The College Dropout

I'm way off the pace atm. Likely using my AM chip. You know where I'm going.

Last season he would barely move in the last 20 minutes it was so bad.

Isak has looked better in the final 20 minutes in recent weeks imo. Still feel Wilson could be a powerful asset off the bench in the run in. His goals got us over the finish line for 4th.

Out of his own self-interest I assue Wilson wants a big end to the season. If he can stay fit and score 3-5 goals, he might earn himself £4m-8m retirement fund with a 2-3 year deal at West Ham, Everton or something. If he doesn't play much the offers won't be worth putting his body on the line again. If we were cheeky and he scores 5+ perhaps we could sell him to Saudi for £10m+? (extending the contract then selling him might be a red flag)

I think we need it for depth. European winger out of favour - Juve, Atleti usually have someone knocking around. My guess is a loan fee and possible wages would eat into our Miggy profit. We are a Murphy injury away from shoe-horning Willock at RW.

This is what i'm thinking. We are doing absolutely nowt.

PIF already have multiple club. We just aren’t at the top of the pyramid.

Fancy Villa to get to the QFs - maybe semi's. Great for them. If they do that they definitely won't make CL again - probably Conference bound.

And that’s the thing. Eddie won’t play kids. Yep. The squad will need 5. 3 as a minimum (RB backup, RCB, RW). Really need a GK and ST too as you say. If Eddie is happy to play Miley, we could sell both Longstaff and Willock and only replace with 1 player. Think we should sell Joelinton to Saudi for £70m personally. If Mitoma is worth that.

Was hoping we would get some type of Miggy replacement. Summer is going to be so interesting. Especially if we qualify for the CL. Because… we’ll actually need a proper squad. People keep talking about selling Longstaff, Willock, Barnes….. they will need replacements. We are desperately short as it is squad wise. A part of what’s helped us and Villa maintain some level of performance with a small quality squad is the squad members have been seasoned pros. Are we going to replace them with Spurs like boys? Are we going to wheel and deal like Villa? Massive summer ahead lad.

It’s the only interesting tie on paper. Juve aren’t good so fancy PSV. Fancy Celtic to win at home but to lose convincingly away.

First time one of these clubs won’t be in the last 16 for how long? Real Madrid might have made the last 16 25 years in a row.

That’s good content tbf and you’ve circulated it

Where does Miggy rank in assists?

Havertz missed a sitter. Missed a 1v1. Timber chance was decent too. A lot of that xg would be low quality shots but they had 2-3 big chances.

It was hyperbolic to make a point. We are legit a few successive bad decisions away from falling right off it and taking many years to get close again. Zoom out - Bournemouth have had 2 relegations in the last 5/6 years. They are a yo-yo club that now look set to re-establish themselves as a PL outfit. In the same period Man U have won 2 Cups and been to a final for 2 others, multiple CL campaigns - as a "banter" era. That's the point of the big 6. No matter how poorly they are run, they are too big to get relegated. Too much money. They will only be a few good decisions away from competing for Europe and Cups. Everybody else - including us - needs a string of generational choice decisions to compete with them and that success can be undone quickly. Fall right back into the pack or further for several years. That's my point. It's not a controversial point i'm making.

Would prefer an option to an obligation. We need a stop gap. Reassess in the summer. Maybe financially it doesn't make sense to loan (loan fee might eat up some of the Miggy profit).

Spurs have the finances to compete. Levy just doesn't want too. Spurs revenue is impressIve.

Them keeping one of the 6 out the CL for another season might help gradually bring us all closer together. I don't see a world where we qualify for the CL next season and are able to qualify for the CL again the following season. We aren't allowed to build a squad to facilitate that. So best to rotate the CL spots as wide as possible.

Would like a loan to replace Miggy.

Can't see City winning the CL at all. Man U might jam their way through the Europa though. Doubt it. Maybe Spurs might. Really wanted Villa in the play-offs. This run and the Duran sale will give them a big PSR boost. Good chance of making the QFs. This season I can't see them finishing top 5 (not discounting them) but European football is still on. Next season they will be very serious imo. They should be able to invest well.

You've proved my point. We are closer to Bournemouth in revenue than Spurs. Successive bad decisions will put us closer to teams like Bournemouth than teams like Spurs for a medium term. As bad as Spurs have been these last 3-4 years they've finished 4th & 5th among them.

Villa straight into the last 16. Massive for them. City, Real, Bayern, Juve, Dortmund, PSG all in the play offs. Half don’t make it to the last 16 most likely.

Villa straight into the last 16. Massive for them.

City 3-1. Probably for the best. Think they might be playing Real Madrid or Bayern.