McCormick

Well. This sucks.

12 months is a bit of a shitter for us. Height of stupidity from the lad, if true.

Find certain parts of Italy really overrated but you certainly can’t knock the food .

Another 5-10m in the coffers and free flights?

I’d be be all for it as he’d give us another option that we don’t have. If Bruno’s out we don’t have a natural sitting midfielder and you’d imagine he’d give us more solidity defensively. Worried about his form, fitness and willingness to be a rotation player for us though.

Bit of an exaggeration. Think it was just one or two people saying that. Had a few iffy half’s alongside some very decent performances too. I’m sure the vast majority of the forum would agree losing him for a significant amount of time would be pretty devastating.

It was a good strategy for smaller teams a few years ago when Championship players were undervalued. Nowadays the best young English players in the Championship are on loan from the bigger clubs; we’ve seen with Gibbs-White and -albeit not in the championship- Lewis Hall recently that clubs don’t let their young English talents go cheaply anymore. I’m sure there some gems and bargains to be had still, but they’re not as prevalent as before. Completely agree though that a young player performing well in the Championship is likely to be a hit in the PL.

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bizarre-secret-bruno-guimaraes-clause-27910905 Not true according to the Chron.

Should be okay this summer after the new deals kick in, no?

Like ESR, been unlucky with injuries and the form of the players ahead of him. Can see him going to Brighton though. Who are the fringe players we’d look to sell (that would make any money)? Krafth, Dubravka, Hayden and Hendrick? Be lucky to get 10m combined.

I reckon we’ll look at players under 20 (or whatever the rule is) for that reason too. In order to attract the best young talent we do have to prove that there are pathways into the first team.

Oh. This is the Joelinton thread.

If it’s 100m, then any top club would pay that immediately. Hope he stays but Ffp-wise that’s another 500m we can spend, yes?

I expect a loan or loan-to-buy, max. Feels like we’re at the FFP limit currently but who knows.

Only plays left because you need Andersen on the right to better utilize his absolute wand of a right foot.

Right-footed. I’m sure he can play either side.

Dubious sources saying Leroy Sane, Guehi and Barella are targets for the summer.

Unfortunately (with all due respect to them) the smaller clubs can’t really afford anything resembling a quality English player nowadays. We get lambasted for “overpaying” for British players but it’s been a cornerstone of our success. I do hope we mix it up more with players from the French league though. Seem to always find success when they come to PL.

Yeah, agree with that. Was genuinely world class at the back end of last season.

Paqueta? He was quality last season as well tbf.

Said some very complimentary stuff about us in his post match presser too.

With the relative lack quality of the lower half of the league, the teams who play aggressively and finish their chances will be in and amongst the CL places. We can definitely be one of those teams. The key thing this year though is to win your head-to-heads against your rivals for that spot (and there’s quite a few this season).

@McDog thanks for nothing!

McDog, please tell me we’ve scored.

I realize that game is probably over since I’m so far behind…