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Dish

A foul throw, an offside and I thought Kane fell over when he saw the ball going out of reach. Some would call getting apenalty after all that a bit fortunate. Took it well though. 🙂

I think Redmond offers more, but presumably someone has to make way, if we're looking to upgrade there.

Wasn't the blurb that he was the second or third top goalscorer after Solksjaer in Norway's league, trailing his undoubted soon to be success with the guy Manchester United's had not long got?

Just pausing your post to have a little day dream about us having riches... 🙂

It's only a matter of time before Cosimo Sarli breaks through, to become the next Stig Johanson. 🙂

As the heating crisis hits, that will become the go to gift this year. If not, men can always use it to warm themselves having been locked out the house on Christmas morning. 🙂

Did we sign promising youngster McCann, 40, after (or a season after) a move for Javier De Pedro fell through? I vaguely recall De Pedro getting a bad injury at some point after that, and his career fizzling out. But my memory cell might be playing up there.

Extra care is being taken to make sure the sponsors logo doesn't fall off. 🙂

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I thought Todd might have been signed to keep Jones company from the far away lands of Stockport, like a certain Cleber Chala or an Imants Bleidelis. But Jones might have just wanted a familiar face in the squad, or genuinely thought he could step up.

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He came in along with Paul Jones from Dave Jones's Stockport. He'd have had Beresford and Benali for competition.

Could do with a bit of steel(e) in the side. 🙂

No time for golf, when you've got a book of automatisms to learn. Welcome to RalphBall, Gareth. 🙂

Like you say, it's relative to the league. If they'd come out and said serious investment here, you'd have had folk complaining the we let Mbappe slip through our grasp when we could have lured him away, and that it better not happen again with Lewandowski. 🙂

I was just about to look for a Captain Mainwaring pic, after reading Lighthouse's post. 🙂

Turned the radio on while making tea, and the first caller said Bale should play for a mid table Prem club like... Brentford. But no reason it can't be us. Will Bale want to go up against top opposition in the run up to the world cup, in the Prem. Or would he be happier at the still competitive level of Cardiff, confident he can step up when required?

Pony

Moving to good positions, right on the edge off offside, is helped by a team who can exploit someone who does it. Not that he'd manage it every time, but doddering team mates who want an extra touch or are trained to pass sideways won't have helped him. His finishing, once getting into an inside scoring position is another matter. 🙂

Surely putting a blood stained replica Terry Butcher head bandage onto your potential captain, instills him and the team with the spirit of Agincourt no matter what his country of origin? 🙂 Now with fake blood to prevent being sent to the sidelines by the ref.

I was often impressed at how well he sees the game. He's always thinking, looking to get into good positions, angling his run or looking to drag away opponents to create space. His high work rate means he does even more of this. If only his finishing had been better. I'm also not convinced some of RalphBall played to his strengths, although it did look as though even he didn't think he'd score sometimes, and may have needed more chances than we were likely to create.

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