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Was fully expecting this tbh. Hope we don't win a single game this season.

With Lingaard back at Man U. West Ham look like they are about to tie up a deal for Pereira from West Brom. Very nice move.

Think Willock will end up going to Crystal Palace. 

We'll end up with Maitland-Niles instead, who lets not forget was Bruce's initial choice last season. The goofball was just lucky Maitland-Niles chose West Brom instead and we ended up going for Willock later on.

9 hours ago, brummie said:

 

"Negotiating down from there".

 

Really? I don't think that's how it is going to work. I also would bet everything I own if we were to put a price on him, it'd be more than that.

 

We don't need the money and don't want to sell, he's got 4 years on his contract and is extremely unlikely to do a Delph on us.

 

The arrogance of the ESL wankers (less so Spurs, as they weren't really credible in that company in the first place) makes me want to vomit.

 

What's the point even trying with these wankers in the press making it so easy for them?

I wouldn't even get stressed about it. As you've said you hold all the cards.

If he does leave it will be for a great price, and you will be bringing in quality to replace him. You are constantly linked with class players nowadays.

1 hour ago, GWN said:

We start our first game of the new PL season 2 weeks on Sunday .

 

We currently have signed NO new players , we haven’t freshened it up, we’ve done nothing , weakened the squad . 
 

Enjoy .

I can't wait. Looking forward to watching it all fail miserably under Bruce. I will delight in it massively.

You left out "combined" at the end of your post.

6 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Howard Wolowitz to Spurs confirmed.

22 minutes ago, Ketsbaia said:

Not sure why they want Cantwell but ok

Well I imagine he's an alternative to Smith-Rowe as I don't think Arsenal will be letting him go and Villa have been looking to sign him.

Besides, why wouldn't anyone want Cantwell?

He's a really talented young English player that had a very decent premier league campaign first time around. 

Could easily see Cantwell coming along just like Grealish and Maddison at Leicester did. Two who were playing in the championship and who it took many clubs too long to pull the trigger on.

Cantwell is also apparently in the last year of his deal and is not looking to extend his contract at Norwich.

Every thread shows teams moving forward in some form or fashion. It's so demoralising man.

1 hour ago, joeyt said:

Villa seem to spend a boatload of money, like Everton, yet never seem to sell anyone 

They are spending very very wisely though IMO and if you look back at the fees they are not bad at all. In fact the players have all increased in value already.

Cantwell and Buendia will now be another two really young but big talents that we will be looking back at as great value deals by next season too.

Todd Cantwell to Villa deal progressing ...

We have fallen off the map man. Not just getting left behind at this point but getting lapped by the likes of Villa.

Just look what this club is doing to people man

It's fine man. Watching Benitez do well and shut up all his naysayers might be the only small enjoyment we'll be able to have this upcoming season.

No one respects this club man. My goodness.

Dutch director of football at Everton pushing hard to get them Denzel Dumfries, who he is a big fan of, and Rafa has apparently signed off on the move. Would be a great replacement for Coleman who is starting to get on now and gets injured a lot.

Dumfries would have been cool at right wing back I guess, but hey ... we've got Jacob Murphy on a six year deal and nothing beats that.

1 hour ago, Optimistic Nut said:

I think Norwich will be better this time around and could see Brentford being competitive.

I agree. Brentford already beat us last season and badly out played us whilst doing so.

Norwich in the season they went down badly beat us then, and caused lots of better teams serious problems. They have kept Farke on and continued to build with him and so I imagine they will be even better and more resilient this time around and he will be better prepared for the Premier League.

Don't know what the odds are on us going down but if they are anywhere near decent I am putting in a decent wager on that for sure.

1 hour ago, SUPERTOON said:

They are after McNeil as well now from Burnley.

I really like that kid a lot. Would be a great move for him career wise as I don't think Burnley's style allows him to really shine as much as he could.

If he gets a move to Everton under Rafa could see him begin to make some headway as an international.

3 hours ago, HTT II said:

More than decent squad players…

Agree completely. Two players with more than enough ability in pace and dribbling alone, but just poor decision making. 

Rafa will simplify the game for them by letting them know exactly what he wants from them in every aspect of their games and they will be far more productive for it.

We already saw him do it with Townsend who never looked better and more dangerous than his period with us under Rafa in a fairly short amount of time.

Everton really lack people that can take players on from wide positions and deliver the ball into dangerous areas. Rafa will get some very good production from Townsend, Gray and even Iwobi because they are all players that will benefit from the emphasis on details Rafa specialises in.

Graeme Jones takes a short break and Bruce can't even manage a performance against York for goodness sake

Going to be such a treat watching Everton excel with Benitez this season while we make a fool of ourselves. Just fantastic.

The state of Bruce with that cap on man

Turned it on for a laugh and the first thing I saw was a defender looking fed up with the lack of movement ahead of him

And now the York supporters are mocking us with oles

3 minutes ago, Flip said:

 

Wait what? Didn't the make the final two seasons ago and then the semi's last season? I think they've made some very very shrewd signings and must be considered one of the favourites to win it all. Donnarumma, Ramos and Wijnaldum would improve most teams. If Verratti and Neymar can stay healthy for a season they'll be favourites. 

Yeah, all sounds lovely. Maybe they can get a trophy for the number of semi finals and finals they have been in. They still won't win it though 

PSG will never win the Champions League. The rest of Ligue 1 is so far behind the PSG players can't even take it seriously enough or find enough motivation to manage to win the thing. By the time they come around to playing the more competitive Champions League teams the team just isn't up to scratch at all.

4 minutes ago, Abacus said:

Didn't Grealish come out and say he wanted to take a penalty, and it was Southgate who decided on the order?

 

In which case, no criticism at all to Saka who was prepared to put his hand up and take one.

 

But there's only one person who was responsible for putting a 19 year old in for the final deciding penalty, which could either win you the whole thing, or mean you're knocked out and likely have to be reminded of that for the rest of your life.

 

No pressure either way, for sure.

Ah, interesting. So they do stick hard and fast to the agreed order. Having Saka ahead of Grealish is a strange one for me. Oh well.

4 minutes ago, Kimbo said:

She’s Scottish, I wonder if she’s ever even seen her team in a shootout.

Oh right. Even more strange that she'd come out suggesting that then