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They wouldn't be doing their jobs right if they didn't.

More credit to Bunce? Can you imagine what it's like for Murphy to be spoken of in the same breath as Beardsley...

Something funny about "look, he's suddenly being good - stop doing whatever we're doing with him immediately".

Misread this as Bruce and got my head spun for a moment.

Yeah, agreed about Ginola, I don't think he's really legit, unlike many others.

It sounds like Yasir understands the boy is money and will help make the club what he wants it to be, so hopefully his underlings get it too. And hopefully promises of ludicrously overpriced post-retirement appearance fees are made so Isak doesn't feel like he's missing out on anything.

Supposedly Quansah was the one we wanted as a makeweight in the aborted Gordon deal last summer. But Liverpool rejected that idea at the time. So sounds plausible Howe thinks he can do something with him.

Proximity. Many people would rather be close for a few seconds than half a mile away from a hologram for several hours. Not sure what is hard to understand about this - a lot of people have been imagining this for half a century. Again, I'm optimistic it'll turn out alright, but when club things keep being run through a filtering process of season ticket holders and members, you can't blame people for being a bit paranoid.

In retrospect it was obvious they wanted rid of him sooner and briefs were going out to the media to that effect, but Hughton kept getting results which made sacking him unjustifiable. The first minor wobble in our premier league comeback season and they knifed him.

I'm hopeful everything will turn out great, they've generally been good about these things, but there's nothing wrong with people defending the city's interests if there's a sniff someone's trying to ration joy to only those who've bought corporate memberships.

Was the lawyer drawing up Pardew's contract, weeks before Hughton was fired. Fucking disgusted me. Was like watching a slow motion intentional car crash.

Made up to make Arsenal look silly if so.

I know, I was wondering how that worked out

He was before my time but the closest comparison I can think of is a young Gazza, mentality-wise.

He's been a bit up and down on that in his time here. E.g. early on this season he was throwing himself into everything, but in the last couple of months or so has looked half hearted at times. I don't know why but have been assuming it's due to how important and motivated he feels. Optimistic that with Europe and the additional finances we'll have next season, the squad will look a lot less lopsided and he'll fit in better.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7tr_H6jBEiE

Comforting myself with the same thought No back up plans or easier opportunities to come - Sunday was the date with destiny.

Am I right that he won't get a medal?

Howe says he likes big energetic characters in a dressing room, so I don't think he's disapproved of.

There was a pretty detailed breakdown that Juventus issued to their shareholders wasn't there? Don't think it was contingent on Europe - it looked unavoidable, as I recall.

Still our employee to be fair

After the faffing about last year with us/PIF/Palace, I wouldn't have expected the Arabian second division be the move though.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/17/dougie-freedman-leaves-crystal-palace-role-for-move-to-saudi-arabia-second-tier Huh, interesting.

He was way more into the celebrations than I would've expected. Fully involved in soaking Eddie, Geordies taking the piss etc. Good to see.