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Doubt there would have been a fee as his contract was up in the summer

One spot freed up in the PL squad

There also can’t be many players who would be available for £25m, yet command wages of £200k.

Would probably be Longstaff. He did stick one on Botman’s forehead at Liverpool.

Suppose that’s kind of the point. If they did offer significantly more than that, every player has a price.

How is there clearly something up with him?

To the Vermont?

Troy Deeney?

I know it’s very rare a team has everybody fit for any particular game, but it’s worth remembering that even on that night we were missing Botman, Joelinton, Wilson and Barnes.

And he’s got a wart on his face.

Sixth match in charge.

Yet to concede with him on the pitch this season….

Kimmich gets introduced to Monday Club in the Beehive.

Everybody happy except the two players involved.

Knocked £10m off his valuation IMO…

According to that Onana article by Edwards

Have Everton fans not turned on him due to the way he missed that penalty in the shootout against Fulham, or was that just a social media thing?

Comforted in the knowledge that the last player we bought from Everton was a transfer and fee that was vehemently opposed by many, and now said player is practically indispensable to us.

I suspect with that type of injury there’s very little you can do to keep ‘fit’ whilst it heals. So it could take him a few weeks to get back up to speed once he’s injury free.

Seems both bizarre and wrong. Suppose it’s just another example of the incredible power of the PL and what an incredible marketing success it is.

Happy Anniversary @Erikse

In terms of the bold bit, as I’ve said, I don’t think it’s feasible to have any kind of seat selection once the ballot is drawn, as you won’t be able to cater for everyone that’s been successful that wants/needs to sit together, if you just let people freely choose seats. Having said that they absolutely do need to come up with a better way of people having a choice of at least the stand they sit in. In terms of people becoming disheartened or giving up with the ballot, even though I’m a ST holder and don’t have to go through this palaver for every game, I can still see how it becomes a bit of a sickner over time. Every ballot fail is a kick in the balls, and even if you’re aware of the maths, and know you’ll likely have more fails than successes, I’m sure it’s somewhat draining to your desire to get to a match, especially if you go on a failure ‘run’. It probably requires a bit of a mentality shift to be able to accept it and not lose the enthusiasm to apply every game, especially if you were used to always getting a ticket previously.

They’re probably constricted by what appears to us all, as a bit of a shoddy system. But putting that to one side, I think rather than having any kind of queuing system at any point in the process, they would be better off giving people a more specific choice at the point of entering the ballot. So rather than this Cat 1, Cat 2, Cat 3, people get to select a certain stand, or even a level within that stand. But make the available numbers public. So someone can look at it and think ‘I want to sit in the Gallowgate, but there’s only 100 seats available, in the Leazes there’s 300’. That way people can make an informed choice of whether to risk going for where they really want to sit versus going for a less favourable seat but with more chance of success.

If you do that last bit, what happens if you’re taking a child (or are going with anyone/group that want to sit together), and you can’t be online at the opening of the queue? How do you ensure they still get to sit together?