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To clear this up. I remember being gutted that you'd fluked that cup final against a hungover City and stolen our rightful Europa place. However, now that it has been generally agreed as being a FARCE of a competition, it seems you actually did us a favour, because we wouldn't have wanted to be in it after all. Watched the end of your game and Amorim seemed genuinely chuffed walking down the steps. Nor has he come across badly to me in Interviews overall. Which is annoying, since we're all waiting for him to whip off his lizard mask and eat a mouse, like in V. But in seriousness, what do you reckon to Spurs in the final and your chances?

Very much looking forward to the club world cup now.

Think I'll watch a few YouTube videos about who REALLY wrote Hamlet.

It does sound like I'm doing them down, didn't mean it like that.

Was reading that this isn't really a competition designed for teams like them as they're should always dominate it. Ah well, happy for their genuine fans. Now Spurs are definitely through at 2-0

All done with Spurs through. Shows what I know

Yeah, I've been thinking the same. Not saying Bodo have looked all that much like scoring though

Matterface claiming in the Bodo game that "we all to see a big all English final in the Europa league". Errr. Who is he speaking for? Might flip from this game soon after half time, seems a bit of a lost cause now for Bodo.

You'd have to say, this Bodo game doesn't yet have the glamour of Milan vs Barca. Great commentary knowledge there questioning why the Norwegian royal family are wearing red scarves. "It's the Norwegian flag".

Not yet for me

Bodo ground with Thunderstruck on and the rain lashing down looks grim and also great at the same time

Think I'm watching Bodo, unless Spurs score early and ruin everyone's fun. Then I'll flip to anything that looks exciting. Probably won't be watching the play off game till it comes to the crunch in the second leg, unless the Euro games are dead and buried.

There was one fragment from when Mitchell was appointed, I can't remember who posted it or where / how reliably it was sourced. If I've remembered correctly, it was basically that he hates protracted public negotiations and often sends out false targets. That doesn't seem to square with the Guehi pursuit, but there you go. But then, it did seem like he was the target from before he was appointed, which he stuck to depending on what you believe from the press comments. Wouldn't be surprised if there was some hybrid approach of previous and now new targets here, given Howe has been no slouch in the transfer market on past scouting. So I'm kind of discarding a lot of links for now. For one thing, I don't think we'd know where we stand till we know where we finish, and therefore our budget, for the next year at least. They're probably working on a few simultaneous lists depending on where we are, but the Barnes buy does suggest we'll also be opportunistic at times too. Still love reading it all, mind.

Think I'll be watching the Bodo / Spurs game. Pretty unique place to play, two of their better players back - an early goal for them, some nerves, and it's on. Still unlikely, mind. A Spurs Man U final does look pretty nailed on to me. In that scenario, I'd be hoping for Spurs. I could see Man U rebuilding with a win and getting better with CL money, whereas I'm not sure what Spurs would spend and they'd likely persist with Ange for a bit longer. Wishing misfortune on other teams, both to keep yourself in the hunt and because it's a good laugh, is one of the best things about football.

If we sold him, we really would need more in midfield in the summer, to state the obvious. A real squad overhaul. I like him as a player but he doesn't seem able to stay fit and is too inconsistent to be someone we can rely on if we're going to try and compete around the CL places. He's good for where we were, but maybe less so for where we're trying to get to. Somewhere like Palace might well suit both parties. It's going to be an exciting summer, and obviously so much of it hinges on grabbing that CL spot. It was the trigger for buying Tonali last time and one or two more of that calibre instead would make such a massive difference.