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He should have gotten himself booked before coming off.

Agree with this except for the Forest part. That was the peak of our fatigue and when Tino apparently needed rest.

Funny you use a player completely unavailable to make a point that’s willfully ignoring that important context.

I would love to see Barnes — Isak — Gordon. The injury gods may not allow it.

I mean, who really fucking cares. It’s fun.

WHY DID WE SIGN HIM

Murphy

4-3 incoming

Of the ‘Big 6’ Chelsea is the one I think the PL would be most open to taking down. Honestly unless Poch can work some miracles they are probably screwed whether they get sanctioned or not.

That is so incredibly dumb.

I know Madrid and some others may still be interested, but this increasingly feels like it's driven by a desperate attempt to fix Barcelona's financial situation before it truly becomes disastrous.

Almost like there’s an agenda…

Eh? We are competing in the top-third of the Premier League with a great manager, a team that includes genuinely talented players, a real infrastructure growing inside the club, and an active interest in getting better. We have a chance of winning every week, which also means there is a real chance of finally winning a trophy and we were just in the Champions League for the first time in two decades. If your initial excitement was visions of seven PL titles within the first 15 years a la Man City then yeah, rein it in. Seems pretty great from where I'm sitting though.

The two most interesting things in that article to me are an acknowledgement that we might sell Anderson (which I think would make sense at the right number) and that that Alnwick meeting was probably Al-Rumayyan lighting a fire under everyone to bring in more commercial revenue.

That's what's been reported. Even if it's slightly exaggerated it's too much.

Combination of what I'd like to see / what I think will happen: Current squad Keep Bruno Extend Joelinton Sell Miggy or Murphy (depending on value for each) Keep Wilson* Extend Lascelles* Quietly shop around Longstaff and Anderson; sell if value is there Sell Targett and his £100k/wk wages if at all possible Bring back no more than one of Krafth, Dummett, and Ritchie New players Big budget RW, ideally with flexibility a la Gordon CM with technical quality (I think you can make a case for a more attack or defensive minded player) Young RCB Young striker# LB^ * Possible that these are slightly out of our hands if the players want more playing time. # Needs to be more proven if Wilson is sold unless the RW is a more than capable striker ^ Trickiest one to call given existing options, questions about Hall, etc.

Six clubs earned more money from overseas TV than domestic. Remarkable how far that has come and, while growth will slow over the next decade of two, it's almost certainly going to grow faster than the domestic money. Very close to a tipping point there. Also notable in there is £2.2m is often the figure used per league place, but when you add domestic and overseas it's actually a little over £3m now. There is big money in the merit payments. We earned almost £25m more than Chelsea last season. Or, said another way, if we end up 10th or 11th this season due to injuries it would effectively wipe out the gains from Sela compared to last season.

Our game, Brighton, and West Ham all went against how you'd expect. Great week.

I hope we are ready in June to pick up all the pieces. And by that I mean MGW.

Everton fans losing it in the replies. The entire case comes down to whether this is true or not: "Everton, who are owned by Farhad Moshiri, insist they did not breach the conditions of the 2021 agreement" I have a feeling there will be little sympathy for Everton once all the facts come out.

Thank god. I can't believe there are serious suggestions of him getting a single minute.

Spent 10 years at Bournemouth, so he'll be well acquainted with Callum's hamstrings.

I think it depends on how it's implemented and punished. UEFA's version of cost-control is like a soft cap with a luxury tax. The penalty for going over it is increasing levels of fines (though it does seem like there is a possibility of harsher punishment if it's regularly ignored). The problem is UEFA also has their own version of the three-year losses rules. In theory if that's all the PL had + those other new rules then a club with a new, rich owner could play catch-up in a more equitable way. But if cost-control rules are punished with point deductions then yes, it's hugely weighted towards favoring the already established.

Yeah, if we didn't have all these injuries then it would be an enjoyable window seeing everyone stand still.