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That penenka he chipped into Pope's arms in that Palace game where we got 4 in the first half was hilarious. (my most recent game at SJP)

That'll do for no red cards all season.

It looked like Madueke hooked the defenders arm.

I reckon the last WC final and the Bayern-PSG first leg were better than Italy-Brazil in the 1982 World Cup, the old fogey's watermark for a brilliant game of football. The current Premier League, which is newly devoid of thrashings and has everyone playing for argy bargy set pieces is grim, I'll give you that.

Extra time. PSG dominant here, so good to have Ramos who will stay in the #9 position and not go walkabout like Dembele. If anyone is joining late, here's the story of the game.

Got to say it was coming. Enrique has adjusted and Legohead has not got his lads to manage.

Ref's bottled the second yellow. Through the player, so not attempting to play the ball. 1-1. Thank fuck!

Saka unlucky. Only a foul on the reaction. Not that I care. C'mon PSG!

Dire game, with dreaded early goal from all too predictable scorer, predictable even to me before kickoff. The scripted narrative needed Arsenal to miss a chance at 1-0 they would go on to rue, so we've at least had that. Enrique will have to come up with something though, because there is only one way this is going without changing things up.

Full marks to ref for not allowing time wasters to take a corner.

If PSG's Woltemade can set up one of their strikers against Arsenal with the chance Wissa had, PSG score.

Yes, this is the CL with its alternative universe rules that are more than capable of coming up with the required logic. I assume that had Trossard ran onto the rebound, it would be disallowed.

This is very true. You could also say it about some of those teams' players when they join new clubs, including the one we bought. On a similar tip, Liverpool are yet to get 30% of what we got out of Isak. On peak form, the Carabao semi vs. Arsenal for example, Isak terrified teams.

Blatant elbow on Woltemade. Well into "what's the point of VAR?" territory. Just seen the lineup and its Rice, Odegaard and Lewis Skelly in a three. Looks lightweight to me. Havertz up front, who's scored in the final before and strikes me as a wild card for big games. He's far from clinical but can get you a goal when it matters most.

After the 10 goal 10 assist season, he's been underwhelming to the point where 60 million of PSR headroom promises more than Gordon would have done playing in the PL only for us next season. I think he is talented, is a good talker, and is potentially a better fit in a better team than he would be in a Howe NUFC team, especially a team not playing in the Premier League, which as Gordon himself pointed out is currently quite agricultural. For us and the time being, what matters is how good players are in an Eddie Howe NUFC team in the competitions we play in. The transfer fee itself is mostly irrelevant, and what matters is the PSR headroom, which is a much bigger sum given how transfers and wages go down on the books. It should get us two or three players, not just the one.