Erikse

His clause was £60m? Edit: nevermind, that was for clubs in CL or something like that.

Here we are sweating about £65m as our only "big" signing this window (so far) due to PSR, meanwhile Chelsea just spent another £50m on Neto like it's nothing, after spending 3 times more than us in the last few windows and having made several pricey signings this window.

I'm looking at these away games for Gordon.. Surely he will do better on the road this time around?

Nearly 1 year of energy charged up into this game. Red card after 10 minutes. Calling it.

Ofcourse, in part because he was pushing for a transfer, amongst other things. Not exactly the same, but rumours has it that Guehi is doing that aswell, or atleast wants the deal to happen. Ofcourse they are going to go on about how they are better off without him. That would be the narrative here aswell if we thought that one of ours were pushing for a transfer to some club that we didn't particularly like.

Not sure if I'd take him at this price point, but if we had a player pushing for a transfer then I'm sure many here would be talking about how good the money is and that we can easily do without. It's just a way of trying to cope or staying positive, even if a "bad" thing happens. I see it a lot in here, where every outcome is allways made to be a positive one in every situation. So I wouldn't really put too much weight into what Palace fans are saying. I recall Everton fans laughing about £45m for Gordon. Again, they were trying to cope and to turn it into a positive.

And Kelly is injury prone aswell..

Oscar Bobb on crutches.. Some rumours about a broken leg.

Pretty sure Murphy will start due to pre season form.

Reece James, Luke Shaw and Callum Wilson all injured already. DCL next, and then the new season starter pack will be complete.

Just like Ashworth was deemed a liability in here after going.

I heard he's worth just £35m.

I remember getting a bit annoyed at him allways looking for the killer pass, and instead give the ball away in nearly all of those efforts. I remember ~55% pass success rate in a CL game. He also had a couple of failed block attempts where we conceded that looked very half assed. He was probably affected by the situation he was in.

Not sure if you remember, but we were discussing the bookmakers having Howe as favourite to go first, and expressed our opinion about it.

Most football owners in general are somewhat impatient. They have already proven that they are not hotheads, but that doesn't mean that Howe is immune. I'm sure they consider the injuries and other things last season, but likewise we now have a fully fit squad and no Europe. So currently there's no excuse to a poor first 2-3 months of the season. We would probably have to be mid table or so for it to be a discussion (apart from the usual media gibberish), so I definelty wouldn't put my money on it, hence why it's still not reasonable to have him as the nr 1 most likely one to get fired.

Considering that we now have a near full fit squad, no extra games in Europe, and that we lost out on Europe last season, the owners may not be as patient this time around. But, for the same reasons, and the fact that Howe especially thrives in these circumstances (fit squad and no Europe), I really doubt that we will do poorly.

I noticed that too. Will probably get even worse. I suppose he needs to compensate with physicality and smart movement.

Yeah, I saw that. No idea why it made the preview. Ratcliffe probably messed with the algorithm.

Oh, I actually didn't notice. What a coincidence. And of course, Ratcliffe somehow became the preview image for it. New level of entitledness.

West Ham has such a good team now. If Lopetegui can get them going, they will be a real force. By the way, I've wondered why we don't have a PL thread here, where we can discuss other teams in the PL. We have one for other clubs transfers and FFP for example, I just think it would be interesting to have one for other PL teams in general. Allways feel like I have to put it here, due to lack of a thread for it. Not sure if anyone else is interested in this, though.

His pace must be taking a real hit with all these injuries, especially considering his age.

Ah. Thought he was captain for a moment. He would probably be a great choice for captaincy tbh.

By the way. What exactly does "leadership group" mean? Excuse my ignorance.

Don't worry. In january the media will be back again. Edit: nevermind, they didn't give up yet.

That guy complains whenever you don't spend atleast £200 mill in a window. He has even complained when you did.