Adam P

Agreed. Who 8 all the transfer rumours? Would have worked better in the past. Fast and Furious transfer rumours: 8. Seemed appropriate this week. 8 no party like a transfer rumour party. As an homage to the numerous S Club 7 fans on the admin team.

Tax differences may also inflate that difference. On top of the slightly higher rate on income, there are additional regional, municipal, social and net wealth taxes in Milan. I'd also expect salary offer to be similar to the top earners at the club so could be nearer 150k meaning a possible trebling of his personal income. Who knows of course but if he is interested it must be a good offer.

The cunt from Kent. He was a popular figure.

Maddison wants to move to North London to be nearer to Alexandra Palace. Whenever i see that imaginary dart in his hand, i tend to think its an imaginary cock coming out of his forehead.

The dressing rooms at Wembley are identical. The billing is alphabetical prospectively, result based retrospectively and the teams get to choose their kit. If there is a kit clash, its decided by a coin toss. Apparently.

A good way to spend the Chris Wood money, improves the squad significantly if he has the attributes that fit our team's style of play (i assume Eddie has had a look at that). His age, energy, enthusiasm and developing talent would therefore make him a good signing.

I was trying to suggest that speeding kills more people than alcohol so its worse for society and most if not all drivers have done it. I like your maths, i got lost statistically though.

Needs a lyric change to ''He's Brazilian, we think he's fucking brilliant, except when he's been drinking, it's Joelinton'' Probably best if we dont over react to this, his breath reading was 43 so in the first band of the calculator that goes from 35 to 59. That's a 12 month ban and a fine. Speed kills more on UK roads than alcohol and if you drive, you've broken the speed limit. He made a mistake, he should donate a big chunk of his salary to a charity, do some re-education. The ban and the fine is his societal punishment, he deserves additional punishment from the club given his role etc. Announce it, one match ban and move on.

I cant imagine anyone who doesnt want to wake up to Pards, the absolute fanny magnet.

In this case, incompetence is a far simpler explanation than conspiracy. However, you cant rule out bias from anyone's thought or actions, its supposedly programmed into us when it comes to important social issues, means its hardwired into a referee no matter how objective they think they are. If we cant escape bias in our thinking, its hard to see how referees remove. The irony (?) here is that if a referee makes a decision that a fanbase disagrees with (rightfully or wrongly), then the fanbase proceeds to batter the ref on social media, acting like bellends in some circumstances, i could then forgive some refs for not being able to remove their unconscious bias against that team. You call me worse than a cunt on twitter and threaten my family, i'm holding that grudge forever even if you pay me not to. Not saying bias played any part in the decisions this weekend, just pointing out how hard it is to be able to dismiss that in preference for a competence / conspiracy explanation.

According to Winter's logic, as the ball is in play on average 60 minutes per match, there should be an average of 30 minutes of added time every match. Such failures of logic can occur when you're wrapped up in your own narrative.

I've only been following the thread this week.

Because to make the point succinctly you just have to say how Ba was deployed, rather than saying 'how would you describe that'. Added to harumphing and irritation that this completely resolved question has come up again and that you cant be bothered with it, dont be surprised if it comes over as patronising. I was looking forward to hearing your thoughts, you essentially came back with 'i cant be bothered to engage with you, use the search function and read my posts i've covered it before'. Its a bit snooty mate.

Is this where you argue Pardew was a forward thinking coach? Why dont you just say what you think instead of using slightly patronising rhetoric? (that's not irony either).

Too much of a whirlwind for me to discern exactly what they do and how they do it.

Is this the whirlwind tactical game plan of your inner eye?

So Isak replaces Willock in the starting 11 when Wilson is fit? Got it.

Thats obvious, what isnt is that Howe will start ASM, Wilson, Isak and Almiron with Almiron starting essentially in midfield.

Interesting. I dont think Eddie will start all 4 of them together but he could do. We will have to wait and see.

Hope used to post on the previous incarnation of this board back in the early 2000s. I had a bit of crack on with him back then before he was a journalist. Nature of the job and all that.

Its not going round in circles for me, the player has just joined and we havent seen him play in the first 11 with a fully fit squad. These are open questions so if they have been answered 'elsewhere' you could just point to where that is. You seem reluctant to nail your colours to the mast.

Prone to mistakes in the last few games. Made up for it with goal line clearances at Brighton, got away with a couple at Wolves. He made a bad mistake and he was the one that gave the ball back to Liverpool from just outside the box which led to the corner and second goal. He had his head in his hands when the ball went out for the corner. Great player but was surprised to see chat about Joelinton crossing it, Trippier gave the ball away in our own half. Needs to cut out these mistakes.

Premiums are paid for English players from English clubs as clubs are competing with each other and have the resources to over spend on players. When the sense of competition increases, for whatever reason, the premium increases / willingness to do business decreases. There have been no transfers between Liverpool and City since Sterling in 2015. They are unwilling to do business with each other, clearly.

I bet there is loads of nuance left out of the article as its clear from watching Botman and Burn that Burn has some advantages in his playing style over Botman in a tight relegation battle (that never really came). He's more intimidating and physical for now and knew what it takes to succeed in the premier league. I think signing Burn then Botman was overall a better strategy than signing Botman alone for a higher price in Jan.