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Yeah does make sense esp if he supported them growing up would have been ideal for our version of the 4-4-1-1 with King and Wilson at Bournemouth but was never going to replace Isak and we play 4-3-3 Unless for PSR we sell Isak for 150m and bring David in on a free which would also be a genius business move albeit a heartbreaking one

I actually think the opposite - we always beat Spurs so in a one-off final I bet they'd probably win Which is why with Liverpool we never beat them in the league, so as a one-off, we defo have more of a chance

And Big Joe what a tag team they’d be by the way

And probably bloody Bournemouth

Need Jota, Salah and Nunez not to play as they always seem to score against us.

They did finish 3rd that season to be fair

Liverpool played their kids in the final last year, was that because of injuries or is that how they’re treating this tournament? I wouldn’t want to face spurs because “Ange always wins something in second year…”

Where he could go; Barca (Lewandowski is old) Bayern (if Kane leaves) Liverpool (if Nunez and Salah goes) PSG (they could certainly afford it but not sure at this stage of career) Chelsea (they definitely could / would throw money at him but they've lost the prestige of the past) Al-Hilal or one of the PIF clubs (if they threw £200m at it and wanted to make a statement) Where he will go: Nowhere - he'll sign a new contract if we get CL Where he defo won't go: Arsenal they do not have the budget and not far ahead enough to be worth it. Man City have Haaland Real Madrid - they have Vini, Mbappe etc - can't see it Tottenham do have the budget and a big stadium - can't see Levy rubber stamping it and also they're currently a step down Villa Any of the Italian clubs due to budgets (otherwise I could see have seen him once upon a time at an Inter or Juve)

Burn felt his knee at one point Would defo give him a rest Pope Tino, Krafth and Schar, Targett Longstaff Bruno Miley Osula Wilson Willock Seems like the best starting XI - potentially swap Tino for Trippier as he hasn't played that much to be fair, he could go again. Keep bench options - bring Isak, Gordon, Tonali, Hall and Murphy on at some point in the game. Murphy for Wilson on the 55 min mark Osula for Isak at 80 mins perhaps Gordon for Willock at 73 mins Hall for Miley if needed Could do with Barnes and Lascelles coming back soon - bench really is getting light.

Perhaps Osula and Wilson can start

Miley it’s your time to shine

This is probably our Mbuemo alternative as we have been linked before

Second most important question: What's this signing done to our PSR 'headroom'

The most important question; Is he the Turkish Kuol or Minteh?

It’s all hypothetical anyway but surely it’s not a big jump to assume that with SBR coming in having finished 2nd, even if a rebuild was required at that point, he’d have done a better job than the bloke who did actually do it and finished 13th with some of the most drab and dour football ever? Keegan was a motivator, admittedly not much of a coach. Dalglish was more of an overall manager. SBR was both of those plus an excellent coach who could improve players. So even if there was no money to spend I don’t think the drop off would have been as big.

He had to start from a way lower base. The first two years we finished 11th with the dross from Gullits and Dalglish teams. Eventually he built his own side. yes a core of their players became key in SBR side (Given, Speed, Solano, Dyer) but given the chance to work with KK’s team from that high place we were in was infinitely better than when we did actually come in. Not only would we have had SBR 3 years earlier, where he was healthy and younger, we would have been getting him straight from Barca, where he had just managed Ronaldo, Pep, and Mourinho was his assistant. He would have probably come with him and our whole trajectory could have been different. Certainly the loss of reputation and prestige from finishing 13th and then 11th for four seasons really rammed home that the 2nd seasons were an anomaly instead of our rightful positions every year. Whereas taking Barcas manager who had just won 3 trophies could have gotten rid of our own trophy drought. I would have trusted SBR to rebuild KKs side with his wisdom and nous than what KD and RG ended up doing that’s for sure.

I understand but Robson was a great coach whereas Dalglish was more of a manager. Robson would have made ends meet and made it work way better than Kenny.

To this day if Robson had replaced Keegan we’d have a PL title under our belt, even if not straightaway but during SBR’s tenure. Give him Keegans team without needing to tidy up all of Dalglish and Gullits mess and given his contact book plus maintaining NUFCs reputation as one of the biggest clubs back then, you’re probably seeing the likes of Zidane and Ronaldo play here.

Agreed such an overrated manager was so pleased when he almost destroyed Liverpool in 2011 but they got rid before too much damage was done. Still spent 35m on Carroll

Would be happy with all of those. That would be a perfect summer tbh.

We either go super young, like Harrison and the Georgian or Turkish, ie not first team ready or we go full blown purple. we need a happy medium category where they have got decent credentials and could become decent first teamers

I agree but we are super slow with prospect monitoring, look at players like Perrone, Angelo, Vitor Roque from a few years ago. We monitor and scout for ages whereas other clubs just pounce and get them in. Forest, Chelsea, Man City, Brighton, Bournemouth in particular. 10-15m is a punt these days. We have to be less risk averse in my opinion. Put aside 30m a season for these types of signings. look at this Greek striker Brighton just bought. We were linked for ages also. All three Man City defender signings the same. I understand this Jan we weren’t in a position to buy but that’s not always been the case, we’ve been too perfectionist in my opinion.

Yes in 2012

Trafford / Pope* / Ruddy Tino/Trippier*/Krafth* New RCB/Schar/Lascelles* Botman/Burn Hall/Targett* Tonali/Miley Bruno/Longstaff*/New CM Joelinton/Willock* New RW/Murphy Isak/David/Osula Gordon/Barnes That is potentially a 25 man squad next season. Starters in bold. It doesn't scream out title contendors but it does have two decent players per position. Anyone with a * is potentially to be sold/replaced. Trafford, David, new RW, new RCB are the four absolute musts, as well as to sign a Longstaff replacement and maybe even a back up RB. Lots of holes to plug, that's for sure. Then to take time for them to learn Eddie Howe's system - could be another slow start to next season.

The denim one should make a reappearance that was a cool kit, the first kit I ever owned!