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Which is bullshit. Craig is a shit stirring bullshit merchant. He works the for the Daily Mail for christ sake. The worst of the lot.

That’s a lot of assumptions in one post.

No

No, I don’t (apart from tidbits about Howe and Mitchell’s relationship being good) which is why I’m refraining from speculating and making a bigger deal out of something than needs be.

But this is the point isn’t it, and this is part of the reason why myself and some others on here are frustrated with the overreactions… because at this club in particular the fans / local press have a habit of making mountains out of relative molehills. See Bobby for prime example. We know where that over emotional self destruction gets us. As a club, team, management structure etc, we are in a far better position than we have been in for years, with an excellent manager, team that tries (and wins more often than not) and a club that wants to progress. Overreacting and inventing stories just feeds instability, when in reality we’re in pretty damn good shape. And dipshits like Craig Hope deserve ZERO airtime. I lost any remaining respect I had for him in January when he wrote that Trippier had “flown home from NYC to seal a deal to Bayern”, when the actual truth (that I knew 100% factually from the horses mouth) was that he and his family were on a family holiday and already on their way home, and there was no push from Tripps to leave. He’s a shit stirring prick.

Craig Hope… absolute bellend.

I’m having a go at people who make assumptions or try to pin blame on people without having the first clue about how any of it works. Im not happy with the lack of incomings… of course… but I don’t see any point in making up stories to rile myself up and create issues in my mind 🤷‍♂️

Oh good, you’re back.

Nick mate… smile. You’re getting yourself worked up over stuff that really isn’t that important. “Shot with shit” ffs 🙄

He’s definitely worth more than £40m like. In today’s market £55m-£60m is perfectly reasonable for a player with his attributes / leadership.

🤷‍♂️ I dunno… it all feels very odd. So much confidence from our side over the last few weeks.

I get the impression (and yes I’ve asked again) that this STILL isn’t over by the way 🙄. I asked if we’ve pulled out / if it’s over, and was just told “no”. Its all part of the brinksmanship I think, although I do think we’ll have other irons in fires too.

That’s the spirit 😁

No, I completely agree with you. I’ll be disappointed if we don’t sign anyone else, sure, but angry… no. It’s not really worthy of that.

😁 It’s usually pretty casual and just comes up in conversation to be fair.

Not yet no. But I’m loathed to ask again 😁

I’m going for Guehi and Trafford. And a few outgoing loans.

Out of curiosity, what is Mitchell’s history with last minute deals? He was at Spurs… does that mean he was part of that Spurs era where they left everything late every window?

He’s been woeful for Benfica.

Eh? I thought he perfectly encapsulated the teams performance. Good for the first 20, poor for the middle part of the game, then strong for the last 20.

The first 25 mins were pretty good man. We played some nice stuff until Willock went off. Then not good for 30 mins or so. Then decent at the end again.

Mixed performance. Played well until Willock went off. Lost our way, and then picked up again for the last 20 mins. All in all though a pretty positive first 3 games of the season, especially considering we aren’t out of 1st gear yet.

We apparently approached him early in the summer and were told he was only interested in European football.

Rumours that are categorically untrue.