Unbelievable

Dirty from Jacob

I quite like how Man City play

We can't even hold on to the ball for a full second

Kompany off injured. This is your chance to shine Joselu

Looks a bit like we're playing a different game to them altogether

Phew

Gelukkig kerstfeest jongens en meisjes van N-O

Bids should be in January and announcement of new deal in February 2018? If true we may well see prices go up massively in the summer (again).

Agreed. His composure in the move for his goal (our third) was especially impressive. Would have been all too easy to charge forward with all that space but instead he slower things down a bit, waited for the overlap he knew was coming and made himself available unmarked in the center again to put it away without fuss.

When is the next PL overseas tv deal up for negotiation anyway? The current one runs until 2019, so should be soon-ish you would imagine, and if projections are correct there will be another huge increase meaning transfer fees will no doubt go up once more. Investing big in January, before this happens, might actually make sense even though summer windows usually provide (slightly) better value for money. You also have to consider there will be players looking to move to get into WC squads that could play to our advantage if we have a decent amount to spend. In short, I don’t think it’s a given that waiting to invest big is a good idea per se for an ambitious new owner with funds available, especially considering the treath of relegation.

I can’t really see this approach work, might just be me. I mean, everybody and their dog surely knows we’re in the process of being taken over? Going after the quality of player we need to ensure we stay up will surely show our hand anyway? Why would their prices be lower if it’s Charnley doing the negotiating rather than Staveley (or another newly appointed person)? If anything I wouldn’t trust Ashley & co to actually complete the deals we need based on their track record if it was effectively my club in anything but name. I understand not boasting about a massive “war chest” or wholesale changes just yet (if indeed the plan is to dramatically transform the way the club is run), but not so much how delaying the announcement would help us in the transfer market. My two pence is it’s not fully agreed (yet, hopefully).

How so? He seemed to say that they (Amanda's army) want Rafa with some conviction, almost as if he had spoken to them himself. We're all just desperate to make positive inferences about absolutely anything though. Wouldn’t surprise me if he’d spoken to them at all. I just don’t see how what he said can be construed as a slip? Nothing he said implied to me that the deal is 100% done and just waiting to be announced. I might be wrong (hope I am!)

How so?

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/fantastic-photo-of-the-sol.1409235/ Fantastic sky, I’ll give you that, but are they just ignoring the pink seats on display nowadays?

A draw at home to the bottom of the league team playing a man down for much of the second half, putting them back down in the bottom three. Merry Christmas mackems

Get in! Fantastic and much, much needed result. Now get that takeover over and done with and start moving forward as a club once again.

Good sub. Gayle has been invisible for much of this half

That was AC9 fouling Diame rather than the other way around

Squeeky bum time

Oh dear

Diame FFS