Consortium of one

Bruce and Everton are a match made in heaven

I seem to remember that when the PL offered arbitration last summer Stavely complained that the PL would only offer arb on each point of contention rather than an all-inclusive hearing which, in itself, was a stall tactic by the PL. If my memory serves me, that is when PIF publicly "withdrew". PIF knew at that point that the PL wanted to drag it out as long as possible.

am I missing something? That article is from last August.

Arteta won't make it to January anyway.

If we're committing to 3 man defense I think keeping him is a no-brainer. If we're going 4 man, less so. Despite positioning and reading the game his poor foot speed will be exposed as 1 of 2 CB.

I'm sure BeIn's position was "Why should we pay for the rights again if you are allowing the country who looks the other way, re: piracy, to buy a club?" What if no one else was able to pony up 500M? This all goes back to separating the PIF from KSA though.

don't say negative!

I say there should be a 3rd thread "Verified takeover news only" It would be empty but you know...

It'll be interesting to watch if Poch comes back. I did think things got stale before he departed. Perhaps he'll come back with a fresh outlook. If Kane goes they could do a rebuild on the fly in what might be a soft transfer market.

What does Alex have to say about that?

Jones brought a willingness to change. Change formation, change philosophy. Brewce was stuck in a rut he couldn't get out of. He was more adept at making excuses than he was at implementing change, any change. Jones is no tactical genius but he had the guts to push ahead of Brewce and do something.

Ah that's beautiful. Another factoid to tweak Brewce's insecurity.

so the tweet that everyone is referencing, how do we know that went only to the big 6? How do we know it wasn't sent to everybody?

anybody but Shelvey.

I must have missed that.

Bein was in the process of renewing their contract for the EPL rights when the takeover started. Since BeoutQ originated in the KSA I think they had every right to bring it to EPL and ask that the piracy be resolved.

Player of the Season: ASM but Willock was closing fast Match of the Season: Leicester away Goal of the Season: ASM Burnley away Most Improved Player of the Season: Jacob Murphy Worst/ Most Disappointing Player of the Season: Jamal lewis Season mark out of 10: 4.5 Strong finish after months of dross Manager mark out of 10: 3

. If it weren't for Graeme Jones Brewce would be out of a job.

BeIn held the rights and had a legit grievance with the piracy. End of.

The only reason I think it's still on is because its been said that Ashley hasn't taken calls from any other prospective buyers. As for anything else, if it smells like bullshit it probably is.

If Clark, Radgie, Gayle, as the over 30 group, get extensions why hasn't Murphy. He clearly has shown a usefulness to the club as much as the others.

He's a fireman. He'll be back, he likes to play with his hose.

The natives are angry

I could dream...