HawK

He made up for it though, nice finish

This is why ASM doesn't pass much, for those that like to complain.

Billy's been showing for the ball 45 minutes straight in space with his palms up.

Shelvey severely limits how we play. Absolutely nothing going through the middle with him on the pitch and trying to play a 60yard ball every time. Willock and Anderson may as well not be on the pitch.

Wilson not taking kindly to a sliding tackle in a friendly. Was a good tackle, mind.

Will Lock? K that's mute on

The chap desperately needs a pundit alongside him to stop his mouth-words coming out

Now he's calling Anderson Willock, k this is ridiculous.

1860 have been 2 inches away from a goal twice now

ASM bundled over, commentators 'bit of concern on the Newcastle bench', cuts to Almiron, Fraser, Bruno and Joelinton corpsing

Anderson wearing the no. of one of my favourite ever players Robert.. no pressure lad!

Can't stop smiling whenever I see Targett before a match starts, looks like he's won a competition

Looking forward to seeing Tripp's brother, too.

Actually, Everton's recruitment pattern was quite similar to Leeds' when they overstretched. I remember the £7m odd they paid for Seth freakin' Johnson, a player they really didn't need at all

Just taking the Everton point - I think they were more victims of poor scouting and overpaying for average players, Michael Keane being a prime example. I recall vividly they were the first club to start offering 'the big sums' that we see today after the inception of the new TV deal at the time, and got lots of business done early in the summer window. They thought they'd get out there quick and snap up these prime targets and pay what they thought would be too good for the selling clubs to turn down, but would shortly become the normal, and in the long-run look like good deals. Except no-one really went ham like they did and they've been left to count their pennies.

Thought he had a pair of the womens' on tbh

We must be pushing some sort of record for average height between centre defenders and keeper there.

What was the availability looking like?

Yeah I follow you. And to be honest, match-going fans in the PL are a big part of the product. Especially our fans with all the fantastic work @Heron and the rest of Wor Flags do. But until some global-regulation or restriction on spending/finances comes in (which never will unfortunately), I don't see it changing. Whatever club has the most £ to spend will generally get the best players, and with this godawful FFP regulatory system in place, clubs are going to push every revenue stream available.

Oh for sure there's many factors affecting the spending power of our two clubs, I was just making the point that if you want the best players to play for your team, you're going to generally have to pay more to see them, whether that's tickets or TV subscriptions etc.

Aye and they couldn't afford Botman ^^

6397 ahead of me :S