Doctor Zaius

Where is HTT anyway? Banned/flounced again?

40m for Fabinho man. Liverpool have been able to rebuild well.

Maddison you could argue but Digne and Lingard are both internationals with over 70 caps between them and a fair amount of European experience. Not sure why it hasnt gone well for Digne though. Glad we got neither. Its that elusive step up from a very good top half player, to very good asset in a CL chasing side. I'm not sure Maddison or Barnes will prove up to it either. Maddison perhaps, we'll see but I was never convinced he was right for us. So many factors in it, its why we see players we've seen do well elsewhere in the PL often flop at the likes of Man Utd, Spurs, Chelsea and Arsenal when they get that move.

Seen him walking down Gosforth High Street about a month ago

Really like Brennan Johnson but I think he's so much better suited to a team that plays on the break. Really hope Forest keep him and Gibbs White

Jamal Lewis, how did I forget him. Hasn't played for two years yet seemingly content to sit on his arse and collect wages. Didn't he turn down loans despite not even being registered? Some commitment to not being the slightest bit arsed about his career going down the pan.

He's right in that this side doesnt have the depth to compete in both the PL and the CL like. There's no two ways about it. We were knackered last season without European football. We're going to have to pick and choose our games where the likes of Krafth () and Lascelles fill in. Injuries will take their toll too. Getting another midfielder was critical, we really need another right winger and a left back to make a decent go of it. Howe has a job on his hands. Was just looking through our squad and there's loads of shite. Manquillo, Hendrick, Fraser, Ritchie, Dummett, Krafth, Hayden all need gone and all will be on decent wages apart from Dummett. Fraser here for another two years and Hayden until 2026. Lumbered with them because there's no chance of them taking massive paycuts.

And yet, Wolves and Everton are unable to spend anything. Sheffield United are going to sell one of their best players and spend nothing. Luton wont have much spending power. Going to be poor down at the bottom.

Why is our financial situation so much worse than Villa? They've spent a fortune!

I know it's Baldwards who knows fuck all, but it would be disappointing. Still think we need another quality forward and a left back. Fuck FFP like. Utter horseshit.

I think Villa are in for a good season like.

The narrative around this is doing my fucking tits in like.

Milan (and Serie A) fans struggling to accept reality like. They're the 4th best team in what is a second rate league. Players who want to be elite, don't want to be in Serie A. Even this season we seen Osimhen yapping about a move to the PL while his club was on course to complete a historic title win. Some would argue Italian football has only itself to blame, but rightly or wrongly that's the way it is.

Juventus are a rotten club like. Constantly at it.

ASM another Sissoko REgardless of a decent goalscoring return (6 in 32 the previous season btw) he's not good enough for a team wanting to consistently finish in the top 4 imo. Neither is Gordon either for what its worth but he might develop more.

More to the point, Barnes is 25 and approaching his peak. Gordon is 22 and played over 100 fewer games than Barnes. There's more room for Gordon to develop as opposed to Barnes. If we're signing him to replace ASM, it's a drop off in quality. Regardless of how fit ASM is. We'll see like.

Not particularly keen on this. Doesn't improve our first 11 imo. On the left we already have ASM who is better when fit, Gordon who is younger and Joelinton who played there when we played our best football of the season. Not really sure how much more Barnes offers. If we were going to sign a left winger, id want someone quality who improves the 11.

60m would be a gamble off the back of that injury though no?

Impressive level of English that like. His wikipedia says he went to an International School but still, thats very good. Get him here.

3 CL winners there. Same amount as the German side had in the final.

You want them to get a player thats effective at what he does? I want them to buy abject failures like.

but but but he was begging to stay, he was crying bucket fulls of tears for Milan, he's been a Milan fan since the womb and there was no chance he wanted to go anywhere else, ever!

Ornstein update is disappointing. Hopefully we've got something else up our sleeve.

I would like to know whether we were actually in for him or not. It was too widely reported that he wanted to go to Spurs rather than here for it not to be true imo. Whether we wanted him and then backed out because he didnt want to come or whether we never made a serious approach for him in the first place. I was completely undecided about him as a player. Will be keeping a keen eye on him at Spurs.

I was undecided with Maddison. His stats are good but every time I've seen him I can't help but feel that he wouldn't fit. At one point I thought he should be our number one target, now I'm not that fussed. Especially if we have something else lined up. Here's my prediction. He won't play another game in the Champions League again.