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I don’t think it’s cover, it’s more that Almiron cuts inside, which any left fitted RW would do. The cover comes from BDB staying back so Schar can come over and the incredible work ethic of longstaff

A lot of the data dweebs were also saying Minteh looks like the real deal. But he’s gone! Someone had to go and it was him and Anderson, and that’s done. It’s frustrating but it was them or Isak or Bruno or Gordon realistically.

Sadly I reckon he may have just been seeing family as he wasn’t required for the weekend, but has to show at training today. He is a decent player who wants to leave with a club interested in buying him, so I hope he goes and there’s a small fee, let’s not have the piss taken. My guess is Southampton are trying to get him for nothing or on a loan with a wage contribution. Hope Nufc don’t blink first

Not really true. There were areas last season were lack of depth was an issue: LB/LCB - remember Dummetts cameos? Kelly now in to sort GK - lack of depth was an issue here too, two new GKs in Striker - Only two on the books and one has longstanding injury troubles, now a 3rd striker keen to improve and make an impact The first 11 has not changed (yet!) but squad depth has.

I think the money men in the club will have said you can’t carry 3 RWs. Especially with an overstock of GKs and 3 players already in exile. Miggy is decent, if Trippier/Tino do well and Tonali delivers then Miggy could well have another 22/23 season. Yeah his decision making will still be rage inducing but he works hard and follows team instructions well. I’ve accepted it for the next season. Some have mentioned the contracts, but really the crazy one is Murphy signed until 2027, given a 6 year deal in 2021 based on pretty limited contribution on the pitch.

Zonal marking is one of those tacticians dreams that never ever works in practise (sorry Rafa)

Am sure the corporate/ premium offerings are going to get a revamp in due course. Including the prices… I remember when the new stands opened the corporate offering was relatively premium, and stuff like 1892 club actually seemed to have a bit more to them. Like everything else under Ashley it looks like it was just done on the cheap for a decade I seem to remember the catering contract being outsourced under Ashley, I wonder if that will be / has been brought in house again to allow improvements

I look forward to the meltdown when Guehi signs and Howe starts BDB at LB all year for extra height

Looking back at results, excepting Man City away scored against the top 5 in all the PL games, which is incredible really The issue was conceding so easily. As the special one once said, to win stuff you have to defend.

There’s probably about 50,000 reasons to sign for Chelsea over anyone else, every time And every young player believes they can break into the first team

For regular games most season ticket holders already have their own routine and their favoured pre/post match places, be different this weekend.

Your point is fair, however Palace are still talking and once they’ve seen the second bid at 50m they’ll know 65m is a pipe dream, so given they’re still negotiating I reckon they’ll take less. Ultimately they’ll know they might only get 30m next year, and then they’re after a replacement with only 24m. And if he had an injury or a bad season then they might get even less. Maybe talks break down, but if it happens I reckon it’s 55 max, with maybe some add ons like CL qualification that don’t compromise its affordability

Spurs will never do a fair deal, there’s a much better working relationship with Chelsea

Wilson was bought and given a salary with his injury record well known. His injury record will have been reflected is his transfer fee and his wages right from the start, so he isn’t ’part Time’. He's paid for goals and over the course of a season on that he delivers

The 65m figure is being put about by Palace to set price expectations. It’s the maximum not the minimum. A 50m bid is probably close to what the nufcr hierarchy think his max value is, so Palace might get a slightly higher offer and some add ons but at that point it will be up to them whether they want to cash in or not. Pretty clear there’ll not be a new contract so do Palace take the cash now or run the risk of him running it down.

The London stadium rental to West Ham was an awful deal, agreed by Boris Johnson. Its worst of all worlds as the stadium isn’t available for athletics for almost the whole year and yet the rental income is almost nothing. Meanwhile West Ham have figured out it’s a terrible stadium for football but can’t buy it to fix it properly. It’s cheap for them but it’s also a poor stadium so they aren’t total winners.

Classic journo behaviour. Howe never says anything on incoming transfers, but they ask the question for the tweet. Then Ryder who has the easiest job in the world still manages to balls it up

Robert and Ginolas jobs were to stick crosses on the heads of strikers in a 442 era so can’t be judged without looking at assists. I don’t know the stats so maybe I’m wrong but my guess is ASMs assists are pretty poor in comparison.

The clubs were in talks before the first offer went in, so I imagine the offer was in the ballpark, or why bother making it. If those initial talks had been miles apart they’d have moved onto other targets. My guess is there’s some back and forth. “We want more upfront” rather than a straight “no” with the revised offer to be more of a “How about £x more upfront plus £y after 50 appearances” etc etc, but it’s close.

Chelsea started to gel last season and they pay big wages. Easy to see players thinking it could be both successful on the pitch and lucrative.

Good luck to him, put the graft in for years. He could never have joined Bournemouth, he cannot play in the PL now, however the Championship might give him a nice final hurrah

It will be Kelly BDB Schar Trippier Maybe Hall ahead of Kelly If you are expecting anything else you must have missed the team selections all of last season

99% of fans don’t care or know about FFP and don’t agonise over it, and will therefore draw zero negative conclusions about whether Miggy stays or goes. I am sure Miggy can live with a couple of absuive posters on a message board Id also note there has been no proven bids accepted by the club, only rumours about Saudi, and Saudi rumours are ten a penny

Taylor is an out and out mackem so covers any wins or success through gritted teeth. She will find any cloud and ignore any silver lining. However as she’s openly a Sunderland supporter it’s not that annoying as you know she’s going to do it, just think of her having to write up Newcastle match reports over the past 2 seasons.

I like Palace, many fun away days, home fans pretty friendly, don’t know where this grief is coming from They also suffered Pards so I sympathise there as well.