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I don't know if its been mentioned but nice to see that Reuben has done the bizzo on his mate Redknapp. Nice to have a couple of Sky cretins crawling up our arse for a change.

In love.

Confidence is shot to shit. Not even taking players on.

I'm loving the confidence, even if some of it is unfounded. A beautiful Easter Sunday, Eddie's mags, Wor Flags and hopefully 3 points but plenty of pride.

I hope Perez is booed to fuck. Not because I don't like the lad but because we should do anything to make opposition players uncomfortable. Leicester resting Barnes, Maddison and not having Vardy is massive for us.

Any ideas what they have lined up?

Also, its about scouting networks. It's alot about which scouts trust other scouts. I doubt there is much of the old school going to watch a player they fancy. It's more about collating data on hundreds of players and creating a portfolio which can be referred to.

If he's got even a modicum of promise he should be getting in our squad next season. You get an extra buzz from a homegrown player doing well.

The more they play down how much we will spend, the more I'm convinced we are spending big. I'm also convinced they have a couple of deals lined up.

Allardyce being appointed would confirm everything I thought about Burnley.

Did Nuno find a club? Also OGS lives near by.

Rafa keeping Burnley up would make the scouse mackems cry.

We do know that statistically, the new manager bounce doesn't exist right? Be really interesting to see who they hire. They can't hire a progressive manager because they won't have enough time to change the culture. It will have to be a pragmatic move. Rafa?

Gamble sacking him. If this doesn't work, they won't come back up. Would be hilarious if they now stayed up at Evertons expense.

He has covid that's why he didn't start.

Fair fucks to Moyes, hes made me like West Ham and I never thought I'd see that day.

Wouldn't be the worst day to stick a phone call into Paquetas agent.

That's why I suggested that if we could just get another 2 like Tripper and Bruno, of that standard, it would be a successful window. Provided we reinforce the squad too. I actually think another CM seems probably our easiest area to target. It's strikers and CBs where I'm unsure we will find anyone good enough.

Apparently wants CL football but again... can we sell our vision?

This is why signing Eriksen on a free would be such a class move. We will have got an elite player for nothing, allowing us extra wriggle room to go after our biggest targets.

Precisely my point. The PL market is virtually impossible unless we are signing Burn/Targett standard. There are areas we could exploit mind. Clubs with financial issues (Everton: Calvert Lewin, Pickford), clubs in turmoil (Man Utd: Henderson, Rashford), players out of contract (Lingard, Tarkowski), clubs getting relegated (Sarr, Dennis, Aarons, Cornet) and most importantly players coming to within 2 years of their contracts ending (Tielmans). There is also the outside possibility we could sell our vision to players like Conor Coady, who might be prepared to move on. In such case they may hold leverage with their clubs. But again, I always come back to the idea of their being better value abroad. For example Wolves might demand 40m for Coady, where as we know we could likely get Diego Carlos for less. It's all food for thought, ultimately we need to put the feelers out far and wide for best value.

I keep looking at targets and thinking "he'd be good with Bruno". Think I've man crushed on the sexy Brazilian magician.

I wouldn't snub Zaha, Raphinha or Phillips. I'd absolutely love the latter two. Zaha would be a decent signing but I'd not see much value in going after him age wise. Out of interest @The College Dropoutwho would be your main targets, given the choice?

Fair point.

Albrighton man. How is someone at their recruitment centre not been sacked for still having him in their squad? They are lucky they have an ace youth system.