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Some serious money going into the Bundesliga this summer if Wirtz, Sesko and Sane all go too.

That third kit collar was only stupid because of the reasons you mention. Heaven only knows why the two sides of the collar hit a dead end on the back of the neck. An actual fold-over collar or polo collar can look class on the right kit.

Tis a very good one, that Besiktas one. Incidentally they incorporated the Northumberland plaid into one of their kits a few years back, which was a cool and deliberate nod by them to the north-east:

At whose expense though?

I thought now plenty others had expressed gripes with it I might be allowed back on the hate train.

It'll be an absolute miracle if it's not the EFL teams again. It'll take a truly apocalyptic-grade self-sabotage from someone else to prevent that.

Both look fucking stupid so at least they have that in common. Just wtf is going on with Adidas and their collars? Such weird design choices.

I love that literally the soundest bloke that's ever lived plays for us.

I think you can start drafting your farewell post in the Eddie Howe thread in that case!

I'll even dig out the bow tie.

Would there be any appetite for a lockdown throwback Zoom effort over the summer?

I do that. Eata spaghetti, drinka mo'etti...

Utterly predictable from the second it was confirmed that they were in it. I feel foolish for hoping Betis had a chance. That's the sixth best team in Spain made to look incredibly poor by a PL side who've been pretty unimpressive this calendar year (can't believe we contrived to finish below them ffs). As soon as Chelsea decided to turn up in that fixture they played well and the gulf in quality of the players looked extremely stark. I thought Betis were pretty pathetic in that second half TBH. Even notwithstanding the difference in resources. Barely strung as pass together and limp as fuck at each end. Hopefully Forest's appearance in the competition next season puts the PL's inevitable dominance on ice for a year.

Conference League Final.

God I fucking hate Chelsea.

Adrian still bobbins then.

Get the fuck in, come on.

I dunno about that but it was evidently a bad appointment and one not made via any sensible process. Minor miracle Howe stuck it out, I can think of one previous manager who wouldn't have done.

what an absolute farce that article paints. If it's true then I'm basically just entirely against having a SD at all, if I was ever in favour. Howe has made a mockery of the idea that we need one, much less someone with those apparent character traits. Canny that, for once, we've fallen on the right side of a sliding doors moment, mind you.

This is the root of my skepticism, like. The DoF is still one man, just a different one.

Agree with this. Just get another body in to help with the job of signing players but reduce their scope to set the tone. The big wigs obviously had a vision to implement a DoF/Head Coach structure but the coach they appointed in haste turned out unexpectedly to be the GOAT. For that reason it just doesn't seem necessary and we should ride the wave of the traditional boss performing incredibly well, until it's no longer working. When that time comes, if there needs to be a stopgap managerial appointment to hold the fort until they appoint their corporate visionary, who then picks his man, so be it. We couldn't afford that back in 2021, we needed the maximum amount of competence we could possibly find.

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Was just gonna say, have any of the hacks actually provided any clue as to why he's gone? The assumptions everyone is making seem sound, given the duties of his role, but it could be any reason at this point.

Hopefully you've learned your lesson now.