Geordie Ahmed

Celta Vigo hit the post against Real, unlucky

Sadly this my thinking now. Especially as one of the big hold ups seem to be the relegation clause. Would make sense for them to wait it out 4 or 5 months. Any professional business you would think are not going to take the risk of losing 100 million in less than 5 months. Ashley is not going to change so we’re at stand off. The only thing that offers any hope is the curry meeting and the fact that she has created a new company which does seem coincidental. Honestly believe if nothing happens early this week then nothing will happen to the summer if it actually then happens at all. The problem with relegation is that I doubt Ashley sells for less, he'll gamble on us getting promoted again then asking for £300mill+ again (maybe more depending how much the next TV deal is) Then they will move onto another club in the premier or abroad. That's exactly what I expect to happen and we'll be stuck with Ashley for years to come

Sadly this my thinking now. Especially as one of the big hold ups seem to be the relegation clause. Would make sense for them to wait it out 4 or 5 months. Any professional business you would think are not going to take the risk of losing 100 million in less than 5 months. Ashley is not going to change so we’re at stand off. The only thing that offers any hope is the curry meeting and the fact that she has created a new company which does seem coincidental. Honestly believe if nothing happens early this week then nothing will happen to the summer if it actually then happens at all. The problem with relegation is that I doubt Ashley sells for less, he'll gamble on us getting promoted again then asking for £300mill+ again (maybe more depending how much the next TV deal is)

What was he saying there which was "Talking s****"? He's also by far the best pundit on TV. He was very average when he first started BUT he is brilliant now, clearly worked at it and I guess once he knew management was not going to happen then he's given punditry his all

Dembele starts for Barca

When I've watched him on The Debate he seems to say the right things, especially when referring to the Youth coaching he currently does at Cardiff BUT how that translates to reality and a higher level is a different matter

The problem is clearly more than Beardsley, the only professional/decent thing about the club is Rafa (obviously admin/ground staff aside). If the takeover happens one of the things I'm most looking forward to is how everything else is developed not just the investment in the first team.

I'm always reluctant to question why fans dislike an owner/manager (as it's often so far off the mark about us) BUT why do they hate Ellis Short? I've heard claims of limited spending BUT surely that's not true. He's actual going to lose a lot of his personal wealth regardless of whether he finds a buyer or not (in stark contrast to Ashley) To my knowledge they've spent money but on lots of managers and crap players. However the fans were not complaining about the managerial changes, they actually called for it and were buzzing as it often happened just before our game.

So Allardyce obviously didn't agree with the penalty decision, has he already forgotten what he said about the one they got? Perhaps he doesn't care as the media probably won't pull him up on it.

So I took KDB out of my team as I didn't expect him to be fit (though I kept Salah in) and he gets 2 assists, mint

Poor from the linesman that, still, good for us

I'd say a draw for Southampton-Palace, Spurs win, City win and a draw for West Ham-West Brom would be ideal

Haidara on the bench Where is Saivet?

Decided (for now) on Kane as Captain, no doubt he won't be fit enough to play.

Swansea winning now, mint

Bournemouth take the lead, not good for us

Linked by who? I'd be very surprised if Spurs want him.

Stephen Glass scored a few goals for us though I literally can't remember a single one

What about Nicky Butt? Or did he just come very close?

Overall a decent few days in terms of results, just need to make sure we get 3 points on Saturday.

To be fair to him, a couple of sentences later he said that any manager is free to do whatever they want to try and stop them, and it's up to them to overcome different challenges if they want to win. Obviously his line everyone's picked up on is that we didn't want to play. Yeah I thought his comments overall were sound. It's true we didn't want to play BUT like you mentioned he recognised that the challenge is for his team to overcome that. Plus he was complimentary towards Rafa so got no issues with what he said.

Manquillo so thick

Merino is lush

If only he knew Merino was behind him

Damn, that was the chance