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Hmmm. Don't know what the available EFL colour palette is, but name/number would have looked better in blue. With black they may as well have just gone striped back like the original.

The Garmin sleeve doesn't look too bad I don't think. It's a bit jarring how much space it takes up, but at least it's not a big coloured sticker like the last few years (admittedly a low benchmark to clear). One thing that did pass me by in the original announcement was that as well as training kit, Midnite are on the back of the shirt and shorts. Didn't think the shirt back logo looked great at the Eastleigh game. Seemed too high up as was pretty close to the bottom of the number, and it was black which is inconsistent with all the other bits on the back being red.

The one I ordered for my kid turned up today as well. Mainly got it out of curiosity of what it would be like and if it would beat the reveal. My main observations: The crest looks alright. On photos of Chinese versions I've seen in the past couple of years it's often looked a bit off. Hard to explain, but the material feels a bit different to what I was expecting. Maybe shinier/cheaper. The difference in shade of red between stripes and arms/shoulders that has been noticeable to different degrees in previous photos is because the body of the shirt is white fabric with the red stripes added on, where as the red on the arms/shoulders is red fabric. It will be interesting to compare to the real version when revealed to see whether the bottom two points are consistent, or if just present on the Chinese version.

I've found that searching for random player names will find more results than the team/city name.

Abu is a free agent in a few weeks so may not even be here.

The only way I've found is to pretend you're going to buy something (like a stadium tour), go to checkout, and on the first page of the checkout process scroll down and there is a tickbox for "use my credit balance" which has your current balance written next to it.

I guess we should be goalkeeper shopping this summer regardless of their confidence in Bazunu as McCarthy (one year left) and Lumley (free agent this summer) are the other senior goalkeepers, so a clear need to refresh that department.

The interesting bit will be what happens with the Northam. From memory, the Northam escaped the price rise of other areas under an 'early bird' option before the Championship season ended (and before specific prices for other areas were announced), seemingly as an inducement to get people to move to the new standing area. Will they maintain this or shift the prices up in line with other areas? The latter will be an interesting message to manage as will effectively amount to a relegation increase for everyone there.

The app also seems to block the taking of screenshots. On iOS if you take a screenshot you just end up with nothing but black.

Somewhat unbelievably it's actually only two and a half months. He played 7 minutes away at Leeds last day of the season, and then 18 away to West Brom in the playoff first leg.

That is exactly how it works. From the FAQ on the website

Yep, got an e-mail and app notification at about 14:30 today.

Good of them to offer the option to "Purchase tickets for both our friendlies at St Mary's for extra savings", which for non-ST/members offers an incredible saving of £0 over buying individually.

Those wondering why a site inaccessible to those in the U.K. with a basic U.K. site operated by a separate company in Gibraltar are a sponsoring a premier league team need to give this a read https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64662006.amp

I think the Turkish top flight is classified as “band 2” in the work permit criteria whereas the J-League is “band 5”. As such a year in Turkey with regular minutes would probably see him get enough points to qualify.

Possibly worth noting that a black side panel is consistent with the above image that turned up on the Chinese knock off sites a month ago.

It may be ambiguous in that case, but the context of the article before the above quote is a swap deal, and the only mention of a fee is us to West Ham.

You are correct. The text in the Telegraph article is "He has one year left on his contract with Southampton, who would likely also pay a fee for Downes if Walker-Peters were to move to West Ham. The deals, however, may be structured separately."

With the all the free transfer links as well, I don't think it can be understated how important bodies in the door could be. As it stands today we're set be seven players down on last years first team squad purely from contract expiries and loan returns. That's about 30% of a typical squad of ~23 players. Don't get me wrong, if we're sat here in 6-8 weeks and those are the only types of players we are signing I think we're right in the shit. But as low cost options to add depth and experience (and complement other signings) I'm not particularly upset about it.

That's interesting. I was half wondering if an extension was in the works given the stained glass style graphic they announced Lallana with had the Hummel logo removed from this seasons shirt, but a prominent Sportsbet.io logo.

A listing purporting to be our new shirt has turned up on a certain Chinese knock off website and matches that template...

More likely 29 into 30. On the FAQ page there is a question around where increased FA Cup away allocations will be answered with "Fans will be allocated seats in the Kingsland Stand. This is because of requirements of space and amenities (e.g. toilets, concessions etc.) being more easily accommodated in the Kingsland Stand."

Yes. The FAQ on the OS under "How long will my current seat in the Northam Stand be held?" says "The seat will be held at the early bird price until the conclusion of the season." Ultimately it's impossible to know take up at the moment as it pertains to blocks 40-42 as all current season ticket seats will be unavailable, even if the holders have moved or not renewing.

Brentford had already brought in Mark Flekken to be their new number one earlier in the summer.

That’s exactly how I read it. Looks limited to video in web browser via pc/mobile/tablet, which seems a little low tech for 2023.