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That Burnley result is massive for us.

Just a flavour.

It will 100% be Branthwaite. He fits every single profile we look for in a player. Young Experienced for his age In our price bracket At a club which is vulnerable to us British In a position which we will be looking at

Still no sign of Harvey Barnes in training?

We don't know the full details of the fee though. It would be stupid to get annoyed about something that isn't clear. More over, if its a long term strategy to spend on young players, then being stuck in the short term is irrelevant. The fact some of our fans don't have any patience, doesn't make the strategy wrong.

Perhaps it's just a development plan. Making him train with us for a season. Wonder if he will go out on loan next season.

I'm more confused than ever.

Pleased. He adds depth to our CB position. Would have been silly allowing him to leave for nothing.

Pizza Rob in the mud.

Trossard is an example of a versatile wide forward who only cost 27 million for Arsenal. Of course he plays more on the left (which we don't need) but he's an example of the sort of deal that can be done for someone who could play second fiddle to Isak.

City paid 14m for Alvarez. Now that's an extreme example of good business but surely for double that we could get someone who is young, exciting and mouldable.

I'd pay that. Ideally they would be versatile but what we absolutely cannot do is go into next season relying on Callum Wilson. A good second striker would be worth every penny. I also take your point on RW, that would also be a priority for me.

One of Wilson or Isak needs replaced because the former is a crock and the latter is his fucking apprentice. If out of the pair you want to let Isak go and not Wilson, I'd assume that you been in a serious car accident and hurt your head. Sign a good striker, with a half decent injury record and it will do wonders for everyone, including Isak. It doesn't matter whether they are old or young, it doesn't even matter what type of striker they are because we create chances, it just matters that they are of a good standard and are available.... Isak will do the rest.

He's a LW, so you'd have him over Gordon?

On the other hand, Ashworth leaving might have given us a tidy excuse to make a small concession on his demands. For me, Joelinton is crucial to next seasons success.

Yeah I was arguing with a Liverpool fan who said Grealish is better, and argued that Grealish hasn't played as much as Gordon.

Personally I think any thoughts of usurping Villa and Spurs is fantasy stuff. Man United, fuck knows which way they go. Like it or not, they have a knack for pulling results out of their arse. For me, it's 7th. Europa Conference would be a perfect nursery for re-learning how to cope with two games a week. We'd batter most teams in that competition, we might even be favourites to win it. In order to get 7th, we need to see off Brighton and West Ham. We have both teams at home. Win both and 7th will be ours IMO, largely because I can't see either side pulling away from us any time soon. We've looked unlikely to string 6/7 games together this season but if we beat Chelsea away and don't get smashed off city in the Cup, I might revise my view and think 6th is possible.

We've showed we can go on long winning streaks with Longstaff in the side. I agree, he's a player that can look really poor when out of form. If he has a year where he gets less game time, he might decide leave, which is also fine but Eddie won't actively push him out the door, especially not this summer.

Whether people want Longstaff to leave or not, he won't be going anywhere. If you think Longstaff will leave, you haven't been listening to Eddie Howe at all. He will surely end up as 5th/6th choice and that's OK with me.

Can someone find me a grealish/Gordon comparison?

I'm sure someone much smarter than me will answer this but all of the talk is of a big summer. Besides which, its not done in 3 year blocks, its not allowed to have x amount of losses over 3 years, so each year the number is different to the previous. I still can't fully wrap my head around it but I'm certain we will have plenty to work with.

Can you read? I said he's the best manager in the world. For someone called Pata, your conversation is shite

What was the XG on that mother fuckers.

I'm not a Man City fan and I think Pep is the best manager in the world. This season they haven't been where they should be.

Firstly my point was about the season and secondly, XG can go fuck itself.