Kid Icarus

Just watched it now. Hadn't realised he'd said he needs to give it to Sky first.

Great attitude

Not even eluded to, it's a bit strange. Carra seems to use it all as a bit of a therapy session tbh. Not sure he got anything out of it either, Rafa tends to not stick to one subject and doesn't answer much.

I find it hard to believe that Downie would be coy about who it is if he actually knew mind.

Surely this is even less likely than Guehi? I felt like that about other players we have tbf, but this one seems beyond who we can get.

It's all gone now but it was Fanatics

Wonder if there's an NDA with us. We're not mention once, not even in passing.

I just don't see the point in thinking like this when we're attempting to reach the top. I think it's well within our ability (with new additions) to push for 3rd this season. That's how highly I rate Howe and in that scenario I'm not worrying about losing players, I'm thinking about who we get to push on again. That has to be the ambition. Not the expectation, but the ambition and goal. As the old saying goes, if you stand still you go backwards.

Unless you can name a CB signing that Howe's failed on, I'm willing to bet they'll be very good.

My lagging doubt was the post immediately before Isak after a long break and nothing happening for ages. With hindsight it seems like it was pure luck.

At least we're now certain that ando is completely full of it and his successes were Septic Peg-quality predictions.

The two things are linked don't you think? Fail to progress the squad = lower liklihood of success = higher liklihood of losing those players we've kept next time.

Lie with dogs comes to mind tbh. Surely they know what he's like, we all do.

For a quite insane fee for a 28 year old as well

Sooooo fucking bored of this man.

Mine's not due for another 10 days 🤷‍♂️

Was always win/win for us. Wouldn't want to sign a player daft enough to have chosen to go there knowing they'd rarely play.

He just didn't look ready, making some naive decisions that put us in danger. Meanwhile Kelly came on and was so calm and assured, so it just seems like the obvious change to make. Hall still made the clearance off the line and at times looked good though.

Everyone does tbf. At least with Carragher he speaks like someone who has a grasp of what's going on at clubs, or at least he does with Newcastle. Neville leans on guesswork and makes these statements about us that don't line up with what we see. The last one being that we struggled last season because we were in the Champions League.

I'd understand that approach if their spend was relatively modest on huge amounts of players and they were running a puppy mill of players to fund it, but they're spending insane amounts that they won't recoup. Caicedo and Enzo cost them £200m and they've been absolutely shite.

I just don't understand what their exit strategy is with these players.

Beginning to rethink my whole lock the thread stance. Quite possibly the most insufferably emo thread N-O has ever produced.

There are also 4 of those competitors with new, unproven managers. We were still in and amongst it in the most injury ravaged season in our recent history. We're almost a known entity in the league at full strength and can fire all cylinders on the league and domestic cups, while the others have European commitments. We're being seriously underestimated/forgotten about amongst this furore around other clubs going through transitions, and honestly I think that suits us down to the ground as well.

The opposition video analysts do tbf

Can't believe Vardy missed that tbh. That's his bread and butter