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Ok humour me, if you had a choice in the summer, Minteh or Murphy - straight swap - would you take it? Minteh at his age and all the potential vs Murphy, the local lad done good but at his peak?

RWB is a great shout tbh - he could defo do a job there. Perhaps Man U's next £60m buy?

Who’s purple patch was better, Miggy or Murphy?

That’s a shame, he was a World Cup winner and had been top scorer in France two years running. Was looking forward to seeing him alongside Shearer. The equivalent today with that track record would cost a bomb.

Wouldn’t rule out him having a Wood-esque season next year for whoever he signs for

I’m glad they didn’t put Guiv’arch in there like a lot of these lists do. always felt he was hard done by. He only played 4 games and even scored once. We’ve had much worse strikers. he had a decent pedigree too not sure why he wasn’t allowed to settle.

At this rate put a Puma badge on it too and do a fusion between the 2008 and 2016 relegation kits

We should have got him after PSG - 16.5m was insanely cheap even after we'd been knocked back twice. Wouldn't need Wilson replacement at that point

Yes for sure, Osula can even go to Ipswich on loan for a season in exchange. Isak and Delap are a solid 1 + 2. Could even keep Wilson as a 3rd Dummet type of signing who never plays but is around.

Perhaps we could take Villas version of Anderson or Minteh in the summer? Jacob Ramsey?

The graphic was since December 9th or something

Annoying

Also we had a very good run of form with that B I G strike force with Gordon on the right and Barnes on the left last season. He definitely can do it but think he is stubborn and head strong.

Given how much Eddie loves inverted wingers who come in and shoot HBA would have become Mo Salah He is very good at the psychological side, which makes me think he would have spent some time trying to make it work for him, instilling teamwork etc. HBA just wanted to be loved. Our set up now there’s definitely tight knit love across the board.

At least they had two sendings off, are they banned for our game?

Im very surprised Jamal Lewis couldnt be Howe'd

I just mean when you look at the depth that Aston Villa have - letting those two go, and getting Vlach who has played 0 games so completely pointless, it just means there's a lot more work for the recruitment team to do this summer, whereas we'd have been in a slightly better place without it.

It’s crazy to think what a huge difference just having Minteh and Anderson would have done to our summer plans and having strength in depth. Anderson would have become 4th choice midfielder ahead of Willock in my opinion and Minteh would have been a great option against tired legs. Given the terrible transfer window we had in the summer it’s not been a bad season in that regard.

You only need to look at the chaos and how uncompetitive cricket has become because of India and BCCI throwing their weight around. It’s no longer a level playing field, they’ve got too many advantages. Part of why the PL still has worldwide appeal is the TV deal distributes money equally. If it became lopsided it would completely kill the league. This is definitely the American influence as they’re used to having closed leagues without any jeopardy so they need to sway the rules in their favour to ensure they benefit. None of them really care about sporting integrity they care about making money first and foremost and can’t bear losing their seat on the gravy train. ironically the likes of Man City and us don’t need the money so much so they genuinely want to dominate the sporting aspects because of the soft power it gives them.

Was screwing at that one he didn't cut back to ISak in second half No need to be that greedy - I thought Murphy was in the team because he wasn't greedy, but he does make the wrong decisions still quite a lot. He's not a player that's good when he has time on the ball, instinct is best for him

They are a carbon copy of us 22/23 - extremely strong defensively. Wilson that season is like Wood for them this season. Even Pope was as good as Sels has been this season.

One thing about PIF is that they’re notioriously strategic and process driven. Every penny is accounted for and purposeful. When you have unlimited money it’s easy to be careless and a bit like Chelsea but I’ve been surprised how sound the decision making has been in general. With great power comes great responsibility and it does seem they’ve been very good on that front

Even Ekitike is now being linked with £80m(!) moves... Trust our guys blindly tbh - they defo know what they're doing

Shola makes me laugh though, because, you know, it's his interfering, it's his timing. Going on about he wants some youngster out on loan-it's April Fools Day, you know. Ooh, what's more important, you Shola, with your crappy loan deals, or developing some hungry youngster? Ooh I don't know. Ooh what would Eddie say? I think we know-imagine him going out of the door on a training day and Mad Dog is going 'Where you going, you haven't washed the bibs. You haven't put the cones out.' 'Do it yourself I've gotta train some Australians.'

Beyond a joke if so Forget white privilege, this is blue privilege