Optimistic Nut

Stones on a free feels like a Villa sort of signing and he'll be class.

You just know they're going to make sure they're everyone's football friends on their way trips next season the gimps.

We finish top 8 this season with a good GK. Probably get top 5 if you add a good striker. That's even with all the other problems we've had.

Mentioned him near the start of the season but Senesi on a free would have been the perfect signing to phase out Burn or Schar this year. Now linked with Juventus, Chelsea & Barcelona out of contract.

Leeds were doing well.

We've got a manager whose ruffled their feathers for 3 out of 4 seasons. Some fucking ask for the next fella to do the same. I'm happy giving him a chance to put it right.

Are you calling him a liar?

I'll do it then. Our squad when Howe inherited it was worth half than the big 5. He's spent less than them and still closed the gap up until this season. He's done a phenomenal job.

Now do squad values/costs in September 2022.

We were very much between a rock and a hard place last year I think, though. The whole Isak farce aside, we were targeting players to take us the next step to challenge the big 4-5. We could have went for the Bournemouth/Brentford/Sunderland model, finished 7th, gave ourselves a nice oat on the back and moved on, but I think Pif expect more than that. We might have to adopt that model now.

Finishing below the teams 6-11th (bar Chelsea) is inexcusable yes.

But it's not downplaying his achievements when he started with a squad that probably cost 30-40% of those clubs, he's spent the same or less, yet it's only Man City & Arsenal he's not finished higher than at some point. The first £200-250m at least would have just closed the gap a bit on those clubs before they even began to spend more than we have even since then.

A year ago I think he'd have been nearly top of most lists. I reckon he has another 1-2 years here and goes to his boyhood club Everton next after Moyes finishes, before eventually going to England.

No idea but he might have spoken to someone who is. Just with this and saying Miley new contract in a short space of time.

You said that pretty much to play down his achievements, otherwise it was a worthless comment.

I'm trusting you LFEE. £10 put on at 14s for them to go down. Would have thought if this was going to happen the bookies would have had a tip-off though.

So we might see a Mackem in Milan.

That season we drew a lot of games we should have won. This season we've lost a lot of games we should have drawn.

But it's an irrelevant comment in that case.

So he's started with a squad that had Darlow, Dummett, Manquillo, Clark, Fernandez, Hayden, Shelvey, Ritchie, Fraser, Gayle, etc, has spent the same or less than the big 5 teams, and has had us on their coattails for 3 out of 4 seasons? Got you.

Nah. They'll be even better next year too.

Hope Bloom's involvement doesn't fuck Hearts over as they'll probably drop down into that through the qualifiers.

Has Salia even played this season? Was so excited by the prospect of him.

What's that spend compared to the big 5? I'm guessing KKs spend was higher in comparison with the competition.

Wonder if a bookie would give odds on no foreign side knocking an English side out of the Europa League like this season, as I don't see it being any different next year (same for Brighton in the Conference).