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I'm pretty sure they'd have been talking the whole time tbh. The question is whether Ashley signs off on the outcomes imho. That's the purpose of the meeting with him this week. Charnley is merely the middle man/messenger boy.

Ship five, buy five. Rules are (you have to include Hayden as he looks a certainty to be off), the five you bring in have to be realistic given the constraints of being owned by a twat and you are to assume Rafa is still the gaffer when it comes to formations/style of play etc. You can assume what you like in relation to borderline leavers such as Diame, Shelvey, Perez etc so either include them in your proposals or otherwise. You have to say what you're doing with Rondon and Gayle too. Please indicate likely fee's and what your nett spend would be. The nett spend shouldn't exceed £35m-£40m. After you've made the changes, propose the starting 11 on day one of the new season. Go Out: 1) Hayden (£15m) 2) 3) 4) 5) In 1) 2) 3) 4) 5)

None of the attacking signings he's made (other than Gross) have paid off. They've wasted some big money along the way but the sacking still feels incredibly harsh to me given all he's done for them. Hope they go down next season tbqh.

It's hugely likely MA fucks this up. I like that Rafa has put a timeframe on it today. 'You'll know in ten days' effectively puts a gun to their head which is what I suspect he's told them privately to. Under Ashley this could've dragged on all summer with any other manager (like a Pardew type) as they'd always normally be desperate yes men. Not Rafa. Give me what I want, by this time, or we're done here.

Weren’t we linked with him this week?

If you had your triple captain left for this weekend, who would you captain and why? I'm torn between Kun, Mane and Sterling.

Seems to have dropped off since he came back from loan....

Or Liverpool.

Yup Fear Liverpool would blitz them tbh.

Good post . If Ajax get through tonight, would be very interesting to see the % split in the UK ref who folk want to lift the trophy. I reckon over 70% would want Ajax.

Fabinho diving again at the end. None of the Scouse cunts involved in the studio or commentary mention it. Standard.

Imagine the situation was reversed and someone like Ayoze dived for a FK which was converted. Effectively ending the title race. He’d be getting death threats and everything. Vilified by all the tabloids as being ‘everything that’s wrong with English football etc etc’. Liverpool do it and it’s completely ignored as it’s good for the brand. Wankers. I’m all for City winning it in the jammiest possible fashion.

Can't see City dropping points, Leicester and Brighton have got nowt to play for Nor did we tonight. Leicester will get something on Monday imho.

I reckon that Fabinho decision will win them the league.

That Fabinho FK is a complete joke tbh.

Agreed. Dimitri Kharine?

Yes - 100% they've been in there at points before Xmas.

Can't see anything other than a comfortable Liverpool win here.

Shearer had more to his overall game. Cole was a pure poacher. But fucking good at it. If Shearer was 10/10 then Cole was 9.5/10.

Robin van Persie as the club's official mascot/twat. Gary Neville head of pest control. Phil in as his number two.

Juan Sebastien Veron coming in as head chef...

Agreed - he comes across like a right fucking dope imho.

Also a good read: https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/english-soccer/ken-early-football-s-new-age-neutralises-philosophies-of-the-past-1.3874358

Some of these comments seem a bit harsh on Joselu imho.

Can't disagree with much of that tbh. My feeling is that he needs to go abroad tbh.