Dr Jinx

Absolute bollocks. Imagine paying to read that fantasy s****. You’d really have to question that publication if something like that gets approved. Lazaro has been decent aside from a shaky start. Dangerous on the ball. Does the basics well. A real eye for goal. Who knows why he hasn’t been picked. I’m assuming there’s some sort of clause if he plays a certain number of games, or maybe the club has to pay a higher wage for games he starts. Or maybe he just has no intention of signing full time for us. It’s most certainly not a footballing decision. If we had a first option it would be a no brainer. Are the athletic turning into the clubs mouthpiece?

What’s the craic with the league table? Both bbc and sky have Wycombe in 3rd on 59 points, yet the two teams directly below them have 60 points?

The same points that were debated to death on the last 1000 page thread on this are being debated again. Please stop. It will be approved, it quite possibly has already. It’s a totally confidential process and no journalist has an up to the minute update to give us. They haven’t had one from a source in months. Yet look at all the bollocks written. Also, do not get upset by other journos and politicians linked to Qatar. They will write their lies regardless. Just wait until the season is over and there will be movement then.

4 pages left of this shit show. I suggest not opening up a new thread until it’s done. Which will be after Sunday. Everyone needs to relax. It will happen.

I still think this will happen but the sponsorship deal raises many questions. For one, the club an Islamic kingdom wants to buy having a sponsor on the shirt which is a gambling company do not go hand in hand. Honestly I thought they would be the first thing to go.

Shearer had a big part to play in him coming here. You really have to question his judgement of character. He spent enough time in the England setup to figure out what an odious little cunt the chap was.

I’m tellin ya. They’re just waiting until this shit show of a thread reaches 1000 pages. A thousand monkeys with a thousand typewriters.

Weird game. Whoever wins, both teams win. A draw doesn’t do either any good.

As a footballer, what is he? He’s not a winger, not a striker, not really a forward actually. What did we buy?

This capitulation at the end of the season is the best thing that could have happened to be honest. Any slight notions the new owners may have had about actually giving this eejit a chance will have evaporated. It’s imperative that he’s moved on as soon as possible once the season is finished.

Lazarro already done more in 5 minutes than Yedlin did the 55 he was on.

How is Yedlin in ahead of Lazaro? I’m really starting to dislike Schär. He’s cost us a few goals since he’s been back in the side. That couldn’t be arsed back tracking after he’d lost the ball boils my piss. I mean, regardless of what happens, he’s playing for his future, either a move away or to convince new owners he’s good enough. He doesn’t give a shite.

To put this forum out of its incessant relentless misery and mindbending circular discussions about whether a takeover will happen or not I get that, obviously and I’ve had my doubts too. We’ve had to weather a full blown media campaign against the club, supporters and our new owners. What should have been sheer joy has soured over the weeks. But I’m firmly in the camp that this is happening. It’s just a matter of time. Now if this was dragging on through a transfer window I’d feel differently. But apart from your above point, it makes no real difference to us and the club if the takeover happens today or in 3 weeks. Am 100% confident now compared to 50/50 a month ago.

I’ll be very surprised if they announce it before the last game is played. At this stage what would be the point?

They say there’s no deadline for the process etc but I don’t believe that for a minute. The PL will be looking to get as much as they can before the transfer window opens. They (both sides) will want to have things in place before then. I’m guessing the 4 remaining games of the season will happen before the takeover does. I’m fairly relaxed about that anyway, what could they get done before then? Plus with the season tapering out under Bruce, I think the timing will be like a fresh start once it’s done. They’ll replace Bruce. I reckon Poch is just waiting for the nod, the agreement is already in place and maybe for a few players too. It would be naive to think they haven’t been doing a tap? ?‍♂️

Mental the age of that kid, from Birmingham as well. Villa supporter presumably? Online abuse, whether racist, sexual or paedos would all but stop if online anonymity wasn’t a thing. If you had to sign up for the likes of twitter or whatever with a national id, they would think twice surely.

An absolute legend. He was for Ireland what Keegan was for Newcastle. Raised our expectations of what was possible. The stories around Italia 90 and USA 94 are brilliant. You won’t hear one player with a bad word to say about him. RIP

Hamza Al-Kholi A prominent businessman in that region but nout to do with this.

Quite the opposite my confidence is growing by the day think where very close. The Saudi announcement re intellectual property today feels significant. Everything feels significant, until it’s not. So many events looked like being the catalyst to spark the final push, then it just fizzles out time again. If we’re not careful it’ll end up being a documentary on Netflix. “Takeover after we’ve all died”

Against Aston Villa... Give credit where it’s due. He identified the player he needed the transform things and they’ve been unbeaten going back to February including a convincing win against City. They are going to be right in the mix next season.

Listen, it’s all done. Chill.. they’re just waiting for this thread to reach a thousand pages before they announce it so everyone can all pretend this cringe fest never happened. It’s the best thing for everyone involved!

Nahhh. Muto was what, £9m? EDIT: Thought you meant Daryl, completely forgot about Jacob. Daryl was a real pleasant surprise to be honest. A bang average player but he did very well for us when it counted. Total respect for the lad. Again, re: my point about Muto, Jacob Murphy has basic qualities that should contribute to being a good footballer. But just seems overwhelmed by any opportunities he gets. He needs to show who he is, play with some personality unlike the robot we’ve seen.

It’s one of those Rafa signings that just made no sense. That’s 20 million + between Muto and Murphy. We’ve seen nothing of either of them to suggest they can ever make it at the club. Gayle paid for his fee by the goals in the championship the first season. Got a bad injury and hasn’t quite been the same since. Probably has a chip on his shoulder about being loaned out when he saw how shite his replacements were. Muto needs to show some personality if he gets any game time between now and end of season. He’s been here over a year and we know fuck all about him

So what’s going to be the hold up this week?

This is a fairly decent piece on the fallout between Qatar and Saudi, if you want to know the full background to it.. Interesting to know Saudi wanted to invade but were talked out of it by the Americans. https://www.cfr.org/blog/just-how-important-rift-between-qatar-and-saudi-arabia-led-quartet