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I did, just haven’t made it to a game yet. Two young kids makes it tricky. I’m not far from Manayunk in Lower Merion.

I thought someone said he was a supporter. Are you in the area?

I moved to the Philly area a year ago. I haven't joined them yet but Toon Army Philly has a dedicated pub in a great location as the owner is a supporter. There seems to be a pretty sizable group.

My condolences.

I'd love to know what these reasons are? - I'm not going to say he deserves no credit for the Pats success, but he struck gold with Belichick/Brady. - He's hesitant to buy a PL club because there isn't a salary cap - He's done nothing to push the NE Revolution forward. I think he's widely viewed as the worst owner in the league. A big part of that is he's let (forced) them to continue playing in a half empty NFL stadium in the middle of nowhere, while every other club has built their own stadium. - He's buddy-buddy with Trump (although he has called him out a few times) - I hate Boston sports teams so the same reason I wouldn't want us to be owned by FSG Honestly, he'd be way better than Ashley but the way he's let the Revolution stagnate would be very worrying.

Kraft can get fucked for a number of reasons. Obviously better than Ashley because just about anyone is, but would not want.

The value is always what someone is willing to pay! Which usually is somewhere around the value estimated by experts unless someone is willing to pay more for sentimental reasons. Actually in recent years most sales of professional sports clubs have been for quite a bit more than teams were valued at by experts. I really don't think £350-400m is that crazy assuming a) it includes the debt and b) there are no clauses that keep Ashley or Sports Direct involved for any period of time.

I like the idea, but are they revamping the way the FIFA rankings count friendlies to accommodate this?

If relegation wasn’t a thing there is no question we’d be tanking every season.

There will be a line in the article about it that says something like: “Staveley’s group was very interested in Newcastle United, recognizing the club’s potential, however negotiations with Mike Ashley went nowhere.”

If there's anything interesting about that it fits with the narrative this past weekend that the gap between the top 6 and the rest of the league has grown this season.

I can't wait for the day I load this forum and the first thread is [glow=red,2,300]Various: Unnamed Middle Eastern buyer close to completing takeover[/glow]

Like twice a season a ball lands at someone’s feet like that off a corner. Of course for us it lands for Grandpa Mo.

Since our team is generally a lot more likable now I think I’m going to direct my hate at Atsu.

So obvious they are going to score.

Wow, that bruise on Joselu.

I was just finishing yelling “Joselu you fucking jackass” as that trickled in. What a ball by Shelvey.

Getting tired of Atsu.

Can’t even get upset about that.

Holy shit Yedlin. Nice having a Ferrari at the back.

Reading between the lines of Rafa’s comments, guessing he thinks it’s unlikely we’ll keep a clean sheet whether it’s Hayden or Shelvey so he’s gone for the pair that gives us the best chance of scoring.

Agreed.

That team ^^^ would get ripped apart.

At some point maybe, but we are a long way from that. A Super League already exists, it's the Champions League and it's not going anywhere.

I wouldn't be opposed to more merit based payments if the deck wasn't already stacked so heavily in favor of those at the top. Wonder if they might try to compromise on top 10?