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Loads of money and fame.

Well I like Gallagher more than most here but at the same time he was a bit part player in the worst Chelsea team in decades with 35 apps and only 1616 minutes.

US gig should be highly desirable with the home World Cup coming up, can see why he took it. No lose scenario for Poch IMO, if they do badly it's easy to dismiss as USMNT usually does badly but a decent tournament would be massive for his profile in the USA.

Willock is debatable as they are so different but IMO he would be clearly ahead of Longstaff and Miley. I would never have him ahead of Tonali or Joelinton though. Tonali's profile seems to have taken a massive hit, he was the captain of AC Milan and Italy international before the ban.

It's fine until the last line which doesn't fit it at all ffs.

I wish it was only during summer.

How do you know we are only looking at Madueke?

Based on what exactly?

My logic might be far off here but wouldn’t they be more challenging for everyone, not just us? Wolves and Bournemouth have also lost their best players, doubt their fans see it as strenghtening.

Might actually put some money on us finishing both top 4 and top 6. Every preview I've seen seems to be down on us without any good reasons. Staveley leaving, Eddie being linked with the England job, selling fringe players, those stupid Gordon rumours etc. will not have any effect on our season and it's impossible the injury situation gets as bad without Europe. This is a team that finished around the top 4 spots last season in expected points while dealing with the worst injury crisis ever seen and there are signings coming.

Strong disagree on this, CM for example was a mess basically all season.

People need to chill. It's quite staggering what I've been reading in this thread. Pressure on Eales, Mitchell gone soon, WE LOST MINTEH, Howe only wanting this and that etc. It's bullshit speculation without any merit or need. PSR, Euros and Mitchell coming in late made it a tough summer but I'm 100% certain we'll make 1-2 class signings before the window closes. We are in a much better shape now compared to most of last season in any case and Howe actually has a squad to pick his team from.

I don’t think that midfield works.

Always thought he would be too expensive for us considering he turns 27 next month, no matter how much Howe loves him.

Getting into the Red Bull system is hardly bad for his career.

Two former players!

Yeah, he should really learn the stop start run IMO. I'm not very confident with his pens and stop start is OP with the current rules.

Probably but it's such a bad take. I don't think anyone who watches him regularly would ever say he isn't comfortable with the ball no matter what the stats say and I'm usually a stats guy. But then again stats also say he isn't very good aerially, such a weird take. And if you are a football journalist specialising in Premier League you are bound to have watched him loads in the past two seasons.

Sport magazine in Finland released their 'legendary' season preview. They had us at 8th stating lower Euro places are the best we can hope for and money can't buy success. Also said about Schär that he's really strong in duels and winning aerial balls but struggles badly with the ball at his feet. Seriously, what the fuck? Has that journalist ever watched us? Complete opposite is the truth and it's not like our fabulous Swiss CB is new to the league. Thank god I was able to read our page on my parents and not give money to these cunts like I usually do.

Looking at the online numbers and many of their young players are on relatively low wages. Enzo £180k, Caicedo £150k and Mudryk £100k are pretty low considering the fees but they all earn a lot more than previously considering where they came from. Palmer £75k, Jackson £65k, Madueke £50k, Gallacher £50k, Gusto £45k and Lavia £45k seem very reasonable. Think all of these players would earn a lot more if they were signed by Man City, Arsenal or Man United. Big contracts under Boehly are Sterling £325k which seems like an early mistake that they learned from. James £250k and Chilwell £200k are both IMO understandable as England internationals if they weren't injured all the time. Fofana £200k and Cucurella £175k seem high but both came from PL with huge fees. Generally I think the cliche of going to Chelsea due to massive wages they offer is not really true under Boehly. Plan seems to be to buy young players who haven't had massive contracts before and then giving them long years to get the money down a bit. Really happy Pochettino walked, IMO with him they would have been really colse to finishing in the top 4 but with Maresca it's a big question mark once again.

Also works the other way. If he’s the only threat it’s easy to commit defenders to him. ASM was so often doubled or tripled when he had the ball, I really don’t see it as an advantage.

It’s not really weird though for anyone who has seen you play under EtH and the underlying stats are horrible.

Fucking hell.

Why would Liverpool even need him? He's really good but splashing the cash on him when they have Diaz and Gakpo playing the same position wouldn't make any sense from their squad's perspective. Honestly think it's a load of nonsense and not worth thinking about.

Yeah, I have no idea what he thinks of his career now but he must realise he's firmly behind Kane, Watkins and Toney in England squad and there's no major tournament coming up next summer. It's also a fact that NUFC is the biggest club he will play for in Premier League in the remaining years of his career. Maybe he loses some of that competitiveness with age and is fine with being a backup here in a settled environment which would put less stress on his fragile body that would maybe extend his career. If he was up for it I would probably offer him a one year extension and have the same dilemma next summer. We would carry the risk of his knee exploding one last time though but I think I would be fine with that.