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It probably would have been easier in the old days - profit margins will be much thinner now. Hard enough to sell papers as it is without losing a key source of info

I agree with some of your points but not sure about this one. Poch had several seasons of overachievement with Espanyol. Koeman had some good successes alongside some failures. Pellegrino has had one season of overachievement and several sackings. It was a poor appointment that needs to be rectified

Mick Mccarthy it is then

He did ok with Jermaine Defoe up front. Not that I want him here

13 goals and 7 assists in 2015/16

It could be that this is a temporary thing as the market is still adjusting to the influx of new TV money. At the moment transfer fees are inflated but player wages are still similar to what they were. Once contracts start getting renewed at inflated levels, clubs will have less in the bank to feel they can keep hold of unhappy players

I haven't been following that closely but he looked shaky in this game http://metro.co.uk/2017/02/20/joe-harts-biggest-flaw-exposed-as-roma-score-all-four-goals-to-england-goalkeepers-left-hand-side-6460795/

Plus £2m loan fee

They are paying his full £80,000 a week wages apparently

Shame no De Boer Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk

He was playing four central midfielders last season so I can see why they might be unimpressed

Brett Ormerod is our most overrated player Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk

You only have to watch them play to see that Tadic gives the ball away far less than Ramirez

Great post

It's because they want a big target man to hold the ball up. When teams sit deep, Long can't do this job. The mistake is not having an understudy to Pelle in a similar mould that is good enough to step in

Isn't it inevitable that Pelle would have a dip in form when he is expected to play every single game? An injury break may even be good for him

Long was perfect for this game with Arsenal's high line playing into his hands, but against deeper teams we need Pelle's hold up play

Wonder goal aside (and what a goal), he doesn't offer enough going forward for the type of game we want to play, with full backs pushing forward. But with Cedric a complete liability at the moment and Yoshida not suited to the role, Cuco's solidity was very welcome.

Swansea only really have their passing game. We have a passing game, but also a target man, great crossers and big centre backs who come up for setpieces

Corbyn's first @YouGov leadership satisfaction rating is -9% (30%/39%). That's 29% worse net than Ed Miliband's first one (43%/23%) Previously we were told that Corbyn's new clear and simple policies were going to be much more appealing to the electorate, but now the cry is that we have to give him time to majestically win over the British public. Perhaps he can do it, but he has a **** of a long way to go.

We routinely leak contract offers (e.g. J Rod, Wanyama, Cork) because numpties on here complain when players leave that we didn't try to keep them

Primarily the Mail is very good at light hearted stuff and women's content. It knows its audience very well, and sits in a mid market not catered for by the Mirror or Guardian. It also panders to people's prejudices and caters for instinctively conservative people Sent from my D5503 using Tapatalk

But you assume they can accurately filter the incorrect stuff and just believe the correct stuff. It's way more complex than that, and they are bound to end up with some/many false impressions

I think there's a pre-existing bias but the Mail legitimises and amplifies it

You can add my Mum to the list. Even if Mail readers recognise some of it as untrue, the sheer quantity of bile means that some of it filters through.