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Rangers are in the qualifying rounds. Those lists have little asterisk next to the teams that aren't qualified, but are currently projected to come through qualifying based on ranking. Obviously no guarentee. If Rangers did come through they'd likely be in pot 3 owing to their strong coeffiecent (largely as a result of the run to the Europa League final). Obviously all of those teams with the asterisk are not set in stone. Plenty other teams which could come through qualifying - and the final outcome exactly which teams would influence the final pot positions between 3 and 4.

We might have numbers at RB but it's probably our weakest position in terms of quality after first choice. Manquillo/Krafth are both not good enough long term and are both out of contract next summer - while Ashby clearly needs gametime before he's PL ready.

Manquillo will go and I'd imagine Ashby out on loan if this happens. Krafth will stay as 3rd choice/emergency CB until his contract expires next summer.

It's a sensible move from him at that age.

Red Bull teams would be awful in terms of opposition but I'd love to visit both Leipzig and Salzburg

Maybe Ciaran Clark. But tbh none of them really fit their model. Possibly more likely to be a young player. What a fun little game Paully has started.

My first thought was Dummett tbh.

Amdouni is going to be a cracking player from what I've seen.

I don't think Spurs stadium acoustics are good at all. It felt absolutely impossible for away end to make any noise carry when I was there, and home end wasn't much better. The hotdogs were great though.

We did, he declared for the US a month ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folarin_Balogun

Rebuilding on the same site is basically impossible I'd say. There's nowhere reasonable near by to play in the meantime.

Never a good finisher in a million years. Seen him miss chance after chance for both Sevilla and Morocco. A big lump and can get his head on things, that's about it.

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Everytime I've seen En-Nesyri play he's made me hate football. I think he's utter shite.

It's an amazing piece of infrastructure particularly in respect to the folding pitch but I think it looks utterly shit from the outside. The Nou Camp renovation is going to look absolutely identical too. Once two of the most distinctive stadiums in the world that you will now struggle to tell apart.

I quite liked the idea of Adarabioyo at Fulham because he will be relatively cheap. Huge in stature but still quick, used to playing with the ball at his feet for Fulham. Just don't think he's ever going to be top class. Would be a squad/stop gap signing to upgrade on Lascelles - and I think we're clearly trying to avoid those kind of signings in general.

I'm actually not opposed in theory to Castle Leazes/Leazes Park build. If done well it could be the best outcome for the setting of the listed buildings while also expanding the park into the city centre and making it a real amenity feature of the city as well as a usable thoroughfare on matchdays. I just think modern new build stadiums are shit. If you let any of the current mainstream stadium architects get a hold of it it will be a giant spaceship/bowl with no character. Every new stadium and redevelopment at the moment has exactly the same fundament design with variations to the exoskeletal facade. A football stadium, especially in England, should have four clearly recognisable stands from inside and out. I have no idea why this stopped being the case but it did, sometime after around 2006. Just don't understand why anybody would want a copy of the Spurs stadium or any of the rubbish from the Qatar World Cup.

St James Terrace is a nice enough building but I would agree it is of significantly less heritage value than Leazes Terrace - which as a set piece is one of the finest and heftiest examples of Georgian residential architecture (although technically Victorian by date) in the country. I don't know about complete demolition but I think part relocation/repurposing/redeveloping of SJT into a new East Stand may be a goer. But you're definitely only ever going to get an extra couple of thousand seats. The real capacity increase comes from doing the Gallowgate extension. I don't know about 62,000 being too little. I think between 60-65 is about right. Again I'm in the minority but I think long term when we're playing 50+ games a season, ticket prices have gone up and the current buzz has become normality there will be an equilibrium point for demand. And you don't want to keep expanding to get more tourists in at the expense of sacrificing atmosphere.

Fair, I hadn't watched the video. Even then you're extremely unlikely to ever be allowed to demolish a fully in tact Grade II listed building. St James Terrace is the more immediate barrier just because of how close it is. I know for a fact the club have already suggested informally the option of moving it brick by brick. However I still think even with that obstacle moved you would be struggling to significantly expand the East Stand because of Leazes Terrace. Maybe a couple of thousand extra seats by going vertically. But to significantly increase the size of that stand you need a much bigger footprint.

It doesn't matter what the owner says, you cannot demolish Grade I listed buildings. It's simply not going to happen.

A lot has been made about Anderson not getting enough gametime and he's a player who can play in all three midfield positions and either wing. In the modern game central strikers are second only to goalkeepers in competition stakes - because there is only one position you can play on the pitch. I can't think of any club who play one forward who retain three central strikers within the squad. Doing so is either wasting resources or stunting a youngsters development. Gordon played central striker for Everton and England U21s. I think he will be our third choice.

It's not just Man City though. Arsenal have two (Jesus and Nketiah), Man United only really had Weghorst this season with Rashford who can also play through the muddle. Spurs only have Kane/Richarlison and Son who is more versatile. Very few clubs have more than two out and out centre forwards in this day and age. In fact even keeping two happy can be hard (look at the difficulties Arsenal had with Nketiah's contract for example). Teams have other players who can also play through the middle when needed. We need a long term replacement for Wilson IMO, not just any kid to fill a squad place who won't get game time.

If you only play with 1 striker then two strikers in a squad is pretty normal for most clubs. Even City only have Haaland and Alvarez (who can play other positions). Isak and Wilson with Joelinton/Gordon as emergency options is fine for now.

Thanks, but no Yanks. Works better imo.

Calling him Your Excellency man