Matt1892

I didn’t realise Mbeumo was 23, he looks like he’s pushing 30. Hopefully the result is an incentive for Villa as Europe will be more achievable if the score stays the same.

I think the issue we have is that we don’t have many expendable players that have a low book price that would be worth much money, which is why Wilson, ASM and Almiron get mentioned. If we could get £25 million for Wilson which potentially we could, it would leave us with £20 million profit we can book. That offsets a £100 million spend this summer over 5 year contracts, although we will need to find the next instalment next year and those that follow. The flip side of not having many players with book value that are expendable is that we have a huge amount of potential to grow the club’s finances commercially, so to plug that gap until we get there is that manoeuvring. It reminds me of Howe’s comments around the cup final that some of those players won’t be here next season or words similar to that, it is all about getting the club from A to B.

I don’t think there is any doubt about Wilson’s ability, we just need to manoeuvre in the transfer market to free us up for FFP. A player sold every season would make a big difference in the short term.

If we score early I can see Leicester capitulating like they did against Liverpool.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65443681 I found 6th and 7th difficult to predict, it is a three way race between Brighton, Spurs and Villa.

Liverpool’s ability to invest and rebuild will be hampered more by missing out on Champions League than Man Utd.

One that was linked with us quite a bit over previous transfer windows. Bayern Munich have backed out of a move for 25-year-old Ajax and Mexico midfielder Edson Alvarez, who could instead move to Borussia Dortmund.(Sky Sport Germany)

It would mean that we could only be caught on goal difference.

I would guess a similar budget to the last 2 seasons so between £100m and £150m net. The reassuring thing is if they do feel they can spend without breaching FFP then they will, while trying to maintain some sort of balance for future years.

https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1659620844400721925?s=12

Leicester still have 6 points to play for so a maximum of 36 and if Everton and Leeds win on the weekend they will have 35 and 34 points respectively. I was hoping they would too but I can’t see how it would be possible.

Pressure penalty for Sheffield Wednesday to go to Wembley.

I look forward to the video of them showing Caicedo the clip of Joelinton going hulk smash when he signs in the summer.

I took my boy to Coventry vs Stoke this season and they were abysmal! Stoke beat them 4-0 and it could have easily been more than that so it’s hard to believe they are one game away from getting in to the Premier League. A good bunch of fans and atmosphere from that experience.

If we do get Champions League I would be tempted to look at a loan with an option to by for Joao Felix, even if the loan fee was big money.

Pope Trippier Schar Botman Burn Anderson Bruno Willock Almiron Isak Joelinton

Mackems clearing off the line again.

Rob Edwards played some great football with Forest Green when they won division two. He is having to get the best out of what he’s got with Luton but he is one of the up and coming British managers to watch.

Brighton league form in 2023… ✅ Everton 1-4 Brighton ✅ Brighton 3-0 Liverpool ? Leicester 2-2 Brighton ✅ Brighton 1-0 Bournemouth ? Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton ❌ Brighton 0-1 Fulham ✅ Brighton 4-0 West Ham ? Leeds 2-2 Brighton ✅ Brighton 1-0 Crystal Palace ? Brighton 3-3 Brentford ✅ Bournemouth 0-2 Brighton ❌ Spurs 2-1 Brighton ✅ Chelsea 1-2 Brighton ❌ Nottingham Forest 3-1 Brighton ✅ Brighton 6-0 Wolves ✅ Brighton 1-0 Man Utd ❌ Brighton 1-5 Everton ✅ Arsenal 3-0 Brighton

We can draw with both Brighton and Chelsea as long as we put a few in against Leicester. Villa are the complete opposite to Leicester, a really difficult team to break down. They haven’t conceded more than one league goal in a game in nearly 3 months.

He looks off there.

Here goes our goal difference.

Their defenders and goalkeeper do not look comfortable having the ball at their feet which is why he was looking to turn and play it forward.

Good start for Leicester, hopefully they can find the breakthrough early.

I think that could potentially happen and the switch will go to a 4-2-3-1 position which is what a lot of the other top teams play, meaning that someone like Madison would end up playing in front of 2 solid ball playing midfielders.