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Swiss Ramble (an Arsenal fan tbf) has done some educated estimating and reckons they should just about be OK under UEFA’s new rules. Seems like Arsenal have done the maths…but they’re walking a tightrope. It’s one reason why they really really need top four this year. An injury to Jesus and/or Partey could make things very interesting:

Two of the three clubs who most appear to be thumbing their nose at FFP (or that new version) are not in the Top Six - Everton and Notts Forest. Not that it’s not designed to preserve the status quo, like. Just that what Chelsea have done/are doing is especially egregious.

Fuck, just noticed my bench scored 32pts. Meslier, Rodrigo, Bailey and Almiron

I mean it’s quite clearly enormously worse, surely?

Liverpool have a load of injuries.

Tbf, they haven’t had enough practice doing that. Liverpool would have got the right bus.

That explains it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11132469/amp/Steven-Gerrard-pressure-Aston-Villa-winning-just-three-14-league-games.html

Vertonghen given offside in his own half was possibly the worst for me. That Pedro Mendes disallowed goal is up there too.

https://football-italia.net/kvaratskhelia-agent-confirms-tottenham-and-juventus-interest/

Was gonna ask earlier but - if Man U fail to win tomorrow they stay in the bottom three and you guys are 6th or 7th. I’m guessing you’d take that? We’d be 4th and Arsenal would be champions. I’d have to think long and hard.

That but more like everyone recognizes this is a bit of a one-off. Man U has been brewing for ages.

To dream the impossible dream.

That’s true to an extent, but the weird thing about this season is that it might never really settle down. With Cup competitions and Europe all concertina’d together, then the World Cup and the ramifications of that (injuries, fatigue, likely crazy Jan window too) it‘s so hard to make a call.

World Cup in the middle too. It’s almost impossible to make predictions.

Rodrigo on the bench, Reece James and Thiago Silva on the pitch. Sorry but very much not sorry.

Captain Salah, Thiago Silva, Reece James and Cancelo for me. 47pts so far - Brennan Johnson hunch paid off.

Had him in from the beginning. Seemed like the easiest choice of all tbh - I’m amazed he wasn’t owned by everyone.

Cracking little set-piece move by Southampton. They’ve been the better side since the goal.

Feels like relegation will be an almighty pile-up this season. Are Bournemouth any good?

Southampton have been neat and tidy at times, but you always feel like they’re going to let in a couple of goals and Armstrong just looks out of his depth up front.

Terrific free-kick from Maddison. He’s been great. That RB has been very good too - Castagne.

Yeah Ndombele was a waste of money. Perisic was a free transfer though. Presumably Sancho was too? Edit: Sorry couldn’t resist - I thought he might have been and genuinely didn’t remember, then Googled. Fuck me.

I genuinely didn’t know the sums involved and haven’t been paying attention for a while. Anything over £200K still feels insane to me. Just looked at Spotrac (big pinch of salt, obviously). You’ve supposedly got 6 players on more money than Kane (plus Rashford on the same). Ouch.

Fuck me, De Gea’s on how much?