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Happy birthday. Hope your wish comes through!

De Bruyne FPL captain this gw

Same. Don’t get it at all. I don't really see that he is getting a lot of hype except for after the 16 goals season which I guess was warranted. He is a good player though, however for Man Utd he'd only be an older, worse version of Rashford. Wouldn't bring anything to the team they don't already have.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/may/22/manchester-united-sues-football-manager-makers-over-use-of-name I'm always amazed that there's no someone in the room shouting 'this is going to make us look like massive twats'. They gotta create work for themselves in order to prove they are adding value to the company. Straight out of the UK contractors 101 book.

Make it up with Jonas and KK should be the first step It's not their responsibility to right Ashleys wrongs. All focus should be on the present in order to move the club forward.

Always be sceptical about people named Kai

So the players are training as little as 3 days a week if they win a match?

I've watched football in practically empty grounds, big and small. From the Northern League to the Korean third tier. The difference is that there is still some people there who are engaged, and being at the side of the pitch or in a ground is a totally different experience to watching on TV. Personally I find watching a Bundesliga derby, where there should be 80,000 people there, instead being completely empty and silent, just depressing. And it absolutely will change the intensity and context of a game. Perhaps to favour the technical teams - little surprise this was Dortmund's biggest win in about 50 years. The idea that I don't like football because I can't enjoy such an inhibited version of the real thing is nonsense. I could equally apply the same to you for being able to do so. But I didn't do that, it's each to their own. Dortmund won 4-0 only two months ago, wtf are you on about? Try hoying this on in the background this weekend and see if it helps There's a third option you forgot to include by the way, which is that you can enjoy watching football both with and without crowd.

I'd be happy, but for the price he would command I'd rather we tried to sign someone that are better at creating things against established defences. Both Almiron and ASM can to a degree do what Zaha does.

Franco, etc. Real won 6 champions league titles between 56 and 66. They scored 2 penalties in those 6 finals. One of those penalties (i assume this is the penalty in the video) came when Real were already leading 3-1 against Frankfurt in 1960. Twitter dude is just making up his own reality, like twitter people do. Awful call by the ref mind

We'd be like Man Utd light with that front line. Good against the best teams by playing on the counter, average/poor against similar/poorer opposition as they'd play a deeper defensive line against us. None of those players have the quality to break down defensive teams on a consistent basis.

If you cant watch football without fans in the stands then you probably dont like football.

Will be interesting to see how it pans out, as I'm sure the same will apply for buying clubs ability to offer competitive wages. Will players want to move on in the same frequency as before if they know they will most likely get a worse deal than they are currently on?

I guess the difference is that: Chelsea were competing at the top of the league before Abramovich came in, and were signing players to match that ambition (above what they could reasonably sustain). Lampard came to Chelsea at 24 or 25 years old in 2001, after being a regular for West Ham since 97 and believed already to be one of the better central midfielders in the league. Terry had been a regular in a Chelsea side that were competing for the champions league spots for 2 or 3 seasons, since the age of 20, and was widely known to be one of the most talented CBs of his generation. Not really sure why I made the above point because I agree that we need to keep most of our players in the short term post takeover. However, if we bring in a few central midfielders that pushes the Longstaffs (or anyone else listed above for that matter) out I won't really mind. I think it's very unlikely that they are good enough for a top 10 and better club, even if I'd prefer the new manager to focus on improving other weaker areas of the team which would allow the Longstaffs to at least show whether they are good enough or not. The other players I'd say are good enough to warrant a place in a side competing for a top 6 spot.

I agree that CB is probably the last position that needs improvement in the short term. Lejeune over Stones though... Come on. Even if there's room to suggest one is better than the other, one plays regularly while the other has been injured more than available for a start.

It's way different to discuss the impact of Milner now and then. When he left we were still, for the most part, judging him against the level of SBRs team with Robert and Solano which is where the we expected the club to work to come back to and maybe even surpass. In that regard I don't think he was good enough and didn't really mind that he was sold. That being said I think it's fair to say he was not used in his best position here. He's just not fast enough, and didn't/doesn't really cross the ball that well to be playing on the wing. Of course, for the team we have today he could walk into any position in midfield or full back positions and be the best player in the team.

He’s not saying there *is* an issue. Just presenting a few different options for what could be causing a delay. I think people are not reading that tweet with the context of what he was replying to. He quite clearly says there is an issue which wasn't anticipated at the start of last week (when he first said it could be done by Wednesday). Like I said I'm not shitting I the bed, still expect it to go through, but aye... That quote made me think it wasn't going as smoothly as they expected. This. Staveley thought it would be done last week, she was wrong. What if she's wrong about passing? She also led Caulkin to believe she was going to be our new owner 2 1/2 years ago. Hopefully its only a week or so delay, not years this time. Is not a fakeover man stop crapping on about that will you. It's down to the Premier League nothing more nothing less. Didn't say fakeover, just that it's not complete yet. Also just reminding everyone that Staveley has told her contacts she was expecting to be our new owner 2 1/2 years ago. Hopefully she's right this time. I think you just need to chill. Wait until it’s done. You reminds me of Lee Ryder. Let's be above petty name calling to keep this thread somewhat civil.

This lot might actually be useful under new ownership if they gain any sort of influence with them. Their priorities suit a club with a decent ownership. Will never join them myself though, their continued support of Ashley will always leave a bitter taste in my mouth.

Krafth will be difficult to shift unless he's given away and/or agreement to pay part of his wages for a period of time. I imagine there would be plenty of suitors for both Yedlin and Manquillo though.

So the borehole was a massive success! I've probably said "final straw" before during the last 13 years, but for some reason my interest in/love for the club remained at some level. However Rafa leaving was actually the final straw for me. The only connection with the club after that was this board and its posters basically. Objectively looking at it that is far from the worst moment of Ashley, but subjectively that is what got my vote. Wasn't aware I could vote for more than one though.

In the same boat as many others in that personally the first choice would be Rafa, but any new manager that isn't British and has had stints with at least two other current premier league clubs would be good enough for me.

You don't see any problems with this plan? Looks bulletproof to me.

Saudis should buy the Newcastle Brown Ale brand, move production back to Newcastle and pay them to sponsor Newcastle like Barca did with Unicef. Then bring back the 95-97 kit design.

If we're going to continue playing with three central defenders and wing backs sure I'd have him here on a permanent deal. Don't think he'd do particularly well in a back 4 with more defensive duties though.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1436390/Commons-to-bar-MP-over-Brazilian-escort.html