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Potter to Spurs now seems the best play. Spurs will be sick of the former Chelsea managers but this one actually fits.

I actually thought he had to grow into the game. I think he's class like. Some days ard going to suit certain players more. Pleased he got his goal. He was still very good in the second half.

Froggys fine. Not his fault who he supports. He's Irish too i think, so don't call him a stupid cunt. He already knows that, as its on his coat of arms.

Amazed yous allowed him free reign of the ball. I understand not wanting Rashford tracking back though. Perhaps the game for more hard working winger and Rashford through the middle.

Ratings fuck it: Pope 6 Fuck all to do. Trippier 9 Was the best player on the pitch IMO. Schar 8 Superb. Botman 7 Solid. Burn 8 Dealt with the Brazilian rat. Longstaff 8 Was class. Everywhere. Bruno 8 Second half in particular was absolutely unreal. Willock 8 Actually thought he was poor first half. Got his goal. ASM 7.5 Played well, got his assist Isak 8 Some lush play, that pass man. Murphy 8 Best performance for us. Subs: Wilson 8 Felt lively, even before/after the goal. Joelinton 7 Usual, could have scored. Gordon 7.5 Some neat stuff, really warming to him. Anderson N/A

Love him me. Will be honour to take him to the arse end of Belgium or wherever next year and see him shithousing his way around continent. CL standard shithouse.

I agree with Froggy, ETH rolled the dice, he had to.

On the days when Bruno is missing, wouldn't it be great to know you had another player of elite quality in midfield. We are far to Bruno reliant.

Yep, with European football next year, you have to spin any potential injury problems into a positive and say its an opportunity for players like Willock and Longstaff to get games. If we are playing FC whothefuck at home, we could quite comfortably rest Maddison for a PL game etc. We also have to our medical team and their ability to assess his fitness record and how to handle it.

Into these cunts.

It's a bullshit term. I'd be surprised if we weren't in a semi-agreement with Maddisons camp and have an understanding of what Leicester would want. Again,someone like Liverpool step in and it's curtains, financially.

Already been rumours. But for Spurs would feel like a pure 6/10 appointment. He's a better fit than Conte though and certainly that's Portuguese fella.

Maybe a late fitness test. Be shocked if we see Miggy on the pitch today.

This is a great shout and a perfect fit. Rodgers is a European class manager, despite what's gone on recently at Leicester. Give him Rice/Paqueta/Scammaca/Bowen etc, you would fancy him finding a tune out of them.

So Gordon is definitely back on bench but is Miggy? Surely he's just watching?

Jesus man. You clearly aren't understanding my point. Our bench is OK. Liverpools is slightly better (based on this weekend). I could go through probably 16 teams and show you that their benches are comparable or worse than ours. It's a myth that that many teams ever have bundles of quality on the bench and we are no different.

Feel like West Ham would flourish under a progressive coach. If only their owners were more like Brighton and knew where to find good young coaches. They've got a canny squad.

These last 2 seasons have been spectacularly bad from Leicester. Don't even see them attracting a good manager. Relegated this year or next IMO.

Aye but thats not their bench . We could add Miggy to ours. My main point is that even the so-called big squads rarely have bundles of glittering talent on the bench. It's normally 3/4 real quality stars and a few younger prospects.

Just incase people are unclear. Toonjam88 is always spot on with his team news.

Was saying this the other day. We want 6 players. You don't have to be a mathematical genius to realise that 6 of the calibre we will want is going to cost a pretty penny. Hopefully we will get one decent bosman and also get some funds back from sales.

He'd improve any squad in the league

Perhaps we couldn't afford 50m last summer but can this summer. Very binary viewpoint. There's a million moving parts that go into transfers. From everything I've heard, Leicester wanted waaaay more than 50m.

For a player of Maddisons quality + his contract situation, I think somewhere around 50m would be fair. His value this season has gone up due to performances but his contract has shortened. We shouldn't fuck about. If we were prepared to pay 45m for Gordon, 50 for Maddison should be fairly straight forward.

I think we overrate other clubs benches to be fair. Just for comparison, Liverpools bench from yesterday (on the right), only Firmino and Nunez of note: