The Bonk

Think he's done it.

Saw that, went straight into the ignore pile. I think strengthen further too, mate. I was OTT on the Leicester effort/loss as the team clearly quit second half. Outside of the top sides, we're going to be very hard to beat at home and will pick up points against our relegation rivals. The bonus is anyone within 6pts of us are also shite.

Agreed. He deserves a goal for his recent efforts.

Man, showing glimpses of being mint here!

Don't you dare come out with the "told you so, I was always right about him", this change is night and day.

ASM held together by some stockings and masking tape.

Aye, neither were dialed in whatsoever. In our position, against this side, can't be starting matches without complete focus.

"That he comes away with the ball" Yeah, because his keeper fouled the player applying pressure to Cancelo. Unreal.

What is Clark doing? It's even worse when they show ten replays of it. Clown.

It's going to be extra special when we have the players to put up a stronger fight against these cunts. State of football right now, man. These fucks have all the talent and a bent ref working for them. Utter joke.

Never worth what we paid, but he's been one of the best players under Howe.

Was awkward first touch, but he should do better. Willock was unmarked to the right as well. I like that we're still having a go, showing some fight.

Some of them seem to "switch off" when they step on the pitch.

@Yorkie with the resources at our disposal? Man, when I was a young teen and we were so close to winning it, that was special. To not exhaust our financial might against those who are looking to close up shop and keep the bulk of clubs out of their exclusive party is criminal. I couldn't give a toss how we win, but I want this club back to where we were 20+ years ago, which means outspending other clubs. Who better to spoil the fucking party than us? I just need to see a trophy lifted before I die. Leicester was special, I enjoyed that run as a neutral, but you have to be lying to yourself if you think they way they did it will ever be repeated. Hell yeah it was an example, but the odds and data will always point to resource, capital rich clubs that can field the best product on the pitch, managed by the best and run by top class executives. I totally get where you're coming from, however, Yorkers.

Wasn't sure based off of Demarco's bio.

Mate, Leicester (minus previous anomaly) and West Ham will never win the league(maybe a cup), because these two have gobbled up all the resources. The financial avenues of sponsorship are the only way we're going to be able to fast track club development into the top half. Staveley mentioned we want to be challenging in 5 years, it'll be 10 years on before that happens if we're handicapped on capital we can generate. Fuck that.

https://www.blackstonechambers.com/barristers/nick-de-marco/ Bet he's still on retainer in anticipation of this bullshit.

Can you imagine Bruce getting a data analysis debriefing from Leyland? Fucking hell.

what would have been celebrated under Ashley is now met with recourse and litigation. Fucking get in! I will forgo any gifts, donate more to charity than I have this year to stay in the league and continue to be a menace to the cunts in the so called "big 6". Fuck them.

There will be strategy in place, followed by process and calculated decision making. I have no worries or am concerned about our present and future corporate structure. The product on the pitch is of concern, however.

I'm thinking it's more around Money Laundering, Sportswashing, Brand Association (Sponsorship is aligned to PL brand values, etc), but the wording of the statement is highly ambiguous which can work both sides of the equation. Honestly, this feels like the PL serving up platitudes to placate the ruling elite, us and clubs with less financial muscle. Smart money is on the wealthy clubs finding workarounds, other streams of revenue and this only really changes things for clubs with less operating budgets like others have mentioned.

What a lovely bunch.

Me too, goes to show how much of an impact he had.

Us Watford Norwich Burnley Southampton Leeds Relegation league and I highly doubt Leeds are anywhere near as bad as us. Watford play decent stuff and are capable of an upset, same with Leeds. I've not seen that type of character in our squad at all this season. Our only saving grace is we can outspend each of these teams to finish above them, but I'm not convinced that's the best long term move for this club. I suppose that leaves the loan market, splash on wages and see where the fuck that leaves us come May. Also, I absolutely think Howe is the manager that can keep us up, he did it with Bournemouth and didn't have the resources (money available) we do currently.