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Poor window and we look worse for it.

Such a weird thing - was so obviously a bad appointment from the outset for a team that has been circling the drain a few seasons.

Same for pretty much all modern day leaders really

I think we have to concede that it was just brilliant defending; great tackle. Woodgate-esque.

Palace wasn’t it? Clean through and straight at Guïta?

Like a real prick I agreed to go on holiday with the chica and family months ago, not even thinking to check. So I’ll be waiting approx 10AM at a sports bar/shack in Montego Bay. Hopefully they allow rum and a jerk bucket from 0800 onwards.

Nooooooooooooooooooo

Again, literally exactly what he has said

I think that’s us and Shelvey gets more minutes when he’s back.

Sounds like a sensible combination of having a backup not being paid much who can then study off trippier over course of a few years and take over for him having learned precisely how we play. Save wages by moving Krafth and Manquillo, allocate elsewhere. It’s good squad and money management first and foremost IMO, but also has a hint of “the Brightons” in a tiny fee for someone who could next a lot more than that in return for some good coaching even if he gets frustrated waiting for his turn and moves on. One query I have is the flip side of that: he’s leaving West Ham, as I understand it, due to lack of first team opportunities. There aren’t going to be many here in the short-term beyond rotation and injuries to trippier.

Like there’s no way that’s his name, right? Wondered how long it would take until footballers started taking artist names. All started with that weirdo “Jonas”. To be clear I love Jonas and always will.

So yeh that’s what my argument was saying, we have to be an elite club first to attract him first in my view. We’d also only be a newly elite club, our name doesn’t yet have the same goodwill in the average player’s head as longer-term CL teams / clubs that have won and competed recently. We’d probably have to pay a premium to get round that (probably to the player).

I think he’ll have his pick of clubs in the summer; for better or worse he seems like the next off the production line to an elite club. He’ll have a choice of different destinations that offer CL football, so unless Arsenal or Manchester City offer big money now, both he and Leicester would be daft to pull that trigger (not least because they’re still close to the bottom and have looked woeful at times this year, especially recently without him). In our advantage here is that we might be a CL club by then, and might have the money to do it. I think we’d have to finish 4th at least to get into a serious conversation.

He is my lover true. I don’t think he’s a particularly nice man or anything, just think he gets it right sometimes and everyone always piles in whatever he says. Just find it a bit weird and think it’s important to be able to be wrong and say that, as opposed to bullishly repeat your view over and over again despite facts not being in your favour. Big problem in our society at the minute.

No, I was out. Afraid that I’m not he; I have a luxuriant head of hair and work for ITV.

Or just owning his mistake.

Can’t help the helpless, I suppose.

What’s different about your statement there to that for which you criticise Edwards? Very much meant as a genuine question - I rate your posts and value the insight you provide.

I think it takes quite a lot to publicly admit that, fair play to him.

I'd say I'm more just sticking up for the facts, Edwards did call this and it appears to have happened.

... So guess Edwards was, to a significant extent, correct then? Hrm.

Love that this thread was genuinely started to wind people up.

Yeh, I think these are all good points - especially on wages, you'd imagine. I always find the English premium so strange, I'd have thought there would more be a PL experience premium more than English-specific. I think other posters have correctly pointed out that we're also paying for long-term potential, but it's not like Trossard doesn't have time and room to grow. I'd imagine we inquired given Ashworth's connections. Absolutely agree re: attributes Gordon has which attract Howe. Good post.

FFP concern is with wages-to-turnover ratio, not as much with purchase price.

Isn't he cup-tied?