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Compare the identity of the German teams that signed Merino and Abeid, therein shall lie your answer.

He started two games, out of position, last season. Suggest we'd need a few more stages between underwhelming and solid. Having caught sight of him during his year at Osasuna and followed the story of his transfer to BVB, I'm confident that he's a talented player and means an area of weakness - central midfield - is addressed, therefore leaving us a striker short of what I consider the bare minimum. It's just my opinion but I think there's a player in there and a first choice rotation of Shelvey, Hayden and Merino would have a lot of promise.

He's a good player. Would upgrade our summer from underwhelming to solid if this happens. Vast upgrade over Colback.

Can't wait to blame the Medea when this goes wrong.

Love a good ninja signing

He leaves with my best wishes and I'm happy he rehabilitated his image with us. As an aside though, yet another player who couldn't get a role at an actual club on leaving us.

Where?

Eeeeesh. That's lbw

Makes sense like, pound has devalued

We've seen this so many times before and there's a lot of wishful thinking on here. Whenever Ashley is concerned, very rarely has there been no smoke without fire. He's a proven liar and cheat. The notion that he's somehow bought into the project or been won over by the excitement and positivity surrounding the club is, in my opinion, delusional optimism. I'm not convinced Rafa will resign yet - I think he does feel a bond and still believes in the idea of his project - but if we're at the end of July with very little progress in the transfer market, I have no doubt that he will make a very calculated decision involving the value of his reputation, the minimum level of respect and commitment he demands and his realistic view on the squad's potential vs the kinship I believe he feels for the club and the fanbase, the belief of whether he can whether a storm at boardroom level until there is a takeover/sufficient unrest that he can harness it to his advantage and the reality of other available positions in England. My reluctant conclusion is that, absent 3-4 signings over the next month, he will resign with his reputation and employability intact rather than become involved in a sideshow boardroom-politics dispute. I hope I'm wrong, but I have no doubt that he's mighty hacked off because a promise has been broken (yet again).

We share the same royal selangor shirt.

They make the Cambodian national football jersey. Otherwise they're a badminton specialist.

He's got a sign coming out of his head

Take me now you chorizo munching goateed man God

Agreeing with you aal owa the shop. Using 'we' because you went there on holiday once. Know a lad who claims to support Bayern Munich. You don't mate. Aaaarrgghh my melt of a friend supports Real Sociedad because he went to San Sebastián on his honeymoon. Legitimately uses "we" to describe them gets properly agitated if they lose. Wears that fucking xavi Prieto jersey every day and all.

No sympathy whatsoever remembering how they went on last year and have done since. Get fucked you morlocks.

Whilst remaining in the u bend. Be sweet as. Lansbury winner would basically be the fairytale.

Thank you kindly

No

Most 50/50 decisions have gone to Brighton. In keeping with the season then. They'll get their inevitable penalty and cue Sky hubris.

The festering, dusty nugget has finally been flushed.

I'm at a 4. Feeling engaged with the club and going to more games in the flesh than I have done for years created some Great memories and trips. Having a manager we all respect and rate has been so refreshing and enjoyable and remains a novelty. I've also loved watching an organised and disciplined, tactically astute (most of the time) team manage games sensibly. On the other hand, I've hated knowing that fans of downtrodden, fallen sides want to scratch at our heels like zombies and drag us down to their level, week in, week out. The pressure has been so palpable in that regard. I'm disappointed that so few holdover players from last year I expected to smash the league (Mitrovic, Perez, Mbemba in the main) have not kicked on. We have of course been unduly negative at times and thrown away points needlessly on too many occasions. But on the whole it's been another refreshing year of re-engaging with club and community.

I thought Dummett played well but otherwise what a bottle job.

I don't care how it happens, just win the game and get over the small stutter of poor/indifferent results. Crossing the 80-point barrier is massive in my opinion, puts the end goal very much in sight.

This smells like a heartbreaking 0-1