Kimbo

Have we never had a Messi vs Ronaldo poll?

What if he wants more fullbacks though.

I expect his goal is to meet in the middle closer to £350m, I'm sure he knows he's not getting 380-400.

Future TV deals will be very relevant to anyone interested in buying the club.

If Ashley remains as owner we won't be a premier league club What's your point?

He basically seemed to think the PCP offer was low, while Ashley's valuation was high, but that it would be a great investment at around 300-320 as all premier league clubs will be increasing in value in the coming years.

I don't think he said much wrong for once, other than the digs at Rafa.

The debt is a huge issue that we don't really know anything about and I haven't seen the media mention anything about it, what Ashley wants done with it is very possibly a big sticking point. Is it really as simple as just adding it into the value of the club so that nothing will be owed post-takeover?

For comparison, 80% of Southampton was sold for £210m in the summer, valuing them at over £260m.

IF £250m was their final offer it makes me wonder how serious they are and what their intentions would be if they were somehow successful with the bid. The club will need significant investment after being bought, not another one trying to do things on the cheap. Ofcourse it's likely all bollocks though.

Watching the debate on sky has made me dislike Merson less, he's just a bloke with some opinions. Some of the other goons they have on that show think that they're intellectuals, offering incredible insight that no one else can see or understand(Bellamy, Rosenior, Phil Neville, Murphy).

Any player at any club should be feeling a f*** ton of pressure if they're in the relegation zone. He was saying from the crowd though. But I'm saying that's the same at any club, and it should be the case.

Any player at any club should be feeling a fuck ton of pressure if they're in the relegation zone.

If I was a buyer looking at our form I would either do everything to get it wrapped up before January or I would delay things to see what happens and probably pull out.

All I wanted after Pardew left was for us to be proved right, and we were, and no one seemed to notice. So fuck it.

If they don't make it through that group they need shot with shit.

We have Jesus Gamez as cover, who is probably just as good as Manquillo and never plays for us. I just don't understand some of these transfers, he hasn't been backed anywhere near adequately in the transfer market but he also has a reputation for making weird signings and I can see why. I remember at Liverpool he seemed to have a fetish for signing shit RB's then moving them on.

We did have about £12m to spend on Murphy, £5m to spend on Joselu, and £4m to spend on Manquillo.

Sort of like Alfred Pennyworth then.

I wonder what the logic was behind signing him in the first place.

I think they ran out of options, they seemed to want to appoint anyone but Allardyce.

Basically the same as what the mugs on that sky debate show said, they all agreed that he hasn't done a bad job anywhere. It's bizarre really, if/when he fails at WBA their opinions still won't change I expect.

Yeah as horrific as he is he will keep them up this season, then it will obviously turns to shit ofcourse, but that may not help us.

Yeah if I ever see a swap deal being reported I know it's bullshit that's been pulled out of nowhere.

Mitrovic could easily go back to being a starter for a CL club in one of the weaker leagues, Gayle is clearly going to be back in the championship soon, and Joselu might have a successful career outside of football, graphic design or something.