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Chucky works.

Yep, exactly that. Had it been Miley’s shin rather than his foot you’ve got a case to answer but yellow at worst and VAR doesn’t re-referee those.

To be fair, I did that playing rugby and played on similar to BDB, thinking it was really sore/winded only to befall the same fate the first run I had to make. Given the bloke he is it didn’t surprise me he tried to run it off.

Would be good to see the stats on how many lost duels Gordon and Elanga had. Plenty of running into shins. Gordon had the one with the booking but also the one where he put Burn out the game with a literal hospital pass.

Exactly. He’s not Niall fucking Quinn.

See LIV Golf, “The Line” and “Neom”. All Fantasy Island bullshit.

That and better infrastructure to unlock the commercial side to make us less “all or nothing” dependent on UCL and qualification.

Absolute nonsensical quote at a time they are still dithering around with infrastructure decisions, Procrastination FC as the Saudis realise many of their magic bean projects are exactly that. I think Yasir will have heat on him for the dramatic waste that is the LIV Golf tour and he could become a casualty of this. We aren’t getting to that level without a dramatically different stadium to unlock commercial revenue streams so why say it?

Also - given negative noises and further delays around the stadium and training ground, is it any wonder players might be questioning whether the brochure matches the reality? Hopkinson’s 5 year patter is going to be used to laugh at us by the media and other fans.

Or summer. Let him keep padding his stats with penalties and hope that’s enough for Chelsea to get into a bidding war with Liverpool for him. He could be the sale to unlock the refresh of the back line (Trippier, Schar, Krafth, Burn all 31+).

We may have to if the injuries stack up.

Woke up well and truly fucked off with how this one has turned out. Really thought he was going to be a good fit but we now look lumbered with a £55m albatross.

I think some January surgery to get back on the front foot is needed. Sell Willock and Osula. Let Krafth go if there is that interest from FC Copenhagen. Similar Trippier to free up wage space. Controversial maybe, but his effectiveness is waning to zero at the moment, a combination of age, injuries and the off the field shenanigans he’s had going on. Buy fullback cover to rotate. We may need CB cover if Botman’s back is fucked and BDB is out for any length of time after yesterday’s collision. Big sticking point is what to do with the six misfiring bodies up front. Hope Wissa gets fit and into form but I think it’s more fundamental than just a player, it’s a system issue.

I think you call it a fanny pack marra.

Yes you did Balding. Still, another week closer to a move away.

In the PL, aye.

Tremendous if we get an Elanga v Traore shitoff for our viewing pleasure on Wednesday. Two hapless pace merchants trying to trap a penny floater and kicking it into shins/touch.

I don’t think he should call them out on being idle twats, I think he should have avoided mentioning the effort point at all. He’s normally very meticulous with his words, so I felt it was poor to raise their “effort” in a positive sense. Of course he’s not going to carpet bag the front three for mooching about like a bunch of wastrels.

It would give him the excuse he craves to leave. He’ll never pin the blame on his own dogshit form for the larger chunk of the last 12 months.

The “effort” comment is the one. However, it’s Eddie, we know he’ll never chuck the players under the bus, not least because he’s the one who’s ultimately been driving it.

The one where Nick failed to smack it over to Gordon being the worst on that count.

Far more honest than Eddie. I’d rather Eddie had trashed them all but he’d have to look close to home at that point.

1 assist for Woltemade v Everton.