christ

If he doesn’t score we can just bung him in midfield and turn him into a box to box colossus.

He’s not a bad player by any stretch. I’ve no idea why some on here are so utterly convinced he’s a liability who shouldn’t be anywhere near the starting XI.

£16m then.

I thought he was canny. I’d like to see more of him, mainly to get a handle on whether he can defend or not. Seems happy bombing on.

Let’s put these dirty cunts to the fucking sword now.

I don’t think we’re overpaying at all. He has the potential to be absolutely phenomenal. He’s only 22.

Fire up the immersion heater!

Anything over £15m and we should be snapping their hands off.

It’s fucking class when we’ve got a decent result earlier in the weekend and you can just settle in and enjoy the Barclays.

Romano fired up Photoshop for nothing.

Today was a tremendous demonstration of why we must keep hold of ASM. Once we add more quality and teams can’t marshal him as closely as they may like to he’s going to be lethal. He had Walker looking like he’d been on the meths.

All I wanted from today was an indication we were progressing and I got that. Played them off the park for the first 45 and posed a threat throughout. ASM was majestic. It’s obviously gutting to be 3-1 up and draw, but I never really believed we’d win even when Trippier scored. If you’d offered me five points after the first three games I’d have snapped your hands off. We’re a couple of good players away from having a really formidable side.

The Cardiff walkout ended up being an absolute clusterfuck because MM decided he knew better and started putting about a different minute. Utterly cretinous behaviour. The top button of his Fred Perry polo must’ve been cutting off the circulation to his brain.

Posting from your Motorola Razr are we?

Even if all that is true (I don’t know Alex Hurst from Adam, nor do I pay much attention to TF) I don’t think that means you’re allowed to go around accusing him of misappropriating money meant for charity. Some of the stuff posted in this thread is actionable.

Honest question - Is there any genuine evidence they’ve done anything underhand here? Or is it just people who don’t like Alex Hurst imagining scenarios and getting upset by it?

Decent result, poor performance. We looked a yard off pretty much all over the park. Hard to gauge anything from that really because Brighton are often absolutely brilliant at home. Didn’t really tell us anything we didn’t already know. We have to get a couple of attackers in or we’re going to find it hard.

Said the same to wor kid. How was that less of a kit clash than allowing us to play in our away kit ffs?

Lascelles is a great example. Club captain and mainstay of the squad for several Premier League campaigns, whose form has understandably peaked and troughed along with that of the club as we swapped out good manager for bad. Performed well whenever he’s been called upon by Howe, but the mere mention of his name appearing on the team sheet seems to drive some people potty.

Some on here take it as a personal slight that someone can’t kick a ball quite as good as they would like them to. I find it quite distasteful, but in Ritchie’s case it’s just mental. His crime appears to be ageing, as if the lad should be knocking back Lucozade sport bottles full of Oil of Ulay. Clark obviously got a load of shit after the Norwich game, which was understandable at the time. I was definitely party to that. But even in those cases it’s the way it lingers, and the way permeates every conversation months later, that gets me depressed.

You can buy more than one if you have someone on your family and friends with a membership IIRC.

Think he’s going to have an absolutely massive season. So excited to see what he can do as part of that midfield three.

Replay made that look very nasty.

He was busy and linked up well with Bruno but his decision making in the box was poor. He wasn’t the only one like, but I was getting particularly frustrated with him.

Big fan of Schar just Ctrl+Ving his goal against Burnley from a few years back too. Absolutely identical