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1 hour ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Bollocks on the line, I think we’ll win - but I think it’ll be tighter than we’d like. 

Yep. This one is going to be a tight, scrappy game I reckon. When these sides come here they tend to play in a low block and make us play out and try to hit on the counter. Type of game where if we don't get an early goal it wil be really tough. 

Early goal for us and we win 3-0. If they keep it tight and it's still 0-0 after 60-70mins I can see it finishing that way. 

14 minutes ago, Newcastle Fan said:

What a terrible keeper he was for us, had an ok career afterwards and even seen him start a few for Belgium last year.

Aye, seems to be one of those that has been decent everywhere else he has played, just not us. Think even when we signed him he was a regular (albeit 3rd choice) in the Belgian squad.

1 minute ago, brummie said:

I reckon Luiz's form dips whenever he's back shagging Alisha Lehmann.

 

 

 

Understandandable. 

Interested to see that a lot of Villa fans seem to think this has been coming, and results lately have been masking a poor run of form. Sorry if you mentioned this already @brummie but anything in that? If so must make Spurs hopping into 4th last night worrying.

7 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Have we signed anyone on deadline day who hadn't already been reported as set to sign, or due for a medical, beforehand?

I know it didn't end up happening in the end, but this was Ekitike the first Jan window with the new owners. There were some light links early in the window. Then deadline day morning everyone was reporting a fee had been agreed and he was on his way to the airport. Obviously all fell apart in the end, but thats the closest I can remember. But even with that it had broken earlier in the morning. Feel like if anything was going to happen today we would have heard reports of it by now.

24 minutes ago, Nucasol said:

He’s full of shit and trying to drum up any sort of interest to his paymaster’s diminishing viewing figures because of the mess Scudamore and Masters have created.

This. Even when we have had busy windows he will always pop up with something like this on deadline day. Got to keep people watching/engaged.

I guarantee you there will be a moment, probably round/just after 5pm where he will act like he has just had some huge information through and he will divulge all after the break. At which point he will tell us Newcastle sort of looked at a player, but decided not to do anything anyway.

1 minute ago, Collage said:

Any bullshit rumours?

That Ignacio lad from Sporting earlier. But source was a lad who is 99% BS. 

5 minutes ago, Geogaddi said:

Convinced we would be where Villa are if not for the crazy injuries and fitness problems we have had this season. We have comfortably beaten them on both occasions and I have watched them a few times this season and they really are no better than us .

Aye, in the games where we have played well we have looked like the team from last season. Just will the injuries and schedule we have only looked like that team 20% of the time if that. 

Obviously take with a huge grain of salt.

3 minutes ago, duo said:

Strange that they have shut the taps off for us as well - could have been a good opportunity to clear a few players off the books and make some ground on other teams.

To be fair they (it wasn't a PIF club, but I think it's clear the influence the PIF has on the league now) they did supposedly try to take Miggy.

Hard to see getting anything out of this. If you offered me a draw now I'd snatch your hand off. 

6 minutes ago, toontownman said:

No outs and a loan DM is likely best scenario. Also the very stripped down basic necessity. Can't believe we aren't still working for that.

 

Happy to keep Miggy though. We need that depth. Looks like Harrison will get a fair bit of playtime this season!

Can't see Harrison coming straight into the squad. He hasn't even been playing U23 football for City, just U18 games.

2 minutes ago, TRon said:

It's really quite prepostorus that clubs aren't allowed to spend their own money. If they go bust, that's their problem, I don't see why we need the PL officials to stick their oar in.

I do think having steps in place to protect clubs from going bust. But it's pretty clear now that that isn't what these rules are about anymore. Think the backlash they're starting to feel now is because it's even effecting the 'big' clubs that used to like it as it kept everyone in their place. 

Agree that ultimately nowt will happen. Think we will hear definitively on Monday that Miggy has turned down the Saudi's, and that will ultimately lead to us not getting any incomings in place.

Don't know why you're all pretending like it won't be City or Liverpool away.

4 minutes ago, Gawalls said:

never understood why wank was used as a negative term - I love them

I think it works well in this instance, not that Max intended it this way. Obviously not what you want ideally, but good when you have no other option and need a quick fix. 

10 minutes ago, Isaksbigrightfoot said:

Noted. No more.

 

Lets just see what happens shall we.

 

”smug look and ready too gloat in 6 days time”.

Shouldn't this really be one of those occasions where you hope you're wrong? Rather than gloating about the team you support being unable to strengthen at a crucial point in the season?

Christ, can we not start a separate FFP thread or something? 

Still think he has a role to play. Him and Barnes coming back so close together could give us a real boost in the final third of the season.

Has tracking planes ever reliably tipped off one of our transfers before it happened?

3 minutes ago, BonesJones said:

Reading posts that are written as if their facts and not just opinions is so painful!

This is a huge pet peeve of mine, and it happens everywhere. 

Isn't the actual issue that Miggy doesn't want to go?

West Ham going all the way with trying to figure out how to stop him scoring against them all the time I see. 

He isn't 60m, but he also isn't 20m like. 

If Hopes update on Willock from last week holds (think it was 3 weeks then), we may be banking on him being available for the final third of the season and trying to make it through.