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I don't think Townsend was raw, he'd done for us what he'd done when he played for England. Rafa just helped bring on his consistency. Adama Traore on the other hand has no footballing ability to be able to nurture as far as end product is concerned, he's as much of a headless chicken as Obertan was.

Wonder if you can get odds on Lukaku signing for Man U and Pogba 'gatecrashing' the press conference to give him a hug and some stupid handshake shit. I might tweet Paddy Power actually.

Oh dear He's absolutely spot on, I don't see how anyone could argue that Westwood isn't the best keeper in that division. All you had to do was watch him in the games against us as well.

IIRC it was against Chelsea under Roeder and that was the goal that secured UEFA Cup football.

He's also a massive huckle who gets homesick, didn't Brentford drop him back to Eibar for a bit because of that reason?

RIP little warrior.

Yeah, Rafa is saving all his money so that he can make panic buys in January if we are in the shit, as opposed to being suitably prepared, because that is his style. Also Rafa knows full well from previous experience that he will not be fucked over in January and Charnley/Ashley will be willing to sanction additional money to be spent on players that they could have got in the summer for less money once teams know how desperate we are - even more so than they know now. Don't be so daft, man.

If you ignore the U20 WC win, we really haven't been any better at any level, tbh.

Falling asleep under a table and whiteying into a fireplace is hardly a 'scream' like. I remember being out for a few pre-Brighton Beach drinks in Gotham once and my dads mate was convinced it was going to be a gay club night, so he "got into the spirit" by playing the fruit machine with his chopper. That was much funnier.

Aye, I know they've put him in the spotlight hugely and it's to be expected, and it's also expected for human being to be soulless cunts who are more interested in being the first to report the death of a child than they are to allow the family some privacy during what looks like his final moments.

No. But the way the papers and social media is going on, you'd think so. Just give the bairn and his family some space and peace for the time they have left FFS.

He's better than Papa Souare, considering he's still wrecked to fuck off his car crash - another reason why train is better. He could be as good as anyone on that list with a run of regular first team games.

Tbf I don't think that one could be well off the mark - if the money was right I can see both Rafa and the player being up for it.

Me neither, I've heard he's a bit of a cunt. Looks like a Glaswegian smackhead as well.

Sounds way too similar to Catts or Tiote. Cars for me, like.

Ditto. Seen enough of Mo; not seen enough of Siem (... though nor has anyone since about 2013 iirc). That said, who was it he missed the critical header against 2015-16? Remember feeling like I'd seen enough at that point. Villa. That was horrendous.

Aye, OK. Why would that make you worry even more about him leaving then? If anything that would entice him to stay on. Also, what rumour mill is this? Heroin?

Just about to say the exact same.

Welcome, fellow receder.

Send him to Guantanamo Bay IYAM.

Ah whey, fuck him then. James McCarthy all the way.

Has jotenko given any insight into that Samaris fella who plays DM for Benfica? I like the sound of him purely on the basis that Benfica have a great eye for talent.

Rash in the tackle, eh? Sounds full of pashun if you ask me. Great signing.