sushimonster85

Signing players from the SPL is always risky. Take out Celtic and Rangers and the quality level is lower table Championship at best.

This speaks to just how easy pro's make things we consider 'standard' look. Up to and including 'kicking ball far'. Get on a regular side footy pitch, go the to the six yard box and try and kick the ball so it travels through the air and lands midway inside the other half without bouncing. Even that isn't as easy as it seems like it should be to mere mortals.

If Dubravka does end up staying the next logical question is.. do people think he will keep Pope out of the team when he comes back? I have to admit, if he doesn't it seems pretty short sighted to keep hold of him for the sake of what, maybe one more league game.

Found this to be the case with the Adidas tops. Still had PTSD from the Castore days where, despite wearing a L in t-shirts/shirts I had to squeeze into an XL. Got the XL home top this season and it's like a tent. Least I can wear it in a hoody now it's winter.

Pretty sure there will be two kits you haven't seen before, and one throwback. Same as this sesaon...

Think we end up signing one of these (Kelleher or Trafford), probably in the Summer. Think if it's Trafford then Pope will likely stay number 1 for another season with Trafford being phased in slowly. If it's Kelleher time will likely be up for Pope, he is only going somewhere he gets to be number 1. Just for the team to determine if Trafford's ceiling if higher than Kelleher, who is definitely the better keeper at the moment.

Or £108 for Shearer 9 or Ginola 14 on the back.

Genuinely think he has priced himself out of a move anywhere. Imagine soon pundits will start talking about the need for 'clubs' (us) to be more realisitic in their valuation of players in these PSR restricted days. If he doesn't get a move to one of the cartel 6 in the Summer Sky will be livid.

That's when I still had my season ticket! I know what I saw! (To be fair, the bar was very low for what looked 'decent' that season)

Aye. I'm sure I saw a stat yesterday saying they have the most yellow cards for time wasting in the PL this season. Just have to come out of this one still in touching distance and get them back to SJP under the lights with Bruno and Schar back.

At least Obertan had that one purple patch of a few games in Pardew's last season (was literally about 3/4 game run where he suddenly seemed decent). Put's him one decent run ahead of Antony.

As long as any new crest isn't shite (like a lot of modern ones tend to be) then I don't really mind. People go through all this hand wringing about the current crest like it's been about for generations. It's only been around since what, the late 80's. Obviously it's a cracking design, and it gets associated with the mid-90's glory years, but it's also seen Championship seasons, the Ashley years, losing 5 in a row to the mackems. I'm fine if they want to take a crack at updating it.

Agree on Dibling being the main target, but it will be a Summer move. Even if Miggy goes. Think the form of Murphy, combined with the presence of Barnes, Gordon, Willock, and Isak all being able to play wide roles likely means we'll feel like we have enough to see through to the end of the season.

I'd actually disagree, I think Pope showed a lot of improvement over the season that we finished 4th. Main thing that's causing his decline now is his body seems to be starting to break down. Trafford is a young keeper who has a lot of natural improvement ahead that comes with experience. Combined with Howes track record of improving players could well see him become a beast over the next few years. With our PSR situation we aren't going to go out and sign some 40m keeper put them on the wages they'd want in the next 12-18 months. It's going to be someone like Trafford. Fee around 20m tops, wages likely won't be much more than Dubravka to begin with. He will grow with the club. Same way the likes of Hall and Tino are.

I think there's more than enough there that if we do sign him the usual improvement Howe and his team are able to get out of players should turn him into a top level keeper.

This puts me in the same uneasy position I had pre-Man U game. Their injuries, and now sickness abscenes, combined with our form makes us the favourites, surely? I just have issues processing that in any game away at the 'Sky 6'.

That's PSR sorted.

Also don't forget other clubs in the top 4/6 are allowed to sell their dregs to Saudi for big fees to get the wages off the books, but the second it's even suggest we may do the same the very fabric of football integrity is unravelling.

The time Howe takes in introducing new signings I'd say (unless we sign a RCB this Jan) there's a strong chance Schar at least starts next season as first choice in that position.

I know it's especially poor for them atm in terms of injuries/suspensions, but this 11 Man U field on Monday may be the worst one we have faced at Old Trafford. Massive opportunity to get three points. If we're full strength and tney're having to play the likes of Casemiro, Mainoo, and Eriksen against Tonali, J7, and Bruno I may even make us favourites. Can't remember ever thinking that going into a game at Old Trafford.

They'd need to add an extra £50m to that 83 just to get the bit where someone on our side picks up the phone just to laugh at them.

This lot are properly shit. Unbelievable given the sums they've spent over the years.

Honestly, first order of business in Jan should be getting this guy signed to a new deal before any new signings. If Trippier and Miggy go that should give us some extra wage space to get it done.

Imagine Howe may rotate out Tonali for Miley. Put Bruno back at 6. He only just gave him 90 mins for the first time I can remember at the weekend, doubt he (or more importantly) the medical team, reckon he can pull off three starts in the space of a week.

Nailed on for his first start v Bromley I reckon. Hopefully gets a few runs from the bench between now and then.