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I'm still pleasantly drunk the night before the match over here, no worries at all. Gonna make some chocolate chip pancakes for the kiddos 7amish tomorrow and then start shitting my pants right around 8am in time for kickoff.

I'm not local so maybe I don't get it, but I'm much more interested in having the derbies back than watching another terrible season of Sheffield United. Plus watching them set a goals conceded record will be good fun.

What the fuck did I just write... It's going to be a long week.

Have to remind myself that we were 13th for a while. Being in control of our CL qualification on the last day is fucking great considering how we started the year. I'd rather play almost any team but Everton, though. They are shit but, similar to palace, we seem to struggle with their particular brand of shittiness. Add Wolves to that I guess. Everton, Palace, Wolves, and any team that's good, those are the ones to stay away from

Feel like Eddie decided he'd rather have Isak for everton than arsenal. This is based on nothing other than my pro evo experience.

Would say he's been easily as important as any of the other signings. Trips set the tone, Bruno and Isak are the push to elite level, but none of it gets anywhere if we're shipping goals and Burn was immense for a full season at left back while Hall got up to speed, and then even better at center back. He has his limitations, and it's insane how he can't score a header to save his life (except in cup finals) but he's been a huge part of our success since he came in. Plus he's just a great dude.

Now you're fucking talking.

I like it, but where's the bird? We have a lot of shit to jam into our crest it seems, seahorses, birds, castles... Maybe the black and white stripes have to go and we can just have a bunch of animals in a castle?

Sweet little pass to Bruno too. Drags the ball back and then plays it with the outside of his foot, defender was not ready for that shit from Burny.

He came on right after Murphy got rinsed on that side too. Think that change was perfect. Murph is fine as a wing back but not in a 4.

Perfect bounce back game.

Christianity is about as far from the teachings of Jesus as you can get.

At the very least it shows a lack of professionalism. I've got zero patience for excusing the bigotry of fundy christians, but I'm also not interested in proselytizing about that so I'm going to leave it be. From a purely footballing perspective, writing on the armband shows a lack of professionalism and character. The best thing for the team in that situation is to just wear the armband and focus on winning the game, not creating a needless distraction by defacing the armband you are required to wear by the league. Maybe its not a huge impact, but it is an example of him putting his personal interests ahead of the team. Add to that the fact that he's never looked like much of a world beater when we played Palace, or for England, and that they tried to fuck us around on the fee last time, and I am more than happy to find another centerback with less baggage. Maybe even one who is smart enough to keep his religious bigotry on the down-low like most people do.

Surely it has to be: "Juicy" Jacob Murphy

I think Isak is the only player that truly can't be replaced.

Love how he pointed at tonali after that goal, he 100% meant that one

Casual +8 goal difference after two games

I can't believe this happened after the cup final, it seems impossible that he wasn't out for that instead.

It'd be a great one, but not even the best goal by Fabian Schar. For me, that's PSG.

Tough to fit them all in, Gordon can play anywhere across the front but you're hesitant to drop Barnes at this point and Murphy is untouchable.

Let's fucking get it!

What channel?

Not having this dude on page two fellas. Feel like of somebody did his YouTube highlights for 24/25 he'd look fucking amazing. Also, he deserves special credit for how he set his buzzer sound to "just put it in the net" for Burn's Christmas quiz (2:16)

Swap deals are the silliest of all transfer rumors. You see them every year and they literally never, ever, happen.

Murph seems like the absolute best dude to hang out with.