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Despite what Tinds said I never thought he would be, nor should he. Let him rest.

Makes sense. Maybe Eddie sees this as the way to balance Tripps minutes across the month heading into the big week at the end of Feb where we go Arsenal, Blackburn and Wolves in 7 days.

Tino on the overlap.

Apparently called him a “fat cunt” and not a “black cunt”. Plenty of Mackpedalling going on.

It’s the Americans. Shithouse capitalist vampire squids trying to take investment income out of the clubs via closed shops and protected assets. I see them as far more of a cancer in our game than the others.

The lack of Europe element is something that’s got to be hurting them. That season they won the CL they got €120m prize money from it - they’re running the risk of being out of Europe and the UCL for two years and I doubt that’ll have been in the business plans. That’s a canny sized hole to make up with all the player trading too.

I think Toad Bro-ley has screwed that for everyone. 5 is a good number, if you can’t renegotiate in that time period there’s something wrong and inevitably if your player is that good, you’ll recalibrate wages before then with football inflation.

That’s revolting. He’ll be lucky to be League 1 standard by that point. Never want to see a 6 year contract again.

Saudi Pro League built on sand? Literally and figuratively.

Diallo 1-0

Hernes, Diallo and Parkinson playing suggests that we’ve got a few of the big lads back for Luton tomorrow.

Alreet Joe Kinnear.

I think that trip to Paris was the rubber stamp. Will be a heartbreaker but that’s the modern game, romance kicked out of it by number crunchers and fucking spreadsheets. His sale could set the club up for the next three years of evolution. Replacing him will be the hardest job, he’s the absolute heartbeat of the side.

£10m payment.

Starting the youngsters cull early: Josh Scott -> Queens Park Charlie Wiggett -> Sligo Cameron Ferguson->Gone Remi Savage->Inverness

The Sandro Allez song is the biggest ear worm yet, even more catchy than the Gordon one. Spent the whole day humming it.

Never an easy task with the NIMBY challenges any major building work faces. Awaiting updated newt watch reports from the chosen site.

Arsenal also in that mix after Havertz and Rice.

We going to pay him up at the end of the season or have another season where we park him on loan like Hendrick?

Our youngsters have made fuck all impact on loan. Most of the time now they’re literally playing (or not playing given Ameobi’s expert loans) at a level they’ll be lucky to be at if they’re released.

No one saw enough of Woodgate, he only played 28 times for us in a season and a half. Great player but if he’s going in that pantheon of greats he needs to play at least a season’s worth of games. Tony Green fans may disagree. Schar has played 172 times for us, scoring 13 goals. He’s been a cornerstone of the best defence we’ve had last year in the PL. He’s kicked on this year, creating some of the best memories we’ve had for decades v Paris and then comes Villa. Whether he’s the best is debatable but no doubt in 40 odd years he’s been my favourite CH, supplanting Albert.

What’s the tactic? Try and get more than 10 points ahead of Luton and take the deduction so they can bank another season of PL gravy?

Screwed again. Probably all the shitty adverts, tried it on a laptop today and it’s quite noticeable how many they’re cramming onto the site.

Less, nominal fee with add ons that could be £3.5m, if plus a 40% sell on clause which is why he’s so cheap.

Sels sells.