The College Dropout

They’ll get Iraola imo. I hope they give him the season or our all the cups.

That’s not how PSR works. The costs are so high we run a decent PSR loss every year. Revenues haven’t increased with the costs. We won’t have to sell to he compliant. But our revenue and current PSR position means we can’t spend 50-100m net without sales.

Of course they were excited. The car plate going viral is evidence. He was only midway through that bad season so the hype was high.

Nope. I never said we overpaid for either. I’ve been a big Hall fan from day one and wanted him to play more last season. I questioned the logic of buying him last season if Howe wasn’t willing to play him despite an injury crisis after only a couple poor games (halves even). Turns out I was right - Hall is top tier and should’ve got more game time when Burn was getting ripped week after week at LB. Tonali - again not a slight on the player. But I questioned spending £50m+ on 1 player + all the other money we spent that window when we were going to need to raise 50m+ to become PSR compliant. I think now everyone admits that was the wrong approach which is why aren’t doing that this season and Amanda and co. left. We haven’t done a 40m+ deal since. If it wasn’t for Minteh having a breakout season we would’ve had to sell a purple on the cheap. We overspent they window for sure and had no good plan to get out of it.

He always reminded me of those Italian workhorses that inevitably win the CL, World Cup or something big spending all their career in Italy and you kind of don’t know how good they really are. Ambrosini, Conte, to lesser degree De Rossi and Gattusso. Lads must’ve been brilliant.

Everyone said we overpaid for both.

Loved Ba. Remy was great. Isak is different gravy. It’s not close. Scored 3 in 4 without penalties in the main. People talking about ‘he missed a lot of chances for us’ did he fuck. His record for us is as good as the PL has ever seen.

Sometimes I think we overplay the ‘media are trying to sell him’ angle but this is the wildest shit I’ve eve seen. Ita not even like Arsenal have the money either.

I never noticed it last year. When you go to his Fbref his numbers of 365 days are superb - there’s no over performance it’s in line with his expected data over a long period of time. Then I checked his stats from last season, pretty impressive considering he was in and out the side. As someone said - it’s unlikely a new RW would’ve been as productive as Murphy. Murphy’s been more productive than Gordon in the PL has he not? Delighted for him. He’s a weird player though. As someone Said he can strike a ball so cleanly which is why he creates so many chances. But at times he can barely pass 4-yards

Robert Sanchez is largely responsible for a lot of goals conceded though. Getting him out might change things for them. Don’t rate that Levi Colwil either. Decent left foot, sharp hairline with the spray - can’t defend. I’ve had a Chelsea triple up on FPL ffs.

Lots of people rating Chelsea and City highly. Chelsea have 1 win in 7 in some really favourable fixtures. They are falling like a stone. Sure they have quality but they could continue to shit. City have only beaten relegation fodder + Chelsea in the last 9. Still don’t have any legs in midfield. Collapsed the other day in Europe. Not convinced they are back at all. The only reason I think they will finish top 5 is I expect them to lose their CL play off giving them 3 months to concentrate on the league. But they could easily finish 6th.

He’s been productive for over a season now. Similar G/A per minutes to last season.

He thinks it will help improve performances. Feel good factor etc. 2-8th fairly close. I don’t think any are outstanding sides. We could finish anywhere from 3rd to 7th. If we keep our players fit we’ll end up near the top of that group imo.

City have (likely) 3 CL fixtures and 5 tough games coming up. We’ll see if they are really back by 9th March. Us, Forest, Arsenal, Liverpool and Spurs. Prime City get 11 points minimum. I reckon they only get 7.

wins against Chelsea, Ipswich, West Ham, Leicester. Draws to Brentford, Palace and Everton. Losses and Man U and Villa. In the PL that’s P9 W4, D3, L2. Chelsea might be a turning point but the rest of their wins have been against bottom 5 teams. They crumbled against PSG the other day Stilll vulnerable.

Don’t rate him as highly as most seem too

This will feel like City are back. And playing more directly might help. But moreover - Chelsea have been awful.

James has been injured for much of the last 3 years though. Before that - he was brilliant.

This guy started well but they’ve been poor for some time

Think Minteh and Rutter were opportunistic because of us and Leeds FFP position. Decent fees for both.

Isn’t Nkunku LW

I read it like you’re saying he’s all hype and no substance. He was genuinely a class player who has suffered from massive injuries. Could be done could be on a long road back but he’s not ‘hype’

Lad has barely played for the last 2 years. He might just be finished. But he was a wonderfully talented player.

Sanchez has been awful all season

I think a lot of those are low-risk. At worst they’ll get their money back. Which is why I think there’s good pickups available there this summer or next. They can’t develop all of them