Yorkie

how is judging a window after it's closed not the only sensible thing to do?

Not to mention soldiers!

I'm definitely making a conscious effort to not buy off DHGate etc for the simple reason that I've absolutely no idea what I'm funding. I've no proof of anything, but I'm uncomfortable enough to never do it (again). However, the prices for the real things are utterly scandalous (certainly at the time of release, anyway) and I theoretically would say power to anyone using the fake markets... if there weren't those troubling unknowns. It's a nightmare for consumers really. You're a mug if you're paying full whack but you're potentially funding criminality if you buy from cheaper sources. I don't really blame anyone for choosing to do either; however, if armies of people continue happily stumping up for the initial releases, nothing will change. I refrained from making an unsympathetic comment the other day when that CL badge peeled off whoever's shirt it was.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DKzmaZjqInS/?igsh=YTc5ZTlyYWw3anZ5

Just got hitched to some smokeshow. What a year, son.

It's still on the edge of the city centre. The northern English cities just don't have meaningful green spaces in their urban centres in my experience. Leeds and Manchester in particular are God awful concrete jungles imo.

Well, yeah. Quite why we ended up with such a clumsy mess of a shirt I've no idea (imo); that River shirt is so clean.

Massively in favour of the no dickheads policy; I love having a likeable squad, though I understand that if you've got an absolute baller playing brilliantly, you tend to love them anyway, even if they're a twat. I don't think Grealish seems like a dickhead at all, incidentally. Seen lots of clips of him with disabled kids being an absolute diamond. And he handled that fan coming onto the pitch to hit him thing really well. Is it just the Almiron thing?

He didn't explain a thing there. How does the existence of that other company provide a backdoor out of PSR constraints?

Exceptional. The Adidas template this year is absolutely banging.

I know these transfers seldom happen but using Pope in the move makes plenty sense to me.

Time to chuck that transfer request in, Traffarel.

From what I saw it looked a group of players who were uninterested relative to their opponents. Feels like it's barely with of critique, like any fixture played at this ridiculous time of year. International football needs to adapt to the bloated club calendar. Certainly it needs to rethink the tedious qualifiers. If you reach the last 16 of the tournament itself, that's you qualified for the next one. Something has to give somewhere.

I don't think there's any evidence for that. Not to 'say the line, N-O!' but the journos really do know next to nothing. It makes sense that the only crumbs they have are domestic ones. As far as I know we haven't peddled Steve Nickson so I don't see why we won't have targets on the continent too. We clearly have a desire to invest in dependable talent but I'd be delighted with another 2023 summer; where we sign three proven PL players and one Euro Sexgod. You can't fault the strategy at this point I don't think.

Looking forward to seeing that; sounds really clean. Incidentally saw the Celtic kit in the flesh yesterday. Looks great. Stripes on the back and everything. 🙃

Probably the most obnoxious twonk in the whole business. Stiff competition, obviously. Ange made a rod for his own back with the media, mind. Made himself prey for the more toxic commentators.

read the three posts immediately above yours.

Does it have a trim which matches where the sky blue one is on the home?

"Juuuuude" (🤮)

class reffing.

England's hero.

I hear you're a sexist now, Lee

Pardew had a massive hand in that.

Can't resist the debate whenever it comes up. In 2013, Pardew convinced Ashley it wasn't worth competing. And then we endured that situation for eight years. Bruce is almost more detestable as a bloke but Pardew is the answer, always. Souness and co don't even register for me.

Can't underrate a goalie upgrade imo.