Ghandis Flip-Flop

Eales in a recent interview, been mentioned during the latest POTT too

And yet everything said this summer is stating they expect European qualification, but no specifics of which European competition

I meant it’s been public for that long and apparently no other bidders have surfaced. I’d suggest that if others were going to try to gazump us they’d have done it before Parish's recent media performance

But they’ve sacked the manager who facilitated that and replaced him with someone with significantly less pedigree. Who plays in a totally different way. If they’d appointed a manager who played in a similar style to Pochetino there maybe more cause for concern. But Chelsea continued to do Boehley Chelsea things

It’s a clear "please start a bidding war" attempt like, the thing is given how long this has already gone on, I think if it were going to happen it already would have. I expect us to walk away now given how public it’s become, but Parish isn’t going to get the bidding war he wants or Guehi to sign a new contract. So they’re going to have to accept a lower offer in the future

Based on what exactly?

I’ve never argued otherwise, but if Pope stays fit and Joelinton isn’t missing for 2/3 of the season I guarantee we'll look better than last year. That’s without factoring in Tonali, who I’d argue will be going some to be worse than a half fit Longstaff. I’d also argue that Osula is going to be a hell of a lot more useful than Ritchie and ditto for Kelly over Dummet Solanke- the lad has had one good season in the PL, I guess we are going to find out how much of that was down to Iraola and how much was done to him.

Have you watched them at all this preseason? They look truly woeful. Celtic flattered them by only beating them 4-0. Preseason I know, but the signs aren’t good. I honestly think not one player there gives a crap now Gallagher has left and both James and Chilwell are crocked again.

Are they? All I’ve seen from Spurs fans is concern at them buying really young unproven players and expressing concern that they were found out the final third of last season. There’s also talk of a few of their more established players such as Romero being away this window too. Basically apart from Man City and Arsenal, everyone is a bit of an unknown quantity this season. If we don’t completely implode with injuries again this season, we'll be better. Regardless of who we do or don’t bring in this window.

Chelsea are a basket case and despite the spending on good players, will be an unknown quantity. They’ve looked ropey as hell under Maresca in pre-season and have lost the one member of their starting 11 that gave a fuck about the club. Man Utd have spent big, but again non of their players are known quantities in the league, one is already injured and I don’t think anyone on here other than Froggy rates Ten Hag. West Ham, again unknown quantity under Lopetegui. could be great, could be a car crash in the making. His brand of football wasn’t well thought of by Wolves fans in the end. Given how West Ham fans are still aggrieved after Moyes, things could turn toxic quickly there. Wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a few high profile departures from them before the window closes too. Villa, look to have done solid business but have also lost Douglas Luiz and (The apparent world beater according to some in here last summer) Diaby. I think they are better placed than we were last summer to deal with the dual challenge of CL and the League, but it’s not just us who have suffered a significant drop off after qualifying for the first time in a while. I expect them to be no different.

Honestly with the exception of Chelsea and Villa, no one has really done a great deal this window. The Euro's have seriously slowed everything down. I think we will see a busy end to the window, but it'll take a few domino's to fall first.

And where are you getting the idea that there is a lack of autonomy beyond that normally experienced coming from exactly? The bloke has been here a matter of fucking weeks man, I’d strongly wager he has little to no involvement in player identification this window. By all accounts he'll still be doing his initial audit if every interview or article I’ve seen regarding him is correct. if there are ructions between Howe and Mitchell, of which there is currently no evidence for (I'd argue Eddies interview last month was aimed more at Bunce than Mitchell), I wouldn’t be surprised if it were Howe that lost out in that battle, rightly or wrongly. Given that this would be the second DOF he's had a poor working relationship with. What with those owning the club having a preference for this model like most clubs these days.

I get the impression the opposite will be true. Especially given that Mitchell is more focused on building from the academy up. Ashworth has never stayed anywhere for any length of time

Tbf the HLTCO guy on Twitter seems absolutely sound and has never spoken of us in a bad way that I’ve heard. One of the few football twitter types I actually bother to listen too

I honestly tell you look at Arsenal Twitter or even one of the AFTV shows on YouTube. He's obviously not well, but at least it’s in a "awww bless he's not all there way" some of the Arsenal lot on the other hand

It’s only because of our proximity to it tbh, two minutes on Arsenal Twitter makes Burnsie look positively normal tbh

Burn is out of Contract next summer along with Schar and Lascelles. Do you not think it prudent to sort that position out before they leave and other clubs know we’re desperate?

Watch your letterbox

Well by that logic the same would apply to Salah, DeBruyne and closer to home Hall, Livramento (and Guehi if he signs)

Chelsea are a basket case club though, with a history of casting out players that have gone on to become exceptional without ever getting a kick there. They don’t have a strategy beyond "gotta sign them all". So purchasing players from there especially before they’ve cemented their position isn’t the worst play at all.

I despise this kind of nonsense. Nearly as much as you apparently hate commas

Last I checked he isnt still living in Paraguay, he's already moved significant distances from home twice

Only thing I can really remember about him was he was ridiculously lucky not to conceded a penalty against Jacob Murphy, during the infamous Havertz elbow game at Stamford Bridge a few years back

He didn’t look out of place in the games he played under SBR, if memory serves we didn’t lose any of the games he played. Given some of the utter cloggers that have regularly started in the years since, I think it illustrates how fine a line there is between making it and fading into Northern League obscurity

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