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10 hours ago, Ben said:

I thought they loved holding magic weekend in Newcastle?

They do, it’s more a case of scrapping magic weekend altogether, as opposed to taking it elsewhere. 
 

competition restructure means it might not fit the league schedule any more. 

It’s so important when he does get replaced that his replacement has similar ball playing skills (if possible), his long passes are incredible and set up many chances/goals as that compilation shows

4 minutes ago, Jack27 said:

Can I start a thread then?

Definitely thread worthy

Take Kane out of that Spurs side and they are bang average. 
 

If I had the choice of our squad now or Spurs squad, id take ours no question. 

He was also unlucky at times such as the liverpool game he started and would have played most if not all of the match, but popes red card meant he came off after 20ish minutes 

1 hour ago, Stottie said:

I get the impression wages spend and transfer spend are almost different things, not the same "money".

In theory, a free player on 200k wages for four years would be the same spend as a 20M fee 100k wages player if that 20M value is likely to disappear in four years, say with a 28 year old. However, it doesn't work like that, does it? The fee gets amortised, with whatever accounting chicanery than involves, and the lower wage means there is no effect on squad harmony or the FFP wages angle. It almost seem to be like the burden of wages spend is a multiple, I dunno, 50% more or something, of transfer spend. Am I right to think that? Does it work like that in simulation games like FM too?

My understanding of it, using your example above, is:

free agent:

transfer cost £0

wages £200,000pw

yearly cost to FFP:

52x£200,000=£10,400,000

compared to £20m signing on £100,000pw:

transfer cost £20,000,000

wages £100,000

yearly cost to FFP:

£20,000,000/4 = £5,000,000

52x£100,000=£5,200,000

total = £10,200,000

pretty much identical costs, however the difference comes if we were to sell the player. If we sold them after 12 months it would be pure profit for the free agent,  but not for the one we paid a fee for. 
 

He really should have had 6-8 more goals this season, so many good chances he has blazed over the bar,

if he can work on his finishing then he will be class, already very good

1 minute ago, LFEE said:

I’d consider Modric great. He’s better than Bruno.

 

Thats fine you describe him how you want. Just find it funny how defensive fans get of their own players particularly their favourites when described merely as very good 🙂

To me the scale goes:

Awful - Poor - average - good - great - world class 

I’d say Bruno is great and modric world class 

Pope 

Ashby

Schar

Botman

Targett

Joelinton

Longstaff

Murphy

Gordon

ASM

Isak/Wilson

give some of the others a run out without risking anyone. Would like to see miley and Anderson get decent minutes as a sub and would give isak and Wilson 45 mins each

Just now, mikejaxer said:

Looking unlikely though. Brighton only need basically 1 win from their last 3 because even if Villa win their last game, there's no way they're turning over a 14 goal difference between them.

Brighton play villa last game so any goal in that game affects both GD. Still unlikely but if Brighton ship a few to City it will make an interesting game next weekend

He really nailed it last night. Seen multiple observations so won’t claim as my own, but Trippier barely got forward from what I can remember, Botman seemed to be pressing higher than normal, I remember seeing him in central midfield at one point, and 2nd half especially we were very keen to let the young CB have the ball, Wilson barely left Dunk alone. 
 

Really impressive but also to the players for successfully doing it. 

I love this man

Miggy was still shite last year and then all of a sudden in pre season, benfica away he was massively improved and he carried that into the season. 
 

let’s judge Gordon after a pre season, as others have already said. 

He looks scared to make a mistake to me. It’s not out of the question that he’s aware a lot of fans are on his back online/social media and he’s terrified of trying something that doesn’t come off which would only increase the negative comments.

Leicester have had no PL keeper all season after not replacing Kasper and their defence is awful, not sure how that is Maddison’s fault. For Maddison to put in the numbers he has this season is that team tells you what quality he has.

also all this talk of ‘i don’t think he can press’ is nonsense, you can only judge him off what you see but if that’s not Leicesters style of play then obviously you won’t have seen him do it before. I’m sure he’s capable.

The problem with set pieces is that apart from Lascelles, none of other CBs or tall players seem to attack the ball, it feels like they just stay quite stationary and try and get their head on it, they need to start deeper and actually run onto it, like Lascelles against Everton last year 

We only need 6 points really, Man U need 9 if Liverpool win all their games. I’m not too worried 

I understand people nerves and share them to an extent, however if I think about todays match in isolation I have full confidence that we won’t lose, and every chance we win. 

All fair points. I retract my statement 

Don’t know if it just didn’t translate watching on TV, but it sounded pretty flat on the most part today. I would have expected it be bouncing when we were 4/5-0 up

Just now, mikejaxer said:

I can see Ritchie retiring here to take up a position as a coach or something. I remember him helping Sean Longstaff as well.

Yeah, seems a great pro. 

Until today I have never really considered Leicester as serious relegation contenders, but that’s a really awful result today at home. Fear for them, although selfishly if it helps reduce the Maddison fee I’m all for it

can see in this clip Ritchie talking to Gordon, no doubt giving him some words of wisdom. 

How have we got him, incredible 

£50 million according to that. Let’s do it