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So Dummett isn’t first choice?

Did you miss the subs?

Didn’t see a single bandage either.

Why did we buy Barnes if Ritchie is ahead of him in the pecking order?

Smooth finish by Anderson.

ffs Our first game is against these, good to keep Emery guessing and not use whatever he is going to use in that match that actually matters. And Paul Dummett is playing.

He had a spell at Man Utd and he probably hated it.

£20m

My point too.

Yeah, if for example Chelsea were allowed to own a squad of 25 players plus their academy those 20 or whatever players they are loaning out would be owned by smaller clubs. If they develop them to stardom they would get a real fee for them when Chelsea eventually buy them instead of paying for the privilege of doing the development work for Chelsea. Even banning loaning players under 23-25 would help and would mean that bigger clubs would need to use their best prospects or risk losing them and not just acquire them because they can just in case they end up a star.

Yeah and ASM getting caps would've been more likely if he was Portuguese and not French, same as Robert and Ginola. I strongly disagree with the idea that many seem to have that caps should affect a transfer fee or players value. It's actually better for the buying team if national team's coach doesn't fancy a player and he can be rested during international breaks. Just a stupid example but Botman still has no caps while Maguire and Dier are regulars for one of the biggest national teams.

This is the only place that constantly makes me feel young. After some googling I can't see any similarities between Minteh and Connolly. Watford didn't outsource Connolly's development to Feyenoord by loaning him to them, he was sold. I have no idea why Platt moved to Bari but saw something about a new rich owner they had and English football probably still struggled after the ban to participate in European Cups. Maybe Platt wanted to see other leagues and countries and seemingly successfully used Bari as a stepping stone. I just don't see this as a normal wealth cycle that football has seen all the time throughout the history. PL is way too rich compared to anyone else bar few super clubs in Europe. I hate the loan system and wouldn't mind if it was banned altogether, it just widens the gap between the rich and the others. Big clubs (like us now) can just hoover talent from all over the world and loan them out and let others develop them. Then keep the best talent or potentially sell them to get past FFP. It's just shit and I still don't enjoy it now that we're the ones taking advantage of it. Kenedy was decent for us for a while but all I could think of was how we are just being used by Chelsea.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with £35m when you look at the other prices Saudi teams have paid.

Why is this a poor negotiation?

That's an exciting read as a Newcastle fan but depressing read as a general football enthusiast. Feyenoord are a traditional big European club and now a lottery ticket buy by NUFC equals their record signing. Such a tough spot for their fans too, if he's good they know they have no chance to see him for them past this season.

That’s a bit harsh on Livramento.

Haiti are decent.

No, crowd started to cheer but she said it was due to handball.

What is she doing?

That’s a foul by England for gods sake. edit. Just turned it on and wasn’t sure what they were viewing from var.

Love this signing!

Nah, it was this summer.

Napoli were apparently interested.

Understat has Barnes at 0.19 for 21/22, which is his highest number at Leicester. I know Understat’s xG model is nowhere near the best but it’s such a nice site with tons of data available for free.

Which source has them close to equal? Understat has ASM at 0.39 and Barnes at 0.10 xA per 90 for 22/23.