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Florentino has booted bruno twice now.

Apologies, I didn't see it properly. Imagine if we did our team news in the actual formation we are playing.

Willock getting the nod over Ramsey is surprising.

Im so tired of watching the media Glaze set pieces FC so wouldn't mind Villa willing but that's a bad result for us.

Did his ACL walking into the ground is what I've heard.

Watkins looks finished physically mind. Running in treacle he is.

Let's put these to the sword and build some confidence.

I do wonder if the land is an issue when it comes to the new stadium as well. In terms of owning it. Ultimately park nor the current sites land will be owned by the club which I imagine is off-putting from an investment point of view.

Oh that's a flaw they should fix asap if that's the case. At least then people don't feel like they are being scammed of the membership fees.

As someone who doesn't follow this, are the ballots weighted? As in you get an extra chance if you fail? I think the point everyone should acknowledge is the fact our stadium simply isn't big enough to satisfy the demand and until that's sorted it's just a case of pushing around the problem unfortunately

League is the bread and butter and we absolutely must qualify for Europe. We need to cement that. A one off jaunt in the greatly diminished "champions league" ( that name kills me these days) isn't sufficient. We need to grow our revenues by being consistent peaks and troughs won't help. We have to build on the players we have as replacing the likes of Tino and Sandro will be extremely difficult. I was probably the first on here to absolutely slam the rat, to the point @Nobody was pretty unhappy with me. However let's be clear here, we can't blame this season on someone who doesn't play for us that's incorrect. Let's also not pretend like the club didn't know long before it became public he wanted to go.

Ed my friend, don't confuse my personal expectations with factual statements. For my personal expectations I expect is to finish wherever our spend puts us in terms of squad cost. A lot has been invested so cheering regression isn't something id expect from anyone.

To add on. When it comes to the stadium I do actually have some sympathy. It's difficult, let's say the site we currently have is too small and we have to move. Understandably moving out of the city isn't an option for a lot of folks which makes it even more difficult. A lot of folk would rather do nothing than consider moving out of the city centre so if that becomes the choice because of various challenges a lot of folks would be up in arms.

They still haven't decided on a patch of grass to build a training ground on in one of the least densely populated regions of the country. I do try and give the benefit of the doubt but it tells me they aren't serious/ it isn't a priority. But it makes sense because ultimately, the people who make decisions on these things are bean counters and explaining intangibles to such people is always extremely difficult.

We have definitely left plenty on the table despite what the idiot Silverstone said. Hopefully Dave is sorting that out. It's also encouraging to hear him say he wants us to branch out and get more of our own sponsors instead of relying on PIF. We can't get much more money from match days with our current constraints, plus let's be honest the club are already rinsing cans especially when it comes to the amount of Merch being flogged. It's obviously great we are on target to break 400m in revenue however if we don't qualify again for the CL this year you'd imagine we'd see our first drop under the current ownership. Despite me wanting to believe I always have this nagging "your handshake isn't matching you smile" vibe from our ownership. Investing in players when you have a coach like Eddie is no brainer our square value is much higher than weve paid after all. The hare is worryingly languishing in the long grass though, with more delays hinted at.

It's much more aligned with what the chairman says but at the same time they are raised supporters expectations again. It's a strange one and a topic which should probably be skirted for now as it just lumps pressure on the Gaffa. I don't see how we will be equipped to compete with real Madrid in 5 years

Anyways the CEO comments are interesting, it's a bit of a doubling down on what YAR has always said. It's massively optimistic mind but if he's the commercial guy hopefully we can close the gulf between us and the cartel clubs to give Eddie a fair crack at it.

Yes absolutely, it's a regression across the board.

He's a good player imo but he's reverting to the mean. He massively over performed his xg last season irc.

He's an idiot. Not sure why he clings to marketing terms such as world class either, it essentially means nothing. Interesting he wasn't comparing the footprint of other newish stadiums such as Everton and the Emirates. It's just selective rubbish to suit his narrative.

I've never understood the talk about a few empty seats every now and again.

Spot on, I think it's why they want shot of him. They have spent so much money but look like midtable plodders. Doubt he had any input into the signings like, but Spurs as a club are having a bit of an identity crisis. From what i read they really want to do stuff and will be spending again....

I get your point and agree with your sentiment. Although if we take a step back and consider, as a centre half not many have as much talent as he does like. It's just a shame he's getting on and was never the most mobile.

Absolutely aye, BDB Is in the team and rightfully so and merit. His performances have deserved it.