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Quite, it sounded like bad news. Vestergaard leaving won't be bad news.

Koeman to Barcelona is a bit like Alan Ball to us back in '93. I remember how excited everyone got about him coming and he was seen as a saviour even though his actual management career was nothing particularly special. And he was great of course. Any other manager with Koeman's record would get nowhere near the Barcelona job. It's just a bit of romance for them. Also, ginger.

I would suggest most of that is the nature of The Athletic, the freedom they give and the kind of articles/content that are looking for rather than Carl being some unbelievable talent. Its highly unlikely the new guy is just going to write Echo-style reports from now on.

Yes, but only those who were only ever going to vote for Trump anyway. This is pretty desperate stuff, and any swing voters from 2016 that put him in the White House i doubt will fall into line this time.

My sources tell me that our first match is Crystal Palace away.

Won't be far away from the first insider knowledge fixture predictions of the season then.

What better way to welcome a new signing by paying tribute to one of Britain's most recognisable paedophiles?

Please can Earthworm confirm.

It's a strange comment. The only thing it tells us is that this journo is absolutely certain we're not interested at all. Because as the official Saints reporter for The Athletic he must be certain that he won't need to interview or profile this guy anytime soon. Imagine if he signed next week and poor old Carl has to write that up.

At least the Kenya kid was amusing. This is absolutely pitiful stuff.

As long as he is left alone and given five years in the job he will turn into the new Alex Ferguson IMHO.

Yes, that may be true for some users but any platform where I can follow Julia Hartley Brewer and Guido, and Owen Jones and The Canary is pretty plural to me.

Reed is older than Hojberg and still not done it outside the Championship. Pretty clear Ralph doesn't think he's good enough. I think people need to let it go.

I'll assume you don't use Twitter because it doesn't particularly work like that. Funnily enough I am not so shit scared I might see an opinion I don’t agree with that I'd need to unfollow people the second they say something I might not like. Twitter is about plurality of opinion and for me following different posters is a nice way of seeing how different people see the world. I follow lots from Farage to Len McClusky and I can't abide either. In that world, for me, MLT played no role. He's just a footballer I love. He's always come across as thick as pig shit but in a harmless footballer way. Recently he has taken it to another level. I'm not upset, at the end of the day its just someone I don't know personally proving, without doubt, that he's a dumb fuck. My comparison with Morrissey from earlier is apt. I don't care what shit they come out with now, no one can take away goals or songs that mean a lot me. I still follow Morrissey's account on Twitter, too. Oh, the horror.

This was very much the clincher for me.

You could have ignored this thread completely and not commented at all. But you didn't. Just fucking retarded.

Make your mind up. You've been ::laughing emoji:: earlier in the thread at people paying attention to what footballers say. Now you say that what MLT is saying is not unreasonable. So people are fools if they disagree with what footballers say but you agree with what a footballer says and that's fine. Absolutely crystal clear. Well done.

Has anyone else been getting loads of pop-ups on this website recently?

The fact that God is living rent-free in your head 24/7 is the strongest evidence that he exists that I've ever seen.

Spurs sources and SFC sources in not quite agreeing shock.

Fuck knows what you're dribbling about here. Suffice to say I'd just like people I like and admire to not be massive twats.

His post today was dreadful woe-is-me, I'm the victim bollocks. He's strayed into areas he really doesn't understand and got caught chatting absolute shit. Which is okay if you're a spot-welder from Fawley, less so if you are a high profile ex-Premier League footballer and current TV broadcaster. Even his badly written message shows he lacks the professionalism and poise required for someone in a high profile role. Who knows, maybe he's got an exciting new life ahead of him as a poster boy for the Guido-ettes of this world. Maybe Darren Grimes might interview him. As someone I would have previously called one of my life idols, it's a real disappointment. And as someone that also once had Morrissey on the same list, this is not an easy time for me.

...but that is a deal worth £25m as it says. £20m up front sounds good to me.

First EVER Manager of the Month awarded for July. People can talk about League titles and how they invented Dugouts as much as they want. No one can take this away from us.

The ITK weve been waiting for 🏆