TheBrownBottle

Has to be said, Sam Fender himself could start busking next to me when I’m waiting for the train and I wouldn’t know it was one of his songs. The get wound up about the weirdest shite.

If we’d been allowed to spend the money and if he’d chosen us over Liverpool. So what we never could have had, then

I don't think the League Cup final ever has stirred much debate or interest outside of the clubs in it. I've seen one in the last 20-odd years - the one we were in. I wish they'd stop pissing about with the FA Cup, mind. That does annoy me.

C is a solid PL starter. Absolutely no way of Krafth that, like.

D for Krafth. He’s ok-ish as cover, but we wouldn’t be signing him if he wasn’t already here.

No, because we’re further behind now than we were in 2021. We’re not gaining ground on them, and we’re running out of runway in terms of future growth based on the rules in place at the moment.

Yeah, that’s fair enough. But as things stand I don’t think they’ll be overly concerned. Proof of the rules really changing will be them all squealing like stuck pigs again

Why would they worry? They’re further ahead of us financially than they were before the takeover. Job done.

Top ten LB wouldn’t make him world class, and I don’t think he’s in that list in any case. He clearly has a lot of potential, though.

Boils my piss this! It feels like I see at least one per match at the moment. They’re never given.

The third-most talented player with a name starting with ‘R’ in Brazil’s 2002 WC winning team

If Howe plays Isak LW and pushes Wilson to CF for a final then I will start calling for his head. Isak isn’t a winger, he’s a centre forward. Don’t know why there are people in the support who’d happily take one of the best centre forwards on the planet and drop him out of position because he doesn’t look like a Nat Lofthouse type centre forward. It’s crackers.

If Coldplay had any integrity they’d have told FIFA to fuck off with that, it’s a stupid idea. But obviously the milquetoast middle-of-the-road middle-class cunts couldn’t do that. I didn’t arse myself to watch the last two WC finals; feels like I’ve got a reason to actively avoid it this time

He’s our only A based on the definition rules. Phenomenal centre forward, would have a chance of starting in any side in world football. edit: probably could have done with an ‘S’ grade for actual world class, tbh

Targett isn’t finished for me; he’s just a thoroughly mediocre PL LB. He did a cracking job on loan, but he was a baffling signing.

Targett is a 'D' for me. Great loan signing, poor permanent signing - I was surprised at the time that we actually went back to make him permanent. Always felt like a stop-gap

He’s a straightforward C

I never went into any of our finals thinking we’d actually win it, tbh. I do distinctly remember the 2023 LC Final hurting far less than the previous ones. Probably a combination of it being the League Cup not the FA Cup, I’m older, and I wasn’t at the 2023 final.

Most Sparta games have adult tickets available for less than ten quid

I've missed having ITKs on here. Welcome, CoreOfNUFC. May your guesswork be enshrined as gospel truth.

There is a reason that Arsenal create more, in fairness. They have better players - and I'll chuck Martinelli into that list. Gordon has Hall behind him, Isak next to him, and has Tonali and Bruno in midfield supplying him - he's got perfectly capable player around him.

It is good to know their identities now, it'll take a couple of weeks for the dog turds I'll be posting to them from Australia to arrive at their address Might as well some assumptions in advance ...

Livramento is definitely faster; so that would be of use. The worry will be Trippier vs Diaz ...

I'd definitely take Martinelli ahead of him tbf. This is at this moment; it doesn't mean I think we should try and line up a swap deal

The PSV side which put Juve out of the European Cup has is getting howked 7-1 at home by Arsenal. I'll take the 'Lloyd Kelly is class because he looks ok at Juve' stuff with a massive pinch of salt. This may be the shittest Juve team in most of our lifetimes - including the side which was in Serie B after Calciopoli