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Time will tell but this feels like one deal that might be drifting towards him staying after all since Everton want too much and we're not as stupid as Chelsea.

Fuck off Forest for not even being slightly competitive in a semi-final. Class letdown though for their arsehole fans who might run on and try to chin some players. Might end up 8 nowt on aggregate.

Fonseca? At Lille I think

Only have the back end of last season to go on as far as watching him and his ability and character goes, and that was only a handful of games. I didn't see a ton of what i'd personally think we need currently, in those games I saw. Especially if we're talking about a player costing 30-40m. Honestly though, and I include myself in this, any attempt to fully assess a player from outside our club and coaching setup, before he even signs, is a pointless exercise. Until he has been through our coaching, we can't know how he will do. If we sign him, we have to trust the powers that be, that he's going to flourish with us.

Great moment when he scored but I swear if he connect 2-3 yards further back, it was gannin ower the bar like

Playing like a man possessed in most games but getting a little too involved in the niggly side of things lately. Got to love his passion and drive though, what a man

Nobody waves like Murphy

Remember when we used to struggle to win at Southampton? EH has done it 3 times in a year

Their fear disguised as confusion about, and hatred towards, our relative success, is kind of the funniest and most satisfying thing i've seen. They even manage to mention shithousing in that thread, almost like they've been force-fed a narrative that only we do it

Another win, another clean sheet. Wasteful in front of goal at times, yes, indebted to Pope as well. Should have scored more, but we're close now. Got to enjoy these times, this is a great era we're entering

Sleek, beautiful man.

We've got one foot in the final, find some happiness in that man

Lives (or used to live) down the street from me fatha, he was lacing up his Martens just now

Once a stupid scruffy mackem cunt...

Thank fuck, like an insane asylum in here.

Probably time to turn it off mate

I suspect the furore is more to do with taking the amount we'd be spending on Gordon (sounds like potentially anywhere from 25-40m) away from the perceived needs for RB cover and a quality creative CM, rather than the actual amount. That said, nobody knows our exact finances with respect to ffp and what we truly have in the pot to spend this month etc

He sounds a bit like Andy Townsend at first

But but I thought we missed the boat on Gerrard and Lampard when we appointed Howe?

Still find it incredibly weird Gordon didn't play a single minute at West Ham. I mean Everton barely threatened at all in the entire game, why wouldn't they use one of their better attacking players unless fat Frank was told not to use him in a game he desperately needed to get something from. I mean he brought on Tom Davies at half time instead

Well, hopefully just some soreness and it'll settle down. Our midfield doesn't do well without him in it.

Good post. Easy to forget in the heat of the moment, like yesterday getting a bit frustrated at an away 0-0, that a year ago, we had one foot in the championship. The progress has been stunning and caught pretty much everyone by surprise. Patience is the hardest thing to have as a fan but we'll get there.

I mean Arsenal are inarguably the best team in the league. To have us within 11pts of them this season, with the squad we have, EH is a magician man.

No but we're the only ones that people complain about. Hypocrisy.