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Really? Differently frustrating, certainly. I thought the Ashley regime was completely disastrous and frustrating because we all knew the potential, and so many years were wasted. Now imagine how frustrating it is to come up against this ceiling 15 years ago after seeing two teams get bought by oil money and having untold millions of it spunked on them, overnight creating a Big 4 and then a Big 5. Then you knuckle down and grind your way through that ceiling inexorably over 15-20 years. Then another team gets bought by oil money and you see their fans saying they’ve had enough of it after one-and-a-half seasons. I get it. It’s annoying that you can’t just throw money at it, like Chelsea and Man City did. It’s annoying Man U and Arsenal right now that they can’t just throw money at their problems too. For argument’s sake, Arsenal would love to give you £100M for Isak. Man U would love to give you £100M for Bruno Guimaraes. They’re not allowed to. I know this isn’t the place for this argument right now - feelings are high, and I’m going to get an unsympathetic response. P&S is obviously flawed, but I don’t think it’s completely without merit. It’s just hard to see you say it “needs to go in the next couple of years or I’m checking out”, and I hope you understand why. I nearly walked away from football when Abramovich came in, not because we couldn’t spend anything we liked on players but because he was a Russian oligarch and he could and did, and it all felt wrong to me. I nearly threw my toys out of the pram because a rival team did that. You’re about to throw your toys out of the pram because you can’t. I hope you can see how that’s a little frustrating to hear.

Can’t remember if there’s a MOTD or media thread but wanted to give some praise. Just watching MOTD2 now with Ian Wright and Fara Williams and their post-match analysis was the best I can remember. Excellent choice of topics, well-illustrated with clips and well-argued, and concise. Maybe I don’t pay much attention to it usually but I was impressed.

It’s so frustrating, and it happens every time. They bring in a new law or approach to address a real problem, have a few weeks enforcing it (by and large) then it just goes away. A combination of a reluctance to punish bigger clubs, many clubs’ persistence and imagination in subverting the change and certain referees simply not enforcing it properly.

Keeper takes a full minute over the goal kick

Cape Verde just running round kicking people now

and all his mates too. Top shithousing tbh.

One of the worst free kicks I’ve seen there from Cape Verde.

1-1. Would love to see a Ghana match in the flesh tbh. Had a couple of great nights in a Ghanaian pub in Tottenham

Anyone else watching the AFCON? Hughton’s Ghana in a bit of bother. Had heard from The Athletic that Bebé was playing for Cape Verde now but it’s still a bit weird to see him out there.

Where is this? First I’ve heard of it

There’s only one of us who wants that

If we’re trading incidents then I think we all know how the story ends.

I make it €272M since the start of last summer. Unless you mean the summer before. That adds €160M. €432M. Then convert to pounds. £371M. Then subtract the sales of €154M if you like. It’s a lot, definitely. Thank you Levy for getting us through that last 20 years to this point. I think Ange is great. If you listen to people who call him a miracle worker, then I suggest you listen to different people.

Gonna need a citation on that one. Let me go work it out.

In certain circumstances. You know what they are.

Works for me lads, keep taking them out.

Jesus. We’ve had one. Total.

At first glance that Leicester one was the reddest red . Not quite so bad on second viewing, but still.

Or not. Screamer. 1-2.

2-0 Norwich . Great play by Hernandez and that’s probably that.

Barkley late goal to clinch it.

In the bits I’ve seen, Hull look much more like a team challenging for promotion.

Cracking shot from Hull and save by the keeper.

That really does feel like one of the nails in Burnley’s coffin.

Nobody else watching this? Rather liked that decision. Borderline, but the keeper was really weak.