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Would be this for me. I was there in the small section we had along the side. I remember he had a shot that went over the stand, and it looked to a man, everyone in the stand behind the goal going crazy. Hauled off and never to be seen again.

I’ll always have a soft spot for Marlon Harewood scoring that goal at Barnsley. I was in the bottom corner next to the home fans where he went to celebrate after we’d been getting grief all game. Don’t think I’ve celebrated a goal more. 😂 Hottiger is the best that I’ve seen on here that I’d totally forgotten though.

We will ‘definitely chase Man City and Arsenal’ is a silly comment. Quite a long shot to expect that.

😂 I assume this is a joke.

He’d be a starter at a team challenging for Europe and on the way up. If he signed for Villa I wouldn’t have bat an eyelid, so I don’t think it would be that weird to have him signing for us. Can’t see him at City or Arsenal, Man Utd have just bought a CB, Chelsea have bought loads and I suspect Liverpool have other priorities.

Quite like the third one. Having been in the Nike and Adidas stores in Berlin during the Euros though, I was quite surprised the difference in quality between the ‘replica’ and the ‘authentic’ versions of each top. Assuming that will be the same here.

True, though there were noises at the time that he didn’t have as much control as he thought he would. Also around the PSR deadline, I read somewhere that one of the differences in views was that he was prepared for us to sell a ‘star’, whereas Howe and others wanted to resist that.

How many times now have we heard that a Wilson injury may affect our transfer business. It’s ridiculous. He’s into his 30s and this isn’t going to change. Great player, but can’t be relied on and we need players we can rely on when our squad isn’t as big as those at the top.

Given the Sporting Director will no doubt be a major part of the fire/hire process for a manager, I’m not sure they’re going to sit down with Howe and seek approval when appointing someone to that role. It’s quite a coup to get Mitchell and like it or not, he’s not going to agree to come here and take direction from Howe. I’d like Howe to stay and work in the structure the owners (and most big clubs) want/have, but it’s the job of the owners to put the best people in post, not have a manager calling the shots. Whether post-Howe starts soon or in a few years time, they can’t just wait until he’s gone before putting the structure they want in place. It’s the most important thing for the long term. We don’t know what conversations have taken place though. I doubt Ashworth leaving was just because a new opportunity came up. I think it’s safe to assume he didn’t have the control he thought he would. Staveley going is probably linked to it all.

Don’t get me wrong, I’d rather Howe stayed as he has been great for us, and because of the upheaval it would cause. But let’s be honest and removing any bias, any top job becomes available and Poch is higher on an owners list than Howe.

IF we could get Poch, he’d be an upgrade.

I’m not worried personally. If he leaves, he leaves and we replace him hopefully with another good manager. I’d like that decision to be made in the next few days though and not drag on. If Howe isn’t interested, he should rule himself out and we move on. If he is, replace him anyway.

I’m not sure where the logic comes from that buying up another 6% of the club shows that the Saudis are now less interested.

One of the most important people in the history of the club.

Howe brought him in though. Woods influence was noticeable as early as Leeds away.

The Anderson sale was a pretty obvious one to do I thought. Along with Longstaff, it’s been talked about for months.

£35m is insane if true. I like Anderson, probably more than most looking at opinions on here, but I’d have said £20m would be at the high ended, never mind this.

I’m resigned to losing big players eventually, even now, but you’re not getting maximum value in this desperate state.

Chris Wood was exactly what we needed at that time and did his job well imo. We got back most of what we paid for him too.

Man Utd fans defending Ten Hag is excellent for everyone else.

What difference does that make? Man Utd beat Millwall in a final and someone else fuckin Cardiff in the past 20 or so years. It’s completely irrelevant to my point, which was a small one anyway. Go get your knickers in a twist about something worth it.

They took it to extra time ffs. I’ve seen us in the three finals in my 40 years and we’ve been comfortably beaten in each. We haven’t come close. They may look a basket case, but I’d still put money on them winning another trophy before we win one. Think it’s you needing to give your head a wobble.

Extra time?

Basket case club who still came closer to winning something last season than we’ve managed in about 50 years.

They’ve just announced it this month.