will

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sexes_(tennis)#1998:_Karsten_Braasch_vs._the_Williams_sisters most poignantly

Sexual dimorphism exists ffs. Even just "on average" men are faster, stronger and have more physical endurance than women. When you start talking about people who've turned their physicality into a career the gap widens. They'd get absolutely mullered by any half organized men's side over 90 minutes.

I'd trade him at market for three magic beans.

holy shit http://deadspin.com/inter-milan-spot-chelsea-an-astounding-50-yard-own-goal-1797363725

then god bless him for his service

http://i.imgur.com/AnXtEuk.png

TBF last season we dicked a few teams during pre-season. And then won the league, marra. If these trends continue .... eyyyyy! http://i.imgur.com/PT8G69X.jpg

I feel like an obligation to buy makes it a "two part installment" in everything but name, skirting our ridiculous "all the cash up front" policy. Which I'm not even sure is in place. I applaud the cheek of it though.

as ever, would you rather have colback? argument settled Not settled, what's worse than having Colback is to have 2 Colback. Know nowt about him but I'll eat my hat* if he's anywhere near as bad as Colback. * - by my hat i mean a pizza

Is it not some convoluted way of saying Loan Deal that will become a permanent one? You tell me. Fuck am I trying to second guess that tit.

The price of players was only ever loosely tied to the TV money, as most clubs don't do the "if we don't have the cash on hand we don't do the deal" shit we do. £25-30m players going for £50m now doesn't mean there has to have been a 66/100% increase in TV money. It's just a more expensive market because of it - and other factors - but there's no hard rule.

There's an element of risk to every transfer but the more highly rated a player is the less that risk usually becomes and as a result the higher the price. Obviously there are exceptions but by and large you get what you pay for.

It's not even August yet. Settle down.

So thicccc

I'm sure the "it's not even August yet" line is being genuinely peddled somewhere already. *checks reddit*

Bring it on! http://i.imgur.com/02VN46o.gif Is that from Brokeback Mountain? Not seen it but that's how I picture it... From MacGruber.

the goodfellas panels

Not to poke the hornets nest of the debate again with his fervent supporters on one side and people who are right on the other, but he should definitely go.

Doesn't have to be a marquee signing, I'd just be happier with more first team signings as opposed to squad filler.