The College Dropout

It will be Levi Colwil and any English player getting minutes at the cartel 6.

We are paying him during gardening leave but it will be less than £2m in entirety you would assume. It's the cost of his replacement which might be high but again... I doubt it will be over £5m. We'll definitely make a b. healthy profit.

I'm taking into consideration hits from other players. But aye I think 30 would need a mini-haul from a lesser owned player. Maddison could do that. A Pau Torres goal perhaps. Bowen brace etc. Also I feel it's slightly against the grain (with engaged players) which has upside alone. I might not do it myself. But I'm thinking about it.

I would prefer a left-footer.

Agreed. But there is an upside to 29.A freehit would beat the non-free hitters by 12-30 points considering a lot will be taking hits. The doubles in 34 and 37 have mostly better teams, so you would want those picks anyway. If you don't free hit. You're probably taking -4/-8 for 29 and then wildcarding 31, maybe taking a hit or 2 for 34. If you freehit you might be able to delay the wildcard until closer to 34. Taking less hits on the way.

Didn't have the heart to fight for his place with Shelvey and Diame.

Aye. Thats what the people itk where saying before he joined and it was backed up by the stats. At his best I expect he would be the second best midfielder we have technically. But also athletic.

Their XGa is 3rd. Which is still excellent. They tend to leave a lot of space in behind and the GKs often bail them out or players get intimidated. I can see a Haaland brace. But I don't want him against Arsenal for sure. I can just see a Morris 4 pointer coming up. Edit: I take that back, Morris has 5 in his last 7.

Doesn't look a healthy running gait

He doesn't go by Valentino? Just seen that his wiki defaults to Tino and they've used TL as his initials.

Liverpool's defence aren't that good. I'm not convinced it's best to sell Haaland. He could easily bag a brace. Likely to sell him though. But I'm not convinced.

Aye. Nketiah is rumoured to earn £80k+ and will cost at least £25m. A lot of money for someone that should spend 70% of their time on the bench.

For the Wilson level - I don't think that's realistic. A 25-year-old Wilson that can stay fit, isn't happy to sit on the bench.

You're literally describing the minutes of top-level experience he's not getting.

I also think he's genuinely 4th choice LB. One thing I've learnt about Eddie. If he genuinely thought Hall would benefit he first team. Hall would be playing. I think Hall is missing out on 20 minutes here, 20 minutes there but not substantial minutes imo.

Villa's wage bill is higher than ours and their revenue is lower. Squad cost is a little lower.

No. Great choice. I've an outside chance of winning the NO league. Last couple of years I've finished 5-10 in the league. Finishing top 3 would be brilliant.

No I mean you can choose what other clubs have done. Like you have done with Alvarez. Aye Alvarez is a £50m player bought for £12m. Aye that would be fantastic business in any regard. He would start for us every week though. He’s not a backup striker for us - he’s a starter. Again Trossard is a winger by trade. and he was only cheap because he has 6 months left on his contract. His primary role in the squad is backup to Martinelli and a striker backup. He doesn’t offer anything Barnes and Gordon don’t already offer. id take a Kudus type. He’s played as a striker, 10 and Moyes plays him off the right. Left footed. But that profile would start for us at RW. And is just as makeshift a striker as Gordon. Agreed. Wilson came back and played 90 minutes 4 times in about 15 days. He can’t do that and it’s not reasonable to expect him too imo. You’ve added the evidence - thanks.

Like who? Anyone proven will cost £40m+. Can't afford that for a back-up (although we have done that at LW). Anyone cheaper has a high likelihood of being shit. Would people be happy with a Chris Wood type?

He's getting hurt because we are calling on him too often IMO. He shouldn't have been on the pitch the last injury and the injury before.

Fair opinion. He mostly gets injured in-match. And recently he's been getting injured when he's overplayed or clearly fatigued. That shouldn't happen to a back-up.

I'd personally keep Wilson mind. His injury woes are manageable as a #2. He should only start 1 in 3 or 4 games. The #1 having such bad injury problems is the bigger issue.

I agree. We need to adapt to him, and he needs to adapt to EH's system. That's the only solution. If we can't do it, he needs to be sold. As buying a Solanke or Toney to play with Isak or to sit on the bench just isn't financially viable for us. As I've repeated. Only Liverpool have 2 quality 9's in their squad. They have the budget to afford that. If we sell Wilson. His replacement will be likely of a max. fee and current ability of a Nicholas Jackson. I'd sell Wilson & Murphy and get 2 RW's.. one of which can play upfront if needed similar to what Gordon does.

We've got enough options at LW. Since the takeover we've spent: £60m at LB assuming Hall signs £35m at CB £45m at RB £90m at CM £80m at LW £0m at RW £60m at ST (not counting Wood) We don't need to spend any more money at LW.

Mbuemo is a good player but he would cost a ton. And he's not creative at all. Will score loads though.