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Burnley also didn't retain Harwood - Bellis, Ian Maatsen and Nathan Tella and spent a large amount of money spent on making wholesale changes to the squad that went up which could've potentially ruined their team chemistry which I gather is important component in a possession focused strategy oh and spending 3/4 of the season using Trafford Over Muric. I feel there's a lot more to it than Burnley getting beat for choosing to use possession based tactics.

Veliz was pretty good for Tottenham before he got a bad injury, the injury would be a concern but if we can get both him and Buonanotte on loan then its a maybe from me. I know there's a limit on loans from Premier League teams but not sure what the limit is

Next best after Matt O'Reilly on that list I provided from the "we could afford" bracket would be Martin Baturina who is rated very highly but he would be pushing in terms of finances as well maybe not as much as Celtic are with O'Reilly since I don't really know how much the average going rate for Dinamo Zagreb's best talents are. SR have business history with them but uh I think the less said about the player we bought from them the better 🤣

There are some on that list that are uh highly unrealistic 😅

I guess if we start seeing a link to someone from this list not named Matt O'Reilly then we've truly moved on. Still hope we haven't given up, 225 touches in the box hope we push higher bids for him or at least had talks planned out to possible backup options if we don't intend to bid higher.

Hmm wonder if this has to do with the Facundo Buonanotte rumor that suddenly came up this morning Western Australia time.

Anything worth it in the Facundo Buonanotte Links or is it another smokescreen?

I think those FPL transfer predictor pieces are more a running joke than actual journalism. Not that'd i'd rate it that much on the comedy scale.

There were 17 apples on the tree and 3 flower patches in the Adam and Eve Picture, Sem Steijn had exactly 17 goals and 3 assists last season in the Eredivisie, he is also on his last year at FC Twente. Stainless Spoon relates to both his initials and his player agent, that's my guess.

NY Mets Colour is similar to Netherlands sports colour, also some aspects of the Adam and Eve picture and the stainless spoons clue from a while back align with this Dutch player I've mentioned in the Transfer Thread.

Probably couldn't afford about 6-7/10 of these. Lewis Miley maybe whenever Newcastle need another PSR workaround at any point down the road, Garner if Everton get relegated so not now, Svanberg maybe and Bourigeaud would be pushing it both money and age wise, Camara just got signed to Monaco so he's off the list. There's the dutch guy Sem Steijn who I've mentioned previously who is not listed here

Folks find it funny that I became a saints fan at the age of 7 because they had the longest name in the 2002/03 premier league season. Tbh having less expectations as a fan means that you can enjoy the show way more, being a fan of a big team turns you into someone like Saeed or Mark Goldbridge who make themselves feel like they're going through torture watching Man Utd week in week out.

Depends on how you use the 20, I would be surprised if there weren't any quality players suited to ball playing systems who's contracts are running out in 2025 or 2026.

Baseball could always be considered reference to our manager, I hadn't thought of that one until just now.

Budweiser Beer -> BVB -> A Bolter -> Maybe that guy who wants out from Borussia Dortmund has some legs to it.

So who's the alternative to Matt O'Reilly in the event we don't get him? Sem Steijn from FC Twente springs to mind scored 17 goals but only 3 assists in the 2023/24 Eredivisie season, listed as both an AM and a CM, caught my eye when I was browsing Transfermarkt for attacking midfielders. Not sure if FC Twente are a ball dominant side though as I don't really watch the Eredivisie.

Circle of Obsessed, Coo, Coup is pronounced like Coo. Our next signing is going to be a complete coup.

How they didn't score I will never know but nice no look tackle there from Bree I guess.

Lol Mara hahaha

Oh yeah the home game he produced one of the best assists I've ever seen, soloed their entire midfield and backline.

I feel like that last flurry of attacks where Boredeaux hit the post we were expecting the whistle to blow and sort of just lost focus a bit at that moment.

Damn that was quality,

Since British players seem to be going for exorbitant prices, I'm surprised we haven't more of a look at the Spanish market apart from Ben Brereton Diaz considering that Russell Martin the other day was comparing his style of play to Spain's National team.

Intersting... however I'm still fascinated by the 17 apples on the tree, its not something that I could disregard as a clue, but someone who scored 17 goals or made 17 assists would we be even able to get a player like that?

DP can also stand for Dutch Player, funnily enough Russell Martin's systems and style of play have been compared a lot to Ajax also one report from a Feyenoord fan analyst covering Arne Slot replacements said that Russel's style (for his back 4) is very similar to Arne's. So Dutch players would probably be a good match for a Russell Martin team.