Rich

Now youve done it. :lol: Gimp pretending like he’s not in the group

Well this is laughable. Can’t wait to chat about it with Dokko and KI down the social later.

Still think we might see a Hayden improvement too. It’s obviously still pretty shite overall and not a major leap forward on the season end, but versus this time last year we do look to be ahead.

maybe a blessing. Miserable cunt. Fucking convinced he only posts for the then sits back like :cumsplatteredovereverything: You reckon?

Don’t know why but I’m tickled pink we’ve got a Japanese and South Korean in the squad. Excited to see what this guy can do under Rafa.

https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2015/8/2/9085083/kenedy-chelsea-work-permit Decent article on Kenedy's signing there, got a couple of tables in it showing how they break down the "points" in the first and second review stage for a work permit. He'll possibly qualify based on the first stage, but if not he should definitely get through on the second (as the points are added together and you only need 4). Stage 1 Stage 2

Eh? Maybe not a guaranteed one, but I’d be amazed if he was rejected altogether. Coming from a tier one league in Europe, significant transfer fee and will be on good wages. Due to Japan's FIFA ranking he needs to have played in 75% of their games in the last two years for it to be straightforward. Not sure if he has. He hasn’t, but for the reasons I mentioned it should still go through discretionary or on appeal. There’s lots of precedent there, even Kenedy when he originally joined Chelsea. Poorer league, lower fee and probably lower wages.

Eh? Maybe not a guaranteed one, but I’d be amazed if he was rejected altogether. Coming from a tier one league in Europe, significant transfer fee and will be on good wages.

Siem and Luuk were both born in Switzerland apparently.

Hopeful he'll end up in France now that they've got some TV money swilling about, same with Saivet.

I hate to defend Ryder like, but has he not just ran that through a translator? Well aye, but as a journalist you'd think he might try to tidy it up a bit

Doing quite a good job of getting rid of the surplus this summer, though still a few to go. Looks like Sterry, Lazaar, Hayden, Saivet, Aarons, Mitrovic, and Toney are all likely to move on. That would leave us with 5 squad slots to fill, though I'd be surprised to see us bring in that many players in the time remaining.

Bye.

An unfortunate pawn in the standoff between Ashley and Benitez, ridiculous that we’re in a place where we can’t risk letting him go.

Seems to be gathering pace, this one.

22 minutes

Well that penny just dropped.

Such little faith We'll find another Joselu Probably hinges on Mitro going, as otherwise we'd never be able to afford it.

Dangerous from set pieces, fairly decent defender, about our level. Think Rafa would make good use of him here, certainly no downgrade on Mbemba other than lacking the versatility.

What difference would that make to things, you reckon? As of Rafa's comments last night it's fairly clear he's given up on Charnley, having always been careful to speak well of him in the past.

If I remember right one of the secondary aims of the Pardew campaign was to disrupt the cosy setup that had emerged at the club, setting the scene to go after Ashley once Pards was toast. I would argue that doing something similar with Charnley (and Barnes) could have a similarly destabilising effect. Even just making everyone's life uncomfortable in general sends pressure to the top, which is what the current social media campaigns are doing (albeit to people who probably don't deserve shit in their day-to-day life). Charnley and Barnes are complicit at the very highest level, not running NUFC's Twitter account.

Could've said the same about Pardew. Ultimately they're all accountable and a lot easier to get at than Mike is, Barnes included. Needs must, and all that.

You don’t always have to go for the head right away. People should be thinking about weakening the base.

Incredibly bad timing on SSN’s part.

If this happens we’re down to 26 senior players. Shift those purples.