McCormick

I never realized how petty I was; my first reaction was, “ooooopps Atalanta, should have accepted our massive offer” Not a great look for me, that.

Everton have a good team and seem to have galvanized after Rafa’s departure. Really need a win but expecting a spirited loss. Massively hope I’m wrong of course (more so than any other game this season).

Nah. Should we stay up it’ll be by a few points only imo; skin of our teeth stuff.

At the very least we need to beat one of Lampard or Gerard in the next couple of games.

Clark, rightly or wrongly, has only been picked ahead of Fede because he’s left-footed. I can only guess that the arrival of Burn and the fact that Dummett is back will mean he gets omitted from the squad.

Such a shame. Had such great insight, a true journalist. RIP.

Unfortunately he’d probably be the best manager in that league, purely on the basis that he has the ability to scream “Get stuck in you woofters!!” louder than the others.

Maybe I’m being naive but what’s the correlation between PIF or the Saudi state and rape?

Agreed, but as captain and the right-sided cb I think Howe benches Schar instead of Lascelles.

Reckon we’ll just see Bruno replace Longstaff, Burn replace Schar and Targett in for Dummett (from our starting xi against Leeds).

Could be wrong but I think a 36 year old Bafetimbi Gomis is a free agent now

Yikes. Let’s wait and see, but Jesus, going into a very important game without our only real striker is pretty disastrous.

If we want to control possession he plays with Shelvey (with Joelinton) if we’re looking to break then swap Shelvey for Willock.

Not the blockbuster cb we were gasping for but it’s nice to have another defender with a bit of technical ability. Being local is a nice bonus; really rooting for him.

Feels disappointing at this time because of the late deals for attackers falling through, but on reflection it’s obviously been the best transfer window in a while.

I mean we’re trying at least, I guess. Way too little time to get this done. Makes Man Utd stringing us along even worse.

Gotta be local with the time left, you’d imagine. Can’t think of anyone that fits that criteria (Origi maybe? but looks very unlikely).

We’ve given ourself a chance, but honestly we’re really lacking goals for it to be a certainty. We tried hard but just didn’t come off.

Tbf I meant done with signings.

Nah, we’re done.

Why waste our time then. Absolutely shite.

Nah, unfortunately.

Fair do’s, absolutely no reason to be petty about it, his decision in the end. Which is fine. Totally fine. Hope his purple patch dries up, he gets exposed as a fraud and spends the rest of his pathetic career in the lower echelons of French football though.

It’s down to whether they would prefer us to stay up or if they would prefer to risk losing out on a CL place. Chances are they just keep him.