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Bellamy would be fucking incredible in this era of "gegen-pressing" like. He was doing it before it became fashionable..

He could just say big cock and not mention the sucking?

Nah, 1.5m. Got him and Gouffran (£400k) dirt cheap signing them 6-months before they would have been free.

Joseph Kevin Keegan OBE. Signed 1982. Left 1984.

It's going to be Sol Campbell first return to WH/ Owen back here/ Figo at Barca levels when he returns, isn't it?

Surely a knock because you'd give him 20-30 minutes to give him a chance to score?

Not watching but I bet the background noise from the crowd didn't change?

Just seen their goal, thought the striker was definitely in the keeper's line of sight.

This is just one big boys club, isn't it?

Just scraping top 24 also lead to PSG ending up getting Liverpool in the last 16 & City playing Real Madrid in the Play-Off.

I imagine both struggled more last year, than their average CL campaign the 10 years prior to that, no? Our group a couple of seasons ago was abnormally tough, but now they have to play 75% of their games against so-called weaker sides instead of 100%. Add in a tough draw somewhere else down the pots and you're under pressure. Big clubs pissed the 4-team group format on the whole.

You sell 50,000 testimonial tickets at £30, you've made - profit.

Got rid of Deco and signed Mark Pembridge.

Aye, just over a season ago, Bournemouth were buying a Brazilian international striker from the best team in Portugal. The quality in the Premier League is stacked. If there was some sort of competition between all the 1st placed teams in each league, 2nd placed, 3rd placed, etc down to 18th, I bet the PL teams would win a lot of them, and would win a fair amount against teams way higher in their respective leagues.

Harper I think.

Hopefully he sees getting paid £120k a week or whatever he's on for 9 months suspended as grounds to not come looking for a pay rise any time soon.

Then after he'd been dropped he'd go, "Will you come back?" and Murphy would go, "Sure, how much money you got? This is gonna cast ya. This is gonna cost ya".

First goal reminded me a bit of one Robert scored away in Basel but from the opposite side.

PSG & Man City had to win their last game just to sneak a 17-24 spot for a Play-Off. There's very little jeopardy for this type of club in the 4-team group because they're the strongest normally. This format if they struggle against the other pot 1 clubs there's little room for error. Think it's one change that actually helps a club like us too who have a poor co-efficient but are clearly a better team than the pot suggests.

Would love to see him take the third regular spot alongside Bruno and Tonali soon.

Would Harper & Ameobi be in such roles at any other Premier League club?

I guess the irony of an email going out saying a Home Ticketing Workshop may go to a ballot if interest is high hasn't been lost on anyone?

Good chance we end the game week in the top 8 if we win.

Dyche is the new Allardyce isn't he? He'll keep getting jobs mid-season at under-achieving clubs, stay 18-30 months and go.

1-0 to us