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If the internet is to be believed we could double his wages and he’d be on the same as Krafth. Not sure if the likes of Liverpool or Spurs will drive his demands much higher though.

We are also the worst in the league by conceded and xGA since Pope went out.

Ritchie is amazing

Dubravka has to do better there.

I’d be fuming if that was given against us.

You know Bruno will get booked for something dumb in the second half too.

Barnes whistled for dribbling.

Their press seems like it’s leaving acres of space, but we can’t make the pass we need.

That’s because our entire forward line was on the left.

Another promising attack dies with Miggy’s right foot.

Gordon’s volley technique is perfect.

I agree, love this quote from Bayern’s president: “We could charge more than £104. Let’s say we charged £300. We’d get £2m more in income, but what’s £2m to us?” “In a transfer discussion, you argue about that sum for five minutes. But the difference between £104 and £300 is huge for the fan. We do not think the fans are like cows, who you milk.” Forget some of the London clubs or Man United. City’s matchday income prior to last season (minus ~10% for all the extra games they consistently play) should be the initial target. That’s another £15-20m from last season.

Nah, Eddie's fault for not bedding in Parkinson.

We also seem to have a pretty sizable number of season ticket holders still on Ashley's 'please don't go' plans and, while I'm happy for any individual benefiting from this, the club really needs to be getting every possible pound out of season tickets.

There is wiggle room whether we qualify for Europe or not assuming we are ok taking the maximum amount of losses in every three year period. I expect us to be very active this summer unless there’s suddenly a concerted effort for the club to be self sufficient, which I’d find surprising and disappointing this quickly.

Should be mandatory reading in the Eddie Howe thread.

I think he's specifically referring to the first team transfer process. Ashworth has, at minimum, clearly done things around the scouting network and youth teams. Likely current/future training ground planning as well.

I think it was about as good as the first knockout round week could go for England in terms of the extra place. Bayern and Leipzig lost. Freiburg and Frankfurt drew. Madrid won, but Sociedad and Betis lost. France also had a bad time other than PSG. 1. Italy - 14.714 2. Germany - 13.928 3. England - 13.875 4. Spain - 12.937 5. France - 12.250

August 27. Season starts August 17 so he will miss the first two games. * for some reason I didn’t see any posts after this. You’re welcome for the answer you already got pages ago.

No need to worry. Not a chance we’re signing Toney.

Should be rooting against every Italian, German, and Spanish team in all three competitions.

I agree, but I think many are just feeling burned by what the extra games this season has done. As long as coefficient points dictate both seeding and a slice of revenue we need to be participating as much as possible. West Ham got £22m for winning it, £17m to the runners up, and more than £10m for a few others. Also the small matter of winning a trophy that isn't the Intertoto Cup.

Sure, but that's not the same as Bob from accounting getting called up to run the 800m or be the bobsled driver.

A civilian Olympics is maybe the best idea I've ever heard. I would watch every second of that (and dream of being chosen).

Important game for country coefficients too. Come on Minteh.