Dokko

We have an agreed price with villa. So it's not that. The agent could be trying his luck with daft money and we're not playing ball.

You'd hope so. Also I'd be pretty gutted if we don't sign him. He's been solid as fuck and deserves a career here. I'm hoping we sign him and Hickey, with Hickey learning the ropes for a couple of seasons. Ideal world stuff but it's £35m for the pair and we should have to worry about LB for a long time.

Think we'll draw. The crowd know we could cost them the title and that's too much of an opportunity to pass up. Nearly did it last time. This time were better prepared.

Ironically a very mackem thing to think/say.

Don't think that's the issue here.

We have an agreed £15m fee with villa. Possibly his agent being a cunt so we're looking elsewhere.

Hope this Liverpool turns up next weekend.

Doubt there will be many watching this. Shame.

Thought they sent him back for being a cunt?

Could be scouse mackem vs original gansta mackems next season. Complete mackfest

You could have just said, yeah I went bit a low after being conditioned by ashley for years and I'd have agreed with you in full. However you double downed, moved the target and blamed others interpretation. Anyway. An Adjusted goalpost later, I do agree with you and your sentiment.

Back up your bullshit with more bullshit. Fooling no one.

Back to school on Monday?

£200k isn't £120k though. That's his follow up when he realised he was talking shit.

Gleefully obtuse and ferocious with it.

Same, but easier to say 4 home wins. Also Southampton are still in the bad books with me for the 'can't play players signed in re-schedules' shite.

No one wants Coutinho, the one person who said his name also followed up with its hugely unrealistic. Most have said quality and expecting 3-5 £100-150k players and you came steaming in stating: Forget about players that would be on anywhere over 120k a week. Some macktracking which RTG would be impressed with.

You're moving goalposts as you know you're wrong. You said: Forget about players that would be on anywhere over 120k a week. Now its £200k+

It's up to the current players to show they are worth the same. We have players on peanuts and some already on £100k+. You think Longstaff is going to demand Bruno's wages? We have loads of players not far off the money you are talking. Bruno, Wilson, Wood, ASM, Almiron, Trippier, Joelinton, Fraser & Shelvey (Jonjo may have took a paycut when he re-signed) are all on £70k+. You think they are going to get upset if we bring in a proven 30 goals a season striker or a 20+ winger and they get £120-150k and demand the same or they'll leave? I suppose it makes it easy to remove those who think they are better than they are. We're not under paying anyone in our squad, in fact most have been overpaid for years. Players only get upset when you bring in someone equal to them and they get paid so much more. You're much more likely to upset players bringing in a Hendricks on £50kpw, simply getting it as he's on a free yet the players at the same level as him are on a third of that. That's when you disrupt the balance & harmony. Pay for quality, no one cares as the team moves forward, wins more games and the players all around improve, or allow a few greedy twats hold back the squad because they think they are better than they are. If so, Howe has got it wrong and its not the characters he believes he has.

Think its the other way round. We've room and new deals (within reason that don't exist at all right now) will cover an increase. We have so many players on £50k or so who add nothing. We shift a few off the books and we open up even more room. We'll be after £100-150kpw players, it's what you pay now for quality and that is what matters to us to move forward.

Ideal world stuff. I think there are few decent free players (Kamara, Eriksen, Tarkowski, Grillitsch, Lingard, Belotti & Denayer) they'll go for as well. I'd expect a couple of them landing here. I see the fees for Abrahams (£50m) and Osimhen (£67m) have been set, along with Nunez (£67m) there are a few top strikers up for grabs. We're out of the running for Nunez, but Abrahams at £50m is the one i'd go for.

Started well at Villa but doesn't look interested again. Might be he's got something else lined up, but at 30, on £300k+ pw, i'd hope we'd get 3 players in for that who'll make more of a difference now, and in a few years.

4 PL home wins today please.

Should probably cut out the middle man and report him straight to Dark Justice.