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So hopefully he's made his mind up that this is where he wants to be, seemed a bit unsure in January, although tbf the move was kind of moving very quickly back then.

I was thinking about Enrique as well the other day, it's a good comparison as like Targett, he was a beast of a defender, maybe not outstanding going forward, but not the worst either. I just think Howe's preferred method of play is going to be based on marauding full backs who can overlap the wide players, and that's not really Targett's game no matter what other qualities he has. It's purely a stylistic decision IMO.

I think Abraham is just a better player regardless tbh.

Wait, so when we talk about a backwards culture which is steeped in misogyny and abuse of human rights, are we talking about SA or Sunderland?

Yeah I was quite surprised he hadn't scored more tbf, he does look a good player. Just think he needs to prove himself over more than a season before we start laying out £40m.

I actually don't mind that since I am quite excited about Ekiteke, he has the pace which would cause real problems, and for me Wilson is a class CF, and I'm not convinced either Toney or DCL wouldn't be a downgrade. I could live with working with Wilson and Ekiteke.

Not sure about Toney since it's been pointed out 5 of his 12 goals last season came from penalties. I think we need an 18-20 goal a season man. DCL might be the better bet, but he has been out with injuries a fair bit as well recently, so that puts me off a bit.

Yep. They wouldn't have been anywhere near a premier league club a decade ago.

Backwards in it's truest form means going backwards. Seems to me they are going forwards, albeit from a starting point which is probably a couple of centuries behind everyone else.

They are medieval to be sure, but not sure backwards applies any more. It seems they are modernising slowly with women being allowed to drive now, encouraging tourism and buying football clubs.

Yeah I still feel we lack that, never really been happy with our versions of a playbreaker, with the exceptions of maybe Tiote and Diame, and even they weren't top notch. I think Joelinton has done a great job for the most part, but there is a higher level if we want to really push for the top, and I think that applies to Targett as well, even though no one can doubt he's done a great job.

It's true his passing can still be a bit erratic, he will misplace the odd one, but it feels like we will need a really top signing to be able to replace those disruption elements.

You don't get anywhere without a cunt up front. Wilson's got a bit in him as well, he's just so handsome he gets away with it. Richarlison though, one look at that face and you don't need a description.

I do get what he's saying though, if we don't get our primary targets, we might not want to spend too much on secondary ones who won't improve us that much.

Agree, we tend to undervalue our own players, they might not be CL players, but even a decent championship player costs you that much. They are solid pros.

Or England. But we would miss those trips for the sun, so maybe not.

Yeah I think we are better at dealing with these things, we've had lots of experience down the years.

Yeah quite, they aren't English. Pitch invasions are back I see, but we'll deal with them as we have to. We've had more experience than most with these things I imagine.

I've never seen other European club fans take over a city en masse though. Yes you will always get the odd nutter who might stab someone, but it's the group threat which some English clubs carry with them that causes problems.

He was gutted at losing, but said we'll come back stronger next season. Ready to go again. You really have to watch the interview to get it. It'll be up on Youtube soon enough.

Thank god we avoided that cunt. Sorry, let me rephrase that: Liverpool affiliated managerial prospect..

Klopp is outstanding man, he's the German version of Keegan. That interview was brilliant.

Well they should since they basically bankrolled Chelsea's rise to the top.

Amen brother. Amen.