Happinesstan

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

Corset is.

I've got to be honest I expected a pair of jeans that might be indistinguishable from underwear.

I remember the saying of olde "saving for our bottom drawer". Not sure where I heard it but always wondered where it came from. I guess it's just buying underwear for the wedding night.

This is what I don't get. Romano didn't say the deal was "done" did he? He might have, actually, but what I inferred was that we'd agreed a fee. That doesn't mean the transfer is complete.

Hopefully it's something they've been monitoring since the beginning of pre-season, which has allowed them to get ahead of any long term problems.

Those inhalers just give them larger breathing capability, don't they? Allowing them to maintain the stress on their muscles for longer. It must take it's toll.

Is that in response to my "we don't have to use him"? If so I'm saying hopefully he'll be fit for the bench but we win the game anyway, without risking him.

As opposed to discussing the 100% success rate of somebody on twitter.

Best case he's fit enough for the bench vs Wolves, but we don't need to use him.

If Romano has a 100% record then we are surely the first club to ever put it in jeopardy.

If Everton want to pay him a ridiculous salary I'd be disappointed if we matched them.

Did he? I missed that. Even so, he's definitely out for Tranmere, so it's a question of how long beyond that. The fact he didn't limp off or get carried off is a positive sign.

He's already set to miss Tranmere. I'm sure this scan is just to assess any potential risks, and help devise a training plan for this week. I'm certain we won't take any risks so he might miss Wolves. But if he's back for the Liverpool game, that would be brilliant.

I fucking hope he signs for Everton so we can get back to talking about football.

Precisely. Bruce would have kept him on til full-time [to defend corners], thinking a rest against Tranmere would be enough for him to go another 90 against Wolves.

What I mean is there is every possibility that we've caught it before it becomes an actual problem. We're clearly not taking risks with players' fitness. There is a danger he'll miss Wolves, and he might miss the odd game throughout the season, but I think our priority is for him to not sustain any long term injuries.

Feels to me they've taken the precaution, albeit not that critically [25 minutes in the second half] of taking him off and further are checking the extent, to assess the risk of playing him. Ordinarily we would have played him the full 90 plus the next game, before doing serious damage. Then we'd send him for a scan.

Probably, and he'll tweet again when they do.

Use him to funnel players into Joelinton's path.

Our entire midfield spent 2.5 years playing on the edge of our own area, we've got plenty who can do that role, but Bruno is the best. Shelvey should be cover for Bruno. Longstaff, Joelinton [also Bruno while Shelvey is out] We need Willock to be back up to our number 8. Bruno is a no6 who can step into the no8 position, when they are attacking the box.

It will be nice to have a Pedro in attack again.

"He's OK"

Sports Journalists [?] with catchphrases? Suck a bag of dicks, man.

Exactly. All he said was a deal has been agreed between the clubs. That doesn't mean the transfer is complete. Honestly, just wait until a player has signed, r at least stop pretending you don't know how these people get so much attention.