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What is RLC's actual position?

Massive win in the context of some fairly difficult games coming up

He blatantly hates almiron

Genuine question about the players, notwithstanding the obvious incompetence of Bruce. Lascelles, Shelvey, Ritchie and to an extent Carroll are clearly very influential in the dressing room. Do you think they 'like' digging in against a spurs etc to spoil, play negative and nick a point? The side seem so on board with utterly rancid football that i often wonder about how much they embrace it, or if they are just genuinely useless.

Are the premier league in any position to reject VAR and to go back to old handball rules? Or is it some kind of mental FIFA directive? The Havertz handball vs the dier handball shows its all some stupid idea to attempt to increase goals.

Lewis isn't dropped, out with eye injury

That looks like 442

Obviously absolute nonsense and i hate vhr, but i'd guess that the handball is too early in the build up i.e. not the final touch or assist. So its not "immediately" before the goal. Yes i realise it sounds ridiculous but pretty sure thats their stupid new rule.

The commentators were explaining that it is a rule change to do with "immediacy" of the handball

Feels very similar to the pardew years and one frustrating thing in particular...i remember feeling most weeks that we had a better line up available especially in attack (not sure but often not playing the potentially good combo of cisse, ba, ben arfa etc. )Going into this season you think yeah asm/wilson/almiron/fraser - but got that same depressed feeling that those players wont line up especially almiron

This is insane. Getting torn apart by someone fast. Maybe bring on your guy who is absolutely rapid and never stops running!?

Jesus christ bring Almiron on NOW

Hendrick off, almiron on, put asm on the right and let miggy chase lamptey around

Not sure ASM will get much joy v lamptey, he looked rapid against chelsea

Signings and selections are all about context. He's not world class, but the sheer level of upgrade for us is phenomenal. Will make a huge difference assuming he is fit enough.

Haha how bad is hendrick's touch and control!?

Its so like pardew. Blatantly obvious good selections available but manager making dinosaur choices. Unless this is a fitness/injury issue then he can just do one.

Honestly it makes you want to scream. For once i thought yeah canny signings can see fraser/almiron/asm buzzing around wilson nicely. But no, mike bassett just can't help himself. Pathetic.

Blatantly obvious to be a 4231, shelvey hendrick behind fluid front 4 of fraser, almiron, asm, wilson. Not that bruce knows what to do but its better than last season on paper.

Genuine question as I don't really follow the trust's activities, what did they do to attempt to get ashley out?

What happened to Rocker's updates? Staveley's point about arbitration seems legally incorrect unless the pl have some bespoke set up for it. Arbitration is an alternative forum to a court for determination of an issue or claim. A bit like mediation but the decision is generally binding. So this whole oh we needed a decision first to then arbitrate on seems slightly odd to me.

What is the deal with mansour? Google suggests he bought them - someone said above he isn't even a director!? That can't be right surely and that he didn't even go through the pl's tests?

Staveley says its the premier league, golfmag says its ashley, matt slater in the athletic says its the piracy and that they were never going to pass. Mountain upon mountain of bullshit and agenda led spin.

In amongst all of this, all the negative depression, the hopes dashed, this crappy months long saga...i'd just like to know what ACTUALLY happened. The itk insinuations was it ashley was it mot just someone effing tell us. Surely not that hard now the NDAs have gone. I suspect i'll be waiting a long time though.

The frustration is that it is a "confidential" process not capable of influence by third parties, yet is openly being influenced by a tv company. The number 1 priority should be the fact they have a pathetic make up the numbers owner in ashley, and that a more competitive and properly run club can be made. Instead the league, yet again and since the early 90s, demonstrates itself to be the absolute bitch of any tv company with money.