Geordie Ahmed

Yeah, there is this huge misunderstanding about amortisation I honestly think some people look at it as free money Take the Chelsea and their lengthy contracts, whilst it lowered the amounts each year they will still be paying for those players for years to come and that could end up catching up with them down the line The Saudis bailed them out last summer buying their deadwood and this summer they'll get money from us for Hall and will probably sell Gallagher, they'll need to keep doing this each season though and if they don't all those long contracts will eventually catch up and hurt them

Think this thread is a bit all over the place when you see names like Lampard and Cantona being thrown about I guess it's all relative but I thought this would be for the likes of Colback, Hendrick etc

The length of contract for players you sell is irrelevant when it comes to amortisation

Darron Gibson?

Not a chance we are getting Kimmich in place of Trippier

It's Graeme Carrick Ben Dawson is now part of the U21 coaching team

Really looked Broja at Southampton but he's had a bad injury and he's looked very toothless for Chelsea so far He probably needs a year long loan somewhere where he'll play week in week out

Aye, he's still on his initial 6 year deal Would expect him to sign a deal in the summer

That's fair although there is a very tiny minority that seem keen on getting him because he's a "winner" and because it's "Mr Robsons club"

Wanting Mourinho 10 years ago made sense as he was still elite Mourinho in 2024 is not that guy, he's done at the very top level and he's just pure toxic The likes of Pep/Klopp are levels above and would just embarrass him, I find the clamouring for Mourinho very strange

That defending was horrific

Good defensive work early doors by Minteh, however Senegal take an early lead

Depends on what you think it's too late for, I think top 5 is done, we are 11 points behind, realistically could be 14 once the Villa game is played. 16 games to claw that back isn't happening I would not rule out 7th (6th is probably pushing it and will need a lot to go right with very little margin for error) Ultimately, if we can end the season with some form of European football I'll take it

That's fair, I wouldn't write the season off too I'm confident we can have a strong finish but that confidence is based on the hope that we'll start to get some bodies back and apart from early Feb we are at 1 game per week which will be a lot more manageable

Of all the ones that's the one that had me thinking wtf, beyond amateurish

That's not what I'm implying, I think with some of the injuries there are reasonable questions to ask and I hope the club look into that The injuries of Burn, Barnes, Murphy, Targett, Anderson, Pope are just bad luck if you like, call it freak injuries etc, not sure anyone can pin blame on the coaching staff or even the medical staff on that one Botman the injury itself is unlucky but the handling of it I would rightly question. Willock, well, who knows what's went on there but again can understand asking questions. Wilson is just made of glass, not blaming anyone for that Overall, I'd say the bulk of the injuries is down to bad luck and for that reason I'll more than cut Howe some slack.

They'll just sell Gallagher and maybe even end up selling Palmer to hang on for another season

I wonder if it's a points deduction on top of the current 10 or would it get delayed until next season Either way, tough times ahead for Everton Also, think this is a sensible warning for those amongst us that say we should sod FFP and just deal with it later, I think I much prefer the approach the club are taking

Think it's pretty much nailed on he'll go to Real on a free this summer

The summer doesn't look great but this is with the massive benefit of hindsight The club couldn't have predicted/expected the ban/injury People calling it a failure/disaster, I wonder if they were saying this at the time or are they being clever after the fact

That's it for me, the injury situation hasn't been normal and therefore I don't think it's reasonable to get angry about it or claim it's unacceptable I do wonder if some people just don't care for context or they just don't understand it

Huge chance for McTominay, should be winning the game with that

Seems like just cramp for Van de Ven but Spurs Will have been worried for a moment

Not too dissimilar to the one he got in the League Cup Final

At some point I think we'll get there, not sure the tech is quite there yet