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Probably expected to drop into the EL instead of coming 4th in the CL group and so having a lot more revenue and to finish higher in the league, gaining more prize money

AS did great things but you can’t have two CEO’s, if she didn’t want to do it ultimately she was always going to have to take a backseat. Can’t have two pairs of hands on the steering wheel. Within the set up the transfer strategy probably isn’t really the CEOs job, beyond agreeing the budgets and squad salary cap. Going all in on Guehi for example doesn’t sound like that’s a decision from Eales, they will have been taken by the committee but those decisions must come from the football side of the operation. Eales job is to sort the club as a business, that’s the metric to judge him on. Revenue, commercial success, stadium, infrastructure etc.

Be a shame if Fraser, Hayden and Lewis are all hanging round the training ground for another year

Am not sure if these are joke posts or people are seriously having full blown meltdowns

I wanted signings, but this is a better squad than last year and probably the best team since at least 2002, maybe since 1996.

Too much time on the internet.

Honestly some people need to switch off and have a lie down. Yeah let’s sack the manager as he asked for a certain defender who ended up being too expensive.

Great England player. Massive contribution in 2018 and 2021. But he probably wouldn’t have made the 2026 WC so a good moment to retire. I imagine Walker might do the same.

He better hope he passes that medical

For midfield there’s Joelinton, Bruno, Tonali, Longstaff, Miley, Willock for three slots, but as you’d expect to use 4 or 5 each game having 6 is running at the minimum. Id love a specialist DM as it’s a skill set the squad lacks, but I think adding a 7th midfielder will wait until next year.

They haven’t though. They have put a price on Guehi that they couldn’t sensibly turn down, they aren’t actively hawking him

Man Utd blow huge amounts on wages and transfer fees, usually the biggest spenders in the league. I don’t like Chelsea on the pitch but recognise they are just trying to deal with the totally artificial constraints on spending which are designed to protect the spending power and profits of the likes of Man Utd and Liverpool. Good luck to them and Man City Man Utd apologists will get out their calculators and make up all sorts of silly sums to pretend they aren’t the biggest transfer spenders as usual, but the truth is they will spend double NUFC in wages and transfer fees/amortisation again this year (500m+ vs 250m), and like last year, finish below. If it was a level playing field they’d finish 20 points below.

Ruin football? How have they done that?

Man Utd must be spending north of 200m this window, whilst NUFC can’t afford a RW due to “fairness” rules written by clubs like Man Utd I respect Chelsea’s contempt for PSR and wish them the best in their legal fights

Into the next round, win is a win, but work for Howe & team in getting things firing again. Plenty to work with Didnt enjoy that shootout mind

Last two games Barnes has got in the positions but hasn’t quite got the shots right. It will come

Yeah, he’s so annoyed at missing Forest away he’s vowed to never play for the club again

He’s not been allowed to play in any competitive games for ten months, and not even friendly games either. He’ll be very rusty. It might take him a while to get up to speed

He’s not leaving without another RW coming in, and that doesn’t look too likely

Isak is not being replaced by DCL, behave.

That’s a percentages ball into the box. Sort of thing I expect from Edward’s, as if he does stay a new contract with a release clause at about 55-60m suits both player and Palace so is pretty likely. The player doubles or trebles his salary and has an exit price clubs he wants to join will pay Club protect their asset, the extra salary is worth it as with one year left on a contract bids would start at 30m. I can do the same trick, my understanding is Isak gets a new contract offer in January

people only just noticing the age profile of the squad? The club have been working to fix this for two years, and since the first window, which was in a crisis scenario, they’ve brought in essentially a whole team under 25 (at time of signing) and moved on/released older players. outfield players over 30 are not being offered long term deals, the club prefer short extensions, so anyone over 30 is always kept at most with two years left on their contract. That long list of players over 30 with one year left is a deliberate squad choice not an issue to fix. Over time the squad age will drop, but I’d imagine there’ll always be 5 or so 30+ players on short term deals, players who bring experience or cover, like Burn or are goalkeepers

The problem with these scenarios is they assume other clubs and players will go along with it. Madueke appears to be in Chelsea’s plans, there’s no indication Chelsea would sell or that the player would agree to come. Same with Chiesa chat, would he have agreed to join a team not in the CL? Perhaps not.

I’d start Tonali but acknowledge he’s not going to play 90mins. I’d give him the first half though to get the matchday routine

They are seeing who blinks first. I hope there is a solid plan B if Palace don’t budge