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"Neat and tidy that keeps things ticking over"-central midfielders. All of them are frauds.

Would be interesting to see some stats on it. I'd be very surprised if the average wage bills in Italy and Spain in those periods were higher than England. I suspect it was only a few of the top clubs that had the ability to spend as much or slightly more than the top clubs in England.

Got any examples of that? Literally nobody afaik says we shouldn't spend money on new players. It's usually a discussion around the worth of a proposed/linked player compared to what people believe we will get in return, longevity and potential re-sale value of the player.

Gundogan - Rodri - De Bruyne Thiago - Fabinho - Keita Kovacevic - Jorginho - Kante Strange how Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea haven't done an Everton.

Hope his very recent form, i.e last two matches, is something he can build on. In that case he'd be a handy squad player. If we get the pre-2 matches to post-injury for Benitez Longstaff it's a waste of a squad number.

Agree. Only reason I can see they would want to get Henderson in now is fear that he might go elsewhere in the summer if Howe sees him as the long term keeper since Dubs is getting close to the tail end of his career.

Justin plays a lot at LB for Leicester. This season:

Wor Miggy living rent free in Grealish' head, for some weird reason. I'd take it as a compliment tbh.

Pretty much sums him up

Don't know what percentage of total games it is, but Foden has 45 appearances and Grealish 38 this season so very much in the first team picture. Not sure Phillips would be able to get as many games as that though with Rodri ahead of him.

Is his loan until 01.06? If we have an option to buy in the loan agreement, I assume we'd have to exercise it before the loan officially ends. If I was Villa, I'd be looking for more than what has been reported when the agreement expires based on his performances for us.

Didn't quite understand all the criticism he got in the match thread today. Even for Burnleys goal at least he tracked back well and tried to defend. Passed the ball around more than he did during his poorer spell. Got an assist. 7/7.5 out of 10 performance.

I would guess Lascelles studs scraping his leg somehow in the areal duel. Looked like he landed weird and hurt his ankle when it happend.

Lazy speculation on my end, but would be more surprised to see him here rather than Leeds with him having had a good season with them preivously and leaving Arsenal specifically due to not getting enough playing time, something we hopefully can't guarantee him next season.

Most important signing of the season.

Almiron & Bruno look exhausted. Could do with another sub to get some fresh legs on.

We're getting Burnley'd now. Need to stay composed and try to just keep the ball for some time.

Such a weird thing to get hung up on. Google Burnley demographics and figure out why.

Goal by Wood beating Weghorst in the air on a corner to put the final nail in the coffin for Burnley would be sweet af

Barnes starting to get agitated. Good work Burn.

Lascelles MAHSIIVE so far.

Not really helped by the passes he's getting.

Maybe he's expecting a brown envelope in it? Looked very intentional.

Ah, didn't notice Leeds goal got VAR'ed

Nicely sitting at 10th now aren't we?