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Reminds me of a similar deal to when Liverpool signed Matip on a free. Big and physical but also technical defender, slightly under the radar as a player. The fact that Matip had opted for Cameroon as he'd never got near the German youth set up is similar to Tosin being chased by Nigeria.

As we'd be signing him from another English club we can't actually officially sign him until after July 1st when he's a free agent, I believe.

Definitely a very impressive job although possibly slightly overplayed in terms of the financial perspective. What they're paying Kieffer Moore must be up there as one of the highest paid forwards in the league. They have rich owners and have been able to leverage that to their advantage in January - to sustain the momentum that that they've built.

They've only lost at home in the league once this season, to Leeds in August. Would be a pretty astonishing bottle to fuck it up now.

I wonder if the aim is to do a complete Gallowgate/East Stand rebuild first, host the Euros, then eventually do a re-build of the Milburn and Leazes to form one cohesive design.

If it's just Gallowgate extension you wouldn't have to. You could do a large amount of the work while the existing is place - then complete during off season like Liverpool did. Only likely a small period of time with reduced capacity.

You didn't have to be a genius to see it was unbuildable nonsense.

We won't get £15+ mill for him at his age and injury record in the age of FFP. If we do we should snap their hands off as we need to start selling players at the right time. Hopefully he bangs a few in between now and the end of the season to get a solid cash offer. Love him but it's time for him to go IMO.

Their wage bill is about 21st in the league I think. The fact they got playoffs last year was massively overachieving. This year is more about right for where they should be.

I haven't played in years but that's a good description. The sequence for that almost Ipswich winner was peak FIFA.

That Hull - Ipswich game was absolutely sensational

The same Isaac Hayden who's not good enough for Standard Liege and currently being kept out of the QPR team by Jack Colback. We need to upgrade on Longstaff (we basically already did) but some of the shit spouted on here is embarrassing tbh.

Just got off a flight so missed the whole game. You wouldn't think we'd just won 5-1 like think I'll do something else with my evening

Were punching massively above their weight being up their TBF. Saw them play live earlier in the season and could see the way they played wasn't sustainable.

Went to watch a random top flight game in Cyprus, between a side already safe and another already relegated. Finished 6-6, could have been far more. Definitely one of the oddest games I've ever been to, and by a long way the highest scoring. One of those where you wouldn't be surprised in years to come to find out that numerous players were involved in a spot fixing scandal.

Amazed we didn't lose by more tbh the amount of times Eze had Krafth exposed.

Palace have played well and we still have too many players who are not at the level we need to be at. Not much else really to glean from this. No point spitting dummy's out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friesland_(province) Friesan flag. Easily one of the best crests/kits in Europe IMO.

Like if that goal had happened before VAR, it would never have even been looked at, or considered remotely controversial or worthy of discussion. That's the problem with all of this for me.

I actually agree that Gallagher would be a good signing and would add a lot to our midfield. I just don't think it's the type of player we need most considering budget constraints.

You simply can't measure offsides to that degree of accuracy on a frame by frame basis. It's utterly absurd. That decision could made on or off depending on which frame you choose. Automated offsides will probably introduce an accepted form of arbitration if they're done quickly, like goal line tech, and are probably the best solution now the cat is out of the bag. However I still think it's total nonsense. Offside was introduced to stop attackers gaining advantage by goal hanging, it was never supposed to be something that was an exact science.

Yeah it's not like Gateshead wouldn't be potentially able to renew the lease with a new owner, or work towards an alternative ground going forward. If anything they'd have more chance of doing so as an EFL club than as a blacklisted non league club with a glass ceiling now. It'll kill the club. Depressing and shit situation all-round. Financially cash strapped local council forced to sell off public assets which could effectively kill the local club that relies on it.

I wasn't able to watch the game as on the train, only just seen the offside decision now. That isn't offside imo. Var goes completely against the actual intention of the offside rule.

Yeah that's terrible decision. It should surely either be Altrincham get a bye or Aldershot get a play off place.