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I hope this doesn't mean Bruno wants a late transfer out of Newcastle.

Tonali should know the tactics and be fit as a fiddle. Don't see how this is comparable to Eddie bedding in new signings slowly.

That's the best thing about buying from Europe. A PL team can easily double or triple their wages and it's still a very reasonable PL wage. Even Isak was on peanuts compared to what average PL footballers make.

Yeah, think it’s different to come back from an injury compared to a ban. Just feels like a perfect opportunity to get that first start out of the way and some match-sharpness back.

I’ll be shocked if Tonali doesn’t start, no reason at all that I know of to have him on the bench.

'I have a fix, let's play 3-4 players out of position'.

So you are looking beyond this season to a summer where they potentially could lose Salah, VvD and TAA on free transfers. Doubt they all go but can see the negotiations with Salah and VvD being tough due to their age on how long contracts they would want.

You said you're not looking beyond this season but Mama was loaned back to Valencia for this season?

But how is the gap only growing if they've only brought in Chiesa who most likely won't be a regular starter? Not even mentioning Klopp going and replacing him with a pretty inexperienced manager at this level.

Thought 'well in time for a pre-season' was a strong giveaway.

They haven't brought in a single starter and are at the risk of losing their three best players of the past years for nothing next summer.

I know, was taking the piss of people admiring Arsenal and Liverpool signing players in the last week of the window as 'how big clubs move'. I'm certain I've read about Merino to Arsenal and Mama to Liverpool well before our interest in Guehi was made public.

Yeah and well in time for a pre-season at their new clubs. They just get things done. Wish we were them.

What in the absolute fuck is this?

I can’t see how you would be paying less as Sterling is on a bigger contract.

Yeah, Miggy might never go past a player but he's good at retaining possession. I also don't really get the general hysteria, 4 points from 6 isn't bad when one game was mostly played with 10 and Bournemouth has been a tough place for us. I've only read the match thread until HT but we had a decent first 15 minutes and a decent last 30 against Bournemouth, it's not like we were hammered all match.

This Chelsea thing is really interesting, we can see if the PSR bullshit lasts when they would be forced to give points deductions to Chelsea (and potentially Man City). It's easy to give them to Everton and Nottingham but what happens when the fans of big clubs get pissed off and PL starts to lose it standing internationally. Yeah, Chelsea sell kids but there's no way they are below the limits and selling the hotels and women's team are already shady as fuck.

That's basically how it is though compared to last season.

What?

Thought he was really good today.

Don't think it's just the subs that changed the game. It's natural that the leading team drops down a bit deeper and are conceding possession more easily instead of taking risks. Amazing to have some serious options on the bench though after the struggles of last season.

Paredes with the dumbest possible foul just inside the box.

Hall did well today but I have serious doubts that he could have handled Semenyo all match. Nice to have two different options now and Hall’s strengths are really good and promising.

Amazing that he’s already getting written off by some after 90 minutes. Wasn’t really good or bad today, just meh. Semenyo is really good though and I’m certain the tone on Hall’s thread would be a lot different if he was asked to deal with him alone today.

At CB?