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Ffp is definitely a factor. But for that now this would be a step down in league position and future potential

Footballs radge but Bayern have RB Leipzig next and Leverkusen Mainz next.

Got on here way too quick to not imply negative things Froggy

Seeing Mikel Bedweta's face if they win might make me skip this.

Still first half but Bochum are beating Bayern. Kane might be an utter jinx at this point.

Was pleasantly surprised with the amount of games yesterday, felt like a proper Saturday for once Sunday looked like utter silage on paper and so its transpires giveth and taketh away

Just without Pope alone being injured and being modest we'd probably have 5 more points

So, Bochum Bayern game on anywhere?

Man United will scam a way. Last time the fixture was played it was a draw that started their title collapse whcih was fun

Shit myself a bit with that freekick. But appreciate being into it

That pitch always looks dreamy. Can almost feel having a nice slick game on that.

The more I think about it. The more I'm 100% behind him. Not least because there's nobody else could do any better save for the possibility of something in training that would limit injuries and that might not even be a thing. There isn't going to be a player overhaul now. Folk have to learn to ride out a disappointing spell as they're always going to happen and accept that you can go backwards one season and it not be a trend that you have to pre-empt with a change of manager. Ferguson and Wenger dropped backwards several times, KK and Sir Bobby did too.

Steady on ffs, its just the conference league, if its a benefit at all its marginal and certainly doesn't justify cheering on those horrible bastards

By all accounts Spurs were justifiably beaten at home by Wolves without anything like the injury problems we have, its all relative, doesn't mean Ange is a knacker

Rangers go top with a win tomorrow having lost one league game since sacking him, won a cup and lost only once in Europe. He doesn't seem to be very good going off the data. Should be in a relegation battle with 14losses by mid-Feb.

Is there a chances to goal ratio for present, earlier this season with Pope and last season. Pope sometimes had little or nothing to do but did ,make regular good saves. Feels like we concede more chances now but not 2, 3, 4 goals worth of them

In an era of FFP that makes him pretty much perfect for a Burnley. Yo-yoing between the divisions is going to end up being the dream for clubs like that.

Think his confidence, form or both have been brittle for years now and that slip definitely would be a major setback to it. A keeper lacking in confidence is hazzardous

Should be under pressure for raising expectations to the point people are dying to moan about being 7th with our hands tied behind our back by regulations and injuries.

Bingo. There's not much between us with what's available and Bournemouth thus there wasn't much between us and Bournemouth on the park. What top players we have are off-set by a good chunk of our players not getting in their team. The rest of the season is going to be a competitive tussle with the rest of the league because were all pretty average. Getting upset about it isn't going to change anything.

Really intrigues me how everyone to do with the club is under the bus from you at the first slip but Dubravka is defended to the absolute hilt. Something's off. Can only imagine how much of a cunt Miggy, Longstaff or Burn would be for not chosing to slip but slipping

What a surprising list. Leeds in 91/92 might have exceeded ffp too. They were big spenders for a 28k crowd and having been in the top division for two years. Some of those would have been at an absolute canter too. Oh the fun.

I'd say veteran Shola would be taken by Eddie over Wilson. Being able to formulate some plan around actually having a forward playing would be a blessed relief nevermind how unbalancing it is across the team.

With squad limits and ffp...he's worse than a waste of space now. Another wonderful romantic side effect of that bollocks.

Lot of shared ideas but there was a blueprint sweet spot in the 90s as a rough guide to aim for for me post level being onside, backpass rule, professional foul. Pre the death of 3pm kick offs, CL saturation, dominance, atmosphere an acceptable compromise between old school problems and new school sanitisation, four fairly even leagues (Germany/Italy/Spain), three UEFA comps in perfect working order with formats not advertising as a b and c CL. World Cups that had a flavour of the country they were in not generic FIFA WC xxxx tm. Etc etc. Basically undo most of the changes that have happened since