Toon No9

So, this arbitration started yet?

Just give all the players no.4!!!

So both swiching to no 4 then? Didn't see that coming...? Give the whole squad no 4. The lad who had it last season didn't get many minutes on the pitch. Must be making up for that now.

So where are we today? Does anyone even know which date the arbitration starts or is it still a secret?

I think she came across well in the intervju and Simon did not. He asks a question and doesn't let her answer it before he interrupts her. Doing that is really bad and makes him sound provoking with nothing to really say. He should let her answer the questions and then argue against if he can or want. It's really nice to hear how passionate she is about all this!

Is that the real Joe Linton?

In this situation when Dubravka is injured and will miss the start of the season I would let Darlow go on loan untill january. Give Woodman a chance untill Dubravka comes back. That would give Woodman a good chance to prove that he is good enough. When Dubravka comes back he is no 1 if Woodman's not better. If it doesen't work out we can always bring Darlow back from his loan.

Really nice! Absolutly love that collar.

There's always another delay!

Who or what could force the PL to make the takeover to go through? Are they breaking any laws? It's their own rules. And even if they break their own rules, who's gonna punish them for that? If they decide to not allow it, is there really anyone who can make them do it anyway? For me it should be if the other members(clubs) goes against the PL and refuses to play games or take some other actions and therefore puts pressure on them. But doubt any other clubs would do that(especially not the big six).

My guess is the arbitration is gonna go our way but the PL is gonna keep quiet and keep stalling for some reason no one will know. The PL still has to say yes to the deal and if they don't want to do that, they're not doing it. That is my feeling. Hope I'm wrong though.

I wonder what colour the numbers gonna be. Hope it's red but have a feeling it's gonna be light blue.

Half the collar looks to be white and the other half black. Not sure about that. Does it mean one sleeve is white and the other one black. Hope not. It would look weird. Edit: After a closer look I think it's just a shadow that makes one side of the collar look black.

Wow, all theese kits are really horrible. Liverpools home and away this coming season looks real bad with the all the orange.

Notice the grey and orange shirt worn by the staff on the picture with Lascelles.

Yeah, but it will only be open to players to leave the club for a fee or players to come in on a free.

Does the preseason start today? Haven't heard anything or seen any pictures...

Hendrick was a cheap replacement. Are we gonna raplace a cheap replacement with another cheap replacement? What a time to be alive!?

That Rangers kit looks nice! Like that collar a lot. Simple design. Would look great in black with white trim as a 3rd kit for us!

Yeah, probably the Puma deal expires in June and the new store and new kits will be released by Castore in early July or when the shop is ready.

I would not include Woodman in a deal to get Willock here. I think Woodman has a great future and could be our no 1 keeper for many years to come. Would still love us to buy Willock though. Sell Ritchie(replace with Willems on a free), Shelvey(play Shortstaff or Hayden instead), Hendrick, Gayle and Joelinton. Use that money to get Willock. Sell Lejeune and one of Schar/Clark. Replace with Ajer or Nat Phillips. Bring Saliba in on loan with option to buy. Get Armstrong in and an experienced back-up striker on a free.

The papers say the price is down at £8M. So with the 40% sell on that would be £4,8M. But my guess is it will take more, so maybe a bid at £10-12M would do for us I think. Rather we sign Arma instead of King!

Signing Armstrong must be a no-brainer. £5-8M for a 24 year old local lad who's just scored 28 goals in the championship is just too good to say no to. I would do a deal even if the price would go up to £10-12M. Much better option than Gayle, Carroll and Joelinton who all should be sold imo.

That's really ugly!

So it's £50M to get a new contract for Carroll and buy him a wheelshere? ?