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For the sake of 2(?) games Dubs has lost the chance to bookend what has been a pretty good stint here with match winning performances against Man U. Instead he has the chance to be a pointless answer on cup winners in the 2020s

Got City, Wolves and Forest after the final before a free weekend. If we can limp 4 from those (should be aiming for 6) then a boot camp and refresh before another decent set of fixtures to put a run together.

I had a look at this earlier expecting to see massive underperformance compared to the seasons before and after but it was only Chelsea who really underperformed in 11/12. points wise we were pretty much 5th or 6th based on average points per position back then.

Is he though? By all accounts other than the Miggy moment he seems decent enough off the pitch

Fake Bruno OG anyone?

I think Howe will win trophies but fall just short of the title. would love to be wrong

A US coach will win the premier league in the next 10 years. Probably before another English coach does

Always speaks well of us

Leeds will hit the panic button on one of Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney or Bruce.

Mason's apparently been sacked

Unless Kompany is the mole of course

Or will he wait for the summer to decide where potentially Spurs Man City Liverpool Chelsea Could all be looking for a new manager (reckon there is a fair chance Pep and Klopp walk after this season)

Luke's made Mediawatch https://www.football365.com/news/mediawatch-leeds-supporters-never-let-marsch-succeed-blind-bielsa

I have a feeling a team will win 15 of the remaining 17/18 games. whether it’s one of the current top 4, spurs Liverpool or Chelsea I don’t know but one will

He missed 80 league games for us over 10 years and around 25 for Blackburn over his four years there. Even in allowing for half of these to have been missed at his scoring rate its knocked 25 goals off his total. After taking off the years with his loan spells I reckon Kane has missed 40 games for spurs so 13 goals. Wasn't what I expected to find - I was trying to show that without injuries Shearer would be miles further ahead but the reality is that they are really similar in profiles We should really sign Kane in the summer just to have 3 of the top 4 Premier League goal scorers associated with us

And the other 3 being Leeds, Palace, Palace. You're doing alreet, we're doing alreet, Arsenal are doing alreet etc but no team is on exceptional form since the restart, a big bunch of much of a muchness on 10-12 points since the restart

Of course!

aren’t they 2 wins in 5 in the league? Their good form is really in the cups

Who is our game in hand against? Tried scrolling the BBC fixtures but couldn’t spot where we play but Man U and Spurs dont

If VAR look at it then the argument that it hasn't been seen by the ref goes out of the window. If VAR cannot look at it (outside the area) then surely this argument doesn't exist?

We'd be up against Arsenal and Liverpool for Rice you would imagine. Advantage over Arsenal is that he is pretty much nailed on as a starter here with a little more competition there so they may not value him quite as high as we do Advantage over Liverpool is that they are going to tie themselves in knots with Bellingham so we can nip in quickly

Will that be Hexham's finest Fraser Forster playing in the Champions League knock out stages?

Looks real bad in isolation but there is a lot of missing context e.g. are these cash advances on sponsorship deals (rather than taking a loan on future income from the bank) e.g. how were these payments disclosed when all said and done - nothing wrong with taking in shareholder equity, up to the PL how they interpret their treatment e.g. do the intermediary sponsors actually do anything or are they just shell companies used to distribute cash? This was early on in the City project so I would assume getting cash through the door today was more important than over a 3-5 year sponsorship period, on the premise that Champions League funding would soon kick in to fill the cash gap, probably not quite the smoking gun that it immediately looks to be

But if you take the issue of Manchini's (alleged) contract position there is nothing legally wrong with what was in place, it is a question on whether it contravened the rules put in place by a sporting body. Same with sponsorship values, legally they are likely to be sound but whether they fit the PLs requirements is a different kettle of fish. If Chelsea are using a 7 year contract to spread fees and it is found to be a 5 year contract with the option of 2 (based on hitting criteria) then we'll see another legal wrangling on whether the initial contract is 5 or 7. All good fun from the sidelines

Nah, we've got Liverpool at home next, that's the easiest game in the premier league at the moment. Plus wouldn't surprise me if Klopp walks should they lose to Everton